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NYT Crossword — June 11, 2025

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

35 clues

1Obstinate fool

4Co. badges, e.g.

7Keeps burning, say

13Apt name for a fretful fellow

14Yogi's accessory

15Goes off track

17Chang or Eng Bunker, notably

19Just managed, with "out"

22Recoils suddenly

23___ Haute, Ind.

27Throwing a ball and grasping a pencil, e.g.

32Grammy-nominated poet Nikki ___

37Balm additive

38Observes Ramadan, say

41National park that's home to the Pretty Rocks Landslide

43Like pumpkin spice latte and peppermint mocha

45Provider of crucial testimony

47Unbuckled seatbelt alert

51Solomonic figures

55Craft drafts, for short

58Sporty auto feature

59Copyright wrongs

62Sounds heard during a cuteness overload

63Took to the sky

65Soccer star Messi, familiarly

67Spot for wallowing

68One of four featured on the Yale Nature Walk

Down

39 clues

2Sticking point for a gardener?

3Celestial phenomena observed at perigees

4Some online exchanges, in brief

5Speaker's spot

7French possessive

8Bridge support

10Aussie's neighbor

11Nobel laureate Wiesel

12Figs. with two dashes

15Jeter in Cooperstown

18Natural dividing line on a U.S. map, as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters

20Strongly suggested

24Fig. at a train station

28Really killing it, so to speak

29Strand in a cell

30The World Map is the largest one to date, with 11,695 pieces

31Does some creative accounting?

32Meander (about)

33Saint Martin, par exemple

35Actress Mendes

36Torre ___ Greco, Italy

39Celebration whose full name translates as "festival of the first day"

42Menlo Park, N.J., famously

44Hem, but not haw

50Surrey town known for its salt

51Most bulk email

52Thomas ___ Edison

54Pulitzer-winning author Jennifer

56Certain vipers

57X-rated material

61Stratego piece

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Jun 11, 2025

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

40/185

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 11, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorSam Koperwas and Jeff Chen

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 39 down

Longest entries

17AChang or Eng Bunker, notably11 ltrs 27AThrowing a ball and grasping a pencil, e.g.11 ltrs 45AProvider of crucial testimony11 ltrs 59ACopyright wrongs11 ltrs 18DNatural dividing line on a U.S. map, as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters11 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 40 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.