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NYT Crossword — June 12, 2025

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 75 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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4S
5T
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7G
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9P
10O
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R
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18O
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N
19N
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20M
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CC
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21L
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22O
CC
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24G
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25S
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29C
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41L
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62O
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63P
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Across

41 clues
1Actress Green of "Casino Royale"
4Play ground?
9Edible part of okra
12Word before or after "open"
14"Weeping" giant
15Tick off
16Condition that Simone Biles has described as giving her a "superpower," in brief
17Ticked off
18___ Wister, the so-called "father of western fiction"
19Like some "On Air" signs
20They draw people
21Guarded
22"Principle of parsimony" philosopher
24Pick up
25___ white (lightbulb specification)
26Sixth word in the Gettysburg Address
27Exemplar of excellence
30Cries of wonder
32She was named the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year five years in a row
33Adds power to, as an engine
34Writer Capote, to friends
35Correspondants, fréquemment
37Stone used in ancient Greek jewelry
38Orchestra tuner
39Mini-brawl
40Owned (up)
41"___ are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made" (quote attributed to Otto von Bismarck)
42Visionaries
44Dining places
45Some hot spots
48Phys. or chem.
50Major basketball feat … or a feature shared by 3-, 6- and 9-Down
57Sephora competitor
58Handle, as questions
59"Hold your horses!"
60Breaking a tie, informally
61Article about a photo?
62Rainbow, to some
63P, in the NATO alphabet
64The Titanic disaster partly inspired its invention
65Org. that developed the "pumpkin suit"

Down

34 clues
1McGregor who played Obi-Wan Kenobi
2Output from Blizzard Entertainment
3Temporarily established panel
4Do laps, say
5Low pressure indicator
6You can go anywhere with one of these
7Briefly experienced, with "of"
8She-eep
9Gridiron game for young tykes
10Risks an interception, say
11Just say "no" to
13Pulitzer winner Ferber
15What you have to pony up to play?
23Oscars V.I.P.s
25Motor oil brand
26Epiphanic moments
28Have one's feet up, maybe
29Told "You're on!," for example
31Brings an action against
36Excel function
38N.B.A. great Hakeem who is one of only four players ever to achieve a 50-Across (1990)
43Big thing in California?
44___ Max
46Fans
47___ Agnew, vice president who resigned in 1973
48City that's an anagram of SALEM
49Farmer's squeeze?
50Pithy remark
51Leg : fibula :: arm : ___
52Crowning
53Cut and trim
54Tuscaloosa's Tide, to fans
55They may be white or naked
56High point of a trip to Italy?

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Stats & info

Thursday, Jun 12, 2025
15×15
Grid size
75
Total entries
42/183
Black / letter cells
5.2
Avg entry length
15 ltrs
Longest entry
Tricky
Thursday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedJun 12, 2025
DayThursday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorDaniel Bodily
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split41 across · 34 down
Longest entries
50AMajor basketball feat … or a feature shared by 3-, 6- and 9-Down15 ltrs3DTemporarily established panel14 ltrs9DGridiron game for young tykes14 ltrs6DYou can go anywhere with one of these13 ltrs2DOutput from Blizzard Entertainment10 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 42 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.