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NYT Crossword — June 13, 2025

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 70 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

33 clues

9Walk with attitude

15Light shower?

16Product whose slogans have included "Say hello to the future" and "Welcome to the big screens"

17Aquatic eater of shellfish

18Requirement for a triple play

19They may be graphic

20Becomes pendulous, say

22Impersonate, with "as"

23Shocker of sorts

27Most desirable candidates in the dating pool, slangily

29Add some fluff to, as an essay

31It's cut and dried

33"Messenger" in biology class

34Ultimately succeeds

38Runs wild, in gamer-speak

39Cocktails that might make for poor nightcaps

40Sugar substitute?

42Soup served with sriracha, maybe

48Like many a security guard

56___ Bush, Black Lives Matter activist who served in Congress

59Majorly successful business start-ups

61"Totally sick!"

62Where an airport traveler might seek assistance

63Feature of a May-December romance

64Many of these begin with "E"

Down

37 clues

2___ cake, dessert with layers of sponge, buttercream and ganache

4Gertrude Stein, for one

5One who might have an objection: Abbr.

8Twill suit material

9"Some rise by ___, and some by virtue fall": "Measure for Measure"

11Relative of a stalk

12Basic wine list offerings

14"___, And?" (2024 Ariana Grande hit)

21Go on a run, perhaps

24Name of 11 pharaohs

26Gesture of respect or recognition

30Flotsam and jetsam

32Japanese businessman Torakusu with an internationally known company named after him

34What might be pinched for pennies

35Artist who made a lot of good points?

36Western Hemisphere grp.

37Set of standards at a military academy, e.g.

38Going dark on, as one's love interest, in modern parlance

46Emmy-winning Anderson

47Making a certain metallic sound

50Physicist Mach after whom "Mach numbers" are named

53Big Island bean variety

55"That's ___!"

57The Dolphins, on scoreboards

58Image, informally

60Extra item that a hotel guest may request

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Stats & info

Friday, Jun 13, 2025

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.5

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 13, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorEvan Mulvihill

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 37 down

Longest entries

34AUltimately succeeds13 ltrs 38ARuns wild, in gamer-speak13 ltrs 39ACocktails that might make for poor nightcaps13 ltrs 4DGertrude Stein, for one9 ltrs 12DBasic wine list offerings9 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.5 letters per entry.