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NYT Crossword — June 17, 2025

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 73 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

34 clues

1Ride-or-dies, in brief

5Healthy ones may be square

14Came down to earth

15Skate park trick

16Defaulter's loss, in brief

17Classic Beatles song written and sung by George Harrison

20Windstorm often accompanied by rain

21Shakespeare's Globe, e.g.

22Auction offer

23Outdoor gear giant

25Volcanic output

26Mathematician/philosopher who wrote "I think, therefore I am"

31Talks in all caps, say

32Pedicured digit

34Pilots a plane

37Experience humiliation

40With 41-Across, popular candy represented by the circled letters in 17-, 26- and 57-Across?

41See 40-Across

42Like Santa's helpers

43Many an I.R.S. employee

46Like many dorm rooms

47Went through the air like a perfectly thrown football

50Shady, in modern lingo

53Aware of, as dangers

57Does some door-to-door campaigning

61Reason for overtime

63Spades or diamonds

64"Chandelier" singer, 2014

65Typical high school student ... like this puzzle's constructor!

Down

39 clues

1Money in Thailand

3Something one probably won't change one's mind on

6Street liners in parts of New England

7Word after ginger or pale

8Online post whose title may begin "The Top 10 Best ..."

9Rogen of "The Studio" and "The Interview"

10Choice at KFC

11They're a matter of taste

12Cowboy boot attachment

13Sharpen, as skills

19Learn by word of mouth

24Subj. for some new U.S. residents

26Get tangled up

27Easter egg colorings

28"Make it snappy!"

29Sensitive skin spots

33Handicrafts site

35Garage sale caveat

36A sixth of the way through the hour

39Proof of ownership

44Sequel title ender

45Tennis's Gibson who won back-to-back Wimbledons and U.S. Opens

48Suffix with percent

49Wireless standard inits.

50Relaxing retreats

51Language in which the first four counting numbers are ek, do, tin, char

54Sports star who debuted with the New York Cosmos in 1975

56Jackie of "Rush Hour"

58Host's directive to a guest

59Tennis do-over

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025

15×15

Grid size

73

Total entries

37/188

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 17, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorTarun Krishnamurthy

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split34 across · 39 down

Longest entries

17AClassic Beatles song written and sung by George Harrison15 ltrs 57ADoes some door-to-door campaigning15 ltrs 26AMathematician/philosopher who wrote "I think, therefore I am"13 ltrs 3DSomething one probably won't change one's mind on10 ltrs 11DThey're a matter of taste10 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 37 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.