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NYT Crossword — June 18, 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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7O
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18L
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19A
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20K
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Across

37 clues
1Near
5Fashion's Jimmy whose surname aptly rhymes with "shoe"
9Squeak remover
13Look bad?
14Not his
15"By Jove!"
16Offset, as something on a scale
19It might be swiped for cash
20Org. that was a frequent James Bond foe
21Mo. setting
23M.L.B.'er in a blue-and-orange uniform
24Gad about at a banquet
26John or Jane of anonymity
27Bite at a bar
30Job security, for some
31Not just my
32Mind-boggling designs
34Like hand-me-downs
35Rely on the hospitality of friends for lodging
38"Star Wars" species on Tatooine
41Sentiment on el Día de San Valentín
42Card
45Brewer Coors
48Once, once
49Perfect serve
50Hit the pubs
52Had
54Bygone initials at JFK
55"Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief
56Be afraid to
58Rainy-day game for children, whose play is punnily suggested by 16-, 24-, 35- and 50-Across
61Capital on the Baltic Sea
62Went through channels?
63Medicinal name in the shampoo aisle
64Short first step
65Takes up, as some new pants
66Pennsylvania city or its county

Down

37 clues
1"Impossible!"
2"Ha ha ha!," on April Fools' Day
3Not so happy
4Therefore
5Acting Oscar winner inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
6What's rounded up in a roundup
7Earth or sun, for example
8Home to the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan (built in A.D. 593)
9Likely (to)
10SEAL's org.
11Wine god of myth
12House with a long-unmowed lawn, e.g.
17Anchor or heart, maybe
18Letters before Q, sometimes
22"Decorated," as a house for Halloween
24North Carolina athlete
25Broadway's "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is ___"
28"The Simpsons" shopkeeper
29What a handshake may lead to
33Ruling title that dates back to the Byzantine Empire
35Course that may follow trig
36Verbal hesitations
37Chopper parts
38Pokes in the ring
392019 Brad Pitt sci-fi thriller
40"I don't care what that cost!"
42"You in?"
43Freeze up
44The first one was delivered in 1984
46Like a house built in a day, say
47Long way to go?
51"Sound" of a point sailing over someone's head
53Eudora ___, Pulitzer winner for "The Optimist's Daughter"
56Small amount of whiskey
57Goals
59It's not you, it's me
60"You ___ me!"

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025
15×15
Grid size
74
Total entries
38/187
Black / letter cells
5.1
Avg entry length
14 ltrs
Longest entry
Medium
Wednesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedJun 18, 2025
DayWednesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorEli Cotham
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split37 across · 37 down
Longest entries
16AOffset, as something on a scale14 ltrs58ARainy-day game for children, whose play is punnily suggested by 16-, 24-, 35- and 50-Across14 ltrs35ARely on the hospitality of friends for lodging9 ltrs24AGad about at a banquet8 ltrs50AHit the pubs8 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.