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NYT Crossword — June 2, 2025

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues
1"Don't love it, don't hate it"
4"It's just one of ___ days"
9Prickly plants
14"Without further ___ …"
15Crossed one's fingers
16Constellation with a belt
17Grab a chair
18"Go fly a kite!"
20Skewered meat dish
22"Nature of a ___" (1991 Queen Latifah album)
23One pouncing at a laser pointer, perhaps
24Thick noodle in Japanese soups
26Grandma, in Guatemala
28"Pipe down!"
33Like the name Parker, for a valet
34Thyme piece
35They might be sold à la carte at a Mexican restaurant
39[Gone … like magic!]
41Some English noblemen
43Possess
44Per ___ (yearly)
46"Explosive" expletive
48Scratch or stain, e.g.
49"No skin off my nose!"
52Move upward
55Hook, line and sinker, for an angler
56Neither here ___ there
57Word before act or action
61Gunslinger Earp
64Where duds are draped to dry … or a literal description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across?
67"___ sells seashells by the seashore"
68Actor Ethan whose surname sounds like a bird
69"The ___ Express" (kid-lit classic)
70Alternative to a trowel for an archaeologist
71It's nearly impossible to split their creme equally, per M.I.T.
72Poker-faced
73"Dee-lish!"

Down

41 clues
1Part of a Halloween costume
2"The Sopranos" actress Falco
3Emotionally charged, as an issue
4Bruce Springsteen, to fans
5Rule-making grp. for a residential community
6Goes (for)
718-wheeler
8Ice cream brand known as Dreyer's on the West Coast
9Live together
10Preferring platonic relationships, informally
11Greek sorceress who took the phrase "men are pigs" literally
12Smash to smithereens
13Social media app with Reels and Stories, familiarly
19Superfan, in slang
21Accessibility law inits.
25"Negatory"
27Only U.S. state whose capital has a three-word name
28Bear with a hard bed and hot porridge
29"Once ___ a midnight dreary …"
30Make by hand
31Pink Nintendo character from Planet Popstar
32Home on the "I" page of many ABC books
36Out of the picture, maybe?
37Actual shape of the Crab Nebula, disappointingly
38Feudal underling
40"Short" thing for someone with a temper
42High-and-mighty
45Snacks (on)
47Beermaking establishment
50Lollygag
51"Here's a thought …"
52Dried chili in Mexican cuisine
53Kind of power using rooftop panels
54Actor Russell whose surname sounds like a bird
58Vile Nile reptiles
59Piggy bank opening
60Sight along a farm country road
62"O Brother, Where Art ___?" (2000 Coen brothers film)
63Abound
65Ring result, in brief
66Grandma, in Glasgow

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Stats & info

Monday, Jun 2, 2025
15×15
Grid size
78
Total entries
36/189
Black / letter cells
4.8
Avg entry length
12 ltrs
Longest entry
Easiest
Monday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedJun 2, 2025
DayMonday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorAnthony V. Grubb
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split37 across · 41 down
Longest entries
28A"Pipe down!"12 ltrs49A"No skin off my nose!"12 ltrs18A"Go fly a kite!"11 ltrs64AWhere duds are draped to dry … or a literal description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across?11 ltrs3DEmotionally charged, as an issue9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.