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NYT Crossword — June 20, 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

29 clues
1"Looks like it's settled!"
16Cultural attraction in London's Covent Garden neighborhood
17Campaign reminder
18Brief moment in time
21Sound from a crib
24Concave cooking items
25One side of a list
26K
30Sci-fi droid, familiarly
32Crux
34Go about
35Loose items in a purse, perhaps
36Reddit rule enforcers
37Retro means of communication
39Variety of violet
41Torn
43Leaning
44Like Greenland
46Part of many a car's dashboard
50Trendy
52Nonchalant comeback
56Very, very close
57Everybody's talking about it

Down

41 clues
1"___ jolie!"
2Appear overprotective, say
3Mate's reply
4Natural pitch
5Olympian Raisman
6They're long stories
7Mushroom-to-be
8Makes slick
9Before, in a poem
10Masked bandits?
11In a state
12Offerings at colleges and museums
13Was suspended
14Bubbly option
15Model Holliday
22Trudge
24Puppy's plaint
26Spoil
27This is the greatest part!
28Winds up
30Pet sayings?
31Caramel-filled sweet
32Idly dreams
33Dweller near Dubai
35Moves slightly closer, as a baseball fielder
38Preceding
42Big name in bookstores
43Coffee roaster's creation
45Request by those under 21
46Munch
48Mix up
51Little annoyance
53Clock standard: Abbr.
55Old what's-___-name

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Stats & info

Friday, Jun 20, 2025
15×15
Grid size
70
Total entries
28/197
Black / letter cells
5.6
Avg entry length
15 ltrs
Longest entry
Hard
Friday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedJun 20, 2025
DayFriday
ThemeThemeless
ConstructorAdrianne Baik
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split29 across · 41 down
Longest entries

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 28 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.