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NYT Crossword — June 21, 2025

Saturday’s 14 × 16 puzzle, 68 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

32 clues

1Olympics event in which Germany is the traditional powerhouse

14Words before ask, admit or go

15First name of the "Princess of Pop"

16Donned quickly

17Puts in order

18Fuel for a family feud

20"Oh, ___ on!"

21Rita of the "Fifty Shades" movies

22Food label abbr.

23Kitchen alternative to tallow

25Grammy-winning song (2013) that begins "The snow glows white on the mountain tonight"

28Gen-Xer's "excellent"

29Black-and-yellow demarcation

32Cootie-free greeting

34Foster kid in "Taxi Driver"?

35Bargaining subjects

36Frank who wrote the music and lyrics to "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"

38Like a Mediterranean diet

41Endurance event, for short

42Bending over, perhaps

43Word before or after book

46QB Dawson who faced Bart Starr in Super Bowl I

48Exhibited perfect brakes

54Sommelier, e.g.

56In the shop, say

57Dish, at times

59Performs a perfect dismount, e.g.

Down

36 clues

2"Didn't see ya there!"

3Crib for a doll

5Literature Nobelist who wrote "Dodsworth" and "Kingsblood Royal"

6Berkshire institution

7Vietnamese currency

8Like "Animal Farm" and "Don Quixote"

9Flight of fancy?

10"Ritorna vincitor" singer

11Training facilities?

12Mortimer who once made a guest appearance on "The Muppet Show"

13Average booster

19Side order with curry

23It has its peaks and valleys

24Ethiopian emperor Selassie

25Part of U.C.L.A.

27Vehicles seen in the films "Dazed and Confused" and "Two-Lane Blacktop"

29Basketball legend Maravich's nickname

30Some seaside attractions

31Disturbing, in a way

33Name in the baking aisle

36Brief office hookup?

39Dismissed, with "at"

40Word with game or control

43Old-fashioned club

44Sex therapy topic

47"C'mon, please?"

50Port WSW of Algiers

51Gram alternative

52Certain bond, informally

53Ministre d'___

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Stats & info

Saturday, Jun 21, 2025

14×16

Grid size

68

Total entries

28/196

Black / letter cells

5.8

Avg entry length

16 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 21, 2025

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorChristina Iverson and Doug Peterson

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split32 across · 36 down

Longest entries

3DCrib for a doll16 ltrs 11DTraining facilities?16 ltrs 18AFuel for a family feud14 ltrs 48AExhibited perfect brakes14 ltrs 29ABlack-and-yellow demarcation10 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 28 black squares and averages 5.8 letters per entry.