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NYT Crossword — June 25, 2025

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 72 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

35 clues

4Sound of a bass drum

9"Challenge accepted!"

14TV newswoman Cabrera

16Like avaricious eyes

17Historic agreement of 1215

19Wear on earth?

20"Through the fog it came" in Part I of Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

21Big name in Dadaism

23"Dream a Little Dream of Me" singer of 1968, familiarly

27What silken tofu may replace in vegan recipes

28Frog's friend in an easy-reader classic

30Ethnic group of Rwanda

31California ___ (abstaining from everything but cannabis, say)

34Formally forces out

36Onomatopoetic breakfast trio

39Facility for outpatients

40Yorkshire metropolis

41Delay deciding, informally

42Olympic blade

44Olympic "blade"

47907, for a high one

49Bit of gear for Vermeer

542008 romantic drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow

56Concern for an Allied ship

58Incentive to stay indoors on a sweltering day, informally … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle

59"Cheers" in Chiapas

61Simu ___, portrayer of Rival Ken in "Barbie"

64A person's soul mate, with "the"

Down

37 clues

2Like a clock with hands

3Miscellaneous collection

4Expansive parcels

5Love, in emoji-speak

6Tool for removing a tree stump

7M.L.B. team that retired Strawberry's #18

8Substance in stars and neon signs

9Flanged girder

10Healthful snack brand

11Home to the Museum of the Portuguese Language

12"That's unexpected …"

13Bill promoting science education

18One of the Bobbsey twins, in children's literature

24Top-selling musical artist of the 2010s

25Part of a dance

26Questionable, in modern lingo

29Source of prophecy

31Popular stocking stuffer?

32Nail polish brand with a MillenniYUM shade

33Quietly added to a thread

35Marked, in a way

36Legato notation, in music

37Tripled, then tripled again

38"Don't let up. You've got this!"

43Acquisition that may solve a mouse problem

44Opera with a baritone Iago

45"Quickest way to Harlem," in song

46Former stray, often

48Get the edge over

50Rite place at the rite time?

51___ Doone (cookie brand)

52First lady of Italy?

55"___ got some difficult days ahead": Martin Luther King Jr.

56Team for gymnasts Biles and Chiles

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Jun 25, 2025

15×15

Grid size

72

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 25, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorBen Zimmer and Zach Sherwin

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 37 down

Longest entries

36AOnomatopoetic breakfast trio14 ltrs 17AHistoric agreement of 121510 ltrs 10DHealthful snack brand10 ltrs 31DPopular stocking stuffer?10 ltrs 20A"Through the fog it came" in Part I of Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"9 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.