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NYT Crossword — June 27, 2025

Friday’s 15 × 15 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

35 clues

1Toy that's often quadrilateral with symmetry across its diagonal

5Measured by walking

10Title akin to Mme.

14Unwanted ones may linger

15Lee with 50+ cameos

16Something fans have

18One making the first move?

19Motto of the United Farm Workers of America

20Language mutually intelligible with Hindi

21Big 12 athlete

22A real piece of work?

23Rooibos, by another name

25Patterns for criminologists, in brief

27Hypocorism for Harold

28Works that might include maps of fictional lands

33Scene-setting words

34What had a real boom in development in the early 20th century?

35Warren or Warnock: Abbr.

37Some customer service workers

39R&B star with a hyphen in his name

41___ caterpillar, southern U.S. insect known for its toxic sting

44Connection point

45First nation to restore its independence from the Soviet Union

47Places to bear witness?

49Electronics giant listed on Taiwan's stock exchange

50Bothered no end

51Many A.E.D. users

53Seaside divers

54"Get off my ___!"

Down

33 clues

1Chicken ___ (breaded Japanese entree)

2Clinch a victory

4Teenage Salinger heroine

5Shops for a short time?

6One of seven farewells in "So Long, Farewell"

7Ribbed pants, informally

8Lake that's home to South Bass Island

9It's not observed in Hawaii: Abbr.

10"This is the beginning"

12Some flowers or magazine issues

15Food with eyes, informally

23Sudden, huge successes

25Scientist whose "number" is a dimensionless ratio

26Word meaning "since" in a seasonal song

28All geared up

30Feature of many a deluxe Swiss Army knife

31So

32Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, for one

33"America the Beautiful" has four of them

38Ending with adept or alert

39More agreeable

40Actor Hawke of "Boyhood"

41Half of a Jungian syzygy

42Rummages (through)

43Bel ___ (Italian cheese)

48Found a parking spot

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Stats & info

Friday, Jun 27, 2025

15×15

Grid size

68

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

5.5

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 27, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorCarolyn Davies Lynch

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 33 down

Longest entries

28AWorks that might include maps of fictional lands13 ltrs 32ABossy bosses13 ltrs 33AScene-setting words13 ltrs 5DShops for a short time?11 ltrs 23DSudden, huge successes11 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 5.5 letters per entry.