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NYT Crossword — June 4, 2025

Wednesday’s 16 × 15 puzzle, 77 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

5Clarifying words

11Student's concern, in brief

14Girl in Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit"

15Use a Sharpie on, perhaps

16Undefeated boxer Laila

17Platinum-selling singer who co-starred in the films "Moonlight" and "Hidden Figures"

19Family transport

20Certain chain movie theaters

21Egyptian snake

22Proof (or disproof) of paternity

24Corkscrew-shaped pasta

27"Creature" that might "attack" a small child

34Like snow leopards and giant pandas

35King of Norway and Sweden from 1844 to 1859

36Only known warm-blooded fish

40Like fine wine and cheese

41The aughts, e.g.

44"Für ___" (Beethoven dedication)

47Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality," e.g.

48Homing devices?

51Done without much care, informally

52Something not to quit, they say

56Excels at school

59Cool, in slang

61What to do when life gives you the proverbial items hidden in 17-, 27- and 48-Across

64Experiencing little to no amorous attraction, informally

68"Not so!," e.g.

69Line up, in a way

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40 clues

1Unforgettable place?

3Seals the deal, informally

4Business card abbr.

5"Chic" modifier

8Partners often work in this

9"Oh yeah? Watch me!"

10The "S" of T.S. Eliot

11Tried something new, perhaps

12Drunk out of one's mind

13Is not, informally

14Cracked, as a door

18Pastor's flock

23Puccini opera

25Actress Vardalos

26North American peak named by the Koyukon Athabascans

29Gets darker, say

30Carousel, e.g.

31Drink with a straw

32Kind of surgery

33Remark that may immediately follow an insult or a compliment

37They might be decked in December

45Twin city in the Bible

46Notable time period

49Resident of Japan's third-largest city

50Host of the 2000 Olympics

53Two-syllable woman's name that becomes a one-syllable woman's name if you drop the last letter

54Film portmanteau, informally

55"Divine medicine," per the Greek physician Paracelsus

57Actress Shawkat of "Arrested Development"

58Astrophysicist ___ deGrasse Tyson

62Certain Ivy Leaguer

63Tense parts of sports matches, for short

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Jun 4, 2025

16×15

Grid size

77

Total entries

36/204

Black / letter cells

5.3

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 4, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorDanna Rosenberg

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 40 down

Longest entries

27A"Creature" that might "attack" a small child13 ltrs 48AHoming devices?13 ltrs 17APlatinum-selling singer who co-starred in the films "Moonlight" and "Hidden Figures"12 ltrs 61AWhat to do when life gives you the proverbial items hidden in 17-, 27- and 48-Across12 ltrs 11DTried something new, perhaps9 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 5.3 letters per entry.