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NYT Crossword — June 7, 2025

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 68 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 68 revealed
1A
2M
3A
4S
5S
6T
7S
8P
9S
10A
11C
12R
13A
14G
A
T
H
E
15R
S
T
O
16G
E
T
H
E
R
17I
K
N
E
W
I
T
A
L
L
A
L
O
N
G
18N
E
O
19S
P
O
I
L
E
R
20C
E
O
21G
A
P
22S
23E
R
N
I
E
24M
O
W
S
25F
O
A
26M
27M
S
N
28P
I
L
E
29T
R
I
T
O
30N
S
31G
32R
A
N
A
D
33A
34S
E
N
I
L
E
35T
R
I
T
I
P
36K
S
T
R
E
E
37T
38S
E
T
M
E
N
U
39H
I
E
S
40H
41M
O
42D
U
C
T
43S
S
N
S
44B
E
A
U
45T
46M
O
E
47T
48O
T
T
49W
O
O
D
R
O
50T
51A
R
O
52F
A
I
53R
I
S
L
E
S
W
E
54A
T
E
R
55A
R
M
A
G
E
D
D
O
N
C
H
E
S
S
56S
T
E
W
S
57S
O
N
58H
A
D
T
O

Across

34 clues
1Collect
14Assembles
17"You didn't fool me"
19Annoyance in the middle of a season, perhaps
20Top suit
21Generational disconnects
24Takes the field?
25Package filler, often
27Yahoo rival
28Leaves aside?
29Spiral-shelled mollusks
31Spanish city that's home to the Alhambra
34Declining late in life
35Beef cut in Santa Maria-style barbecue
36Likely lobby locale in D.C.
38Restaurant option that lacks options
39Makes haste
40In-network grp.
42Channel
44Doozy
49Corruption below deck, perhaps
52Colorful knit top with Scottish origins
55Board game variant used as a last-resort tiebreaker
56Fumes
57Are, in Spanish
58Couldn't not

Down

34 clues
2Leave everything behind
3Never ever
5Finalizes, with "up"
6Some concerning forecasts, in weather-speak
7Coffee rings, e.g.
8Campaign activity
11Like Junior Mints and Raisinets
12What a retrospective aims to produce
15Mature
22Sendups
24"Bare" bottom?
26Infiltrators of a sort
28Medicare component
30Once named
37One's parents, in modern slang
38Stops digging
41Got by
43Change seats?
45Gown go-with
47Core location
49Freaks (out)
53Unprocessed
54___ moment

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Stats & info

Saturday, Jun 7, 2025
15×15
Grid size
68
Total entries
25/200
Black / letter cells
5.9
Avg entry length
15 ltrs
Longest entry
Hardest
Saturday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedJun 7, 2025
DaySaturday
ThemeThemeless
ConstructorBlake Slonecker
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split34 across · 34 down
Longest entries

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 25 black squares and averages 5.9 letters per entry.