NYT Crossword June 2 2025 Answers
All 78 clues from the Monday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.
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1A"Don't love it, don't hate it"3 lettersSee answer ›4A"It's just one of ___ days"5 lettersSee answer ›9APrickly plants5 lettersSee answer ›14A"Without further ___ …"3 lettersSee answer ›15ACrossed one's fingers5 lettersSee answer ›16AConstellation with a belt5 lettersSee answer ›17AGrab a chair3 lettersSee answer ›18A"Go fly a kite!"11 lettersSee answer ›20ASkewered meat dish5 lettersSee answer ›22A"Nature of a ___" (1991 Queen Latifah album)5 lettersSee answer ›23AOne pouncing at a laser pointer, perhaps3 lettersSee answer ›24AThick noodle in Japanese soups4 lettersSee answer ›26AGrandma, in Guatemala6 lettersSee answer ›28A"Pipe down!"12 lettersSee answer ›33ALike the name Parker, for a valet3 lettersSee answer ›34AThyme piece5 lettersSee answer ›35AThey might be sold à la carte at a Mexican restaurant5 lettersSee answer ›39A[Gone … like magic!]4 lettersSee answer ›41ASome English noblemen5 lettersSee answer ›43APossess4 lettersSee answer ›44APer ___ (yearly)5 lettersSee answer ›46A"Explosive" expletive5 lettersSee answer ›48AScratch or stain, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›49A"No skin off my nose!"12 lettersSee answer ›52AMove upward6 lettersSee answer ›55AHook, line and sinker, for an angler4 lettersSee answer ›56ANeither here ___ there3 lettersSee answer ›57AWord before act or action5 lettersSee answer ›61AGunslinger Earp5 lettersSee answer ›64AWhere duds are draped to dry … or a literal description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across?11 lettersSee answer ›67A"___ sells seashells by the seashore"3 lettersSee answer ›68AActor Ethan whose surname sounds like a bird5 lettersSee answer ›69A"The ___ Express" (kid-lit classic)5 lettersSee answer ›70AAlternative to a trowel for an archaeologist3 lettersSee answer ›71AIt's nearly impossible to split their creme equally, per M.I.T.5 lettersSee answer ›72APoker-faced5 lettersSee answer ›73A"Dee-lish!"3 lettersSee answer ›DOWN
1DPart of a Halloween costume4 lettersSee answer ›2D"The Sopranos" actress Falco4 lettersSee answer ›3DEmotionally charged, as an issue9 lettersSee answer ›4DBruce Springsteen, to fans7 lettersSee answer ›5DRule-making grp. for a residential community3 lettersSee answer ›6DGoes (for)4 lettersSee answer ›7D18-wheeler4 lettersSee answer ›8DIce cream brand known as Dreyer's on the West Coast4 lettersSee answer ›9DLive together7 lettersSee answer ›10DPreferring platonic relationships, informally3 lettersSee answer ›11DGreek sorceress who took the phrase "men are pigs" literally5 lettersSee answer ›12DSmash to smithereens5 lettersSee answer ›13DSocial media app with Reels and Stories, familiarly5 lettersSee answer ›19DSuperfan, in slang4 lettersSee answer ›21DAccessibility law inits.3 lettersSee answer ›25D"Negatory"4 lettersSee answer ›27DOnly U.S. state whose capital has a three-word name4 lettersSee answer ›28DBear with a hard bed and hot porridge4 lettersSee answer ›29D"Once ___ a midnight dreary …"4 lettersSee answer ›30DMake by hand5 lettersSee answer ›31DPink Nintendo character from Planet Popstar5 lettersSee answer ›32DHome on the "I" page of many ABC books5 lettersSee answer ›36DOut of the picture, maybe?9 lettersSee answer ›37DActual shape of the Crab Nebula, disappointingly4 lettersSee answer ›38DFeudal underling4 lettersSee answer ›40D"Short" thing for someone with a temper4 lettersSee answer ›42DHigh-and-mighty4 lettersSee answer ›45DSnacks (on)7 lettersSee answer ›47DBeermaking establishment7 lettersSee answer ›50DLollygag4 lettersSee answer ›51D"Here's a thought …"3 lettersSee answer ›52DDried chili in Mexican cuisine5 lettersSee answer ›53DKind of power using rooftop panels5 lettersSee answer ›54DActor Russell whose surname sounds like a bird5 lettersSee answer ›58DVile Nile reptiles4 lettersSee answer ›59DPiggy bank opening4 lettersSee answer ›60DSight along a farm country road4 lettersSee answer ›62D"O Brother, Where Art ___?" (2000 Coen brothers film)4 lettersSee answer ›63DAbound4 lettersSee answer ›65DRing result, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›66DGrandma, in Glasgow3 lettersSee answer ›RECENT NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLES
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