NYT Crossword June 16, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Three-player trick-taking game 4 5A Supermarket tabloids, informally 4 9A Walkways 5 14A Difficult air to see through 4 15A Dog biter 4 16A Greek theater 5 17A Pitchers' stats 4 18A Short stiletto shoe 10 20A Voice below soprano 4 22A Locale for a person with a green thumb 6 23A 'N Sync bandmate of Justin Timberlake 10 26A Black Friday or Cyber Monday event 4 29A Letters before a criminal's alias 3 30A Vaccine-approving org. 3 31A Finger … or what a finger dials on a phone 5 32A "Affirmative!" 3 33A Floor model 4 35A Slanted edges, as on mirrors 6 36A What a first crush might be dismissed as 9 38A Author Louisa May ___ 6 41A Slugger Sammy 4 42A ___ de Janeiro 3 45A Like cursive handwriting, typically 5 46A Yahoo alternative 3 47A Finish 3 48A Cash dispensers 4 49A Spot that may be affected by a charley horse 10 53A Bandit at sea 6 55A Small case for needles 4 56A Movie marketed toward a primarily female audience, informally 10 60A West Point, in brief 4 62A 2015 Adele hit that won three Grammys 5 63A Adolescent woe 4 64A The first word of 18-, 23-, 36-, 49- or 56-Across is one 4 65A Swords whose points were once dipped in dye before a duel 5 66A Squealed, as an informant 4 67A ___ gin fizz 4

Down

1D "Thar ___ blows!" 3 2D Sing-along activity at a bar 7 3D Colorful shrubs in the genus Rhododendron 7 4D In an irritable mood 5 5D ___ Stadium, former D.C. sports venue 3 6D Boxer who "stung like a bee" 3 7D Outset 5 8D Lucifer 5 9D Setting for "Make Way for Ducklings" 4 10D Sticky stuff 8 11D Like most first-year college students 7 12D Groundbreaking invention for ancient farmers? 3 13D Longtime sketch comedy show, in brief 3 19D Before, poetically 3 21D Not working, as a police officer 7 23D Bird whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet 3 24D Skilled 5 25D Pack (down) 4 27D Rapper ___ Nas X 3 28D U.F.O. crew 3 31D Lower one's estimation of 7 34D Yiddish laments 3 35D ___ buddy 5 36D Treat on a stick that you lick 8 37D Bread purchase 4 38D Styled after 3 39D Parking place 3 40D Put together, as a scrapbook 7 42D Disengagement due to a conflict of interest 7 43D Left hanging between two stages 7 44D Praiseful poem 3 49D Half-___ (coffee order) 3 50D Bronze statue in Rockefeller Center 5 51D High-end German camera brand 5 52D Things left after tearing checks out of checkbooks 5 54D Some bygone theaters 4 56D Revolutionary Guevara 3 57D No-longer-cool way to say "cool" 3 58D First channel to offer 24-hour reporting 3 59D Beer barrel 3 61D "Affirmative!" at sea 3