NYT Crossword June 2, 2025 Answers

Across

1A "Don't love it, don't hate it" 3 4A "It's just one of ___ days" 5 9A Prickly plants 5 14A "Without further ___ …" 3 15A Crossed one's fingers 5 16A Constellation with a belt 5 17A Grab a chair 3 18A "Go fly a kite!" 11 20A Skewered meat dish 5 22A "Nature of a ___" (1991 Queen Latifah album) 5 23A One pouncing at a laser pointer, perhaps 3 24A Thick noodle in Japanese soups 4 26A Grandma, in Guatemala 6 28A "Pipe down!" 12 33A Like the name Parker, for a valet 3 34A Thyme piece 5 35A They might be sold à la carte at a Mexican restaurant 5 39A [Gone … like magic!] 4 41A Some English noblemen 5 43A Possess 4 44A Per ___ (yearly) 5 46A "Explosive" expletive 5 48A Scratch or stain, e.g. 3 49A "No skin off my nose!" 12 52A Move upward 6 55A Hook, line and sinker, for an angler 4 56A Neither here ___ there 3 57A Word before act or action 5 61A Gunslinger Earp 5 64A Where duds are draped to dry … or a literal description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across? 11 67A "___ sells seashells by the seashore" 3 68A Actor Ethan whose surname sounds like a bird 5 69A "The ___ Express" (kid-lit classic) 5 70A Alternative to a trowel for an archaeologist 3 71A It's nearly impossible to split their creme equally, per M.I.T. 5 72A Poker-faced 5 73A "Dee-lish!" 3

Down

1D Part of a Halloween costume 4 2D "The Sopranos" actress Falco 4 3D Emotionally charged, as an issue 9 4D Bruce Springsteen, to fans 7 5D Rule-making grp. for a residential community 3 6D Goes (for) 4 7D 18-wheeler 4 8D Ice cream brand known as Dreyer's on the West Coast 4 9D Live together 7 10D Preferring platonic relationships, informally 3 11D Greek sorceress who took the phrase "men are pigs" literally 5 12D Smash to smithereens 5 13D Social media app with Reels and Stories, familiarly 5 19D Superfan, in slang 4 21D Accessibility law inits. 3 25D "Negatory" 4 27D Only U.S. state whose capital has a three-word name 4 28D Bear with a hard bed and hot porridge 4 29D "Once ___ a midnight dreary …" 4 30D Make by hand 5 31D Pink Nintendo character from Planet Popstar 5 32D Home on the "I" page of many ABC books 5 36D Out of the picture, maybe? 9 37D Actual shape of the Crab Nebula, disappointingly 4 38D Feudal underling 4 40D "Short" thing for someone with a temper 4 42D High-and-mighty 4 45D Snacks (on) 7 47D Beermaking establishment 7 50D Lollygag 4 51D "Here's a thought …" 3 52D Dried chili in Mexican cuisine 5 53D Kind of power using rooftop panels 5 54D Actor Russell whose surname sounds like a bird 5 58D Vile Nile reptiles 4 59D Piggy bank opening 4 60D Sight along a farm country road 4 62D "O Brother, Where Art ___?" (2000 Coen brothers film) 4 63D Abound 4 65D Ring result, in brief 3 66D Grandma, in Glasgow 3