NYT Crossword June 25, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Besmirch 3 4A Sound of a bass drum 5 9A "Challenge accepted!" 5 14A TV newswoman Cabrera 3 15A Drive back 5 16A Like avaricious eyes 5 17A Historic agreement of 1215 10 19A Wear on earth? 5 20A "Through the fog it came" in Part I of Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" 9 21A Big name in Dadaism 3 22A Lets borrow 7 23A "Dream a Little Dream of Me" singer of 1968, familiarly 8 27A What silken tofu may replace in vegan recipes 3 28A Frog's friend in an easy-reader classic 4 30A Ethnic group of Rwanda 4 31A California ___ (abstaining from everything but cannabis, say) 5 34A Formally forces out 6 36A Onomatopoetic breakfast trio 14 39A Facility for outpatients 6 40A Yorkshire metropolis 5 41A Delay deciding, informally 4 42A Olympic blade 4 44A Olympic "blade" 3 47A 907, for a high one 8 49A Bit of gear for Vermeer 7 53A Bad bug 3 54A 2008 romantic drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow 9 56A Concern for an Allied ship 5 58A Incentive to stay indoors on a sweltering day, informally … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle 9 59A "Cheers" in Chiapas 5 60A Bird-related 5 61A Simu ___, portrayer of Rival Ken in "Barbie" 3 62A "Ergo …" 5 63A Flashy fish 5 64A A person's soul mate, with "the" 3

Down

1D Tex-Mex treat 6 2D Like a clock with hands 6 3D Miscellaneous collection 6 4D Expansive parcels 6 5D Love, in emoji-speak 5 6D Tool for removing a tree stump 8 7D M.L.B. team that retired Strawberry's #18 4 8D Substance in stars and neon signs 6 9D Flanged girder 5 10D Healthful snack brand 10 11D Home to the Museum of the Portuguese Language 8 12D "That's unexpected …" 3 13D Bill promoting science education 3 18D One of the Bobbsey twins, in children's literature 3 24D Top-selling musical artist of the 2010s 5 25D Part of a dance 4 26D Questionable, in modern lingo 3 29D Source of prophecy 6 31D Popular stocking stuffer? 10 32D Nail polish brand with a MillenniYUM shade 3 33D Quietly added to a thread 5 35D Marked, in a way 3 36D Legato notation, in music 4 37D Tripled, then tripled again 8 38D "Don't let up. You've got this!" 8 39D Tax prep pro 3 43D Acquisition that may solve a mouse problem 6 44D Opera with a baritone Iago 6 45D "Quickest way to Harlem," in song 6 46D Former stray, often 6 48D Get the edge over 5 50D Rite place at the rite time? 5 51D ___ Doone (cookie brand) 5 52D First lady of Italy? 3 55D "___ got some difficult days ahead": Martin Luther King Jr. 4 56D Team for gymnasts Biles and Chiles 3 57D Blacklist 3