NYT Crossword June 4, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Going ___ 4 5A Clarifying words 6 11A Student's concern, in brief 3 14A Girl in Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" 5 15A Use a Sharpie on, perhaps 6 16A Undefeated boxer Laila 3 17A Platinum-selling singer who co-starred in the films "Moonlight" and "Hidden Figures" 12 19A Family transport 3 20A Certain chain movie theaters 4 21A Egyptian snake 3 22A Proof (or disproof) of paternity 7 24A Corkscrew-shaped pasta 6 26A Lion's home 7 27A "Creature" that might "attack" a small child 13 31A Shed tears 3 34A Like snow leopards and giant pandas 5 35A King of Norway and Sweden from 1844 to 1859 6 36A Only known warm-blooded fish 4 38A Not much 4 40A Like fine wine and cheese 4 41A The aughts, e.g. 6 44A "Für ___" (Beethoven dedication) 5 47A Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality," e.g. 3 48A Homing devices? 13 51A Done without much care, informally 7 52A Something not to quit, they say 6 56A Excels at school 7 57A Year in Rio 3 59A Cool, in slang 4 60A Bit of light 3 61A What to do when life gives you the proverbial items hidden in 17-, 27- and 48-Across 12 64A Experiencing little to no amorous attraction, informally 3 65A List ender 6 66A Kind of sax 5 67A A/C measure 3 68A "Not so!," e.g. 6 69A Line up, in a way 4

Down

1D Unforgettable place? 5 2D Bit of color 5 3D Seals the deal, informally 6 4D Business card abbr. 3 5D "Chic" modifier 4 6D Rope fiber 4 7D Fuss 3 8D Partners often work in this 6 9D "Oh yeah? Watch me!" 7 10D The "S" of T.S. Eliot 7 11D Tried something new, perhaps 9 12D Drunk out of one's mind 9 13D Is not, informally 4 14D Cracked, as a door 4 18D Pastor's flock 5 23D Puccini opera 5 25D Actress Vardalos 3 26D North American peak named by the Koyukon Athabascans 6 28D Rio maker 3 29D Gets darker, say 6 30D Carousel, e.g. 4 31D Drink with a straw 4 32D Kind of surgery 9 33D Remark that may immediately follow an insult or a compliment 9 37D They might be decked in December 5 39D Morse bit 3 42D Maligned 7 43D Send off 7 45D Twin city in the Bible 5 46D Notable time period 3 49D Resident of Japan's third-largest city 6 50D Host of the 2000 Olympics 6 53D Two-syllable woman's name that becomes a one-syllable woman's name if you drop the last letter 5 54D Film portmanteau, informally 5 55D "Divine medicine," per the Greek physician Paracelsus 4 56D Snatch 4 57D Actress Shawkat of "Arrested Development" 4 58D Astrophysicist ___ deGrasse Tyson 4 62D Certain Ivy Leaguer 3 63D Tense parts of sports matches, for short 3