NYT Crossword June 9, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Refill at a Shell station, say 5 6A Relative of a rapier 5 11A "I guess I get the joke ..." 3 14A Stinks 5 15A "Leave me ___!" 5 16A Record-holder's suffix 3 17A Dangerous thing to be inside 15 20A Music genre modifier 3 21A Cloudless 5 22A "Slap me five!" 5 23A Kimono-clad entertainer 6 25A Not too many 4 26A Easter or Passover, but not Christmas 12 32A Great delight 4 35A Trumpet blast 5 36A By way of 3 37A Lent a hand to 5 39A "Uh-huh!" 3 40A Linger (on) 5 42A Cloth at a car wash 3 43A Valentine bouquet 5 45A Typical Caribbean cruise stop 4 46A Beermaker's supply 12 50A Side-stepper on a beach 4 51A Small French eatery 6 55A Insurance filing 5 57A ___ and aahed 5 60A Scampering rodent 3 61A "And bringing up the rear ..." or an apt description of the ends of 17-, 26- and 46-Across 15 64A Did something exceptionally well, in slang 3 65A Info gathered by spies 5 66A Top-class 5 67A Word before dear or after hell 3 68A Pond honker 5 69A Instrument used in Hindustani classical music 5

Down

1D It's often packed during the final few weeks of pregnancy 5 2D Singer of the theme song to "Skyfall" 5 3D Georg ___, longtime Chicago Symphony conductor 5 4D Clickable address 3 5D Hitchcock film given an R rating 24 years after its release 6 6D Spot for valuables 4 7D Utah skiing area 4 8D Niels ___, physicist portrayed by Kenneth Branagh in "Oppenheimer" 4 9D Opposite of WSW 3 10D Spurned 8 11D Stretches of baking days? 9 12D Canadian gasoline brand 4 13D Web address starter 4 18D Any of several kings of Norway 4 19D Sporting equipment that is French for "sword" 4 24D Captain Hook's right-hand man 4 25D ___ Lingus 3 27D Vast void 5 28D Colorful puppy of children's TV 5 29D Momentary slip 5 30D Place for a flower box 4 31D Old wives' ___ 4 32D Attire 4 33D Pinocchio, at times 4 34D Outliers in the data 9 38D Shoot for the stars 8 41D At ___ end (frazzled) 4 44D Sphere 3 47D Court order 4 48D Assist with a crime 4 49D Moves obliquely 6 52D One could be dominant or recessive 5 53D Follower of Haile Selassie, informally 5 54D River animal often seen on its back 5 55D Court surface for the French Open 4 56D Arriving at 8:00 for a 7:00 dinner, say 4 57D Bart Simpson's bus driver 4 58D Individuals 4 59D Groundhog's home 4 62D Game with Skip cards 3 63D Quarterback Manning 3