NYT Crossword Answers 06/02/25

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Across Clues

• 1 “Don’t love it, don’t hate it” MEH
• 4 “It’s just one of ___ days” THOSE
• 9 Prickly plants CACTI
• 14 “Without further ___ ?” ADO
• 15 Crossed one’s fingers HOPED
• 16 Constellation with a belt ORION
• 17 Grab a chair SIT
• 18 “Go fly a kite!” EATMYSHORTS
• 20 Skewered meat dish KEBAB
• 22 “Nature of a ___” (1991 Queen Latifah album) SISTA
• 23 One pouncing at a laser pointer, perhaps CAT
• 24 Thick noodle in Japanese soups UDON
• 26 Grandma, in Guatemala ABUELA
• 28 “Pipe down!” PUTASOCKINIT
• 33 Like the name Parker, for a valet APT
• 34 Thyme piece SPRIG
• 35 They might be sold à la carte at a Mexican restaurant TACOS
• 39 [Gone ? like magic!] POOF
• 41 Some English noblemen EARLS
• 43 Possess HAVE
• 44 Per ___ (yearly) ANNUM
• 46 “Explosive” expletive FBOMB
• 48 Scratch or stain, e.g. MAR
• 49 “No skin off my nose!” SUITYOURSELF
• 52 Move upward ASCEND
• 55 Hook, line and sinker, for an angler GEAR
• 56 Neither here ___ there NOR
• 57 Word before act or action CLASS
• 61 Gunslinger Earp WYATT
• 64 Where duds are draped to dry ? or a literal description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across? CLOTHESLINE
• 67 “___ sells seashells by the seashore” SHE
• 68 Actor Ethan whose surname sounds like a bird HAWKE
• 69 “The ___ Express” (kid-lit classic) POLAR
• 70 Alternative to a trowel for an archaeologist HOE
• 71 It’s nearly impossible to split their creme equally, per M.I.T. OREOS
• 72 Poker-faced STONY
• 73 “Dee-lish!” YUM

Vertical Clues

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