The NY Times Mini Crossword June 21, 2025 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Feeling extremely happy JOYFUL
- 7 Wake from sleep AROUSE
- 8 Brand of cinnamon-flavored chewing gum BIGRED
- 9 Talk and talk and talk GAB
- 10 Bengal, colt or dolphin ANIMAL
- 13 TV show ending FINALE
- 14 Rook, to a chess newbie CASTLE
Down
- 1 Quick boxing punch JAB
- 2 Beginnings ORIGINS
- 3 Where you might strike a pose? YOGAMAT
- 4 Nickname for a fuzzy cat FURBALL
- 5 One of many for white vinegar USE
- 6 Was winning LED
- 10 The Bengals, Colts and Dolphins play in it: Abbr AFC
- 11 ___ DaCosta, director of 2023’s “The Marvels” NIA
- 12 Harper who wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird” LEE
MINI Clues are grouped in the order they appeared in the puzzle and If the answers above do not solve a specific clue just open the clue link and it will show you all the possible solutions that we have for that clue.