Mature

Latest answer — June 07, 2025

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Ready for picking, eating, or reaching full development. 🍑

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Across

  1. 1Collect
  2. 6Shortening for bakers
  3. 9Triangular bones that fuse in adulthood
  4. 14Assembles
  5. 17"You didn't fool me"
  6. 18___-Assyrian Empire, once the world's strongest military power
  7. 19Annoyance in the middle of a season, perhaps
  8. 20Top suit
  9. 21Generational disconnects
  10. 23First Muppet to appear on the Billboard Hot 100
  11. 24Takes the field?
  12. 25Package filler, often
  13. 27Yahoo rival
  14. 28Leaves aside?
  15. 29Spiral-shelled mollusks
  16. 31Spanish city that's home to the Alhambra
  17. 34Declining late in life
  18. 35Beef cut in Santa Maria-style barbecue
  19. 36Likely lobby locale in D.C.
  20. 38Restaurant option that lacks options
  21. 39Makes haste
  22. 40In-network grp.
  23. 42Channel
  24. 43Phisher's collection, for short
  25. 44Doozy
  26. 46What one of the letters in the luxury conglomerate LVMH stands for
  27. 48Baseball's "Master Melvin"
  28. 49Corruption below deck, perhaps
  29. 51___-ace (queer identity)
  30. 52Colorful knit top with Scottish origins
  31. 55Board game variant used as a last-resort tiebreaker
  32. 56Fumes
  33. 57Are, in Spanish
  34. 58Couldn't not

Down

  1. 1Natural process we all go through
  2. 2Leave everything behind
  3. 3Never ever
  4. 4___Believes Cup, annual women's soccer tournament
  5. 5Finalizes, with "up"
  6. 6Some concerning forecasts, in weather-speak
  7. 7Coffee rings, e.g.
  8. 8Campaign activity
  9. 9Directive in many a stovetop recipe
  10. 10N.L. East rival of NYM
  11. 11Like Junior Mints and Raisinets
  12. 12What a retrospective aims to produce
  13. 13One side in ancient Greece's Battle of the 300 Champions
  14. 15Mature
  15. 16"Euphoria" synonym that, like "Euphoria," is also the name of a hit TV show
  16. 22Sendups
  17. 24"Bare" bottom?
  18. 26Infiltrators of a sort
  19. 28Medicare component
  20. 29Oft-repeated bit of onomatopoeia
  21. 30Once named
  22. 32Pike, for instance: Abbr.
  23. 33Longtime animated TV character who hasn't had a speaking role since 2017
  24. 37One's parents, in modern slang
  25. 38Stops digging
  26. 41Got by
  27. 43Change seats?
  28. 44"Better sound through research" brand
  29. 45Gown go-with
  30. 47Core location
  31. 49Freaks (out)
  32. 50Lighting, sound production, etc.
  33. 53Unprocessed
  34. 54___ moment

The answer to “Mature” in the New York Times crossword is RIPE — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on June 7, 2025, a Saturday puzzle, at 15-Down. Other answers we've seen for this clue include ADULT. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Mature” answer

RIPE (4 letters) — most recent; also seen as ADULT

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Why the answer is RIPE

Ready for picking, eating, or reaching full development. 🍑

What does RIPE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of RIPE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(adjective)

  • (of fruit or grain) developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating
  • having arrived at the fitting stage or time for a particular action or purpose
  • (of a person's age) advanced

Other answers for “Mature”

New York Times has used this clue with more than one solution. Besides RIPE, it has also been ADULT. Every appearance we've indexed is listed below with the date it ran.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Mature”?

The answer is RIPE, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on June 7, 2025. Other answers for this clue include ADULT.

How many letters is the answer to “Mature”?

4 letters: RIPE. Earlier fills for this clue have also been ADULT (5).

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on June 7, 2025 (a Saturday puzzle), at 15-Down. Earlier appearances: March 10, 2025 → ADULT.

Can “Mature” have a different answer?

Yes. Besides RIPE, New York Times has also used ADULT for this clue. Every date and answer is listed above.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for June 7, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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