NYT Crossword
Friday, June 06, 2025
By Adrian Johnson
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Novelist Patchett — Answer: ANN
- 4. Adviser to an acting president? — Answer: DRAMACOACH
- 14. Mouthful for the foulmouthed — Answer: SOAP
- 16. Average guy — Answer: REGULARJOE
- 17. One of two ingredients used to make chapati — Answer: ATTA
- 18. "You know your voices carry, right?!" — Answer: IVEGOTEARS
- 19. Neutralize, so to speak — Answer: DOIN
- 20. Milestone for a baby — Answer: FIRSTWORDS
- 21. Formally selects — Answer: ANOINTS
- 23. Dance specialty — Answer: TAP
- 24. Keep from being touched, in a way — Answer: ENCASE
- 25. Seek out — Answer: SOLICIT
- 29. Runaway hit — Answer: SMASH
- 30. Meme of the star of "John Wick" looking downcast — Answer: SADKEANU
- 31. Row crosser: Abbr. — Answer: COL
- 32. ___ Núñez de Balboa, Isthmus of Panama explorer — Answer: VASCO
- 34. Means of taking a trip — Answer: LSD
- 35. Cultural draw of Shanghai's M50 district — Answer: ARTSCENE
- 38. Prove otherwise — Answer: BELIE
- 40. Some Halloween mischief — Answer: DEVILRY
- 41. Not very animated — Answer: STOLID
- 43. Culture center? — Answer: LAB
- 44. Point guard's crafty maneuver — Answer: HOPSTEP
- 46. Flavor enhancer in many pho recipes — Answer: BONEMARROW
- 51. "And ... done!" — Answer: TADA
- 52. Split without warning — Answer: UPANDLEAVE
- 53. One may be picked up in the gym — Answer: ODOR
- 54. Support when building bridges — Answer: CANTILEVER
- 55. Litter pickup area? — Answer: NAPE
- 56. Overly warm welcome, maybe — Answer: SLOPPYKISS
- 57. "You can count on me" — Answer: YES
Down
- 1. Adjective on taco truck menus — Answer: ASADA
- 2. "That's my absolute limit!" — Answer: NOTONEMORE
- 3. Big game medium — Answer: NATIONALTV
- 4. Snow fence accumulations — Answer: DRIFTS
- 5. Perfect writing? — Answer: REVISE
- 6. New ___ — Answer: AGER
- 7. Tavern vessels — Answer: MUGS
- 8. Mountains of work ahead — Answer: ALOTTODO
- 9. A model way to work? — Answer: CATWALK
- 10. Dessert with a black-and-white filling — Answer: OREOPIE
- 11. Mostly closed — Answer: AJAR
- 12. Part of a hammock — Answer: CORD
- 13. BP rival — Answer: HESS
- 15. Fails to keep cool — Answer: PANICS
- 22. "Hmm ... hard pass" — Answer: NAH
- 25. Source of a cephalopod's defensive ink — Answer: SAC
- 26. Punch out, say — Answer: CALLITADAY
- 27. Privileged figures, perhaps? — Answer: INSIDEDOPE
- 28. Sass, informally — Answer: TUDE
- 29. Bucketful — Answer: SCAD
- 30. Sioux Falls-to-Sioux City dir. — Answer: SSE
- 32. How many consent — Answer: VERBALLY
- 33. "Whichever one you want" — Answer: ANY
- 36. Cupboard component — Answer: SILENTP
- 37. Seafood cookout bowlful — Answer: CLAMDIP
- 38. Charles Mingus specialty — Answer: BOP
- 39. ___ Howard, Yankee who was the 1963 A.L. M.V.P. — Answer: ELSTON
- 41. Propels, like a shuffleboard disk — Answer: SHOVES
- 42. Lookout positions — Answer: TOWERS
- 45. Cuts (down) — Answer: PARES
- 46. 2003 and 2021 Super Bowl champs, informally — Answer: BUCS
- 47. Milky resource found in the outback — Answer: OPAL
- 48. Onetime iPod offering — Answer: NANO
- 49. Be very funky — Answer: REEK
- 50. Noted name in raga performance — Answer: RAVI
The answer to “Lookout positions” in the New York Times crossword is TOWERS — a 6-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on June 6, 2025, a Friday puzzle, at 42-Down. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.
“Lookout positions” answer
TOWERS (6 letters)
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Why the answer is TOWERS
TOWERS is the 6-letter solution that fits "Lookout positions" in the NYT Crossword crossword on June 6, 2025 (42-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “Lookout positions” appeared?
New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up before, and what the answer was each time — handy if you landed here from a puzzle on another date.
June 6, 2025 (this puzzle) → TOWERS. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword on June 6, 2025
Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.
- Not very animated → STOLID
- Point guard's crafty maneuver → HOPSTEP
- Flavor enhancer in many pho recipes → BONEMARROW
- Split without warning → UPANDLEAVE
- Support when building bridges → CANTILEVER
- Overly warm welcome, maybe → SLOPPYKISS
- Culture center? → LAB
- Propels, like a shuffleboard disk → SHOVES
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for June 6, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.
About the NYT Crossword
The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Friday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.
Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “Lookout positions”?
The answer is TOWERS, a 6-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on June 6, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Lookout positions”?
6 letters: TOWERS.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on June 6, 2025 (a Friday puzzle), at 42-Down.
Can “Lookout positions” have a different answer?
Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.
Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?
The full grid for June 6, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.