Meeting Their Match

By John Kugelman

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Across

  1. 15JibeMESH
  2. 29Howe'erTHO
  3. 42-TEEL
  4. 43-RATS
  5. 45-GANT
  6. 47-DOGF
  7. 69"!!!"OMG
  8. 74PleadBEG
  9. 81AbstainerNONUSER
  10. 91-RASS
  11. 92-ELKN
  12. 93-BOWL
  13. 95-GNUY
  14. 120Fat substituteOLESTRA

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  1. 5MannerAFFECT
  2. 10ChurchgoerCONGREG
  3. 18ChurchHOUSEOF
  4. 36YieldedLEDTO
  5. 55Based on reasonRATIONAL
  6. 62Lose itGOBANANAS
  7. 86OffalORGANMEAT
  8. 100AmalgamationMASHUP
  9. 111FlopDUD

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. Regarding — Answer: ASTO. Hint: Think about how you might refer to something in relation to another topic! 📚
  2. 5. Some hotel check-in areas — Answer: ATRIA
  3. 10. Singer Cruz known as the "Queen of Salsa" — Answer: CELIA
  4. 15. Jibe — Answer: MESH
  5. 19. Break, slangily — Answer: BORK
  6. 20. Rafael Nadal has won a record 14 of these — Answer: FRENCHOPENS
  7. 22. Boxer's diet, maybe — Answer: ALPO
  8. 23. Mmes. : France :: ___ : Spain — Answer: SRAS
  9. 24. Deal with a problem later, as a filmmaker — Answer: FIXITINPOST
  10. 25. Belle boy? — Answer: BEAU
  11. 26. It's a cinch! — Answer: OBI
  12. 27. "Everything in the world is about ___ except ___" (quote often attributed to Oscar Wilde) — Answer: SEX
  13. 28. Wedding toast signals — Answer: TINGS
  14. 29. Howe'er — Answer: THO. Hint: This is a poetic contraction meaning “however.” 📖
  15. 31. Adds to an email — Answer: CCS
  16. 32. Some narrative homages, informally — Answer: FANFIC
  17. 34. National anthem contraction — Answer: OER
  18. 35. Uncle ___ (nickname for comedian Berle) — Answer: MILTIE
  19. 37. Point in the direction of — Answer: STEERTO
  20. 39. Yosemite's ___ Adams Gallery — Answer: ANSEL
  21. 41. Gateway to the Amalfi Coast — Answer: SALERNO
  22. 42. - — Answer: TEEL
  23. 43. - — Answer: RATS
  24. 45. - — Answer: GANT
  25. 47. - — Answer: DOGF
  26. 48. Brand used for Taco Tuesday — Answer: ORTEGA
  27. 51. Share cleanup duty, in a way — Answer: COEDIT
  28. 54. Brittney of the W.N.B.A. — Answer: GRINER
  29. 57. Hardy mountain plants — Answer: ALPINES
  30. 61. Highest point — Answer: APOGEE
  31. 65. Cold and wet, as weather — Answer: RAW
  32. 66. Last-one-standing fights — Answer: BATTLEROYALES
  33. 69. "!!!" — Answer: OMG
  34. 70. Seventh of 24 — Answer: ETA
  35. 71. "Ain't ___ Sweet" — Answer: SHE
  36. 72. Hopper in the Hundred Acre Wood — Answer: ROO
  37. 73. Hightail it — Answer: LAM
  38. 74. Plead — Answer: BEG
  39. 75. A, in German class — Answer: EIN
  40. 76. Forehead-slapping moments — Answer: AHAS
  41. 77. Mich. neighbor — Answer: IND
  42. 78. "Star Trek: T.N.G." empath — Answer: TROI
  43. 80. Greeting from a man's best friend — Answer: ARF
  44. 81. Abstainer — Answer: NONUSER
  45. 83. Beefy, as gym bros — Answer: SWOLE
  46. 85. Composer Vivaldi — Answer: ANTONIO
  47. 87. Bumps on a log — Answer: GNARLS
  48. 88. Fancy diving flips — Answer: GAINERS
  49. 90. Prefix with -caster — Answer: STRATO
  50. 91. - — Answer: RASS
  51. 92. - — Answer: ELKN
  52. 93. - — Answer: BOWL
  53. 95. - — Answer: GNUY
  54. 96. Something that often changes color before it falls — Answer: LEAF
  55. 98. Vegas opener? — Answer: LAS. Hint: It’s the familiar opening of Nevada’s famous gambling city. 🎰
  56. 99. One-named pop star with releases on the Monkey Puzzle record label — Answer: SIA
  57. 100. Kids' cries — Answer: MAAS
  58. 101. Guinness record holder for most words in a hit single (1,560 in six minutes) — Answer: EMINEM
  59. 103. De Armas of "Blade Runner 2049" — Answer: ANA
  60. 106. Fibonacci and Galileo, for two — Answer: PISANS
  61. 108. Powerful force of attraction on display in this puzzle? — Answer: ANIMALMAGNETISM
  62. 111. Dance in celebration — Answer: DOAJIG
  63. 114. Single-use binders — Answer: ZIPTIES
  64. 115. "You gotta be kidding me!" — Answer: SHEESH
  65. 119. Reddit endorsement — Answer: UPVOTE
  66. 120. Fat substitute — Answer: OLESTRA
  67. 121. Smallest discrete units of energy — Answer: QUANTA
  68. 122. More expensive — Answer: DEARER
  69. 123. Drift (off) — Answer: NOD
  70. 124. Captain's rear — Answer: AFT
  71. 125. Not go along, say — Answer: OPTOUT

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  1. 1. What Jason Momoa has, notably — Answer: ABSOFST
  2. 2. Potassium ___ (preservative) — Answer: SORBATE
  3. 3. Orientation participant — Answer: TRAINEE
  4. 4. Go-aheads — Answer: OKS
  5. 5. Manner — Answer: AFFECT
  6. 6. It's for kids, not silly rabbits — Answer: TRIX
  7. 7. "Toy Story" dino — Answer: REX
  8. 8. Still alive, so to speak — Answer: INIT
  9. 9. Jason Statham or Sylvester Stallone — Answer: ACTIONS
  10. 10. Churchgoer — Answer: CONGREG
  11. 11. Actor Omar — Answer: EPPS
  12. 12. Fifth of 12 — Answer: LEO
  13. 13. Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. — Answer: INST
  14. 14. Literally, "panting," in Greek — Answer: ASTHMA
  15. 15. Literary fairy queen — Answer: MAB
  16. 16. Spider-Man's lightning-wielding foe — Answer: ELECTRO
  17. 17. In la-la land, with "out" — Answer: SPACING
  18. 18. Church — Answer: HOUSEOF
  19. 21. Gregory of Hollywood — Answer: HINES
  20. 27. "My man" — Answer: SIR
  21. 30. Vegetable ___ — Answer: OIL
  22. 33. Convicted criminal — Answer: FELON
  23. 36. Yielded — Answer: LEDTO
  24. 38. Piece of one's mine — Answer: ORE
  25. 39. Even a little — Answer: ATALL
  26. 40. Cagney's partner on classic TV — Answer: LACEY
  27. 41. La petite Thérèse, e.g.: Abbr. — Answer: STE
  28. 44. Striped stones — Answer: AGATES
  29. 46. Meal modifier — Answer: NOSALT
  30. 49. Hebrew honorific — Answer: REB
  31. 50. Makes a mess of — Answer: TRASHES
  32. 52. Lesser deities in Greek mythology — Answer: DAEMONS
  33. 53. Computer addresses, for short — Answer: IPS
  34. 54. Colorful feature of a lawn — Answer: GREENGR
  35. 55. Based on reason — Answer: RATIONAL
  36. 56. "Show me! Show me!" — Answer: IWANNASEE
  37. 58. Ground cover plant with trailing vines and five-petaled flowers — Answer: PERIWIN
  38. 59. Like some patches — Answer: IRONON
  39. 60. Japanese restaurant order — Answer: NOODLEB
  40. 62. Lose it — Answer: GOBANANAS
  41. 63. Part of a retirement title — Answer: EMERITUS
  42. 64. Chinese restaurant order — Answer: EGGFOOY
  43. 67. Yonder, to a pirate — Answer: THAR
  44. 68. Dr. Zhivago's beloved — Answer: LARA
  45. 76. Syst. of unspoken words — Answer: ASL
  46. 79. Addams Family cousin — Answer: ITT
  47. 82. Constellation on Alaska's flag — Answer: URSAMAJOR
  48. 83. Big Fifth Avenue retailer — Answer: SAKS
  49. 84. Subject of the Liberi painting "The Birth of Love" — Answer: EROS
  50. 86. Offal — Answer: ORGANMEAT
  51. 88. Tall, chic woman — Answer: GLAMAZON
  52. 89. Attacks like a kitten — Answer: SWIPESAT
  53. 92. Kind of sch. — Answer: ELEM
  54. 94. Bottleful for un bébé — Answer: LAIT
  55. 97. Like a mom or dad's patience — Answer: FINITE
  56. 100. Amalgamation — Answer: MASHUP
  57. 102. African country whose name is found in another country's name — Answer: NIGER
  58. 103. Totally stoked — Answer: AMPED
  59. 104. Washington team, to fans — Answer: NATS
  60. 105. State of unease — Answer: AGITA
  61. 107. "Thong Song" singer, 2000 — Answer: SISQO
  62. 109. Stitch's film friend — Answer: LILO
  63. 110. Soft ball brand — Answer: NERF
  64. 111. Flop — Answer: DUD
  65. 112. Expose, poetically — Answer: OPE
  66. 113. Director DuVernay — Answer: AVA. Hint: Think of the filmmaker behind “Selma” and “A Wrinkle in Time” 😊
  67. 116. Pioneer in electronica music — Answer: ENO
  68. 117. Soccer analyst Holden — Answer: STU
  69. 118. Bowler or boater — Answer: HAT

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Full NYT Crossword answer list for June 8, 2025

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Across

#ClueAnswer
1RegardingASTO
5Some hotel check-in areasATRIA
10Singer Cruz known as the "Queen of Salsa"CELIA
15JibeMESH
19Break, slangilyBORK
20Rafael Nadal has won a record 14 of theseFRENCHOPENS
22Boxer's diet, maybeALPO
23Mmes. : France :: ___ : SpainSRAS
24Deal with a problem later, as a filmmakerFIXITINPOST
25Belle boy?BEAU
26It's a cinch!OBI
27"Everything in the world is about ___ except ___" (quote often attributed to Oscar Wilde)SEX
28Wedding toast signalsTINGS
29Howe'erTHO
31Adds to an emailCCS
32Some narrative homages, informallyFANFIC
34National anthem contractionOER
35Uncle ___ (nickname for comedian Berle)MILTIE
37Point in the direction ofSTEERTO
39Yosemite's ___ Adams GalleryANSEL
41Gateway to the Amalfi CoastSALERNO
42-TEEL
43-RATS
45-GANT
47-DOGF
48Brand used for Taco TuesdayORTEGA
51Share cleanup duty, in a wayCOEDIT
54Brittney of the W.N.B.A.GRINER
57Hardy mountain plantsALPINES
61Highest pointAPOGEE
65Cold and wet, as weatherRAW
66Last-one-standing fightsBATTLEROYALES
69"!!!"OMG
70Seventh of 24ETA
71"Ain't ___ Sweet"SHE
72Hopper in the Hundred Acre WoodROO
73Hightail itLAM
74PleadBEG
75A, in German classEIN
76Forehead-slapping momentsAHAS
77Mich. neighborIND
78"Star Trek: T.N.G." empathTROI
80Greeting from a man's best friendARF
81AbstainerNONUSER
83Beefy, as gym brosSWOLE
85Composer VivaldiANTONIO
87Bumps on a logGNARLS
88Fancy diving flipsGAINERS
90Prefix with -casterSTRATO
91-RASS
92-ELKN
93-BOWL
95-GNUY
96Something that often changes color before it fallsLEAF
98Vegas opener?LAS
99One-named pop star with releases on the Monkey Puzzle record labelSIA
100Kids' criesMAAS
101Guinness record holder for most words in a hit single (1,560 in six minutes)EMINEM
103De Armas of "Blade Runner 2049"ANA
106Fibonacci and Galileo, for twoPISANS
108Powerful force of attraction on display in this puzzle?ANIMALMAGNETISM
111Dance in celebrationDOAJIG
114Single-use bindersZIPTIES
115"You gotta be kidding me!"SHEESH
119Reddit endorsementUPVOTE
120Fat substituteOLESTRA
121Smallest discrete units of energyQUANTA
122More expensiveDEARER
123Drift (off)NOD
124Captain's rearAFT
125Not go along, sayOPTOUT

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#ClueAnswer
1What Jason Momoa has, notablyABSOFST
2Potassium ___ (preservative)SORBATE
3Orientation participantTRAINEE
4Go-aheadsOKS
5MannerAFFECT
6It's for kids, not silly rabbitsTRIX
7"Toy Story" dinoREX
8Still alive, so to speakINIT
9Jason Statham or Sylvester StalloneACTIONS
10ChurchgoerCONGREG
11Actor OmarEPPS
12Fifth of 12LEO
13Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.INST
14Literally, "panting," in GreekASTHMA
15Literary fairy queenMAB
16Spider-Man's lightning-wielding foeELECTRO
17In la-la land, with "out"SPACING
18ChurchHOUSEOF
21Gregory of HollywoodHINES
27"My man"SIR
30Vegetable ___OIL
33Convicted criminalFELON
36YieldedLEDTO
38Piece of one's mineORE
39Even a littleATALL
40Cagney's partner on classic TVLACEY
41La petite Thérèse, e.g.: Abbr.STE
44Striped stonesAGATES
46Meal modifierNOSALT
49Hebrew honorificREB
50Makes a mess ofTRASHES
52Lesser deities in Greek mythologyDAEMONS
53Computer addresses, for shortIPS
54Colorful feature of a lawnGREENGR
55Based on reasonRATIONAL
56"Show me! Show me!"IWANNASEE
58Ground cover plant with trailing vines and five-petaled flowersPERIWIN
59Like some patchesIRONON
60Japanese restaurant orderNOODLEB
62Lose itGOBANANAS
63Part of a retirement titleEMERITUS
64Chinese restaurant orderEGGFOOY
67Yonder, to a pirateTHAR
68Dr. Zhivago's belovedLARA
76Syst. of unspoken wordsASL
79Addams Family cousinITT
82Constellation on Alaska's flagURSAMAJOR
83Big Fifth Avenue retailerSAKS
84Subject of the Liberi painting "The Birth of Love"EROS
86OffalORGANMEAT
88Tall, chic womanGLAMAZON
89Attacks like a kittenSWIPESAT
92Kind of sch.ELEM
94Bottleful for un bébéLAIT
97Like a mom or dad's patienceFINITE
100AmalgamationMASHUP
102African country whose name is found in another country's nameNIGER
103Totally stokedAMPED
104Washington team, to fansNATS
105State of uneaseAGITA
107"Thong Song" singer, 2000SISQO
109Stitch's film friendLILO
110Soft ball brandNERF
111FlopDUD
112Expose, poeticallyOPE
113Director DuVernayAVA
116Pioneer in electronica musicENO
117Soccer analyst HoldenSTU
118Bowler or boaterHAT

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