"No ifs, ___ or buts"

Crossword Answer — June 30, 2025

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NYT Crossword

Monday, June 30, 2025

By Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla Michaels

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Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. Guitar accessory — Answer: CAPO
  2. 5. Inventor Nikola with a car named after him — Answer: TESLA
  3. 10. Garment for Dracula — Answer: CAPE
  4. 14. Big Stuf cookie — Answer: OREO
  5. 15. Exchange of negative commercials — Answer: ADWAR
  6. 16. Certain draft picks? — Answer: ALES
  7. 17. "My heavens!" — Answer: GEEZLOUISE
  8. 19. Bout enders, for short — Answer: TKOS
  9. 20. Shift, Tab and Return — Answer: KEYS
  10. 21. Nine-digit ID — Answer: SSN
  11. 22. Nickname for Haydn or Hemingway — Answer: PAPA
  12. 23. Crescent moon, for instance — Answer: PHASE
  13. 25. "Hold it right there!" — Answer: WHOANELLY
  14. 27. Occupation — Answer: JOB
  15. 28. Bay Area airport code — Answer: SFO
  16. 30. Great Lakes tribe — Answer: ERIES
  17. 31. Walk heavily, as through muck or snow — Answer: SLOG
  18. 33. ___ Alamos, N.M. — Answer: LOS. Hint: This word is often used to refer to a group of people in Spanish! 🌍
  19. 35. Beast that brays — Answer: ASS
  20. 36. Classic Robert De Niro line in "Taxi Driver" ... or a hint for 17-, 25-, 51- and 61-Across — Answer: YOUTALKINTOME
  21. 41. Noah's ___ — Answer: ARK
  22. 42. Total up — Answer: ADD
  23. 43. "Fiddlesticks!" — Answer: NUTS
  24. 45. George Jetson's dog — Answer: ASTRO
  25. 48. Timothy Leary's drug of choice — Answer: LSD
  26. 50. ___ Lanka — Answer: SRI
  27. 51. "Absolutely, positively not!" — Answer: NOWAYJOSE
  28. 55. No longer on one's plate — Answer: EATEN
  29. 57. Sheepish look, maybe — Answer: GRIN
  30. 58. Murmur during a massage — Answer: AHH
  31. 59. ___ bean — Answer: FAVA
  32. 60. "___ we forget" — Answer: LEST
  33. 61. "I'm done with you" — Answer: BYEFELICIA
  34. 65. Italy's Villa d'___ — Answer: ESTE
  35. 66. Parisian cap — Answer: BERET
  36. 67. "Hello, sailor!" — Answer: AHOY. Hint: This cheerful greeting is often associated with pirates and the sea! 🏴‍☠️
  37. 68. Eye annoyance — Answer: STYE
  38. 69. Carne ___ (grilled dish) — Answer: ASADA
  39. 70. Aloha State goose — Answer: NENE

Down

  1. 1. Gear tooth — Answer: COG
  2. 2. "Where the Wild Things ___" — Answer: ARE
  3. 3. Baby's game — Answer: PEEKABOO
  4. 4. Moves like molasses — Answer: OOZES
  5. 5. Art town NNE of Santa Fe — Answer: TAOS
  6. 6. End of a school's email address — Answer: EDU
  7. 7. Nothing-but-net sound — Answer: SWISH
  8. 8. Cowboy's rope — Answer: LASSO
  9. 9. Sporting event venue — Answer: ARENA
  10. 10. Counterpart of a dog lover — Answer: CATPERSON
  11. 11. Base that dissolves in water — Answer: ALKALI
  12. 12. Magazine with a celebrity on almost every cover — Answer: PEOPLE
  13. 13. Pieces of 1,000 words or so — Answer: ESSAYS
  14. 18. Soapmaking supplies — Answer: LYES
  15. 23. Comfy clothes for sleepytime — Answer: PJS
  16. 24. "___ camoly!" — Answer: HOLY
  17. 25. Cashmere or angora — Answer: WOOL
  18. 26. Where eggs hatch — Answer: NEST
  19. 29. Carping — Answer: FLAK
  20. 32. Buyer's protection — Answer: GUARANTEE
  21. 34. Mighty Mighty Bosstones music genre — Answer: SKA
  22. 35. "No ifs, ___ or buts" — Answer: ANDS
  23. 37. Ancient city fooled by a horse — Answer: TROY
  24. 38. Not being used — Answer: IDLE
  25. 39. A milk drinker may have one — Answer: MUSTACHE
  26. 40. Raison d'___ — Answer: ETRE
  27. 44. Confession in a confessional — Answer: SIN
  28. 45. They're right at 90° — Answer: ANGLES
  29. 46. Most achy — Answer: SOREST
  30. 47. Serpentine — Answer: TWISTY
  31. 49. Hand out hands — Answer: DEAL
  32. 52. ___ the Hutt ("Star Wars" villain) — Answer: JABBA
  33. 53. "Now I remember!" — Answer: OHYES
  34. 54. The so-called "Princess of Power" — Answer: SHERA
  35. 56. Birdlike — Answer: AVIAN
  36. 59. Crumbly cheese in a Greek salad — Answer: FETA
  37. 62. Gave sustenance to — Answer: FED
  38. 63. Particle that's either positive or negative — Answer: ION
  39. 64. Sea "sí" — Answer: AYE

The answer to "No ifs, ___ or buts" in the New York Times crossword is ANDS — a 4-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on June 30, 2025, a Monday puzzle, at 35-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.

"No ifs, ___ or buts"” answer

ANDS (4 letters)

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Why the answer is ANDS

ANDS is the 4-letter solution that fits ""No ifs, ___ or buts"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on June 30, 2025 (35-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

When else has “"No ifs, ___ or buts"” appeared?

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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 Monday 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 “"No ifs, ___ or buts"”?

The answer is ANDS, a 4-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on June 30, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “"No ifs, ___ or buts"”?

4 letters: ANDS.

Where did this clue appear?

In the New York Times crossword on June 30, 2025 (a Monday puzzle), at 35-Down.

Can “"No ifs, ___ or buts"” 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 30, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.