New York Times 2025 06 07 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
“You didn’t fool me”	IKNEWITALLALONG
___-Assyrian Empire, once the world’s strongest military power	NEO
Annoyance in the middle of a season, perhaps	SPOILER
First Muppet to appear on the Billboard Hot 100	ERNIE
Takes the field?	MOWS
Package filler, often	FOAM
Leaves aside?	PILE
Spanish city that’s home to the Alhambra	GRANADA
Declining late in life	SENILE
Beef cut in Santa Maria-style barbecue	TRITIP
Likely lobby locale in D.C.	KSTREET
Restaurant option that lacks options	SETMENU
In-network grp.	HMO
Phisher’s collection, for short	SSNS
What one of the letters in the luxury conglomerate LVMH stands for	MOET
Corruption below deck, perhaps	WOODROT
___-ace (queer identity)	ARO
Colorful knit top with Scottish origins	FAIRISLESWEATER
Board game variant used as a last-resort tiebreaker	ARMAGEDDONCHESS
Are, in Spanish	SON
Natural process we all go through	AGING
Leave everything behind	MAKEAFRESHSTART
___Believes Cup, annual women’s soccer tournament	SHE
Finalizes, with “up”	SEWS
Some concerning forecasts, in weather-speak	TSTORMS
Coffee rings, e.g.	STAINS
Directive in many a stovetop recipe	SEAR
N.L. East rival of NYM	ATL
Like Junior Mints and Raisinets	CHOCOLATECOATED
What a retrospective aims to produce	RENEWEDINTEREST
One side in ancient Greece’s Battle of the 300 Champions	ARGOS
“Euphoria” synonym that, like “Euphoria,” is also the name of a hit TV show	GLEE
Triangular bones that fuse in adulthood	SACRA
“Bare” bottom?	MINIMUM
Infiltrators of a sort	MOLES
Oft-repeated bit of onomatopoeia	TSK
Couldn’t not	HADTO
NEVER EVER	ATNOPOINTINTIME
CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY	POLLING
MEDICARE COMPONENT	PARTD
MAKES HASTE	HIES
FREAKS (OUT)	WIGS
Pike, for instance: Abbr.	RTE
Longtime animated TV character who hasn’t had a speaking role since 2017	APU
One’s parents, in modern slang	THEOLDS
Stops digging	SOURSON
Change seats?	SOFAS
“Better sound through research” brand	BOSE
Core location	TORSO
Lighting, sound production, etc.	TECH
DOOZY	BEAUT
FUMES	STEWS
CHANNEL	DUCT
MATURE	RIPE
SPIRAL-SHELLED MOLLUSKS	TRITONS
YAHOO RIVAL	MSN
GENERATIONAL DISCONNECTS	GAPS
TOP SUIT	CEO
ASSEMBLES	GATHERSTOGETHER
Shortening for bakers	TSP
COLLECT	AMASS
___ MOMENT	AHA
Baseball’s “Master Melvin”	OTT
GOT BY	MADEDO
ONCE NAMED	NEE
UNPROCESSED	RAW
GOWN GO-WITH	TOWN
Sendups	SATIRES

“You didn’t fool me”

IKNEWITALLALONG

___-Assyrian Empire, once the world’s strongest military power

NEO

Annoyance in the middle of a season, perhaps

SPOILER

First Muppet to appear on the Billboard Hot 100

ERNIE

Takes the field?

MOWS

Package filler, often

FOAM