Vox Crossword June 21, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Vox crossword puzzle from June 21, 2025.

Vox Crossword June 21, 2025 Answers

This Vox puzzle from June 21, 2025 contains 76 total clues—35 across and 41 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our Vox crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	Piece of deck furniture	CHAIR
6A	Functioning as	QUA
9A	Bite	MORSEL
14A	Many an Indian, religiously	HINDU
15A	Server with a spigot	URN
16A	In better shape	HALER
17A	Celebrity chef Brown	ALTON
18A	Dec. clock standard in D.C.: Abbr.	EDT
19A	Build upon	ADDTO
20A	*Topical application used to treat oleander or firethorn exposure?	POISONBUSHCREAM
23A	Service charge	FEE
24A	"Lookie here!"	OHO
25A	*Dog that traveled to Oz confronts his home state?	TOTOFACESKANSAS
34A	Sounds from the flock	AMENS
35A	Compete (for)	VIE
36A	Hump Day preceder: Abbr.	TUE
37A	Hardly ubiquitous	RARE
38A	Tending to emotional extremes	MOODY
40A	Whine and moan	CARP
41A	Establishment with many tourists	INN
42A	Noah's craft	ARK
43A	Unspoken yet expressed	TACIT
44A	*Nationwide result of a Hershey's factory disaster?	KISSFREEAMERICA
49A	Football commentator Manning	ELI
50A	Terminal force: Abbr.	TSA
51A	*"Absolutely, Your Highness - hastily commence the hostilities!"	YESQUEENRUSHWAR
60A	Secret romance	AMOUR
61A	"Holy cow!"	YIKES
62A	Father of Gandhi	NEHRU
63A	39 Down extractor	MINER
64A	Driving aid, for short	GPS
65A	Dunked discs	OREOS
66A	In an underhanded way	SLYLY
67A	Drunkard	SOUSE
68A	What each of the words in 20, 25, 44, and 51 Across are names of	BANDS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Split from the cold	CHAP
2D	Hawaiian city on its namesake bay	HILO
3D	Opposing	ANTI
4D	They're exchanged at the altar	IDOS
5D	Elections after whittling the field down	RUNOFFS
6D	Letter between Papa and Romeo in the NATO alphabet	QUEBEC
7D	One of Pakistan's official languages	URDU
8D	There are over 20 quadrillion of them on earth, per a 2022 study	ANTS
9D	Dance with a repetitive name	CHACHA
10D	Particle comprised of quarks	HADRON
11D	Aged, quaintly	OLDE
12D	Facebook parent	META
13D	Ball in a gym, often	PROM
21D	Bloc critical of charter schools: Abbr.	NEA
22D	Not genuine	BOGUS
25D	2024 Cy Young winner Skubal	TARIK
26D	Native of a Mideast sultanate	OMANI
27D	Birds related to gulls	TERNS
28D	Top ranking	ONE
29D	Bring to mind	RECALL
30D	Punk rocker ___ Vicious	SID
31D	Keanan who played Dana on "Step by Step"	STACI
32D	Gold-related	AURIC
33D	Nasal membranes	SEPTA
38D	Antoinette sent to the guillotine in 1793	MARIE
39D	See 63 Across	ORE
40D	Ramp occupant	CAR
43D	Drinker partial to matcha or oolong, say	TEASNOB
45D	Cinematic follow-up	SEQUEL
46D	Rapid series	FLURRY
47D	Not moving	STATIC
48D	East Lansing institution: Abbr.	MSU
51D	Some top them with marshmallows	YAMS
52D	Chemist Erlenmeyer	EMIL
53D	PlayStation maker	SONY
54D	Their prices became a 2024 presidential campaign talking point	EGGS
55D	___ baby (child of wealth, say)	NEPO
56D	Queen of the Olympians	HERA
57D	At the time of	WHEN
58D	Longtime teammate of Jeter, to fans	AROD
59D	Politico Feingold	RUSS