XWordHint Crossword Answers June 18, 2025 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

XWordHint Crossword Complete Solution: June 18, 2025

Published on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 • Updated daily

Our expert breakdown helps you solve the June 18 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. Near

4-letter answer Answer: NIGH

Word Help: Synonyms: nearly, near, well-nigh
Antonyms: far

Clue #2: 5. Fashion's Jimmy whose surname aptly rhymes with "shoe"

4-letter answer Answer: CHOO

Clue #3: 9. Squeak remover

4-letter answer Answer: LUBE

Word Help: Synonyms: lubricator, lubricate, lubricant

Clue #4: 13. Look bad?

4-letter answer Answer: OGLE

Word Help: Synonyms: ogle

Clue #5: 14. Not his

4-letter answer Answer: HERS

Clue #6: 15. "By Jove!"

4-letter answer Answer: ISAY

Clue #7: 16. Offset, as something on a scale

14-letter answer Answer: COUNTERBALANCE

Word Help: Synonyms: compensate, countervail, neutralize

Clue #8: 19. It might be swiped for cash

7-letter answer Answer: ATMCARD

Clue #9: 20. Org. that was a frequent James Bond foe

3-letter answer Answer: KGB

Word Help: Synonyms: Committee_for_State_Security, Soviet_KGB, KGB

Clue #10: 21. Mo. setting

3-letter answer Answer: CST

Word Help: Synonyms: CST, Central_Standard_Time, Central_Time

Clue #11: 23. M.L.B.'er in a blue-and-orange uniform

5-letter answer Answer: NYMET

Clue #12: 24. Gad about at a banquet

8-letter answer Answer: TABLEHOP

Clue #13: 26. John or Jane of anonymity

3-letter answer Answer: DOE

Word Help: Synonyms: DOE, Energy, Energy_Department

Clue #14: 27. Bite at a bar

4-letter answer Answer: TAPA

Word Help: Synonyms: tapa_bark, tappa, tapa

Clue #15: 30. Job security, for some

6-letter answer Answer: TENURE

Word Help: Synonyms: land_tenure, tenure, term_of_office

Clue #16: 31. Not just my

3-letter answer Answer: OUR

Clue #17: 32. Mind-boggling designs

5-letter answer Answer: OPART

Clue #18: 34. Like hand-me-downs

4-letter answer Answer: USED

Word Help: Synonyms: put-upon, employ, utilize
Antonyms: misused

Clue #19: 35. Rely on the hospitality of friends for lodging

9-letter answer Answer: COUCHSURF

Clue #20: 38. "Star Wars" species on Tatooine

4-letter answer Answer: JAWA

Clue #21: 41. Sentiment on el Día de San Valentín

5-letter answer Answer: TEAMO

Clue #22: 42. Card

3-letter answer Answer: WIT

Word Help: Synonyms: wit, card, brainpower

Clue #23: 45. Brewer Coors

6-letter answer Answer: ADOLPH

Clue #24: 48. Once, once

4-letter answer Answer: ERST

Word Help: Synonyms: formerly, once, at_one_time

Clue #25: 49. Perfect serve

3-letter answer Answer: ACE

Word Help: Synonyms: ace, whizz, nail

Clue #26: 50. Hit the pubs

8-letter answer Answer: BARCRAWL

Clue #27: 52. Had

5-letter answer Answer: OWNED

Word Help: Synonyms: have, possess, own
Antonyms: unowned

Clue #28: 54. Bygone initials at JFK

3-letter answer Answer: SST

Clue #29: 55. "Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: ELO

Clue #30: 56. Be afraid to

7-letter answer Answer: DARENOT

Clue #31: 58. Rainy-day game for children, whose play is punnily suggested by 16-, 24-, 35- and 50-Across

14-letter answer Answer: THEFLOORISLAVA

Clue #32: 61. Capital on the Baltic Sea

4-letter answer Answer: RIGA

Word Help: Synonyms: Riga, capital_of_Latvia

Clue #33: 62. Went through channels?

4-letter answer Answer: SWAM

Word Help: Synonyms: drown, float, swim
Antonyms: sink

Clue #34: 63. Medicinal name in the shampoo aisle

4-letter answer Answer: TGEL

Clue #35: 64. Short first step

4-letter answer Answer: ATOB

Clue #36: 65. Takes up, as some new pants

4-letter answer Answer: HEMS

Word Help: Synonyms: ahem, hem

Clue #37: 66. Pennsylvania city or its county

4-letter answer Answer: YORK

Word Help: Synonyms: House_of_York, York

Across Clues and Answers (37)

Clue #1: 1. "Impossible!"

7-letter answer Answer: NOCANDO

Clue #2: 2. "Ha ha ha!," on April Fools' Day

7-letter answer Answer: IGOTYOU

Clue #3: 3. Not so happy

7-letter answer Answer: GLUMMER

Word Help: Synonyms: sullen, morose, glum

Clue #4: 4. Therefore

5-letter answer Answer: HENCE

Word Help: Synonyms: thus, so, hence

Clue #5: 5. Acting Oscar winner inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

4-letter answer Answer: CHER

Clue #6: 6. What's rounded up in a roundup

4-letter answer Answer: HERD

Word Help: Synonyms: herd, ruck, crowd

Clue #7: 7. Earth or sun, for example

3-letter answer Answer: ORB

Word Help: Synonyms: globe, orbit, eyeball

Clue #8: 8. Home to the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan (built in A.D. 593)

5-letter answer Answer: OSAKA

Word Help: Synonyms: Osaka

Clue #9: 9. Likely (to)

6-letter answer Answer: LIABLE

Word Help: Synonyms: nonresistant, liable, nonimmune

Clue #10: 10. SEAL's org.

3-letter answer Answer: USN

Word Help: Synonyms: United_States_Navy, US_Navy, USN

Clue #11: 11. Wine god of myth

7-letter answer Answer: BACCHUS

Word Help: Synonyms: Bacchus

Clue #12: 12. House with a long-unmowed lawn, e.g.

7-letter answer Answer: EYESORE

Word Help: Synonyms: eyesore

Clue #13: 17. Anchor or heart, maybe

6-letter answer Answer: TATTOO

Word Help: Synonyms: tattoo

Clue #14: 18. Letters before Q, sometimes

4-letter answer Answer: LGBT

Clue #15: 22. "Decorated," as a house for Halloween

4-letter answer Answer: TPED

Clue #16: 24. North Carolina athlete

7-letter answer Answer: TARHEEL

Word Help: Synonyms: North_Carolinian, Tarheel

Clue #17: 25. Broadway's "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is ___"

4-letter answer Answer: ENUF

Clue #18: 28. "The Simpsons" shopkeeper

3-letter answer Answer: APU

Clue #19: 29. What a handshake may lead to

4-letter answer Answer: PACT

Word Help: Synonyms: treaty, accord, pact

Clue #20: 33. Ruling title that dates back to the Byzantine Empire

4-letter answer Answer: TSAR

Word Help: Synonyms: tzar, czar, tsar

Clue #21: 35. Course that may follow trig

4-letter answer Answer: CALC

Clue #22: 36. Verbal hesitations

3-letter answer Answer: UMS

Clue #23: 37. Chopper parts

6-letter answer Answer: ROTORS

Word Help: Synonyms: rotor, rotor_coil
Antonyms: stator

Clue #24: 38. Pokes in the ring

4-letter answer Answer: JABS

Word Help: Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poke

Clue #25: 39. 2019 Brad Pitt sci-fi thriller

7-letter answer Answer: ADASTRA

Clue #26: 40. "I don't care what that cost!"

7-letter answer Answer: WORTHIT

Clue #27: 42. "You in?"

7-letter answer Answer: WANNAGO

Clue #28: 43. Freeze up

7-letter answer Answer: ICEOVER

Clue #29: 44. The first one was delivered in 1984

7-letter answer Answer: TEDTALK

Clue #30: 46. Like a house built in a day, say

6-letter answer Answer: PREFAB

Word Help: Synonyms: prefab

Clue #31: 47. Long way to go?

4-letter answer Answer: HALL

Word Help: Synonyms: Charles_Francis_Hall, residence_hall, residence

Clue #32: 51. "Sound" of a point sailing over someone's head

5-letter answer Answer: WOOSH

Word Help: Synonyms: woosh, whoosh

Clue #33: 53. Eudora ___, Pulitzer winner for "The Optimist's Daughter"

5-letter answer Answer: WELTY

Word Help: Synonyms: Eudora_Welty, Welty

Clue #34: 56. Small amount of whiskey

4-letter answer Answer: DRAM

Word Help: Synonyms: drachma, dram, drachm

Clue #35: 57. Goals

4-letter answer Answer: AIMS

Word Help: Synonyms: intent, objective, place

Clue #36: 59. It's not you, it's me

3-letter answer Answer: EGO

Word Help: Synonyms: self, ego, egotism

Clue #37: 60. "You ___ me!"

3-letter answer Answer: OWE

Word Help: Synonyms: owe

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. 1976's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" or 2018's "Shallow"

4-letter answer Answer: DUET

Word Help: Synonyms: duo, pair, yoke

Clue #2: 5. Wear out

4-letter answer Answer: FRAY

Word Help: Synonyms: affray, chafe, fret

Clue #3: 9. Fighting sport, for short

3-letter answer Answer: MMA

Clue #4: 12. Relatively new addition to Thanksgiving?

5-letter answer Answer: INLAW

Clue #5: 14. Corporate "carrot"

9-letter answer Answer: PROMOTION

Word Help: Synonyms: forwarding, packaging, promotional_material
Antonyms: demotion

Clue #6: 16. The N.B.A.'s Curry, familiarly

5-letter answer Answer: STEPH

Clue #7: 17. One might be measured in pounds

9-letter answer Answer: RESCUEDOG

Clue #8: 18. Regular partygoer

9-letter answer Answer: SOCIALITE

Word Help: Synonyms: socialite

Clue #9: 20. Crazy party

5-letter answer Answer: RAGER

Clue #10: 21. Clan emblems

6-letter answer Answer: TOTEMS

Word Help: Synonyms: totem

Clue #11: 22. Funny business

6-letter answer Answer: COMEDY

Word Help: Synonyms: comedy, drollery, funniness
Antonyms: tragedy

Clue #12: 23. They're put in quotes

6-letter answer Answer: PRICES

Word Help: Synonyms: monetary_value, Mary_Leontyne_Price, Leontyne_Price

Clue #13: 25. Bit of dancewear

4-letter answer Answer: TUTU

Word Help: Synonyms: Desmond_Tutu, Tutu, ballet_skirt

Clue #14: 26. Be as good as

5-letter answer Answer: RIVAL

Word Help: Synonyms: competition, equal, challenger

Clue #15: 27. Stick in one's mouth

9-letter answer Answer: TOOTHPICK

Word Help: Synonyms: toothpick

Clue #16: 32. What some films don't do well

3-letter answer Answer: AGE

Word Help: Synonyms: get_on, geezerhood, senesce
Antonyms: rejuvenate

Clue #17: 33. Drink with an onomatopoeic name

7-letter answer Answer: SLURPEE

Clue #18: 35. When repeated, a dance move

3-letter answer Answer: NAE

Clue #19: 36. Their customers lie for them

9-letter answer Answer: MASSEUSES

Word Help: Synonyms: masseuse

Clue #20: 38. Give another go

5-letter answer Answer: RETRY

Word Help: Synonyms: retry, rehear

Clue #21: 40. Modern meeting invite

4-letter answer Answer: LINK

Word Help: Synonyms: radio_link, join, liaison
Antonyms: disconnectedness, dissociate

Clue #22: 41. National park with Devils Garden

6-letter answer Answer: ARCHES

Word Help: Synonyms: arch, archway, curve

Clue #23: 42. Thick tortilla that's the national dish of El Salvador

6-letter answer Answer: PUPUSA

Clue #24: 45. Submissive

6-letter answer Answer: DOCILE

Word Help: Synonyms: gentle, docile, teachable
Antonyms: stubborn

Clue #25: 47. Buck of baseball

5-letter answer Answer: ONEIL

Clue #26: 48. Some early January sporting events

9-letter answer Answer: BOWLGAMES

Clue #27: 51. Warped fabric, it's said

9-letter answer Answer: SPACETIME

Clue #28: 53. Friendly start to a group email

5-letter answer Answer: HIALL

Clue #29: 54. Utter disasters

9-letter answer Answer: TIREFIRES

Clue #30: 55. Band

5-letter answer Answer: TRIBE

Word Help: Synonyms: kindred, tribe, kin

Clue #31: 56. Show that opens with an iconic crane shot, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: SNL

Clue #32: 57. Actress Beverly of 1989's "Lean on Me"

4-letter answer Answer: TODD

Word Help: Synonyms: Lord_Todd, Todd, Sweeney_Todd

Clue #33: 58. Side dish that's uncooked

4-letter answer Answer: SLAW

Word Help: Synonyms: slaw, coleslaw

Across Clues and Answers (33)

Clue #1: 1. What might elicit an "Oh, snap!"

4-letter answer Answer: DISS

Word Help: Synonyms: affront, Dis, Orcus

Clue #2: 2. Hymnal preposition

4-letter answer Answer: UNTO

Clue #3: 3. Campus choices

9-letter answer Answer: ELECTIVES

Word Help: Synonyms: elective_course, elective

Clue #4: 4. With 44-Down, the "bubble" in bubble tea

7-letter answer Answer: TAPIOCA

Word Help: Synonyms: tapioca

Clue #5: 5. Neck lines

5-letter answer Answer: FRETS

Word Help: Synonyms: erode, Greek_key, gag

Clue #6: 6. Wine choice

4-letter answer Answer: ROSE

Word Help: Synonyms: heighten, stand_up, mount
Antonyms: go_to_bed, sit_down

Clue #7: 7. Co. that patented the combination cup holder and armrest

3-letter answer Answer: AMC

Clue #8: 8. "No, the opposite"

14-letter answer Answer: YOUROTHERRIGHT

Clue #9: 9. Tiny pest

5-letter answer Answer: MIDGE

Word Help: Synonyms: midge

Clue #10: 10. Responded to a cattle call

5-letter answer Answer: MOOED

Word Help: Synonyms: low, moo

Clue #11: 11. Cross

5-letter answer Answer: ANGRY

Word Help: Synonyms: raging, wild, tempestuous
Antonyms: unangry

Clue #12: 13. "So ... did we get everything?"

14-letter answer Answer: WHATELSEISLEFT

Clue #13: 14. Niminy-piminy

4-letter answer Answer: PRIM

Word Help: Synonyms: puritanical, tight-laced, twee

Clue #14: 15. Join forces

6-letter answer Answer: TEAMUP

Clue #15: 19. "___ Amants" (Louis Malle film)

3-letter answer Answer: LES

Word Help: Synonyms: lupus_erythematosus, LE

Clue #16: 22. Aww-inspiring

4-letter answer Answer: CUTE

Word Help: Synonyms: cute, precious, cunning

Clue #17: 23. English four-wheeler

4-letter answer Answer: PRAM

Word Help: Synonyms: perambulator, baby_buggy, pram

Clue #18: 24. European capital known for its Art Nouveau architecture

4-letter answer Answer: RIGA

Word Help: Synonyms: capital_of_Latvia, Riga

Clue #19: 25. Absolutely no more than that

4-letter answer Answer: TOPS

Word Help: Synonyms: super, topnotch, pinch
Antonyms: bottom

Clue #20: 27. Sizable incisor

4-letter answer Answer: TUSK

Word Help: Synonyms: horn, ivory, detusk

Clue #21: 28. It may come from the hills

3-letter answer Answer: ORE

Word Help: Synonyms: ore

Clue #22: 29. Signed and sealed, but not delivered

9-letter answer Answer: INTHEMAIL

Clue #23: 30. Mind

4-letter answer Answer: CARE

Word Help: Synonyms: charge, tutelage, concern

Clue #24: 31. Janitors' janglers

4-letter answer Answer: KEYS

Word Help: Synonyms: samara, paint, cay
Antonyms: atonality

Clue #25: 34. Sibling of Sol, in Roman myth

4-letter answer Answer: LUNA

Word Help: Synonyms: Luna

Clue #26: 37. Streaming channel?

6-letter answer Answer: SLUICE

Word Help: Synonyms: sluice_down, penstock, sluice

Clue #27: 39. Desserts once known as petites duchesses

7-letter answer Answer: ECLAIRS

Word Help: Synonyms: eclair

Clue #28: 41. Something seen in a knee M.R.I.

3-letter answer Answer: ACL

Clue #29: 42. Fencing needs

5-letter answer Answer: POSTS

Word Help: Synonyms: Emily_Price_Post, C._W._Post, mail

Clue #30: 43. Remove from the top of one's profile, as a tweet

5-letter answer Answer: UNPIN

Word Help: Synonyms: unpin
Antonyms: pin

Clue #31: 44. See 4-Down

5-letter answer Answer: PEARL

Word Help: Synonyms: bone, ivory, bead

Clue #32: 45. Like many mosques

5-letter answer Answer: DOMED

Word Help: Synonyms: vaulted, domed

Clue #33: 46. Is short

4-letter answer Answer: OWES

Word Help: Synonyms: owe

Clue #34: 48. Early morning caller

4-letter answer Answer: BIRD

Word Help: Synonyms: fowl, birdwatch, wench

Clue #35: 49. Island east of Corsica

4-letter answer Answer: ELBA

Clue #36: 50. Host

4-letter answer Answer: SLEW

Word Help: Synonyms: mess, mickle, stack

Clue #37: 52. Bruno, to Mirabel, in Disney's "Encanto"

3-letter answer Answer: TIO

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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