NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 13, 2025
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Clues164
Across90
Down74
TitleTunnel Vision
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Cry from a guard tower (4)
Starts with H, ends with THALT→
5A
Imaginary fiends (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDEMONS→
11A
Assign a number, maybe (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERATE→
15A
Takes orders at a restaurant (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWAITS→
20A
Great Plains tribe (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOTOE→
21A
"I'll be right with you" (6)
Starts with I, ends with CINASEC→
22A
Name that becomes a shape if you switch the second and fourth letters (4)
Starts with O, ends with VOLAV→
23A
They might leave you in stitches, for short (6)
Starts with E, ends with SERDOCS→
25A
Not marbled, say (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLEAN→
26A
Electronic music genre (6)
Starts with T, ends with OTECHNO→
27A
Pai gow game piece (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETILE→
28A
Relieve (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESOOTHE→
29A
They have seniority (6)
Starts with E, ends with SELDERS→
31A
Bit of red in a salad (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBEET→
32A
What accepts all cookies? (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOVEN→
33A
Bottom (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETUSHIE→
34A
Under, on a score (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSOTTO→
35A
___ of all (5)
Starts with L, ends with TLEAST→
36A
They might be padded (7)
Starts with R, ends with SRESUMES→
38A
Gift in the 2000 movie "The Gift" (3)
Starts with E, ends with PESP→
39A
Here, in Paris (3)
Starts with I, ends with IICI→
40A
Alternative fuel source (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPEAT→
42A
___ Noël (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPERE→
43A
Yoga sounds (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOMS→
44A
’60s war zone (3)
Starts with N, ends with MNAM→
45A
"Wicked" protagonist (7)
Starts with E, ends with AELPHABA→
52A
Acknowledge silently (5)
Starts with N, ends with TNODAT→
54A
Leave be (6)
Starts with L, ends with ELETLIE→
56A
Big hunk (3)
Starts with G, ends with BGOB→
57A
Many idol worshipers (6)
Starts with T, ends with STWEENS→
59A
Cartoonist Silverstein (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSHEL→
62A
Took an hour off mid-day, say (8)
Starts with H, ends with HHADLUNCH→
64A
Phrase cooed en español (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTEAMO→
65A
Dry, as Spanish wine (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSECO→
66A
Monk known as "The Father of English History" (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESTBEDE→
69A
Geometric art style, familiarly (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODECO→
70A
Going wrong (6)
Starts with E, ends with GERRING→
72A
Two-stringed Chinese instrument (4)
Starts with E, ends with UERHU→
73A
Gave a hoot (5)
Starts with C, ends with DCARED→
74A
Gentleman's disagreement? (5)
Starts with N, ends with RNOSIR→
75A
Website feed inits. (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRSS→
76A
Basketball shooter's lament (7)
Starts with I, ends with DIMISSED→
78A
Flattering lines (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
79A
Subj. for John Maynard Keynes (4)
Starts with E, ends with NECON→
81A
Alma mater for John Maynard Keynes (4)
Starts with E, ends with NETON→
82A
Dot in la mer (3)
Starts with I, ends with EILE→
83A
It lets you move north (7)
Starts with U, ends with WUPARROW→
85A
Windy City commuting org. (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACTA→
88A
"A picture is worth a thousand words," e.g. (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADAGE→
91A
Mulligans (5)
Starts with R, ends with SREDOS→
93A
Big name in streaming (4)
Starts with R, ends with UROKU→
94A
Gossip about (6)
Starts with D, ends with NDISHON→
96A
Champion's memento (4)
Starts with R, ends with GRING→
97A
Hold a grudge against (6)
Starts with R, ends with TRESENT→
98A
North Carolina university (4)
Starts with E, ends with NELON→
99A
"See if that's OK" (5)
Starts with G, ends with KGOASK→
100A
Chore-o-graph? (8)
Starts with T, ends with TTODOLIST→
102A
Significant start (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDENT→
103A
Good person (6)
Starts with M, ends with HMENSCH→
104A
Collectors' org. (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIRS→
105A
Traded for cash (6)
Starts with I, ends with NINPAWN→
108A
Letter-shaped opening (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTSLOT→
110A
Postgrad degs. (3)
Starts with M, ends with SMAS→
111A
1962 Paul Anka hit with the lyric "Kiss me mucho" (7)
Starts with E, ends with OESOBESO→
113A
Absorb, as a cost (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEAT→
115A
"___ bin ein Berliner" (3)
Starts with I, ends with HICH→
117A
Goddess of the rainbow (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIRIS→
119A
State bird of Minnesota (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLOON→
120A
___ degree (3)
Starts with N, ends with HNTH→
121A
Give bad marks (3)
Starts with M, ends with RMAR→
122A
Reason for a successful steal, maybe (7)
Starts with L, ends with GLATETAG→
126A
Unstable noble gas (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRADON→
129A
French composer Erik (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESATIE→
131A
Eeyore-esque (6)
Starts with G, ends with YGLOOMY→
133A
Black dialect, in brief (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAAVE→
134A
Seemingly forever (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAGES→
136A
Soft palate appendages (6)
Starts with U, ends with EUVULAE→
137A
Some M.L.B. highlights (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRBIS→
138A
Litigious threat (6)
Starts with I, ends with EILLSUE→
140A
Daughter on "Bob's Burgers" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATINA→
141A
Group in charge (6)
Starts with R, ends with EREGIME→
142A
Puffer or blazer (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCOAT→
143A
Still looming, say (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETOCOME→
144A
Shape that becomes a name if you switch the second and fourth letters (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOVAL→
145A
Wet bar? (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSHOAL→
146A
Smooth with a whetstone (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHONE→
147A
Like some bobsleighs (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTWOMAN→
Down
1D
2D
Shopped at a farmers' market, say (8)
Starts with A, ends with LATELOCAL→
3D
Concern for a web game developer (8)
Starts with L, ends with ELOADTIME→
4D
Guiding principle (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTENET→
5D
Morse ". . ." (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDITS→
6D
Opposite of WSW (3)
Starts with E, ends with EENE→
7D
Play featuring a trio of witches (7)
Starts with M, ends with HMACBETH→
8D
Actor ___ Jackson Jr. (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOSHEA→
9D
State birds of Hawaii (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNENES→
10D
Winfield ___, loser to Franklin Pierce for president in 1852 (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSCOTT→
11D
Chopper spinner (5)
Starts with R, ends with RROTOR→
12D
Still in the game (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALIVE→
13D
Pranksters may have tall ones (5)
Starts with T, ends with STALES→
15D
Fictional land on "Game of Thrones" (8)
Starts with W, ends with SWESTEROS→
16D
Got going (7)
Starts with A, ends with DAROUSED→
17D
Wedding exchange (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIDOS→
18D
See 68-Down (14)
Starts with T, ends with ETOTHEOTHERSIDE→
19D
Deep split (6)
Starts with S, ends with MSCHISM→
24D
Falls through the cracks, say (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEEPS→
30D
Strung rungs (10)
Starts with R, ends with RROPELADDER→
35D
Likely place for a hot mic (5)
Starts with L, ends with LLAPEL→
37D
Certain religious pacifist (9)
Starts with M, ends with EMENNONITE→
41D
Gloss over, linguistically (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELIDE→
46D
French film director Varda, whom Martin Scorsese once described as "one of the gods of cinema" (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAGNES→
47D
Italian lawn game (5)
Starts with B, ends with IBOCCI→
48D
Just hate (5)
Starts with A, ends with RABHOR→
49D
Downright (5)
Starts with U, ends with RUTTER→
50D
Still-life vessels (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEWERS→
51D
Quite a while (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYEARS→
53D
Jacks and jennies (5)
Starts with A, ends with SASSES→
55D
The old you? (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEE→
58D
Bygone owner of Capitol Records (3)
Starts with E, ends with IEMI→
61D
Like sperm whales, among all animals (7)
Starts with L, ends with TLOUDEST→
63D
Slurpable noodle (4)
Starts with U, ends with NUDON→
66D
Looked high and low in (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSCOURED→
67D
Polliwog (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETADPOLE→
68D
71D
Biotech crop, in brief (3)
Starts with G, ends with OGMO→
74D
"Ah, thanks for explaining" (9)
Starts with N, ends with TNOWIGETIT→
77D
As an answer (10)
Starts with I, ends with EINRESPONSE→
80D
Atlantic food fish (3)
Starts with C, ends with DCOD→
81D
Breakfast brand with a Thick & Fluffy variety (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEGGO→
84D
Fruit-shaped candies (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRUNTS→
85D
Wide rift (5)
Starts with C, ends with MCHASM→
86D
Puccini opera set in Rome (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATOSCA→
87D
Ancient symbols of life (5)
Starts with A, ends with SANKHS→
88D
Man's name that sounds like two consonants (5)
Starts with A, ends with EARTIE→
89D
Some luxury bags (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDIORS→
90D
"Consequently ..." (5)
Starts with A, ends with OANDSO→
92D
___ noche (tonight, in Tijuana) (4)
Starts with E, ends with AESTA→
95D
One of 12 for Jacob (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSON→
97D
Classic detergent brand (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORINSO→
101D
Use for sleeping, say (5)
Starts with L, ends with NLIEON→
103D
Stealthy aquatic hunter (8)
Starts with M, ends with LMORAYEEL→
106D
Started broadcasting (8)
Starts with W, ends with EWENTLIVE→
107D
Countrywide (8)
Starts with N, ends with LNATIONAL→
109D
"Lip Gloss" rapper, 2007 (7)
Starts with L, ends with ALILMAMA→
112D
Stop being buds? (7)
Starts with B, ends with MBLOSSOM→
114D
See 1-Down (7)
Starts with T, ends with LTHEWALL→
115D
Hosting site with a gallery of memes (5)
Starts with I, ends with RIMGUR→
116D
Jersey boys? (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCALVES→
118D
Google action (6)
Starts with S, ends with HSEARCH→
123D
Just not done (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTABOO→
124D
Birdlike (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAVIAN→
125D
Beau ___ (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGESTE→
126D
Bonnie with 13 Grammys (5)
Starts with R, ends with TRAITT→
127D
Beaming (5)
Starts with A, ends with WAGLOW→
128D
AC___ (G.M. subsidiary) (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODELCO→
130D
Some saxes (5)
Starts with A, ends with SALTOS→
132D
Grab bag (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOLIO→
135D
"We've all ___ there" (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBEEN→
139D
Thurman who played the bride in "Kill Bill" (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUMA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 13, 2025?+
164 clues: 90 Across and 74 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Brandon Koppy and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Cry from a guard tower (HALT); Imaginary fiends (DEMONS); Assign a number, maybe (RATE).
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