NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 15, 2025
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorDaniel Britt
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Neighbor of Vt. and N.H. (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMASS→
5A
Canceled, as a mission (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONOGO→
9A
Debt to equity, for example (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORATIO→
14A
Longer of the two lower arm bones (4)
Starts with U, ends with AULNA→
15A
Word with monetary or military (4)
Starts with U, ends with TUNIT→
16A
Option on a popular car service (5)
Starts with U, ends with XUBERX→
18A
"Designing Women" co-star of 1980s-’90s TV (10)
Starts with D, ends with EDELTABURKE→
20A
Japanese theatrical genre (6)
Starts with K, ends with IKABUKI→
22A
The new oil, it's said (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADATA→
23A
Yahoo alternative (3)
Starts with M, ends with NMSN→
24A
Snorkeling site (4)
Starts with R, ends with FREEF→
26A
Nonspecific cash quantities (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWADS→
28A
Player of the middle son on TV's "The Partridge Family" (13)
Starts with D, ends with EDANNYBONADUCE→
33A
Egg cells (3)
Starts with O, ends with AOVA→
34A
Dress in Delhi (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISARI→
35A
Readies, as a fishing line (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBAITS→
38A
Blowout game, in sports headlines (4)
Starts with R, ends with PROMP→
40A
Auto-___, setting for many subscription services (5)
Starts with R, ends with WRENEW→
43A
American city in the Sonoran Desert (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMESA→
44A
Work on with the hands, as dough or tired muscles (5)
Starts with K, ends with DKNEAD→
46A
First corner square after Go on a Monopoly board (4)
Starts with J, ends with LJAIL→
48A
Author Fleming (3)
Starts with I, ends with NIAN→
49A
"E.T." actress (13)
Starts with D, ends with EDREWBARRYMORE→
53A
One of the life sciences: Abbr. (4)
Starts with E, ends with LECOL→
54A
Dry, as the Sonoran Desert (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESERE→
55A
Dr. whose "lab" is a studio (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDRE→
58A
Bad way to run (4)
Starts with A, ends with KAMOK→
60A
First basic cable show to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series (6)
Starts with M, ends with NMADMEN→
64A
Singer who starred in "Labyrinth" (1986) and "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976) (10)
Starts with D, ends with EDAVIDBOWIE→
67A
Shakespearean conspirator (4)
Starts with I, ends with OIAGO→
68A
Nimble (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGILE→
69A
Rips in a review (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPANS→
70A
"Later!" (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCIAO→
71A
Carolers' celebrations (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYULES→
72A
Sound of either weariness or relief (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSIGH→
Down
1D
Cologne scent (4)
Starts with M, ends with KMUSK→
2D
Heroine of Tennessee Williams's "Summer and Smoke" (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALMA→
3D
Give the cold shoulder (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSNUB→
4D
What NASA's Cassini probe orbited for 13 years (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSATURN→
5D
Gentlemen's club, colloquially (8)
Starts with N, ends with RNUDIEBAR→
6D
Point value of 68% of Scrabble tiles (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
7D
Coat with a thin auric layer (4)
Starts with G, ends with DGILD→
8D
Capital city on the banks of the Rideau River (6)
Starts with O, ends with AOTTAWA→
9D
Nonsense syllables one might say in a tub (7)
Starts with R, ends with BRUBADUB→
10D
___ Dhabi (3)
Starts with A, ends with UABU→
11D
Contract clause (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTERM→
12D
Ticks off (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIRKS→
13D
Yoked team (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOXEN→
19D
Slightly (4)
Starts with A, ends with DATAD→
21D
Ivories, on a piano (4)
Starts with K, ends with SKEYS→
25D
Cry from a klutzy golfer (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFORE→
28D
Socially awkward sort (4)
Starts with D, ends with KDORK→
29D
Stratford-on-___ (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAVON→
30D
Christened (5)
Starts with N, ends with DNAMED→
31D
Stealthy assassin with a sword (5)
Starts with N, ends with ANINJA→
32D
Farmyard refrain in a children's song (5)
Starts with E, ends with OEIEIO→
36D
Ruler opposed by the Bolsheviks (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTSAR→
37D
Levelheaded (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESANE→
39D
Remove the skin from (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPARE→
41D
Notable features of elves and basset hounds (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEARS→
42D
Latticed metal used in construction and fencing (8)
Starts with W, ends with HWIREMESH→
45D
Divisions in some history books (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDECADES→
47D
Constellation resembling a musical instrument (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALYRA→
50D
Development center? (4)
Starts with W, ends with BWOMB→
51D
Arcing baseball hits (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBLOOPS→
52D
House of ___ (old Italian banking family) (6)
Starts with M, ends with IMEDICI→
55D
June 6 remembrance (4)
Starts with D, ends with YDDAY→
56D
Competitor of Rao's (4)
Starts with R, ends with URAGU→
57D
Diabolical (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEVIL→
59D
Title river in an Oscar-winning movie (4)
Starts with K, ends with IKWAI→
61D
Severely injure (4)
Starts with M, ends with MMAIM→
62D
Antiquated "OMG!" (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEGAD→
63D
Modern greenhorn (4)
Starts with N, ends with BNOOB→
65D
___ de la Cité (3)
Starts with I, ends with EILE→
66D
Verb suffix (3)
Starts with I, ends with GING→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 15, 2025?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Daniel Britt and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Neighbor of Vt. and N.H. (MASS); Canceled, as a mission (NOGO); Debt to equity, for example (RATIO).
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