NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 25, 2025
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Clues66
Across33
Down33
ConstructorFritz Juhnke
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Whack to the head, in slang (8)
Starts with D, ends with PDOPESLAP→
9A
Noted doomsday prepper (4)
Starts with N, ends with HNOAH→
13A
Prognosticator's shout (9)
Starts with I, ends with TICALLEDIT→
15A
Game played on a grass or dirt court (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBOCCE→
16A
Occasion to brush up together? (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESTUDYDATE→
17A
Weird Al Yankovic's "Straight ___ Lynwood" (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOUTTA→
18A
Attention magnet, say (5)
Starts with C, ends with BCELEB→
19A
Like Queen Elizabeth, but not Queen Camilla (7)
Starts with R, ends with TREGNANT→
21A
Deal with The Devil? (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTAROT→
23A
TV program with its time of day in its name (8)
Starts with L, ends with WLATESHOW→
24A
Brit's "bog" (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLOO→
25A
Global auction house (4)
Starts with E, ends with YEBAY→
26A
Gain competitor (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
27A
How one lives in the face of an inscrutable future (8)
Starts with D, ends with YDAYTODAY→
30A
Org. that may allow religious headwear in pictures (3)
Starts with D, ends with VDMV→
31A
Planted oneself (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSAT→
32A
Harmless growth (7)
Starts with S, ends with GSKINTAG→
35A
Issa of "Insecure" (3)
Starts with R, ends with ERAE→
36A
Spanish diminutive suffix (3)
Starts with I, ends with OITO→
37A
Reduced demand for refrigerated trucking, in a way (8)
Starts with A, ends with LATELOCAL→
39A
Illicit decampment (3)
Starts with L, ends with MLAM→
40A
1968 live folk album (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARLO→
42A
When repeated, something often said to be "deep" (3)
Starts with D, ends with ODOO→
43A
Sheer quantity of awesome (8)
Starts with E, ends with SEPICNESS→
45A
Slacks off (5)
Starts with I, ends with SIDLES→
48A
"Your request is denied" (7)
Starts with N, ends with ONOCANDO→
49A
Shrub with a "staghorn" variety (5)
Starts with S, ends with CSUMAC→
51A
Word derived from the Greek for "headdress of Persian kings" (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATIARA→
52A
Flash point? (9)
Starts with A, ends with TAHAMOMENT→
56A
Heavenly figure, in German (5)
Starts with E, ends with LENGEL→
57A
One that can put a meal on ice (9)
Starts with P, ends with RPOLARBEAR→
59A
Abstain ... as suggested by the black squares in this puzzle (8)
Starts with T, ends with LTEETOTAL→
Down
1D
Region of a plane bounded by a circle, in geometry (4)
Starts with D, ends with CDISC→
2D
Scorpion's legs, e.g. (5)
Starts with O, ends with TOCTET→
3D
Abdul with the #1 albums "Forever Your Girl" and "Spellbound" (5)
Starts with P, ends with APAULA→
4D
Getting on (7)
Starts with E, ends with YELDERLY→
5D
Shifty type (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSLYBOOTS→
6D
Was up (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLED→
7D
Pioneering mathematician Lovelace (3)
Starts with A, ends with AADA→
8D
Center of a drupe (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPIT→
9D
Meat and potatoes, e.g. (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNOUNS→
10D
D8 pieces in Dungeons & Dragons, e.g. (9)
Starts with O, ends with AOCTAHEDRA→
11D
"Don't attract attention to yourself" (9)
Starts with A, ends with LACTNORMAL→
12D
When squirrels may thermoregulate by splooting (8)
Starts with H, ends with EHEATWAVE→
14D
Extra-large storage unit (8)
Starts with T, ends with ETERABYTE→
15D
Solving Wordle in five guesses, colloquially (5)
Starts with B, ends with YBOGEY→
20D
H, to the Hellenes (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
23D
Rough digs (7)
Starts with L, ends with SLEANTOS→
27D
One of many in a trend line (9)
Starts with D, ends with TDATAPOINT→
28D
Period satirized in "Dr. Strangelove" (9)
Starts with A, ends with EATOMICAGE→
29D
Antibacterial product introduced in 1948 (8)
Starts with D, ends with PDIALSOAP→
31D
"Sometimes" has two of them (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSILENTES→
33D
German-based supermarket with about 2,500 stores in the U.S. (4)
Starts with A, ends with IALDI→
34D
Friendly, respectful person (8)
Starts with G, ends with TGOODSORT→
38D
1970s "howcatchem" TV series (7)
Starts with C, ends with OCOLUMBO→
41D
First color that babies can see, after black and white (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRED→
44D
Eponym of the A.L. batting title award (5)
Starts with C, ends with WCAREW→
46D
Become acquainted virtually (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEMEET→
47D
World capital next to the Sarawat Mountains (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASANAA→
50D
One of three keys to a PC reboot (4)
Starts with C, ends with LCTRL→
53D
Sizzling (3)
Starts with H, ends with THOT→
54D
It's off limits if you 59-Across (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
55D
West who said "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" (3)
Starts with M, ends with EMAE→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 25, 2025?+
66 clues: 33 Across and 33 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Fritz Juhnke and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Whack to the head, in slang (DOPESLAP); Noted doomsday prepper (NOAH); Prognosticator's shout (ICALLEDIT).
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