NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 30, 2025
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Clues70
Across35
Down35
ConstructorThomas Byrne and Daniel Bodily
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
Dallas baller (3)
Starts with M, ends with VMAV→
4A
Doesn't have (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLACKS→
9A
What you might add to fruit to make a drink? (3)
Starts with A, ends with EADE→
12A
Popular oldies (11)
Starts with C, ends with SCLASSICHITS→
14A
Sch. whose mascot is Tim the Beaver (3)
Starts with M, ends with TMIT→
15A
Zugspitze, for one (3)
Starts with A, ends with PALP→
16A
Put a cork in, say (6)
Starts with S, ends with PSTOPUP→
17A
Grishnákh or Gothmog in "The Lord of the Rings" (3)
Starts with O, ends with CORC→
18A
Got ready to post on Insta, say (8)
Starts with T, ends with CTOOKAPIC→
21A
Where everyone is at home (5)
Starts with E, ends with HEARTH→
23A
Word after sand or speed (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTRAP→
24A
Murkiness (7)
Starts with O, ends with YOPACITY→
27A
Beer hall recyclables (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBOTTLES→
28A
Beverage served alongside the treats in this puzzle (4)
Starts with M, ends with KMILK→
30A
Summer hangout locale (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPOOL→
32A
Man's name that's a woman's name backward (4)
Starts with A, ends with NARON→
34A
Hectic home, metaphorically (3)
Starts with Z, ends with OZOO→
35A
Extra-thick Nabisco treats, hinted at four times in this puzzle (15)
Starts with D, ends with SDOUBLESTUFOREOS→
39A
Like poker champion Chris Moneymaker's name (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAPT→
40A
Years ago (4)
Starts with O, ends with EONCE→
41A
Gamble (4)
Starts with R, ends with KRISK→
42A
Bunny with a Brooklyn accent (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBUGS→
44A
Empty spaces (7)
Starts with V, ends with SVACUUMS→
47A
Monomaniacal sea captain of literature (4)
Starts with A, ends with BAHAB→
50A
Scrumptious camp treat (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESMORE→
51A
15 to 29, for "American Idol" (8)
Starts with A, ends with TAGELIMIT→
55A
Cut down (3)
Starts with H, ends with WHEW→
56A
Badly beaten (6)
Starts with R, ends with DROUTED→
59A
Tech ___ (stereotypical Silicon Valley sort) (3)
Starts with B, ends with OBRO→
60A
Insect that "farms" aphids for their honeydew (3)
Starts with A, ends with TANT→
61A
Consequence (11)
Starts with A, ends with TAFTEREFFECT→
62A
"Really?" (3)
Starts with H, ends with HHUH→
63A
Entered, as data (5)
Starts with F, ends with NFEDIN→
64A
Sigma preceder (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORHO→
Down
1D
Exam for a prospective osteopath (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMCAT→
2D
Ration out (5)
Starts with A, ends with TALLOT→
3D
Trail left by a jet (5)
Starts with V, ends with RVAPOR→
4D
Sigmatism (4)
Starts with L, ends with PLISP→
5D
When Elphaba and Glinda sing "Defying Gravity" in Broadway's "Wicked" (4)
Starts with A, ends with IACTI→
6D
Like some cookies or ice cream treats (15)
Starts with C, ends with DCHOCOLATECOATED→
7D
Money in Laos (3)
Starts with K, ends with PKIP→
8D
R-V hookup? (3)
Starts with S, ends with USTU→
9D
Writes off over time (9)
Starts with A, ends with SAMORTIZES→
10D
Stink eye (9)
Starts with D, ends with KDIRTYLOOK→
11D
Engrave (4)
Starts with E, ends with HETCH→
13D
Design bit (4)
Starts with S, ends with CSPEC→
19D
Shish ___ (5)
Starts with K, ends with BKABOB→
20D
God rejected by Daphne in myth (6)
Starts with A, ends with OAPOLLO→
22D
Object (3)
Starts with A, ends with MAIM→
25D
Land of llamas and Llosa (4)
Starts with P, ends with UPERU→
29D
Bout stoppers, in brief (3)
Starts with K, ends with SKOS→
30D
It might appear to give you options (9)
Starts with P, ends with UPOPUPMENU→
31D
Supplementary result (9)
Starts with O, ends with HOUTGROWTH→
33D
Like a body temperature of around 98.6°F (6)
Starts with N, ends with LNORMAL→
35D
Gently apply (3)
Starts with D, ends with BDAB→
36D
Schadenfreude source (4)
Starts with E, ends with YENVY→
37D
Riff like Ella Fitzgerald (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSCAT→
38D
___ Sunak, former British P.M. (5)
Starts with R, ends with IRISHI→
43D
Word shouted before and after "yes" (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSIR→
46D
Fashion icon Wang (4)
Starts with V, ends with AVERA→
48D
Substance in which many insects have been fossilized (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAMBER→
49D
Tree with papery bark (5)
Starts with B, ends with HBIRCH→
50D
Onetime Persian title (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSHAH→
52D
___ Allen, jazz pianist (4)
Starts with G, ends with IGERI→
53D
Place in both the Quran and the Bible (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
54D
Famous film pooch (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTOTO→
58D
Big 12 athlete (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUTE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 30, 2025?+
70 clues: 35 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Thomas Byrne and Daniel Bodily and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Dallas baller (MAV); Doesn't have (LACKS); What you might add to fruit to make a drink? (ADE).
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