NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 7, 2025
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Clues76
Across34
Down42
ConstructorDaniel Raymon
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Highly successful, on Broadway (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBOFFO→
6A
Redding who sang "The Dock of the Bay" (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOTIS→
10A
Opposite of right (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLEFT→
14A
___ Copland, the so-called "Dean of American Composers" (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAARON→
15A
Halloween cover-up (4)
Starts with M, ends with KMASK→
16A
Spanish "other" (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOTRO→
17A
Player facing the leadoff batter (15)
Starts with S, ends with RSTARTINGPITCHER→
20A
Like a wallflower (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSHY→
21A
"How sweet ___!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with SITIS→
22A
Michelle ___, women's soccer star with 107 international goals (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAKERS→
23A
"Ask Me Another" airer (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNPR→
24A
Band for news radio? (8)
Starts with A, ends with OAMSTEREO→
27A
One might read "FASTCAR" (11)
Starts with V, ends with EVANITYPLATE→
31A
Kind of acid in proteins (5)
Starts with A, ends with OAMINO→
32A
Wriggly (4)
Starts with E, ends with YEELY→
33A
Quiet nook in a church (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAPSE→
37A
"That's not fair, Your Honor!" (7)
Starts with I, ends with TIOBJECT→
39A
Rust-causing agent (7)
Starts with O, ends with TOXIDANT→
41A
Mountain in Greece (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOSSA→
42A
Archaeological site (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRUIN→
44A
Hot drink enjoyed by a campfire, perhaps (5)
Starts with C, ends with ACOCOA→
45A
Long-running student quiz show (11)
Starts with C, ends with LCOLLEGEBOWL→
47A
Mantra for many foodies (8)
Starts with E, ends with LEATLOCAL→
52A
Sneeze sound (5)
Starts with A, ends with OACHOO→
53A
Japanese buckwheat noodles (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASOBA→
55A
Suffix with book or fool (3)
Starts with I, ends with HISH→
58A
62A
German "a" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEINE→
63A
God: Sp. (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDIOS→
64A
Aquafina competitor (5)
Starts with E, ends with NEVIAN→
65A
Told untruths (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLIED→
66A
Convention center event (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEXPO→
67A
Takes a breather (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRESTS→
Down
1D
Lowest voice (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBASS→
2D
Swearing-in words (4)
Starts with O, ends with HOATH→
3D
Loud skirmish (4)
Starts with F, ends with YFRAY→
4D
"___ he's a jolly good fellow ..." (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFOR→
5D
Walking stealthily (8)
Starts with O, ends with EONTIPTOE→
6D
Hyatt alternative (4)
Starts with O, ends with IOMNI→
7D
Weekend event often held in a garage or on a front lawn (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETAGSALE→
8D
Spectrum or Verizon Fios, in brief (3)
Starts with I, ends with PISP→
9D
Go down a bunny hill, e.g. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISKI→
10D
Philosopher John who wrote "Two Treatises of Government" (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELOCKE→
11D
Heavens (5)
Starts with E, ends with RETHER→
12D
"___ Jacques" (nursery song) (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFRERE→
13D
Middle part of the body (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTORSO→
18D
Response similar to "You're too kind" (4)
Starts with I, ends with YITRY→
19D
London art gallery (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETATE→
23D
Stealthy Japanese warrior (5)
Starts with N, ends with ANINJA→
25D
Karl or Moses of basketball (6)
Starts with M, ends with EMALONE→
26D
River of Hades (4)
Starts with S, ends with XSTYX→
27D
Japanese computer brand (4)
Starts with V, ends with OVAIO→
28D
Singer Tori (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMOS→
29D
Penpoints (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNIBS→
30D
Singer Clark with the 1965 #1 hit "Downtown" (6)
Starts with P, ends with APETULA→
33D
Pueblo material (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADOBE→
34D
Flamenco guitarist ___ de Lucía (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPACO→
35D
Wintry forecast (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSNOW→
36D
And others, in a footnote (4)
Starts with E, ends with LETAL→
38D
Cousin of an alligator, informally (4)
Starts with C, ends with CCROC→
40D
Restaurant request on a hot day (8)
Starts with I, ends with RICEWATER→
43D
"OK, that's enough out of me, sorry" (7)
Starts with I, ends with PILLSTOP→
45D
Refrigerate (4)
Starts with C, ends with LCOOL→
46D
Kaplan of "Welcome Back, Kotter" (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGABE→
47D
Three-legged support (5)
Starts with E, ends with LEASEL→
48D
Play part after an intermission, often (5)
Starts with A, ends with IACTII→
49D
"To ___ own self be true" (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETHINE→
50D
Found a text hilarious (5)
Starts with L, ends with DLOLED→
55D
Wading bird (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIBIS→
56D
Wood strip beneath a mattress (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSLAT→
57D
Roosters' mates (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHENS→
59D
Poem of adulation (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
61D
N.Y.C.'s Madison ___ (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAVE→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 7, 2025?+
76 clues: 34 Across and 42 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Daniel Raymon and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Highly successful, on Broadway (BOFFO); Redding who sang "The Dock of the Bay" (OTIS); Opposite of right (LEFT).
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