NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 8, 2025
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Clues72
Across35
Down37
ConstructorJesse Guzman
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Main idea (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGIST→
5A
Holders of squid ink (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSACS→
9A
Quickly put (together) (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSLAP→
13A
Even once (4)
Starts with E, ends with REVER→
14A
Acerbic humor (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEDGE→
15A
Witch's incantation (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSPELL→
16A
Airport that Captain Sully departed from (9)
Starts with L, ends with ALAGUARDIA→
18A
Fusilli or fettuccine (5)
Starts with P, ends with APASTA→
19A
Channel with a yellow rectangle logo, informally (6)
Starts with N, ends with ONATGEO→
20A
British celebrity restaurateur Gordon ___ (6)
Starts with R, ends with YRAMSAY→
21A
Animation studio behind "Scooby-Doo" (12)
Starts with H, ends with AHANNABARBERA→
24A
Speaker of Arabic or Hebrew (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESEMITE→
27A
One of many on a self-driving car (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSENSOR→
28A
What colors on opposite ends of the color wheel can do (5)
Starts with C, ends with HCLASH→
29A
Went fast (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSPED→
30A
Nine months, typically, for a human pregnancy (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTERM→
33A
"___ me anything" (3)
Starts with A, ends with KASK→
37A
By way of (3)
Starts with V, ends with AVIA→
38A
Insects whose queens are fed royal jelly (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBEES→
40A
His and ___ (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHERS→
41A
Fails to mention (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOMITS→
43A
Long looks (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTARES→
45A
Cheddar, dough, bacon or cabbage (6)
Starts with M, ends with HMOOLAH→
46A
What a pleasure-seeker seeks (12)
Starts with D, ends with HDOPAMINERUSH→
49A
"La Traviata" and "La Bohème" (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOPERAS→
50A
Capital of Canada (6)
Starts with O, ends with AOTTAWA→
54A
Outstanding effort ... or a feature of 16-, 21-, 34- and 46-Across? (9)
Starts with A, ends with KAPLUSWORK→
57A
Windows : Microsoft :: ___ : Apple (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMACOS→
58A
Place for a coin collection? (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASOFA→
59A
Body part covered by a cap (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKNEE→
60A
[Um, I can hear everything you're saying, you know] (4)
Starts with A, ends with MAHEM→
61A
Obedience class command (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHEEL→
62A
Obedience class command (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSTAY→
Down
1D
Styling product (3)
Starts with G, ends with LGEL→
2D
Tennis great Lendl (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIVAN→
3D
Japanese video game giant (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASEGA→
4D
"To be honest ..." (7)
Starts with T, ends with STRUTHIS→
5D
Unruffled (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESERENE→
6D
Supplementary part (5)
Starts with A, ends with NADDON→
7D
Some video effects, in brief (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICGI→
8D
Blue expanse (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASEA→
9D
Generator of junk mail (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSPAMBOT→
10D
Better choice, given the options (10)
Starts with L, ends with LLESSEREVIL→
11D
Place for baptisms and wedding vows (5)
Starts with A, ends with RALTAR→
12D
Beach, in Spanish (5)
Starts with P, ends with APLAYA→
15D
Crosses swords (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSPARS→
17D
Mystery writer Christie (6)
Starts with A, ends with AAGATHA→
20D
No-name (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORANDO→
22D
Bad-mouth (7)
Starts with A, ends with EASPERSE→
23D
Disagreements (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBEEFS→
24D
Part of the healing process (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSCAB→
25D
"What ___ can I say?" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
26D
Lets bygones be bygones (10)
Starts with M, ends with EMAKESPEACE→
29D
Lip gloss quality (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSHEEN→
31D
Pop singer Ora (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARITA→
32D
Turn to pulp (4)
Starts with M, ends with HMASH→
35D
Rock out on stage? (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCHRIS→
36D
Where hens rest in henhouses (6)
Starts with R, ends with SROOSTS→
39D
Fame and fortune (7)
Starts with S, ends with MSTARDOM→
42D
Spiky hairdos (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMOHAWKS→
44D
Build up (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAMASS→
45D
Going both ways (6)
Starts with M, ends with LMUTUAL→
46D
Set of tenets (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADOGMA→
47D
Celebrity who sometimes put gifts under her audience members' seats (5)
Starts with O, ends with HOPRAH→
48D
John who married Pocahontas (5)
Starts with R, ends with EROLFE→
51D
"It ___ be long" (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWONT→
52D
Half of base x height, for a triangle (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
54D
Campfire residue (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
55D
"The Raven" poet (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPOE→
56D
Mission-critical (3)
Starts with K, ends with YKEY→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 8, 2025?+
72 clues: 35 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jesse Guzman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Main idea (GIST); Holders of squid ink (SACS); Quickly put (together) (SLAP).
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