NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 1, 2025
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Clues74
Across37
Down37
ConstructorAdam Aaronson and Michael Garbus
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Potato chip, to Brits (5)
Starts with C, ends with PCRISP→
6A
Boxing call, informally (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTKO→
9A
Award you can wear (5)
Starts with M, ends with LMEDAL→
14A
Tower of ___ (mathematical puzzle with disks) (5)
Starts with H, ends with IHANOI→
15A
Cash in Kyoto (3)
Starts with Y, ends with NYEN→
16A
Deliver a TED talk, say (5)
Starts with O, ends with EORATE→
17A
"Stop!," during roughhousing (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUNCLE→
18A
Something found in a plum, but not a pear (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPIT→
19A
Situated long-term (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBASED→
20A
*Most "wasabi" at sushi bars, in actuality (11)
Starts with H, ends with HHORSERADISH→
23A
*Fruit whose name is also a synonym for a grouch (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECRABAPPLE→
24A
Said "speaking of which," say (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSEGUED→
27A
Held office (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSERVED→
31A
Take a seat unceremoniously, with "down" (4)
Starts with P, ends with PPLOP→
32A
Hoagie (3)
Starts with S, ends with BSUB→
35A
Contest before a final, informally (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISEMI→
36A
Bathroom, to Brits (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLOO→
37A
Handle, as a tough piece of information (7)
Starts with S, ends with HSTOMACH→
41A
Domain suffix that most civilians can't register (3)
Starts with G, ends with VGOV→
42A
"___ a free country" (3)
Starts with I, ends with SITS→
43A
Omnivorous fish of the Amazon (7)
Starts with P, ends with APIRANHA→
44A
Info from someone who's on the way (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
45A
Like Nickelodeon's Mutant Ninja Turtles (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETEENAGE→
47A
Widens, as a pupil (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDILATES→
49A
Make yawn, say (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBORE→
50A
Concluding part (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACODA→
51A
Electronically produced echo effect (6)
Starts with R, ends with BREVERB→
53A
"Fine, I guess" (6)
Starts with O, ends with EOKSURE→
55A
Ripped (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETORE→
56A
"Dead serious," in modern lingo (5)
Starts with N, ends with PNOCAP→
58A
___ of the valley (4)
Starts with L, ends with YLILY→
60A
Rapper ___ Sweatshirt (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEARL→
61A
Bring together (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUNITE→
62A
Pacify (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETAME→
63A
Counterpart of Dreyer's east of the Rockies (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEDYS→
64A
Actress Thompson of "Selma" and "Creed" (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATESSA→
65A
Powdered sugar, for a gingerbread house (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSNOW→
Down
1D
"Crazy Rich Asians" director Jon M. ___ (3)
Starts with C, ends with UCHU→
2D
1985 Kurosawa epic that is a retelling of "King Lear" (3)
Starts with R, ends with NRAN→
3D
Creep (along) (4)
Starts with I, ends with HINCH→
4D
Beverage holder that's typically red (7)
Starts with S, ends with PSOLOCUP→
5D
Capital of South Dakota (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPIERRE→
6D
Characteristically laid-back (5)
Starts with T, ends with BTYPEB→
7D
Actress Knightley (5)
Starts with K, ends with AKEIRA→
8D
Dispensed from a keg (5)
Starts with O, ends with PONTAP→
9D
Like some homes and phones (6)
Starts with M, ends with EMOBILE→
10D
Items on a blackboard tray (7)
Starts with E, ends with SERASERS→
11D
Recipe smidgen, as of salt (4)
Starts with D, ends with HDASH→
12D
Supped (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
13D
Was ahead in a race (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLED→
22D
They result in two baseball outs, for short (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDPS→
24D
Divorce (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSPLIT→
25D
Mexican dish of corn on the cob with toppings (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELOTE→
26D
*Fruit from a bush, much used in pies and jams (10)
Starts with G, ends with YGOOSEBERRY→
28D
Like the foods that answer the starred clues, despite how their names start (10)
Starts with V, ends with NVEGETARIAN→
29D
Be overdramatic (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEMOTE→
30D
High-maintenance stars (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDIVAS→
32D
Ticked off (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESORE→
33D
"Gattaca" co-star Thurman (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUMA→
34D
Word after wedding or rubber (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBAND→
37D
Tire on the back of a jeep (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESPARE→
38D
*Little tuber used to make Spanish horchata (8)
Starts with T, ends with TTIGERNUT→
39D
*Garbanzo, by another name (8)
Starts with C, ends with ACHICKPEA→
40D
Heavenly headwear (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHALOS→
46D
"Great Expectations" and "The Great Gatsby," for two (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNOVELS→
48D
Grown-ups (6)
Starts with A, ends with SADULTS→
51D
There might be a fork in it (4)
Starts with R, ends with DROAD→
52D
Barbecue discard (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBONE→
53D
"Overnight" breakfast option (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOATS→
54D
Muppet who posts on social media in the third person (4)
Starts with E, ends with OELMO→
55D
Stand next to a club? (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETEE→
57D
Gender prefix (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCIS→
59D
Tree whose name sounds like a pronoun (3)
Starts with Y, ends with WYEW→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 1, 2025?+
74 clues: 37 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adam Aaronson and Michael Garbus and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Potato chip, to Brits (CRISP); Boxing call, informally (TKO); Award you can wear (MEDAL).
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