NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 10, 2025
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Clues74
Across36
Down38
ConstructorEmily Biegas and Sala Wanetick
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Major-league team known as the "North Siders," locally (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCUBS→
5A
I.R.S. fig. (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSSN→
8A
Playbill bits (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBIOS→
12A
Heckelphone relative (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
13A
Urban housing option (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCOOP→
15A
Marie Claire competitor (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELLE→
16A
1970 Van Morrison title track (9)
Starts with M, ends with EMOONDANCE→
18A
Barbershop choice (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFADE→
19A
A♠ (14)
Starts with M, ends with RMASTERGARDENER→
21A
Part of the house in which Kevin is left behind in "Home Alone" (5)
Starts with A, ends with CATTIC→
22A
Fundamental precepts (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPILLARS→
23A
How some points end up (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMOOT→
26A
Common fossil fuel (3)
Starts with O, ends with LOIL→
27A
K♣ (10)
Starts with T, ends with STIGERWOODS→
31A
A/C meas. (3)
Starts with B, ends with UBTU→
34A
Yaki ___ (Japanese stir-fry) (4)
Starts with U, ends with NUDON→
35A
Photographer Goldin (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNAN→
36A
Line of rulers ended by the 33-Down (5)
Starts with T, ends with STSARS→
38A
Japanese lunch box (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBENTO→
40A
Canine command (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSIT→
42A
Chile's Nevado ___ Cruces National Park (4)
Starts with T, ends with STRES→
43A
Ending with lemon or cannon (3)
Starts with A, ends with EADE→
44A
Q♥ (10)
Starts with M, ends with RMATCHMAKER→
48A
Vape, informally (4)
Starts with E, ends with GECIG→
49A
Sparkling water additive (7)
Starts with E, ends with EESSENCE→
53A
40-40, say (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDEUCE→
57A
J♦ (14)
Starts with J, ends with NJACKIEROBINSON→
60A
2025 Pixar film (4)
Starts with E, ends with OELIO→
61A
Big race that's no longer around? (9)
Starts with D, ends with SDINOSAURS→
62A
"Aw, jeez, you can't do that!" (4)
Starts with C, ends with NCMON→
63A
December has two big ones (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEVES→
64A
N.B.A. star Ginóbili (4)
Starts with M, ends with UMANU→
65A
Sharp flavor (4)
Starts with T, ends with GTANG→
66A
C.I.A. predecessor (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOSS→
67A
It can follow anyone (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
Down
1D
Curve that gives one pause? (5)
Starts with C, ends with ACOMMA→
2D
German war vessel (5)
Starts with U, ends with TUBOAT→
3D
What a stepstool provides (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBOOST→
4D
Mood (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSENTIMENT→
5D
Reminder of a past fight, maybe (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSCAR→
6D
Karaoke choice (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSONG→
7D
For real, to Gen Z (5)
Starts with N, ends with PNOCAP→
8D
Happened to (6)
Starts with B, ends with LBEFELL→
9D
Glazer of "Broad City" (5)
Starts with I, ends with AILANA→
10D
Like Stonehenge vis-à-vis the Parthenon (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROLDER→
11D
Sibyls (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEERS→
14D
"End of story!" (6)
Starts with P, ends with DPERIOD→
17D
Part of a restaurant's ambience (5)
Starts with D, ends with RDECOR→
20D
"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the ___" (Bravo show) (5)
Starts with D, ends with TDLIST→
24D
Possess (3)
Starts with O, ends with NOWN→
25D
A best man may make one (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTOAST→
27D
Part of a brass band (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATUBA→
28D
Checked like a bouncer, for short (4)
Starts with I, ends with DIDED→
29D
Blotto (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGONE→
30D
Not straight up, in a way (5)
Starts with O, ends with EONICE→
31D
Give orders loudly and curtly (4)
Starts with B, ends with KBARK→
32D
Corner (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETREE→
33D
See 36-Across (4)
Starts with U, ends with RUSSR→
37D
Nicki Minaj or Iggy Pop, e.g. (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESTAGENAME→
39D
Neighbor of an Emirati (5)
Starts with O, ends with IOMANI→
41D
Active ingredient in some gummies (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTHC→
45D
Submit (6)
Starts with A, ends with EACCEDE→
46D
Certain skirts (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMIDIS→
47D
River through six Asian countries (6)
Starts with M, ends with GMEKONG→
49D
Throw out (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEJECT→
50D
Actress Hayek (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASALMA→
51D
Notable descendant (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSCION→
52D
Cynthia of "Wicked" (5)
Starts with E, ends with OERIVO→
54D
Standard (5)
Starts with U, ends with LUSUAL→
55D
Podiatric maladies (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCORNS→
56D
Follow (5)
Starts with E, ends with EENSUE→
58D
Rare golf scores (4)
Starts with O, ends with SONES→
59D
Freelancer's lack (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBOSS→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 10, 2025?+
74 clues: 36 Across and 38 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Emily Biegas and Sala Wanetick and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Major-league team known as the "North Siders," locally (CUBS); I.R.S. fig. (SSN); Playbill bits (BIOS).
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