NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 12, 2025
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Clues72
Across36
Down36
ConstructorKatie Hoody
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
"That was fun!" (10)
Starts with W, ends with TWHATABLAST→
11A
Actress Diana of "All Creatures Great and Small" (2020) (4)
Starts with R, ends with GRIGG→
15A
One might start fermenting in the kitchen (10)
Starts with H, ends with RHOMEBREWER→
16A
Classic Langston Hughes poem with a comma in its title (4)
Starts with I, ends with OITOO→
17A
It features high wind movements (10)
Starts with O, ends with AOBOESONATA→
18A
Latin for "goodbye" (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVALE→
19A
What might be seen around a star (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPOSSE→
20A
Shape of Saturn's rings (4)
Starts with D, ends with CDISC→
21A
22A
Spot for newborn care (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNEST→
24A
Awards honoring excellence in magazine publishing (6)
Starts with E, ends with SELLIES→
26A
Earth's crust and others (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASTRATA→
30A
Shade akin to bone or eggshell (4)
Starts with E, ends with UECRU→
32A
"No preference" (3)
Starts with A, ends with YANY→
33A
Snobby sort (4)
Starts with P, ends with GPRIG→
34A
Bring up to date, perhaps (4)
Starts with R, ends with OREDO→
36A
Terms of a trade (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLINGO→
38A
With 8-Down, like the upcoming release from one's favorite band (7)
Starts with E, ends with YEAGERLY→
40A
Quinta of "Abbott Elementary" (7)
Starts with B, ends with NBRUNSON→
42A
Lose, as a tail (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEVADE→
43A
Build up (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERISE→
45A
Its official languages are Chamorro and English (4)
Starts with G, ends with MGUAM→
46A
"Dese ___ Dose" (Glenn Miller composition) (3)
Starts with D, ends with MDEM→
47A
Mideast port with a natural harbor (4)
Starts with A, ends with NADEN→
51A
53A
Symbol of defiance and solidarity (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFIST→
55A
Period ender (4)
Starts with H, ends with NHORN→
58A
Member of a sub-Saharan matriarchal clan (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHYENA→
63A
Big ones can be difficult to manage (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEGOS→
64A
One tirelessly making calls ahead of Election Day (10)
Starts with R, ends with RROBODIALER→
66A
___ Sea, body of water between Borneo and the Philippines (4)
Starts with S, ends with USULU→
67A
Convention challenger (10)
Starts with I, ends with TICONOCLAST→
69A
Adjunct faculty? (10)
Starts with S, ends with ESIXTHSENSE→
Down
2D
Kind of spider believed to spread to distant areas via railway (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHOBO→
3D
4D
Youth baseball supporters (4)
Starts with T, ends with STEES→
5D
Skipping music, say (6)
Starts with A, ends with TABSENT→
6D
"Amigo!" (3)
Starts with B, ends with OBRO→
7D
Spots, so to speak (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLENDS→
8D
See 38-Across (7)
Starts with A, ends with DAWAITED→
9D
Staging areas (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSETS→
10D
Detective, at times (6)
Starts with T, ends with RTRACER→
11D
Sooner, to a Longhorn (5)
Starts with R, ends with LRIVAL→
12D
Order that might include mortadella and capicola (10)
Starts with I, ends with BITALIANSUB→
13D
First score during extra time in sudden-death soccer (10)
Starts with G, ends with LGOLDENGOAL→
14D
"I'm ready, but be nice" (10)
Starts with G, ends with EGOEASYONME→
23D
Rap's ___ Sweatshirt (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEARL→
26D
Rush to find a mate? (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSPEEDCHESS→
27D
Many a book by Paul Theroux (10)
Starts with T, ends with ETRAVELOGUE→
28D
Series of hoops and hurdles (10)
Starts with R, ends with ERIGAMAROLE→
29D
Went from 0 to 60? (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAGED→
31D
Cylindrical grain holders (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCOBS→
35D
Jane who says "Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEYRE→
37D
Kansas-born playwright with a Pulitzer (4)
Starts with I, ends with EINGE→
41D
Enforcers of rules, informally (4)
Starts with R, ends with SREFS→
44D
Fixed-format summary of an article, as on Wikipedia (7)
Starts with I, ends with XINFOBOX→
50D
Important subject in law school (6)
Starts with E, ends with SETHICS→
52D
"What it boils down to is this …" (5)
Starts with I, ends with MINSUM→
54D
[stomps foot down] (5)
Starts with I, ends with TIWONT→
59D
Law school for Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor (4)
Starts with Y, ends with EYALE→
61D
Wit's end? (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNESS→
62D
Las pinturas de Frida Kahlo, por ejemplo (4)
Starts with A, ends with EARTE→
65D
"I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say ___" ("The Simpsons" episode) (3)
Starts with D, ends with HDOH→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 12, 2025?+
72 clues: 36 Across and 36 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Katie Hoody and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "That was fun!" (WHATABLAST); Actress Diana of "All Creatures Great and Small" (2020) (RIGG); One might start fermenting in the kitchen (HOMEBREWER).
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