NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 19, 2025
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues69
Across28
Down41
ConstructorErik Agard
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
What R-rated photos may do (9)
Starts with T, ends with ETITILLATE→
10A
Stream (4)
Starts with F, ends with WFLOW→
14A
Tearing up or breaking down (9)
Starts with E, ends with LEMOTIONAL→
15A
Madame's family member (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFRERE→
16A
Graduate-level degree (15)
Starts with M, ends with EMASTEROFSCIENCE→
18A
The leaders of Thailand and Malaysia, e.g., for short (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPMS→
19A
Subject of click fraud (10)
Starts with I, ends with DINTERNETAD→
20A
What has an eye on the TV (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCBS→
22A
Business ___ (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
23A
"Get outta here!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSHOO→
25A
Lead-in to "boy" or "girl" (4)
Starts with A, ends with AATTA→
28A
Gold, in Spanish (3)
Starts with O, ends with OORO→
31A
Extemporaneous (15)
Starts with S, ends with TSPUROFTHEMOMENT→
35A
Canine breed named after an English river valley (15)
Starts with A, ends with RAIREDALETERRIER→
36A
Vince Carter quote-turned-meme regarding his return for a 22nd N.B.A. season (15)
Starts with I, ends with EIGOTONEMOREINME→
37A
Warning to a troublemaker (15)
Starts with D, ends with SDONTGETANYIDEAS→
38A
Case study org.? (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATSA→
39A
Fist bumps (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDAPS→
40A
Surname shared by a Hollywood father and daughter (4)
Starts with D, ends with NDERN→
41A
___ Jayawardenepura Kotte (capital city in South Asia) (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISRI→
43A
Shell liquid (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGAS→
44A
Entertainment between innings at a baseball game (10)
Starts with M, ends with EMASCOTRACE→
50A
"Moving to ___" (email phrase) (3)
Starts with B, ends with CBCC→
53A
Stygian blue or reddish-green (15)
Starts with I, ends with RIMPOSSIBLECOLOR→
56A
Pantheon part (5)
Starts with D, ends with YDEITY→
57A
Trans activist who founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (9)
Starts with D, ends with EDEANSPADE→
58A
"Who ___?" (4)
Starts with I, ends with TISNT→
59A
Biblical tax collector (9)
Starts with S, ends with WSTMATTHEW→
Down
2D
Masjid leader (4)
Starts with I, ends with MIMAM→
4D
Addams Family member (3)
Starts with I, ends with TITT→
5D
Apt letters for the blanks in _ _ B _ L (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELIE→
6D
Large-eyed primate (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLORIS→
7D
Before long (4)
Starts with A, ends with NANON→
8D
President whose middle name was Howard (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTAFT→
9D
"Who ___?" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
10D
Actions that, despite being legal, resulted in hundreds of arrests in 1961 (12)
Starts with F, ends with SFREEDOMRIDES→
11D
Observance that ends on Holy Thursday (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLENT→
12D
Sea creature with a saddle patch (4)
Starts with O, ends with AORCA→
13D
Ingredient in some brownies (4)
Starts with W, ends with DWEED→
15D
Suomi speaker (4)
Starts with F, ends with NFINN→
17D
Dispenser of cones (8)
Starts with C, ends with YCREAMERY→
20D
Leader before the King? (12)
Starts with C, ends with TCORETTASCOTT→
21D
Barbecued Mongolian dish whose name sounds like a disapproving canine (6)
Starts with B, ends with GBOODOG→
24D
People for whom a Great Lake is named (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHURONS→
25D
Sportsperson, in Italian (6)
Starts with A, ends with AATLETA→
26D
What something scattershot is all over (6)
Starts with T, ends with PTHEMAP→
27D
Range of the Rockies (6)
Starts with T, ends with STETONS→
29D
Surname shared by a Hollywood father and son (6)
Starts with R, ends with RREINER→
30D
Lead-in to band or army (6)
Starts with O, ends with NONEMAN→
32D
Unauthorized cuts of existing movies (8)
Starts with F, ends with SFANEDITS→
33D
Crispy Crinkles brand (6)
Starts with O, ends with AOREIDA→
34D
"___ chic!" (4)
Starts with T, ends with STRES→
42D
Optimistic (4)
Starts with R, ends with YROSY→
43D
Davis who played Thelma in "Thelma & Louise" (5)
Starts with G, ends with AGEENA→
44D
Intermediate size (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMIDI→
45D
Iowa State's city (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMES→
46D
Cast in a different light (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSPIN→
47D
Disencumbers (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRIDS→
48D
Assist, as a lifter? (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABET→
49D
Chowder ingredient (4)
Starts with C, ends with MCLAM→
50D
Unexciting (4)
Starts with B, ends with HBLAH→
51D
Do some tech work (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECODE→
52D
Group working on a pilot … or a group that includes a pilot (4)
Starts with C, ends with WCREW→
54D
Winter setting in K.C. (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCST→
55D
Choose (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOPT→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 19, 2025?+
69 clues: 28 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Erik Agard and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: What R-rated photos may do (TITILLATE); Stream (FLOW); Tearing up or breaking down (EMOTIONAL).
What time does the NYT Crossword come out?+
The next day's puzzle is released at 10:00 pm Eastern Time Monday to Friday and at 6:00 pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
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