NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 21, 2025
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Clues76
Across31
Down45
ConstructorKaty Steinmetz and Rich Katz
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
K-pop supergroup (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBTS→
4A
What an angry customer may leave (5)
Starts with N, ends with PNOTIP→
9A
Vast Mongolian desert (4)
Starts with G, ends with IGOBI→
13A
Google.com, e.g. (3)
Starts with U, ends with LURL→
14A
Sound heard before "Bless you!" (5)
Starts with A, ends with OACHOO→
15A
One producing cakes and cookies (5)
Starts with B, ends with RBAKER→
16A
Successful throws to the end zone (15)
Starts with T, ends with STOUCHDOWNPASSES→
19A
Heinie (4)
Starts with T, ends with HTUSH→
20A
Côte d'___ (French Riviera) (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAZUR→
21A
Regular 6 p.m. broadcast of daily events (14)
Starts with T, ends with STHEEVENINGNEWS→
29A
Regretted (4)
Starts with R, ends with DRUED→
30A
___-weenie (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETEENIE→
31A
Big TV network in the U.K. (3)
Starts with B, ends with CBBC→
34A
Take the ___ (acquire control) (5)
Starts with R, ends with SREINS→
37A
Threadbare (4)
Starts with W, ends with NWORN→
38A
Vans from hotels to terminals and back (15)
Starts with A, ends with SAIRPORTSHUTTLES→
42A
Sports org. at the center of a 2021 antitrust ruling (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANCAA→
43A
Ones crossing picket lines (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSCABS→
44A
Ending with lemon or orange (3)
Starts with A, ends with EADE→
45A
Rejected, as an application (6)
Starts with D, ends with DDENIED→
48A
Enjoy a book or magazine (4)
Starts with R, ends with DREAD→
50A
Their are fore of them hear in this sentance (14)
Starts with S, ends with SSPELLINGERRORS→
55A
"Gotcha" (4)
Starts with I, ends with EISEE→
56A
Series of push-ups or curls at a gym (4)
Starts with R, ends with SREPS→
58A
65A
Actress Amy or President John Quincy (5)
Starts with A, ends with SADAMS→
66A
Like the boonies (5)
Starts with R, ends with LRURAL→
67A
Abbreviation for an Army absence (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMIA→
68A
Mercedes-___ (4)
Starts with B, ends with ZBENZ→
69A
Pluckiness (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSPUNK→
70A
Place for a pig (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSTY→
Down
1D
Remainder of a cigarette (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBUTT→
2D
Word after rainbow or steelhead (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTROUT→
3D
Watery snow (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSLUSH→
4D
"Gonna pass" (3)
Starts with N, ends with HNAH→
5D
Anxiety-related condition, for short (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOCD→
6D
Even if, informally (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTHO→
7D
Des Moines denizen (5)
Starts with I, ends with NIOWAN→
8D
___ scheme (financial fraud) (5)
Starts with P, ends with IPONZI→
9D
Purchase at a pump (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGAS→
10D
Gives the go-ahead (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOKS→
11D
"Busy" buzzer (3)
Starts with B, ends with EBEE→
12D
Org. that orders audits (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIRS→
15D
Flat-bottomed boat (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBARGE→
17D
One-named singer of "If I Could Turn Back Time" (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCHER→
18D
Common fourth-and-long decision (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPUNT→
22D
Currency in Lyon but not London (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEURO→
23D
Swerve (4)
Starts with V, ends with RVEER→
24D
Does some copy desk work (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEDITS→
25D
Semiaquatic salamander (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNEWT→
26D
___ Holmes (Sherlock's sister, on Netflix) (5)
Starts with E, ends with AENOLA→
27D
Overcaffeinated, colloquially (5)
Starts with W, ends with DWIRED→
28D
Have a feeling (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESENSE→
31D
Lineup at Woodstock or Coachella (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBANDS→
32D
Muscle used in pull-ups, informally (5)
Starts with B, ends with PBICEP→
33D
Basic bird made in origami (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECRANE→
35D
Situation Room grp. (3)
Starts with N, ends with CNSC→
36D
What two toddlers should learn to do (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESHARE→
39D
Aid in making a sandcastle (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPAIL→
40D
Lyft rival (4)
Starts with U, ends with RUBER→
41D
Bygone Russian ruler (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTSAR→
46D
Man's name that is an anagram of AISLE (5)
Starts with E, ends with SELIAS→
47D
Kind of golf that uses baskets instead of holes (4)
Starts with D, ends with CDISC→
49D
Housing on a college quad (4)
Starts with D, ends with MDORM→
51D
Gets closer (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNEARS→
52D
Elaborate outfit (5)
Starts with G, ends with PGETUP→
53D
Quantities of paper (5)
Starts with R, ends with SREAMS→
54D
Treat with bananas and ice cream (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSPLIT→
57D
Kill it, in a good way (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSLAY→
58D
Gossip, gossip, gossip (3)
Starts with G, ends with BGAB→
59D
Positive poem (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
60D
Something to pick up at a beach? (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTAN→
61D
Celebrity gossip website (3)
Starts with T, ends with ZTMZ→
62D
Word on a French wine label (3)
Starts with C, ends with UCRU→
63D
___ Solo of "Star Wars" (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHAN→
64D
Animal with a fraternal order named after it (3)
Starts with E, ends with KELK→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 21, 2025?+
76 clues: 31 Across and 45 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Katy Steinmetz and Rich Katz and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: K-pop supergroup (BTS); What an angry customer may leave (NOTIP); Vast Mongolian desert (GOBI).
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