NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 23, 2025
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues78
Across39
Down39
ConstructorJoseph Gangi
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
Hogwarts headmaster ___ Dumbledore (5)
Starts with A, ends with SALBUS→
6A
Province (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
10A
Followed move-for-move (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAPED→
14A
Japanese automaker named for a river (5)
Starts with I, ends with UISUZU→
15A
Ground transportation option (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITAXI→
16A
Ripped (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETORE→
17A
A, B and C, but not X, Y and Z (10)
Starts with M, ends with SMUSICNOTES→
19A
Where Bengali and Burmese are spoken (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
20A
Barely scrapes the surface (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSKIMS→
21A
Bore up (6)
Starts with L, ends with DLASTED→
23A
Persistently bother, with "at" (3)
Starts with N, ends with GNAG→
26A
Actress Wong of the Netflix series "Beef" (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
27A
James of jazz (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETTA→
28A
Ham-handed (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINEPT→
30A
Onetime CBS forensic drama (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICSI→
33A
"I don't mind ___ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels": Ogden Nash (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEELS→
35A
Sicilian landmark (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETNA→
36A
Seyfried of "Mean Girls" (6)
Starts with A, ends with AAMANDA→
38A
Tragic ending? (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECEE→
40A
He and I, but not she and you (15)
Starts with C, ends with SCHEMICALSYMBOLS→
43A
Suffix with rocket (3)
Starts with E, ends with REER→
44A
Highlands cryptid, affectionately (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENESSIE→
45A
Praiseful verses (4)
Starts with O, ends with SODES→
46A
Fast-swimming shark (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMAKO→
48A
Disappointing (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSAD→
49A
Villainous animal in "The Lion King" (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHYENA→
50A
Add color to (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTINT→
52A
She's a woolly one (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEWE→
54A
"What ___ you?" (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSAY→
55A
"Beats me!" (6)
Starts with N, ends with ANOIDEA→
57A
Toss from the game (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEJECT→
59A
"That's my cue!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIMON→
60A
A+ and B-, but not F (10)
Starts with B, ends with SBLOODTYPES→
65A
Forgetful actor's request (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELINE→
66A
Part of a chain (4)
Starts with L, ends with KLINK→
67A
___ coffee (whiskey drink) (5)
Starts with I, ends with HIRISH→
68A
Crafty website (4)
Starts with E, ends with YETSY→
69A
"We will make amends ere long; / ___ the Puck a liar call": Shak. (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
70A
Day's harvest, for a fisher (5)
Starts with C, ends with HCATCH→
Down
1D
Objective (3)
Starts with A, ends with MAIM→
2D
Sch. on the banks of the Mississippi (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULSU→
3D
Ground transportation option (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBUS→
4D
Commando weapons (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUZIS→
5D
Perform dreadfully, so to speak (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSUCKAT→
6D
Figure that roughly equals protons plus neutrons (10)
Starts with A, ends with SATOMICMASS→
7D
"Aw, phooey!" (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRATS→
8D
PC file extension (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEXE→
9D
Congressional divide, literally as well as metaphorically (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAISLE→
10D
Just the slightest bit (6)
Starts with A, ends with EATASTE→
11D
MA and MS, but not BA and BS (11)
Starts with P, ends with SPOSTALCODES→
12D
Canal with a "low bridge" ("Everybody down!") (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
13D
Out of juice (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDEAD→
22D
Starting squad (5)
Starts with A, ends with MATEAM→
23D
Many a godchild (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENIECE→
24D
Something to stand for (6)
Starts with A, ends with MANTHEM→
25D
X, Y and Z, but not A, B and C (11)
Starts with G, ends with SGENERATIONS→
29D
"The Office" role (3)
Starts with P, ends with MPAM→
31D
Taco topper (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASALSA→
32D
Something only some of us will get (10)
Starts with I, ends with EINSIDEJOKE→
34D
Pop star Gomez (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASELENA→
36D
Top gun (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
37D
Word aptly hidden in "turned yellow" (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDYE→
39D
Writing assignment (5)
Starts with E, ends with YESSAY→
41D
Hole-___ (singular feat) (5)
Starts with I, ends with EINONE→
42D
"Whew!" (3)
Starts with B, ends with YBOY→
47D
Organ with a distinctive shape (6)
Starts with K, ends with YKIDNEY→
49D
Overwhelmingly busy (6)
Starts with H, ends with CHECTIC→
51D
Postpone for now (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETABLE→
53D
Exchanged rings with (3)
Starts with W, ends with DWED→
55D
River through Khartoum (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENILE→
56D
Leave out (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOMIT→
57D
A seeming eternity (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEONS→
58D
Banks of "America's Next Top Model" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATYRA→
61D
___ Nas X (3)
Starts with L, ends with LLIL→
62D
Place to retire? (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPIT→
63D
Corner keyboard key (3)
Starts with E, ends with CESC→
64D
"Keep it down!" (3)
Starts with S, ends with HSHH→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 23, 2025?+
78 clues: 39 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Joseph Gangi and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Hogwarts headmaster ___ Dumbledore (ALBUS); Province (AREA); Followed move-for-move (APED).
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