NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 26, 2025
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Clues70
Across33
Down37
ConstructorAdam Levav
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Pop singer Rexha (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBEBE→
5A
Playful in tone (4)
Starts with A, ends with HARCH→
9A
Group that got Sweden its first Eurovision win (4)
Starts with A, ends with AABBA→
13A
Sautéing option with a high smoke point (10)
Starts with A, ends with LAVOCADOOIL→
16A
Home, in slang (4)
Starts with C, ends with BCRIB→
17A
Poisonous plant rumored to have killed the emperor Augustus (10)
Starts with B, ends with ABELLADONNA→
18A
Word with hot or double (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETAKE→
19A
Starting to move (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASTIR→
20A
What one reads, watches and listens to, collectively (9)
Starts with M, ends with TMEDIADIET→
22A
Dictionaries have many of these: Abbr. (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPGS→
24A
Underappreciated (6)
Starts with U, ends with GUNSUNG→
25A
Lots and lots (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBUSHELS→
29A
Enough (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAMPLE→
31A
Squash, e.g. (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGAME→
32A
Period coinciding with the growth of the internet (10)
Starts with D, ends with MDOTCOMBOOM→
35A
Chicken ___ king (3)
Starts with A, ends with AALA→
36A
When you're in it, you're in hot water (7)
Starts with J, ends with IJACUZZI→
37A
Sch. that's home to the Mountaineers (3)
Starts with W, ends with UWVU→
38A
Beast of burden (10)
Starts with P, ends with LPACKANIMAL→
40A
Peeps at (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSEES→
41A
"Come in!" (5)
Starts with E, ends with RENTER→
42A
Leans toward (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPREFERS→
44A
Alternative to a bow (6)
Starts with C, ends with YCURTSY→
47A
Uppermost limit (3)
Starts with M, ends with XMAX→
48A
Has only the best intentions (9)
Starts with M, ends with LMEANSWELL→
51A
Feature of many a handbag (5)
Starts with C, ends with PCLASP→
55A
Running, but not moving (4)
Starts with I, ends with EIDLE→
56A
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea or Taiwan, to an economist (10)
Starts with A, ends with RASIANTIGER→
58A
Eye of the storm (4)
Starts with L, ends with LLULL→
59A
Plays dice with God, so to speak (10)
Starts with T, ends with ETEMPTSFATE→
60A
Things on rings (4)
Starts with K, ends with SKEYS→
61A
Casual hangout (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSESH→
62A
Composer Satie (4)
Starts with E, ends with KERIK→
Down
1D
Rum-soaked cake (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABABA→
2D
Times to look forward (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEVES→
3D
Leave quickly (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBOLT→
4D
Overshadow (7)
Starts with E, ends with EECLIPSE→
5D
Button next to a suggested contact, maybe (3)
Starts with A, ends with DADD→
6D
Quarters (4)
Starts with R, ends with MROOM→
7D
Possible indicator of construction ahead (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECONE→
8D
Rishi Sunak was the first one to become a British prime minister (5)
Starts with H, ends with UHINDU→
9D
Play the fool (7)
Starts with A, ends with BACTDUMB→
10D
Smarts (10)
Starts with B, ends with RBRAINPOWER→
11D
They separate hands and handlebars (10)
Starts with B, ends with SBIKEGLOVES→
12D
Give some immoral support, perhaps? (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABET→
14D
"This is sooo frustrating!" (5)
Starts with A, ends with HAARGH→
15D
Sprawled out, say (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLAIN→
21D
"Same here!" (5)
Starts with A, ends with IASAMI→
23D
Street racer, usually (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSEDAN→
25D
Billing line (10)
Starts with B, ends with EBALANCEDUE→
26D
"Well, as it happens …" (10)
Starts with U, ends with YUMACTUALLY→
27D
Sites of mutations on chromosomes (4)
Starts with L, ends with ILOCI→
28D
Flummox (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSTUMP→
30D
Denizens of the Great Victoria Desert (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEMUS→
31D
Go like :O (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGAPE→
33D
Government policy bigwig (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCZAR→
34D
___ Türeci, physician/scientist who co-founded BioNTech (5)
Starts with O, ends with MOZLEM→
36D
Lawn recreation with a portmanteau name (5)
Starts with J, ends with SJARTS→
39D
Germs of ideas (7)
Starts with K, ends with SKERNELS→
40D
Possible topic for a couples therapist (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESEXLIFE→
43D
"Get your ___ first and then you can distort them as much as you please": Mark Twain (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFACTS→
45D
Pop flies? (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSWAT→
46D
Acceptances (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYESES→
48D
Exploit over time (4)
Starts with M, ends with KMILK→
49D
Common guacamole ingredient (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELIME→
50D
Goes around, in a way (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLAPS→
52D
Vegan alternative to gelatin (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAGAR→
53D
___ Institute, home to the Carl Sagan Center (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISETI→
54D
Avenue for early learning, in brief (4)
Starts with P, ends with KPREK→
57D
Unspecified term in a sequence (3)
Starts with N, ends with HNTH→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 26, 2025?+
70 clues: 33 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adam Levav and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Pop singer Rexha (BEBE); Playful in tone (ARCH); Group that got Sweden its first Eurovision win (ABBA).
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