NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 27, 2025
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Clues141
Across57
Down84
TitleArranged Marriages
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
Maintains, as a superstition (8)
Starts with C, ends with OCLINGSTO→
9A
Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman" (6)
Starts with B, ends with MBARNUM→
15A
"Same with me" (5)
Starts with A, ends with IASAMI→
20A
Not funny (9)
Starts with H, ends with SHUMORLESS→
22A
Ralph Ellison novel about a nameless protagonist's journey in racist America (12)
Starts with I, ends with NINVISIBLEMAN→
24A
Forgiving middle-aged dads for their dad jokes, say? (22)
Starts with E, ends with XEXONERATINGGENERATIONX→
26A
Picket line? (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFENCE→
27A
Bud in Cooperstown (5)
Starts with S, ends with GSELIG→
28A
Dorm room staple food (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRAMEN→
29A
Cross-country conveyances (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSKIS→
30A
Darth Vader's childhood nickname (3)
Starts with A, ends with IANI→
32A
Inflexible (5)
Starts with R, ends with DRIGID→
34A
Have away with words? (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEDIT→
36A
Muppet of Mexican descent (6)
Starts with R, ends with AROSITA→
39A
Knows just when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, maybe (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCHEATS→
42A
Gives lip (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSASSES→
47A
Attire for Larry Page and Sergey Brin when visiting Google incognito? (22)
Starts with T, ends with STECHNOCRATSTRENCHCOATS→
51A
Columbus sch. (3)
Starts with O, ends with UOSU→
52A
Carnage (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGORE→
53A
Down Easter (6)
Starts with M, ends with RMAINER→
54A
One with a set of pipes (5)
Starts with O, ends with NORGAN→
55A
Come out of one's shell (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMOLT→
57A
Sherlock's sister on TV (5)
Starts with E, ends with AENOLA→
60A
___ bag (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSWAG→
62A
Much-maligned 2019 movie about which one review said "It's 'Battlefield Earth' with whiskers" (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCATS→
63A
One of classical music's Three B's (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBRAHMS→
66A
Landscaper's supply (5)
Starts with M, ends with HMULCH→
69A
Tundra or taiga (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBIOME→
71A
"You think that hunk of junk'll pass inspection? Please!"? (22)
Starts with S, ends with LSTREETLEGALLETSGETREAL→
78A
Trademarked refrigerant (5)
Starts with F, ends with NFREON→
79A
Uncle Sam's land, informally (5)
Starts with U, ends with AUSOFA→
84A
Drink mixed in mixed drinks (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASODA→
89A
Avatar of Vishnu (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARAMA→
90A
Back in, in a way (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORETRO→
92A
Try to hit in laser tag (6)
Starts with F, ends with TFIREAT→
95A
Older sister of Rachel, in Genesis (4)
Starts with L, ends with HLEAH→
98A
Basic BASIC statements (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIFS→
99A
Real chess playa? (22)
Starts with C, ends with TCHECKMATINGCHICKMAGNET→
104A
Contemporary of Gauss and Faraday (6)
Starts with A, ends with EAMPERE→
105A
James who played Scotty on "Star Trek" (6)
Starts with D, ends with NDOOHAN→
106A
"No ___, Bob" (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESIRREE→
107A
Part of une pièce de théâtre (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACTE→
110A
Plunderers of Rome (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGAULS→
112A
Hindu honorific (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISRI→
113A
Clock toggle (4)
Starts with A, ends with MAMPM→
117A
Hollowed out, as an apple (5)
Starts with C, ends with DCORED→
120A
Hogwarts's "Half-Blood Prince" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESNAPE→
122A
Burnt pigment (5)
Starts with U, ends with RUMBER→
126A
130A
DC power player in the late 1800s? (12)
Starts with T, ends with NTHOMASEDISON→
131A
Good thing to play in a trick-taking game (9)
Starts with T, ends with DTRUMPCARD→
132A
Magical symbol (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSIGIL→
133A
Dispensing, with "out" (6)
Starts with M, ends with GMETING→
134A
Art lovers (8)
Starts with E, ends with SESTHETES→
Down
1D
One always cooking up new ideas? (4)
Starts with C, ends with FCHEF→
3D
"That's my cue" (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIMON→
4D
___ compensation (stock options, for instance) (7)
Starts with N, ends with HNONCASH→
5D
Revegetation, e.g. (8)
Starts with G, ends with GGREENING→
6D
Canon option, in brief (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSLR→
7D
They may be Thai or chai (4)
Starts with T, ends with STEAS→
8D
Cuisinart competitor (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROSTER→
9D
Noted rapper with an oxymoronic name (12)
Starts with B, ends with SBIGGIESMALLS→
10D
Director Lee (3)
Starts with A, ends with GANG→
11D
Traveler in no need of hotels, for short (4)
Starts with R, ends with RRVER→
12D
Columbian caravel (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANINA→
13D
"I'm your guy" (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUSEME→
14D
Bogged down (5)
Starts with M, ends with DMIRED→
15D
___-right (political category) (3)
Starts with A, ends with TALT→
16D
Twice tres (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSEIS→
17D
Out of control (4)
Starts with A, ends with KAMOK→
18D
Nail salon request, familiarly (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMANI→
19D
1980s band among Australia's all-time best-selling groups (4)
Starts with I, ends with SINXS→
21D
Quartz compound (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASILICA→
23D
Cast out (6)
Starts with B, ends with HBANISH→
25D
When doubled, "Sleep well" (5)
Starts with N, ends with TNIGHT→
31D
Langston Hughes poem that begins "___, sing America" (4)
Starts with I, ends with OITOO→
33D
Word with mine or dump (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADATA→
35D
___ the Town (punny fast-food restaurant name) (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTACO→
36D
Vacation package offerer, perhaps (6)
Starts with R, ends with TRESORT→
37D
Visionary? (6)
Starts with O, ends with ROCULAR→
38D
Lot unit (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACRE→
40D
Prefix with angular (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
41D
D.C. 100: Abbr. (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSENS→
43D
Mickey Mouse's boss in "Fantasia" (8)
Starts with S, ends with RSORCERER→
44D
Whale of a tale (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASAGA→
45D
Géorgie, par exemple (4)
Starts with E, ends with TETAT→
46D
Identity thief's acquisitions, in brief (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSSNS→
47D
The pyramids, essentially (5)
Starts with T, ends with STOMBS→
48D
Stimpy's TV pal (3)
Starts with R, ends with NREN→
49D
Rookies (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNEWBS→
50D
Bond's man? (5)
Starts with C, ends with GCRAIG→
56D
Skill taught to Luke Skywalker (8)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEFORCE→
58D
Texter's gasp (3)
Starts with O, ends with GOMG→
59D
Feast with kalua pig (4)
Starts with L, ends with ULUAU→
61D
Skedaddles (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGOES→
64D
___ de Glace (glacier in the French Alps) (3)
Starts with M, ends with RMER→
65D
Fr. holy women (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSTES→
67D
Desperate pursuit of fame, in modern lingo (12)
Starts with C, ends with GCLOUTCHASING→
68D
Weight (4)
Starts with H, ends with THEFT→
70D
Channel that popularized video jockeys (3)
Starts with M, ends with VMTV→
72D
Shower scrubber (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALOOFA→
74D
Mai ___ (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITAI→
75D
TV friend of Jerry, George and Kramer (6)
Starts with E, ends with EELAINE→
76D
Money for your money (6)
Starts with A, ends with EATMFEE→
77D
Slightest (5)
Starts with L, ends with TLEAST→
81D
Black-and-white hunter (4)
Starts with O, ends with AORCA→
82D
Longtime NPR host Diane (4)
Starts with R, ends with MREHM→
83D
Part of a flight (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSTEP→
85D
Bone-dry (4)
Starts with A, ends with DARID→
87D
Business entity inits. (3)
Starts with L, ends with CLLC→
88D
Shrill cries (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEEKS→
91D
Slimy veggie (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOKRA→
93D
Brian who co-founded the Long Now Foundation (3)
Starts with E, ends with OENO→
94D
In awe (4)
Starts with A, ends with GAGOG→
96D
Chums, in Chamonix (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMIS→
97D
"Bah, humbug!" (8)
Starts with H, ends with HHARRUMPH→
100D
Nashville and New Orleans, for musicians (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMECCAS→
101D
Stomping ground (5)
Starts with H, ends with THAUNT→
102D
Bringing up the rear (6)
Starts with I, ends with TINLAST→
103D
[Yuck!] (7)
Starts with G, ends with EGRIMACE→
108D
Sacred object (5)
Starts with T, ends with MTOTEM→
109D
Lose ground? (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERODE→
111D
Slash on a scoresheet (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESPARE→
114D
When repeated, a tropical fish (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMAHI→
115D
___ rock (genre for Pink Floyd and Dream Theater, familiarly) (4)
Starts with P, ends with GPROG→
116D
Apt name for a narcissist? (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMIMI→
118D
Release (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEMIT→
119D
He loved Lucy (4)
Starts with D, ends with IDESI→
121D
Nesting pair in the Outback (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEMUS→
123D
Army ___ (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBRAT→
124D
The Emerald Isle (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEIRE→
125D
Photosensitive cells (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRODS→
127D
Seasoning for una margarita (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSAL→
128D
Bit of plasma (3)
Starts with I, ends with NION→
129D
One whose uniform bears the Star of Life, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEMT→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 27, 2025?+
141 clues: 57 Across and 84 Down. The puzzle was constructed by John Kugelman and edited by Will Shortz.
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For example: Maintains, as a superstition (CLINGSTO); Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman" (BARNUM); "Same with me" (ASAMI).
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