NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 3, 2025
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Clues74
Across37
Down37
ConstructorAdam Wagner
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Sound from a flock (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABAA→
4A
It gets dropped in a pot (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCHIP→
8A
"Buffalo soldier, dreadlock ___" (Bob Marley lyric) (5)
Starts with R, ends with ARASTA→
13A
Like well-known news (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOLD→
14A
Lessen in strength (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFADE→
15A
Toronto N.B.A. player (6)
Starts with R, ends with RRAPTOR→
16A
Played a bar game? / [Yawn] (8)
Starts with L, ends with DLIMBORED→
18A
Preserved, in a way (6)
Starts with O, ends with EONTAPE→
19A
Boo-boo (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOWIE→
20A
Go pillaging (6)
Starts with M, ends with DMARAUD→
22A
Swerve, as an airplane (3)
Starts with Y, ends with WYAW→
23A
Fully add up (5)
Starts with T, ends with LTOTAL→
25A
Friend or family member / Clichéd (9)
Starts with L, ends with ELOVERDONE→
27A
Emcee's lines (6)
Starts with I, ends with SINTROS→
29A
Comment that might be said with a push (7)
Starts with I, ends with OINYOUGO→
30A
It might be bruised in a fall (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEGO→
31A
City where the Dalai Lama was enthroned (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALHASA→
34A
Actor Sebastian ___ of Marvel Studios films (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSTAN→
35A
Formal dress code / What may "burn" in a drag race (9)
Starts with B, ends with EBLACKTIRE→
38A
Member of the South Asian diaspora (4)
Starts with D, ends with IDESI→
41A
Connect with (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTIETO→
42A
Having a full stomach (3)
Starts with F, ends with DFED→
45A
Holy Roman ___, title for Maria Theresa (7)
Starts with E, ends with SEMPRESS→
48A
Gymnast Biles (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESIMONE→
50A
Area with no coverage? / Sore loser (9)
Starts with B, ends with TBALDSPORT→
53A
Like a Venti at Starbucks (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELARGE→
54A
School of higher learning, in Britain (3)
Starts with U, ends with IUNI→
55A
Biblical Promised Land (6)
Starts with C, ends with NCANAAN→
57A
Losing roll in a casino (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCRAP→
58A
It connects to the tailbone (6)
Starts with S, ends with MSACRUM→
60A
Directional signals that flash on and off, as suggested by the circles in this puzzle (8)
Starts with B, ends with SBLINKERS→
62A
Features of many war hero statues (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTEEDS→
63A
Home to Florida Atlantic Univ. (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABOCA→
64A
Fruity cooler (3)
Starts with A, ends with EADE→
65A
Kind of question that's binary (5)
Starts with Y, ends with OYESNO→
66A
Pac-Man ghost with the shortest name (4)
Starts with I, ends with YINKY→
Down
1D
Southwestern neckwear / Baby's foot warmer (7)
Starts with B, ends with EBOLOTIE→
2D
"Baby Cobra" comedian (7)
Starts with A, ends with GALIWONG→
3D
Come clean about (7)
Starts with A, ends with OADMITTO→
4D
Co.'s $$$ watcher (3)
Starts with C, ends with OCFO→
5D
Injury / Christmas entree (4)
Starts with H, ends with MHARM→
6D
Perfect / Concept (5)
Starts with I, ends with LIDEAL→
7D
Actor Pascal of "The Mandalorian" (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPEDRO→
8D
Was exhausted / Lustful (6)
Starts with R, ends with YRANDRY→
9D
On point (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAPT→
10D
"Don't come in here!" (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSTAYOUT→
11D
State park in the Santa Monica Mountains (7)
Starts with T, ends with ATOPANGA→
12D
"Is this date happening?" (7)
Starts with A, ends with NAREWEON→
15D
City on the Seine (5)
Starts with R, ends with NROUEN→
17D
Animal whose Greek name is the etymology of the word "arctic" (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBEAR→
24D
Idle / Texter's chuckle (4)
Starts with L, ends with LLOLL→
26D
Amount of meds (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDOSE→
28D
Olympic sprinter ___'Carri Richardson (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASHA→
32D
Follows, as a tip (6)
Starts with A, ends with NACTSON→
33D
Trail runner? (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISKI→
35D
National Audubon Society subject (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBIRD→
36D
"___ hard to say" (3)
Starts with I, ends with SITS→
37D
Perturb / Frying need (4)
Starts with R, ends with LROIL→
38D
"Clair de Lune" composer (7)
Starts with D, ends with YDEBUSSY→
39D
Come (forth) (7)
Starts with E, ends with EEMANATE→
40D
Does some genetic manipulation on / Some aromatics (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSPLICES→
42D
"No lie!" (7)
Starts with F, ends with LFORREAL→
43D
Them's fighting words! (7)
Starts with E, ends with EENGARDE→
44D
Anglerfish locale (7)
Starts with D, ends with ADEEPSEA→
46D
Portuguese currency before the euro (6)
Starts with E, ends with OESCUDO→
47D
Inundates with messages, say (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSPAMS→
49D
___ truck (4)
Starts with M, ends with KMACK→
51D
Religious leader / Actress Jacobson (5)
Starts with R, ends with IRABBI→
52D
Avian claw (5)
Starts with T, ends with NTALON→
56D
Shaving mishap (4)
Starts with N, ends with KNICK→
59D
___ Faire (3)
Starts with R, ends with NREN→
61D
House cry that sounds like a horse cry (3)
Starts with N, ends with YNAY→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 3, 2025?+
74 clues: 37 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adam Wagner and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Sound from a flock (BAA); It gets dropped in a pot (CHIP); "Buffalo soldier, dreadlock ___" (Bob Marley lyric) (RASTA).
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