NYT Crossword hints and answer for July 9, 2025
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Clues80
Across39
Down41
ConstructorDesirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Top dog? (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMUTT→
5A
Top hat? (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLID→
8A
Top gun? (6)
Starts with P, ends with LPISTOL→
14A
Olympic event in which athletes wear masks (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEPEE→
15A
Balmy time in Bordeaux (3)
Starts with E, ends with EETE→
16A
Squids' kin (6)
Starts with O, ends with IOCTOPI→
17A
Marilyn Monroe used eyeliner to darken the one on her cheek (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMOLE→
18A
Late actor Kilmer (3)
Starts with V, ends with LVAL→
19A
Be off the mark (6)
Starts with M, ends with MMISAIM→
20A
Number with 12 zeros in the U.S. but 18 zeros in other parts of the world (11)
Starts with O, ends with NONETRILLION→
23A
Cotillion V.I.P. (3)
Starts with D, ends with BDEB→
24A
Top 10 song (3)
Starts with H, ends with THIT→
25A
Auntie ___ (food court chain) (5)
Starts with A, ends with SANNES→
27A
Who, What or I Don't Know, to Abbott and Costello (7)
Starts with B, ends with NBASEMAN→
31A
Popular digital wallet service (7)
Starts with C, ends with PCASHAPP→
35A
Non-Rx (3)
Starts with O, ends with COTC→
36A
Dance instruction (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSTEP→
38A
Jason of "How I Met Your Mother" (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSEGEL→
39A
One wearing a djellaba robe, typically (4)
Starts with A, ends with BARAB→
41A
Outer boundaries, as where this puzzle's theme answers are located (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEDGES→
44A
Hospital fluids (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASERA→
45A
Pat ___, three-time N.B.A. Coach of the Year (5)
Starts with R, ends with YRILEY→
47A
Bit of litter by a theater (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSTUB→
49A
It may be picked by the picky (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNIT→
50A
Kind of Emmy (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDAYTIME→
53A
Last Supper guest (7)
Starts with A, ends with EAPOSTLE→
55A
One end of a battery (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANODE→
57A
State animal of Utah (3)
Starts with E, ends with KELK→
58A
Ryder Cup org. (3)
Starts with P, ends with APGA→
61A
Famous misquote of a James Cagney line from the 1932 film "Taxi!" (11)
Starts with Y, ends with TYOUDIRTYRAT→
66A
Beyond belief (6)
Starts with U, ends with LUNREAL→
69A
___ land (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALALA→
70A
Repeated sounds in "Hey Jude" (6)
Starts with N, ends with ANANANA→
71A
From ___ Z (3)
Starts with A, ends with OATO→
72A
Many moons (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAGES→
73A
Bottom feeder? (6)
Starts with T, ends with HTROUGH→
74A
Bottom line? (3)
Starts with R, ends with YRAY→
75A
Bottom dollar? (4)
Starts with B, ends with KBUCK→
Down
1D
Side note? (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMEMO→
2D
Agreed-___ (4)
Starts with U, ends with NUPON→
3D
Prefix with communication (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETELE→
4D
Grow choppers (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETEETHE→
5D
Get off the ground? (8)
Starts with L, ends with ELEVITATE→
6D
Stressed type: Abbr. (4)
Starts with I, ends with LITAL→
7D
Singer Reese (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADELLA→
8D
California college where the writer David Foster Wallace taught English (6)
Starts with P, ends with APOMONA→
9D
Unfriendly quality (7)
Starts with I, ends with SICINESS→
10D
Ave. crossers (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSTS→
11D
Lowly sort (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTOAD→
12D
Redheaded boy of 1960s TV (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOPIE→
13D
Side arm? (4)
Starts with L, ends with BLIMB→
21D
Parts of eyeglass frames (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRIMS→
22D
First magazine to feature Steve Jobs on its cover (October 1981) (3)
Starts with I, ends with CINC→
26D
Elvis's "___ Not You" (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSHES→
27D
Side plank? (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBOARD→
28D
Parts of hearts (5)
Starts with A, ends with AATRIA→
29D
Like snakes (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSCALY→
30D
Mustachioed "Simpsons" character (3)
Starts with N, ends with DNED→
32D
007, for one (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAGENT→
33D
Jeopardy (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPERIL→
34D
Side dish? (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPLATE→
37D
Family-friendly ratings (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPGS→
40D
Onetime alternative to VHS (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABETA→
42D
Gate info (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
43D
Comic book hero whose secret identity is Conner Kent (8)
Starts with S, ends with YSUPERBOY→
46D
Symbol of contrasting principles (7)
Starts with Y, ends with GYINYANG→
48D
Get out of the starting gate fast (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBOLT→
52D
End of a professor's address (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEDU→
54D
1970s space station (6)
Starts with S, ends with BSKYLAB→
56D
"J. ___" (2011 Clint Eastwood biopic) (5)
Starts with E, ends with REDGAR→
58D
Side kick? (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPUNT→
60D
River under the Ponte Vecchio (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARNO→
62D
Itty bit (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOTA→
63D
Prego rival (4)
Starts with R, ends with URAGU→
64D
Guinness of "Star Wars" (4)
Starts with A, ends with CALEC→
65D
Side job? (4)
Starts with T, ends with KTASK→
67D
French 101 word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEAU→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for July 9, 2025?+
80 clues: 39 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Top dog? (MUTT); Top hat? (LID); Top gun? (PISTOL).
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