NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jul 16, 2025

Complete answer list for the July 16, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jasin CekinmezEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 31

  1. 1Courtroom entry ↗PLEA
  2. 5Broke bread ↗ATE
  3. 8See 11-Down ↗ONBASE
  4. 14Lead-in to an implied "go there" or "think about it" ↗DONTEVEN
  5. 16Rouse (oneself) ↗BESTIR
  6. 17Sub category ↗FOOTLONG
  7. 18Grave ↗SOMBER
  8. 19Investment firm T. ___ Price ↗ROWE
  9. 20"That's keen!" ↗NEATO
  10. 21"Something bothering you?" ↗WHATSTHEMATTER
  11. 26One translation of "aloha" ↗PEACE
  12. 27Calm ↗SEDATE
  13. 28Like Detroit vis-à-vis 29-Across ↗EAST
  14. 29Home of the Wolverines in college sports ↗ANNARBOR
  15. 33Actress Longoria ↗EVA
  16. 34Cat breed with a distinct rear ↗BOBTAIL
  17. 37Reddit Q&A ↗AMA
  18. 38Festival with jousts, informally ↗RENFAIRE
  19. 40Caramel-topped dessert ↗FLAN
  20. 41Do-nothings ↗IDLERS
  21. 43Quaint contradiction ↗TISNT
  22. 442003 period film starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe ↗THELASTSAMURAI
  23. 48Snake eyes and boxcars, e.g. ↗ROLLS
  24. 49Rapper Lil Uzi ___ ↗VERT
  25. 50Div. for the Astros and Angels ↗ALWEST
  26. 52Worker's timeout in Westminster … or something tucked between this puzzle's shaded squares? ↗TEABREAK
  27. 56Tectonic drifters ↗PLATES
  28. 57Camper's recreation ↗CANOEING
  29. 58Insists ↗SAYSSO
  30. 59Denver setting: Abbr. ↗MST
  31. 60Tips ↗ENDS

Down 39

  1. 1Many an email attachment ↗PDF
  2. 2W.C. ↗LOO
  3. 3Brian who composed four pioneering albums of ambient music ↗ENO
  4. 4Draw ↗ATTRACT
  5. 5Boldly attests ↗AVOWS
  6. 6Core principles ↗TENETS
  7. 7Part of E.S.L.: Abbr. ↗ENG
  8. 8Delivery docs ↗OBS
  9. 9Just after birth ↗NEONATAL
  10. 10Detector of absurdity, in slang ↗BSMETER
  11. 11Chance to get 8-Across ↗ATBAT
  12. 12Cuatro + tres ↗SIETE
  13. 13404 Not Found, e.g. ↗ERROR
  14. 15Chargrilled corn-on-the-cob dish in Mexico ↗ELOTE
  15. 21Thread pattern ↗WEAVE
  16. 22Comedian Minhaj ↗HASAN
  17. 23They radiate warmth ↗HEATERS
  18. 24"The Simpsons" teacher Krabappel ↗EDNA
  19. 25Spa treatment, for short ↗MANI
  20. 26Colleague ↗PEER
  21. 30Wood for a kite ↗BALSA
  22. 31Native of Muscat ↗OMANI
  23. 32Many a one-star Yelp review ↗RANT
  24. 34People you do not want to mess with ↗BADASSES
  25. 35Olive and palm products ↗OILS
  26. 36___ Easton Ellis, author of "American Psycho" ↗BRET
  27. 39Cuts of fish ↗FILLETS
  28. 40It might get decorated at Christmas ↗FIRTREE
  29. 42File menu option ↗SAVEAS
  30. 43Extra-powerful, as an engine ↗TURBO
  31. 44Drives into a corner ↗TRAPS
  32. 45Shout, colloquially ↗HOLLA
  33. 46Broncos QB who won back-to-back Super Bowls ↗ELWAY
  34. 47Intended ↗MEANT
  35. 51General on a menu ↗TSO
  36. 52Channel showing vintage films ↗TCM
  37. 53German article ↗EIN
  38. 54By ___ by ↗AND
  39. 55Metric wts. ↗KGS