NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jul 17, 2025

Complete answer list for the July 17, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 41

  1. 1Top tier ↗ATTIC
  2. 6Environmental concern in Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax" ↗SMOG
  3. 10Mild cheese ↗EDAM
  4. 14Search engine giant based in China ↗BAIDU
  5. 15Flaky white fish ↗HAKE
  6. 16Drag ↗TOKE
  7. 17Microsoft offering whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabet ↗EXCEL
  8. 18Ones who are out of cite, in brief? ↗ETAL
  9. 19Skip over ↗OMIT
  10. 20Hang outdoors, say ↗AIRDRY
  11. 22Expensive topper ↗TIARA
  12. 23Subject of evaluation by a college panel, informally ↗APP
  13. 26Intrusive ↗NOSY
  14. 27Like respect for a parent ↗FILIAL
  15. 28It has its ups and downs ↗SEESAW
  16. 30Characters in "There Will Be Blood" ↗OILMEN
  17. 32Navigate ↗STEER
  18. 33Talking point at a political debate ↗ISSUE
  19. 34Small sticking point ↗NIT
  20. 37Layout of solar panels, e.g. ↗ARRAY
  21. 38Elvis Costello hit featured in "Notting Hill" ↗SHE
  22. 39Film heroine in search of the demigod Maui ↗MOANA
  23. 41Precursor of the International Space Station ↗MIR
  24. 42Similar ↗ALIKE
  25. 44Something carried into battle ↗ARMOR
  26. 45Section at the end of a textbook, often ↗ERRATA
  27. 47Manner of speaking ↗ACCENT
  28. 48Jet wing fasteners ↗RIVETS
  29. 50Sprint ↗DASH
  30. 52Word before foot, fire or free ↗SET
  31. 53Grand tales ↗EPICS
  32. 54Badlands discovery, maybe ↗FOSSIL
  33. 56Surface ___ ↗AREA
  34. 57Afflicts ↗AILS
  35. 58Explosive stuff, familiarly ↗NITRO
  36. 62Setting for some White House events ↗LAWN
  37. 63Like some chatter ↗IDLE
  38. 64Cartoon character who says "Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet" ↗ELMER
  39. 65Pioneering puzzle-laden computer game ↗MYST
  40. 66Yearbook superlative ↗MOST
  41. 67Smart ↗STING

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  1. 1Prez on a penny ↗ABE
  2. 2Burden ↗TAX
  3. 3Nervous twitch ↗TIC
  4. 4That's a thought ↗IDEA
  5. 5(Stops (false (not any) witness) filming) ↗CULINARYARTS
  6. 6Makes a mess, in a way, as a pet ↗SHEDS
  7. 7Compact wooden figures ... and a hint to 5-, 11-, 22- and 25-Down ↗MATRYOSHKADOLLS
  8. 8Agree to ↗OKAY
  9. 9Come together ↗GEL
  10. 10Alpha Centauri A, par exemple ↗ETOILE
  11. 11(Bucks' (lady's (roadside stopover) title) mates) ↗DOMAINNAMES
  12. 12Director Kurosawa ↗AKIRA
  13. 13Headbanger's genre ↗METAL
  14. 21Part of a seat assignment ↗ROW
  15. 22(Baseball (German (physicist Ernst) possessive) rarities) ↗TIMEMACHINES
  16. 23Region known for its silk and tea ↗ASSAM
  17. 24___ dish ↗PETRI
  18. 25(Church (Buffalo's (minister, informally) waters) seats) ↗PEERREVIEWS
  19. 27Seasonal malady ↗FLU
  20. 29Pirates' sphere ↗SEA
  21. 31"Gotcha" ↗ISEE
  22. 33"You sure?" ↗ISIT
  23. 35Words often appearing after a number and a hyphen ↗INONE
  24. 36Jamie ___, "Ted Lasso" character ↗TARTT
  25. 40Tolkien creature ↗ORC
  26. 43___ Vegan (resident of Nevada's largest city) ↗LAS
  27. 46Withdraw one's testimony ↗RECANT
  28. 47Pack animal ↗ASS
  29. 48Kingdom ↗REALM
  30. 49"Here's hoping …" ↗IPRAY
  31. 51Plus ↗ASSET
  32. 54Classic pet name ↗FIDO
  33. 55Cheerful air ↗LILT
  34. 57Target ↗AIM
  35. 59"You're oversharing" ↗TMI
  36. 60Cartoon canine ↗REN
  37. 61Alternative to .com ↗ORG