NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jul 2, 2025

Complete answer list for the July 2, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

The Grid

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Across 36

  1. 1___ salad COBB
  2. 5Site for techies CNET
  3. 9One of the hues in a Crayola eight-pack BLACK
  4. 14Shape of many a racetrack OVAL
  5. 15Fit as a fiddle HALE
  6. 16"… for He is ___" (Matthew 28:6) RISEN
  7. 17Did you know?! The most common bar name in the U.K. is The Red Lion PUBTRIVIA
  8. 19Enough AMPLE
  9. 20W.W.E. star Dumas AMY
  10. 21Portfolio portion, in brief IRA
  11. 22It hangs on in the winter ICICLE
  12. 23Did you know?! The oldest known porno movie is the 1907 short film "El Satario" GRAPHICDETAIL
  13. 27One might charge el capote rojo TORO
  14. 292014 Winter Olympics host SOCHI
  15. 30Iridescent gemstones OPALS
  16. 32Bingo relative KENO
  17. 34Squid's ink holder SAC
  18. 37Did you know?! Engaging in leisure activities has been shown to reduce stress levels by over 30% FUNFACT
  19. 40Did you know?! Before mastering fire, cave men ate uncooked meat for the first million years of human existence RAWDATA
  20. 42Official currency of Ecuador and Guam: Abbr. USD
  21. 43"___ move" YOUR
  22. 45Cabinet department since 1913 LABOR
  23. 46Nudges against ABUTS
  24. 49Room for growth? WOMB
  25. 50Did you know?! America's first chartered money supplier opened in Philadelphia on January 7, 1782 BANKSTATEMENT
  26. 56Enemy vessels in W.W. II UBOATS
  27. 57Outfit that might have satin lapels, informally TUX
  28. 58Key near F1 ESC
  29. 61Spanish island with many nightclubs IBIZA
  30. 62Did you know?! Diamonds are 58 times more resistant to pressure than rubies or sapphires HARDTRUTH
  31. 65"___ est mort" ("the king is dead") LEROI
  32. 66Modern aerosol emitter, for short ECIG
  33. 67x times y, potentially AREA
  34. 68Boxer nicknamed "Kid Dynamite" TYSON
  35. 69"... or ___!" (threat) ELSE
  36. 70"College GameDay" airer ESPN

Down 42

  1. 1___ América (international football competition) COPA
  2. 2Tube descender OVUM
  3. 3Step up from an upright piano BABYGRAND
  4. 4Layered lunch offering, informally BLT
  5. 5Tweets CHIRPS
  6. 6Language of W.W. II "code talkers": Var. NAVAHO
  7. 7Inventor Whitney ELI
  8. 8Beverage in Wonderland TEA
  9. 9Leg support BRACE
  10. 10Minimum or maximum LIMIT
  11. 11Pet safety org. ASPCA
  12. 12Chamber group instruments CELLI
  13. 13Genuflect KNEEL
  14. 18Narrow inlet RIA
  15. 22"Uncut Gems" actress Menzel IDINA
  16. 24"The Sound of Music" antagonist ROLF
  17. 25"Ugh!" ICK
  18. 26Only acting Oscar winner in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame CHER
  19. 27Common stir-fry ingredient TOFU
  20. 28Grand work OPUS
  21. 31For example SAY
  22. 33One who gives a hoot OWL
  23. 34Ones wreaking havoc SABOTEURS
  24. 35___ bomb ATOM
  25. 36No-no in many fad diets CARB
  26. 38Thoroughly covers COATS
  27. 39Low-pitched musical instrument TUBA
  28. 41"Rosy-fingered" time of day in the "Odyssey" DAWN
  29. 44Don't get stuck in it! RUT
  30. 47Onetime geometric game fad TETRIS
  31. 48What mascara might do SMUDGE
  32. 50Muscular BUILT
  33. 51"The Sound of Music" locale ABBEY
  34. 52"The Third Man" and "Kiss Me Deadly," for two NOIRS
  35. 53Creator of a lot of buzz in the music scene KAZOO
  36. 54Laundry problem STAIN
  37. 55No. after a tel. no. EXT
  38. 59Part of a plan STEP
  39. 60Jackie of martial arts films CHAN
  40. 62Bit of a laugh HEE
  41. 63Femur/tibia connector, in brief ACL
  42. 64Issa of Hollywood RAE