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NYT Crossword Answers Jul 20, 2025

Complete answer list for the July 20, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 62

  1. 1The small screen's second Golden Age, informally ↗PEAKTV
  2. 7Completed in two under par ↗EAGLED
  3. 13Indian tourist mecca ↗GOA
  4. 16Scoundrel ↗CAD
  5. 19One working near home ↗UMPIRE
  6. 20Flourish ↗THRIVE
  7. 21"Wait for it ... finished!" ↗ANDDONE
  8. 23Cardinal point? ↗SISTINECHAPEL
  9. 25Philanthropist ___ French Gates ↗MELINDA
  10. 26Ignore the alarm, say ↗SLEEPIN
  11. 27Tipping point? ↗CASHREGISTER
  12. 29Few and far between ↗SCARCE
  13. 32Terse affirmation ↗IDO
  14. 33Scottish regional accents ↗BURRS
  15. 34[My word!] ↗GASP
  16. 38Father of Transcendentalism ↗EMERSON
  17. 41What makes a twister twistier? ↗ANI
  18. 43"Absolutamente!" ↗SISI
  19. 44Really really ↗ULTRA
  20. 46___ Miss ↗OLE
  21. 47Cry near a scarecrow ↗CAW
  22. 49Airport sign carrier ↗MEETER
  23. 51Fine point? ↗SPEEDTRAP
  24. 53Plot point? ↗HERBGARDEN
  25. 56Swear ↗AVOW
  26. 57Tree ring, to a dendrochronologist ↗YEAR
  27. 59Potpourri feature ↗AROMA
  28. 60What the Mosquirix vaccine targets ↗MALARIA
  29. 63"Take a hike, pal!" ↗BEATIT
  30. 65Supergiant, e.g. ↗STAR
  31. 69Match point? ↗DATINGSITE
  32. 72Flash point? ↗PHOTOBOOTH
  33. 75Comic who said "One thing about being narrow-minded — you'll never be lonely" ↗SAHL
  34. 76Singsong refrain syllables ↗TRALAS
  35. 78Total ↗ADDUPTO
  36. 79Mary Westmacott, for Agatha Christie ↗ALIAS
  37. 81Bring up the rear? ↗MOON
  38. 84Galoots ↗OAFS
  39. 85Style point? ↗BARBERSHOP
  40. 89Low point? ↗DAIRYFARM
  41. 93Sawbones, in brief ↗ORDOCS
  42. 94Alternative to Yahoo Mail ↗AOL
  43. 95It's just a guess: Abbr. ↗EST
  44. 96More cunning ↗SLIER
  45. 97Japanese pitcher nicknamed "The Tornado" ↗NOMO
  46. 98Frodo's sidekick ↗SAM
  47. 101Gym ↗PECLASS
  48. 104Stately trees ↗ELMS
  49. 105Barn-raising participants, maybe ↗AMISH
  50. 107___ Paulo ↗SAO
  51. 109Lessens ↗ALLAYS
  52. 111Sticking point? ↗TATTOOPARLOR
  53. 115Smooths, as the way ↗GREASES
  54. 120Home to Uganda's presidential palace ↗ENTEBBE
  55. 121Brownie point? ↗GIRLSCOUTCAMP
  56. 124Biting ↗ACERBIC
  57. 125Flagship Honda model ↗ACCORD
  58. 126Lover of Bassanio, in Shakespeare ↗PORTIA
  59. 127Like hemoglobin ↗RED
  60. 128Still ↗YET
  61. 129Wise king in the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" ↗NESTOR
  62. 130They're not good looks ↗SNEERS

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  1. 1Kisser ↗PUSS
  2. 2Jannings who won the first Best Actor Oscar ↗EMIL
  3. 3Sunday school recess? ↗APSE
  4. 4Chinese symbol of hope and prosperity ↗KITE
  5. 5Beater of pocket rockets, in Texas hold 'em ↗TRIPS
  6. 6"The Floating City" ↗VENICE
  7. 7"You get the picture" ↗ETC
  8. 8Sound while sticking out one's tongue ↗AHH
  9. 9Greek sisters of myth ↗GRACES
  10. 10Pop star Dua ___ ↗LIPA
  11. 11Beforetimes? ↗EVES
  12. 12Second-most-populous city in the world (after Tokyo) ↗DELHI
  13. 13"Let's do this!" ↗GAMEON
  14. 14Much-desired blood type, for short ↗ONEG
  15. 15Fly by the seat of one's pants ↗ADLIB
  16. 16Repentant ↗CONTRITE
  17. 17Author of "The Princess and the Pea" and "The Ugly Duckling" ↗ANDERSEN
  18. 18Letter opener ↗DEARSIR
  19. 22Derelict ↗DISUSED
  20. 24Charm ↗ENAMOR
  21. 28Nutrient inits. ↗RDA
  22. 30Race with an anchor ↗RELAY
  23. 31Brunch station offering ↗CREPE
  24. 34Astronaut Grissom ↗GUS
  25. 35Finsteraarhorn, e.g. ↗ALP
  26. 36Furtiveness ↗STEALTH
  27. 37Triumph ↗PREVAIL
  28. 39Common lampshade shade ↗OCHRE
  29. 40Scottish negative ↗NAE
  30. 42Muslim leader ↗IMAM
  31. 45Festoon ↗ADORN
  32. 48"Star Trek II: The ___ of Khan" ↗WRATH
  33. 50Epic time ↗ERA
  34. 52Stick on a tree ↗TWIG
  35. 54Joie de vivre ↗BRIO
  36. 55More than wanna ↗GOTTA
  37. 58Biblical shepherd ↗ABEL
  38. 60Many residents, for short ↗MDS
  39. 61Org. with a "Tipsy Tow" service ↗AAA
  40. 62Up ↗ASTIR
  41. 64Lhasa ___ ↗APSO
  42. 65It's literally "inflated" in the kitchen ↗SOUFFLE
  43. 66Mast attachment above a gaff ↗TOPSAIL
  44. 67QB stat: Abbr. ↗ATT
  45. 68Fraternity letter ↗RHO
  46. 70Plans for the future, in brief? ↗IRAS
  47. 71Actress Smith of Fox's "Empire" ↗TASHA
  48. 73Funk ↗ODOR
  49. 74Annual celebrations, informally ↗BDAYS
  50. 77Enough ↗AMPLE
  51. 79"The Golden Bachelor" network ↗ABC
  52. 80Without ↗LESS
  53. 82Newbery-winning author Scott ___ ↗ODELL
  54. 83Twangy ↗NASAL
  55. 85Cousin of a man crush ↗BROMANCE
  56. 86Took in ↗ADMITTED
  57. 87Cock ↗ROOSTER
  58. 88Alley ___ ↗OOP
  59. 90"The plan has been approved!" ↗ITSAGO
  60. 91Kind of cycle at night ↗REM
  61. 92Partner, with "the" ↗MRS
  62. 93Hot, hot, hot ↗ONATEAR
  63. 99Facet ↗ASPECT
  64. 100Petting zoo noise ↗MAA
  65. 102Suburban setting? ↗CARLOT
  66. 103IHOP selections ↗SYRUPS
  67. 106Woodworking or bird-watching ↗HOBBY
  68. 108Heart, e.g. ↗ORGAN
  69. 110Place atop ↗SETON
  70. 112New York theater award first given in 1956 ↗OBIE
  71. 113One of the 10 plagues of Egypt ↗LICE
  72. 114Dungeons & Dragons baddies ↗ORCS
  73. 116One of 24 in Yankee Stadium ↗ACRE
  74. 117Quench ↗SATE
  75. 118Gulf bigwig ↗EMIR
  76. 119Some cruise ship amenities ↗SPAS
  77. 122Ticketmaster spec ↗SRO
  78. 123Navy submarine head: Abbr. ↗CDR