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NYT Crossword Answers Jul 23, 2025

Complete answer list for the July 23, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Joseph GangiEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Hogwarts headmaster ___ Dumbledore ↗ALBUS
  2. 6Province ↗AREA
  3. 10Followed move-for-move ↗APED
  4. 14Japanese automaker named for a river ↗ISUZU
  5. 15Ground transportation option ↗TAXI
  6. 16Ripped ↗TORE
  7. 17A, B and C, but not X, Y and Z ↗MUSICNOTES
  8. 19Where Bengali and Burmese are spoken ↗ASIA
  9. 20Barely scrapes the surface ↗SKIMS
  10. 21Bore up ↗LASTED
  11. 23Persistently bother, with "at" ↗NAG
  12. 26Actress Wong of the Netflix series "Beef" ↗ALI
  13. 27James of jazz ↗ETTA
  14. 28Ham-handed ↗INEPT
  15. 30Onetime CBS forensic drama ↗CSI
  16. 33"I don't mind ___ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels": Ogden Nash ↗EELS
  17. 35Sicilian landmark ↗ETNA
  18. 36Seyfried of "Mean Girls" ↗AMANDA
  19. 38Tragic ending? ↗CEE
  20. 40He and I, but not she and you ↗CHEMICALSYMBOLS
  21. 43Suffix with rocket ↗EER
  22. 44Highlands cryptid, affectionately ↗NESSIE
  23. 45Praiseful verses ↗ODES
  24. 46Fast-swimming shark ↗MAKO
  25. 48Disappointing ↗SAD
  26. 49Villainous animal in "The Lion King" ↗HYENA
  27. 50Add color to ↗TINT
  28. 52She's a woolly one ↗EWE
  29. 54"What ___ you?" ↗SAY
  30. 55"Beats me!" ↗NOIDEA
  31. 57Toss from the game ↗EJECT
  32. 59"That's my cue!" ↗IMON
  33. 60A+ and B-, but not F ↗BLOODTYPES
  34. 65Forgetful actor's request ↗LINE
  35. 66Part of a chain ↗LINK
  36. 67___ coffee (whiskey drink) ↗IRISH
  37. 68Crafty website ↗ETSY
  38. 69"We will make amends ere long; / ___ the Puck a liar call": Shak. ↗ELSE
  39. 70Day's harvest, for a fisher ↗CATCH

Down 39

  1. 1Objective ↗AIM
  2. 2Sch. on the banks of the Mississippi ↗LSU
  3. 3Ground transportation option ↗BUS
  4. 4Commando weapons ↗UZIS
  5. 5Perform dreadfully, so to speak ↗SUCKAT
  6. 6Figure that roughly equals protons plus neutrons ↗ATOMICMASS
  7. 7"Aw, phooey!" ↗RATS
  8. 8PC file extension ↗EXE
  9. 9Congressional divide, literally as well as metaphorically ↗AISLE
  10. 10Just the slightest bit ↗ATASTE
  11. 11MA and MS, but not BA and BS ↗POSTALCODES
  12. 12Canal with a "low bridge" ("Everybody down!") ↗ERIE
  13. 13Out of juice ↗DEAD
  14. 18Zilch ↗NIL
  15. 22Starting squad ↗ATEAM
  16. 23Many a godchild ↗NIECE
  17. 24Something to stand for ↗ANTHEM
  18. 25X, Y and Z, but not A, B and C ↗GENERATIONS
  19. 29"The Office" role ↗PAM
  20. 31Taco topper ↗SALSA
  21. 32Something only some of us will get ↗INSIDEJOKE
  22. 34Pop star Gomez ↗SELENA
  23. 36Top gun ↗ACE
  24. 37Word aptly hidden in "turned yellow" ↗DYE
  25. 39Writing assignment ↗ESSAY
  26. 41Hole-___ (singular feat) ↗INONE
  27. 42"Whew!" ↗BOY
  28. 47Organ with a distinctive shape ↗KIDNEY
  29. 49Overwhelmingly busy ↗HECTIC
  30. 51Postpone for now ↗TABLE
  31. 53Exchanged rings with ↗WED
  32. 55River through Khartoum ↗NILE
  33. 56Leave out ↗OMIT
  34. 57A seeming eternity ↗EONS
  35. 58Banks of "America's Next Top Model" ↗TYRA
  36. 61___ Nas X ↗LIL
  37. 62Place to retire? ↗PIT
  38. 63Corner keyboard key ↗ESC
  39. 64"Keep it down!" ↗SHH