NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jul 24, 2025

Complete answer list for the July 24, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 37

  1. 1Beat at chess ↗MATED
  2. 6Speech therapists' targets ↗LISPS
  3. 11Adds to the chain, in a way ↗CCS
  4. 14Daggerlike symbols on manuscripts ↗OBELI
  5. 15Square ↗UNHIP
  6. 16It may be brown or blonde ↗ALE
  7. 17"Nice of you to show up" ↗COMMONSNIPE
  8. 19Something to play by ↗EAR
  9. 20Marching syllable ↗HUP
  10. 21Utter nonsense ↗ROT
  11. 22Vocal flourish used by Lady Gaga in "Shallow" and "Bad Romance" ↗MELISMA
  12. 24Tries, tries again ↗ITERATES
  13. 27Univision article ↗UNA
  14. 28"Hey, England, happy Fourth of July!" ↗AMERICANCROW
  15. 33Cow or cobra, in yoga ↗ASANA
  16. 36Do it! ↗TASK
  17. 37Suffix with Sudan or Bhutan ↗ESE
  18. 38With 41-Across, a hint to this puzzle's theme ↗BIRD
  19. 39Stereotypical attire for tech bros ↗VESTS
  20. 41See 38-Across ↗CALL
  21. 42Head into? ↗RAM
  22. 43Speak hoarsely ↗RASP
  23. 44___ blanc (type of white grape) ↗PINOT
  24. 45"Say 'goodnight' Alexa." "Goodnight Alexa" ↗AMAZONPARROT
  25. 49Trash ↗DIS
  26. 50Relative of a votive candle ↗TEALIGHT
  27. 54Attire for an acrobat ↗UNITARD
  28. 58Era in which daylight saving was introduced as a way to conserve energy, in brief ↗WWI
  29. 59Lion in ancient Rome ↗LEO
  30. 60"omg, u r too much" ↗LOL
  31. 61"Bottom-of-the-barrel barrel prices! Buy today!" ↗COOPERSHAWK
  32. 64Love, at Wimbledon ↗NIL
  33. 65Softened ↗EASED
  34. 66"___: The Origins of Our Discontents," Isabel Wilkerson best seller ↗CASTE
  35. 67Like one who might prefer platonic relationships, informally ↗ARO
  36. 68Fathers' last words? ↗AMENS
  37. 69"Challenge accepted!" ↗ITSON

Down 41

  1. 1Japanese rice cake ↗MOCHI
  2. 2Approximately ↗ABOUT
  3. 3Home for the Sun Devils ↗TEMPE
  4. 4___ City (nickname for New Haven, Conn.) ↗ELM
  5. 5Many a Joseph Cornell artwork ↗DIORAMA
  6. 6Shine ↗LUSTER
  7. 7Tavern ↗INN
  8. 8A matchbook, for a wobbly table, say ↗SHIM
  9. 9"___ down!" ("Shut up!") ↗PIPE
  10. 10Explore a cave ↗SPELUNK
  11. 11Like the Roman Empire around 48 B.C. ↗CAESAREAN
  12. 12One might be cooked "casino"-style ↗CLAM
  13. 13Will be, in Spanish ↗SERA
  14. 18Musical building block ↗NOTE
  15. 23Company name ender ↗INC
  16. 25South African currency ↗RAND
  17. 26Doesn't get hit, say ↗SITSPAT
  18. 29Hard animal to herd ↗CAT
  19. 30Bad ending? ↗ASS
  20. 31Site of a Nobel Prize award ceremony every December 10 ↗OSLO
  21. 32Lasting lash effect ↗WELT
  22. 33"East of Eden" girl ↗ABRA
  23. 34Setting for "The King and I" ↗SIAM
  24. 35Mammal that can roll up into a ball ↗ARMADILLO
  25. 39One might help you move ↗VAN
  26. 40Medium capacity? ↗ESP
  27. 41___ Field (M.L.B. venue since 2009) ↗CITI
  28. 43Skin condition that causes facial flushing ↗ROSACEA
  29. 44Major that might require International Relations and U.S. Government classes, informally ↗POLISCI
  30. 46Pimple ↗ZIT
  31. 47Ties another knot, so to speak ↗REWEDS
  32. 48Comical growl ↗RAWR
  33. 51Word with cut or shot ↗GLASS
  34. 52Observe closely, as orders ↗HEWTO
  35. 53Symbol ↗TOKEN
  36. 54Forearm bone ↗ULNA
  37. 55Genre for "Double Indemnity" ↗NOIR
  38. 56Last word in the first line of "Home on the Range" ↗ROAM
  39. 57One tablespoon, maybe ↗DOSE
  40. 62Write ↗PEN
  41. 63Porkpie, e.g. ↗HAT