NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jul 26, 2025

Complete answer list for the July 26, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 33

  1. 1Pop singer Rexha ↗BEBE
  2. 5Playful in tone ↗ARCH
  3. 9Group that got Sweden its first Eurovision win ↗ABBA
  4. 13Sautéing option with a high smoke point ↗AVOCADOOIL
  5. 16Home, in slang ↗CRIB
  6. 17Poisonous plant rumored to have killed the emperor Augustus ↗BELLADONNA
  7. 18Word with hot or double ↗TAKE
  8. 19Starting to move ↗ASTIR
  9. 20What one reads, watches and listens to, collectively ↗MEDIADIET
  10. 22Dictionaries have many of these: Abbr. ↗PGS
  11. 24Underappreciated ↗UNSUNG
  12. 25Lots and lots ↗BUSHELS
  13. 29Enough ↗AMPLE
  14. 31Squash, e.g. ↗GAME
  15. 32Period coinciding with the growth of the internet ↗DOTCOMBOOM
  16. 35Chicken ___ king ↗ALA
  17. 36When you're in it, you're in hot water ↗JACUZZI
  18. 37Sch. that's home to the Mountaineers ↗WVU
  19. 38Beast of burden ↗PACKANIMAL
  20. 40Peeps at ↗SEES
  21. 41"Come in!" ↗ENTER
  22. 42Leans toward ↗PREFERS
  23. 44Alternative to a bow ↗CURTSY
  24. 47Uppermost limit ↗MAX
  25. 48Has only the best intentions ↗MEANSWELL
  26. 51Feature of many a handbag ↗CLASP
  27. 55Running, but not moving ↗IDLE
  28. 56Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea or Taiwan, to an economist ↗ASIANTIGER
  29. 58Eye of the storm ↗LULL
  30. 59Plays dice with God, so to speak ↗TEMPTSFATE
  31. 60Things on rings ↗KEYS
  32. 61Casual hangout ↗SESH
  33. 62Composer Satie ↗ERIK

Down 37

  1. 1Rum-soaked cake ↗BABA
  2. 2Times to look forward ↗EVES
  3. 3Leave quickly ↗BOLT
  4. 4Overshadow ↗ECLIPSE
  5. 5Button next to a suggested contact, maybe ↗ADD
  6. 6Quarters ↗ROOM
  7. 7Possible indicator of construction ahead ↗CONE
  8. 8Rishi Sunak was the first one to become a British prime minister ↗HINDU
  9. 9Play the fool ↗ACTDUMB
  10. 10Smarts ↗BRAINPOWER
  11. 11They separate hands and handlebars ↗BIKEGLOVES
  12. 12Give some immoral support, perhaps? ↗ABET
  13. 14"This is sooo frustrating!" ↗AARGH
  14. 15Sprawled out, say ↗LAIN
  15. 21"Same here!" ↗ASAMI
  16. 23Street racer, usually ↗SEDAN
  17. 25Billing line ↗BALANCEDUE
  18. 26"Well, as it happens …" ↗UMACTUALLY
  19. 27Sites of mutations on chromosomes ↗LOCI
  20. 28Flummox ↗STUMP
  21. 30Denizens of the Great Victoria Desert ↗EMUS
  22. 31Go like :O ↗GAPE
  23. 33Government policy bigwig ↗CZAR
  24. 34___ Türeci, physician/scientist who co-founded BioNTech ↗OZLEM
  25. 36Lawn recreation with a portmanteau name ↗JARTS
  26. 39Germs of ideas ↗KERNELS
  27. 40Possible topic for a couples therapist ↗SEXLIFE
  28. 43"Get your ___ first and then you can distort them as much as you please": Mark Twain ↗FACTS
  29. 45Pop flies? ↗SWAT
  30. 46Acceptances ↗YESES
  31. 48Exploit over time ↗MILK
  32. 49Common guacamole ingredient ↗LIME
  33. 50Goes around, in a way ↗LAPS
  34. 52Vegan alternative to gelatin ↗AGAR
  35. 53___ Institute, home to the Carl Sagan Center ↗SETI
  36. 54Avenue for early learning, in brief ↗PREK
  37. 57Unspecified term in a sequence ↗NTH