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NYT Crossword Answers Jul 27, 2025

Complete answer list for the July 27, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 57

  1. 1Maintains, as a superstition ↗CLINGSTO
  2. 9Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman" ↗BARNUM
  3. 15"Same with me" ↗ASAMI
  4. 20Not funny ↗HUMORLESS
  5. 22Ralph Ellison novel about a nameless protagonist's journey in racist America ↗INVISIBLEMAN
  6. 24Forgiving middle-aged dads for their dad jokes, say? ↗EXONERATINGGENERATIONX
  7. 26Picket line? ↗FENCE
  8. 27Bud in Cooperstown ↗SELIG
  9. 28Dorm room staple food ↗RAMEN
  10. 29Cross-country conveyances ↗SKIS
  11. 30Darth Vader's childhood nickname ↗ANI
  12. 32Inflexible ↗RIGID
  13. 34Have away with words? ↗EDIT
  14. 36Muppet of Mexican descent ↗ROSITA
  15. 39Knows just when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, maybe ↗CHEATS
  16. 42Gives lip ↗SASSES
  17. 47Attire for Larry Page and Sergey Brin when visiting Google incognito? ↗TECHNOCRATSTRENCHCOATS
  18. 51Columbus sch. ↗OSU
  19. 52Carnage ↗GORE
  20. 53Down Easter ↗MAINER
  21. 54One with a set of pipes ↗ORGAN
  22. 55Come out of one's shell ↗MOLT
  23. 57Sherlock's sister on TV ↗ENOLA
  24. 60___ bag ↗SWAG
  25. 62Much-maligned 2019 movie about which one review said "It's 'Battlefield Earth' with whiskers" ↗CATS
  26. 63One of classical music's Three B's ↗BRAHMS
  27. 66Landscaper's supply ↗MULCH
  28. 69Tundra or taiga ↗BIOME
  29. 71"You think that hunk of junk'll pass inspection? Please!"? ↗STREETLEGALLETSGETREAL
  30. 78Trademarked refrigerant ↗FREON
  31. 79Uncle Sam's land, informally ↗USOFA
  32. 80Lithe ↗SVELTE
  33. 81+/- ↗ORSO
  34. 84Drink mixed in mixed drinks ↗SODA
  35. 86Handy ↗UTILE
  36. 89Avatar of Vishnu ↗RAMA
  37. 90Back in, in a way ↗RETRO
  38. 92Try to hit in laser tag ↗FIREAT
  39. 95Older sister of Rachel, in Genesis ↗LEAH
  40. 98Basic BASIC statements ↗IFS
  41. 99Real chess playa? ↗CHECKMATINGCHICKMAGNET
  42. 104Contemporary of Gauss and Faraday ↗AMPERE
  43. 105James who played Scotty on "Star Trek" ↗DOOHAN
  44. 106"No ___, Bob" ↗SIRREE
  45. 107Part of une pièce de théâtre ↗ACTE
  46. 110Plunderers of Rome ↗GAULS
  47. 112Hindu honorific ↗SRI
  48. 113Clock toggle ↗AMPM
  49. 117Hollowed out, as an apple ↗CORED
  50. 120Hogwarts's "Half-Blood Prince" ↗SNAPE
  51. 122Burnt pigment ↗UMBER
  52. 126Greeting from a famous Italian character to a famous Italian American actress? ↗MARISATOMEIITSAMEMARIO
  53. 130DC power player in the late 1800s? ↗THOMASEDISON
  54. 131Good thing to play in a trick-taking game ↗TRUMPCARD
  55. 132Magical symbol ↗SIGIL
  56. 133Dispensing, with "out" ↗METING
  57. 134Art lovers ↗ESTHETES

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  1. 1One always cooking up new ideas? ↗CHEF
  2. 2Ritzy ↗LUXE
  3. 3"That's my cue" ↗IMON
  4. 4___ compensation (stock options, for instance) ↗NONCASH
  5. 5Revegetation, e.g. ↗GREENING
  6. 6Canon option, in brief ↗SLR
  7. 7They may be Thai or chai ↗TEAS
  8. 8Cuisinart competitor ↗OSTER
  9. 9Noted rapper with an oxymoronic name ↗BIGGIESMALLS
  10. 10Director Lee ↗ANG
  11. 11Traveler in no need of hotels, for short ↗RVER
  12. 12Columbian caravel ↗NINA
  13. 13"I'm your guy" ↗USEME
  14. 14Bogged down ↗MIRED
  15. 15___-right (political category) ↗ALT
  16. 16Twice tres ↗SEIS
  17. 17Out of control ↗AMOK
  18. 18Nail salon request, familiarly ↗MANI
  19. 191980s band among Australia's all-time best-selling groups ↗INXS
  20. 21Quartz compound ↗SILICA
  21. 23Cast out ↗BANISH
  22. 25When doubled, "Sleep well" ↗NIGHT
  23. 31Langston Hughes poem that begins "___, sing America" ↗ITOO
  24. 33Word with mine or dump ↗DATA
  25. 35___ the Town (punny fast-food restaurant name) ↗TACO
  26. 36Vacation package offerer, perhaps ↗RESORT
  27. 37Visionary? ↗OCULAR
  28. 38Lot unit ↗ACRE
  29. 40Prefix with angular ↗TRI
  30. 41D.C. 100: Abbr. ↗SENS
  31. 43Mickey Mouse's boss in "Fantasia" ↗SORCERER
  32. 44Whale of a tale ↗SAGA
  33. 45Géorgie, par exemple ↗ETAT
  34. 46Identity thief's acquisitions, in brief ↗SSNS
  35. 47The pyramids, essentially ↗TOMBS
  36. 48Stimpy's TV pal ↗REN
  37. 49Rookies ↗NEWBS
  38. 50Bond's man? ↗CRAIG
  39. 56Skill taught to Luke Skywalker ↗THEFORCE
  40. 58Texter's gasp ↗OMG
  41. 59Feast with kalua pig ↗LUAU
  42. 61Skedaddles ↗GOES
  43. 64___ de Glace (glacier in the French Alps) ↗MER
  44. 65Fr. holy women ↗STES
  45. 67Desperate pursuit of fame, in modern lingo ↗CLOUTCHASING
  46. 68Weight ↗HEFT
  47. 70Channel that popularized video jockeys ↗MTV
  48. 72Shower scrubber ↗LOOFA
  49. 73Split ↗ENDIT
  50. 74Mai ___ ↗TAI
  51. 75TV friend of Jerry, George and Kramer ↗ELAINE
  52. 76Money for your money ↗ATMFEE
  53. 77Slightest ↗LEAST
  54. 81Black-and-white hunter ↗ORCA
  55. 82Longtime NPR host Diane ↗REHM
  56. 83Part of a flight ↗STEP
  57. 85Bone-dry ↗ARID
  58. 87Business entity inits. ↗LLC
  59. 88Shrill cries ↗EEKS
  60. 91Slimy veggie ↗OKRA
  61. 93Brian who co-founded the Long Now Foundation ↗ENO
  62. 94In awe ↗AGOG
  63. 96Chums, in Chamonix ↗AMIS
  64. 97"Bah, humbug!" ↗HARRUMPH
  65. 100Nashville and New Orleans, for musicians ↗MECCAS
  66. 101Stomping ground ↗HAUNT
  67. 102Bringing up the rear ↗INLAST
  68. 103[Yuck!] ↗GRIMACE
  69. 108Sacred object ↗TOTEM
  70. 109Lose ground? ↗ERODE
  71. 111Slash on a scoresheet ↗SPARE
  72. 113Qtys. ↗AMTS
  73. 114When repeated, a tropical fish ↗MAHI
  74. 115___ rock (genre for Pink Floyd and Dream Theater, familiarly) ↗PROG
  75. 116Apt name for a narcissist? ↗MIMI
  76. 118Release ↗EMIT
  77. 119He loved Lucy ↗DESI
  78. 121Nesting pair in the Outback ↗EMUS
  79. 123Army ___ ↗BRAT
  80. 124The Emerald Isle ↗EIRE
  81. 125Photosensitive cells ↗RODS
  82. 127Seasoning for una margarita ↗SAL
  83. 128Bit of plasma ↗ION
  84. 129One whose uniform bears the Star of Life, for short ↗EMT