NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jul 31, 2025

Complete answer list for the July 31, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Alexander LiebeskindEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1The X-Men, e.g. ↗MUTANTS
  2. 6Way off ↗AFAR
  3. 10Blowout victory ↗ROMP
  4. 14Home of the White Cloud Mountains ↗IDAHO
  5. 15Excellent sort of person to be a copy editor ↗PEDANT
  6. 16Dr. ___ (repeated Mike Myers film role) ↗EVIL
  7. 17: ↗COLON
  8. 18One with a vision ↗SEER
  9. 19Transfer from one bottle to another ↗DECANT
  10. 20Ring ↗ENCLOSE
  11. 22Empty spaces ↗LACUNAS
  12. 24Rita ___, "Anywhere" singer ↗ORA
  13. 25Scout's work, informally ↗RECON
  14. 26Testing the limits, say ↗AVANTGARDE
  15. 30Little guys ↗KIDDOS
  16. 34Bloom in several Monet paintings ↗LILY
  17. 35Best Picture of 1958 ↗GIGI
  18. 37Bit of Chinese New Year décor ↗LANTERN
  19. 38Filled up with ↗ATE
  20. 39Ones paying flat rates ... or, when read as two words, a hint to this puzzle's theme ↗TENANTS
  21. 41Agcy. watching the skies ↗FAA
  22. 42___ Gras ↗MARDI
  23. 44Cut deeply ↗ETCH
  24. 45Use to the fullest ↗MILK
  25. 46"Full House" pair ↗OLSENS
  26. 48"There's no way!" ↗THISCANTBE
  27. 50Award-winning Donald Glover TV series, or where it was filmed ↗ATLANTA
  28. 52Avalanche group, for short ↗NHL
  29. 53Manage ↗OVERSEE
  30. 56Bore importance ↗MEANTALOT
  31. 60Ingredients in many potpies ↗PEAS
  32. 61Baby ↗INFANT
  33. 63Greek goddess of peace ↗IRENE
  34. 64Out-of-bounds ↗ERRANT
  35. 65Shred the ___ (conquer a mountain, in skiing slang) ↗GNAR
  36. 66Start of a counting rhyme ↗EENIE
  37. 67Launch party? ↗NASA
  38. 68Tennis champ Mandlikova ↗HANA
  39. 69Little brats ↗SNOTS

Down 39

  1. 1Laptop accessories ↗MICE
  2. 2Thick Japanese noodle ↗UDON
  3. 3Main component of steatite ↗TALC
  4. 4Collection of literary works ↗ANTHOLOGY
  5. 5State bordering Arizona ↗SONORA
  6. 6Only part of Italy's 900-year-old Basilica di Santa Giulia that remains ↗APSE
  7. 7Cost ↗FEE
  8. 8"River Lea" singer, 2015 ↗ADELE
  9. 9Did laps, say ↗RANTRACK
  10. 10Not adding any new information ↗REDUNDANT
  11. 11Where things might get heated ↗OVEN
  12. 12Flaky rock ↗MICA
  13. 13Some spies ↗PLANTS
  14. 21Certain military leader, informally ↗SARGE
  15. 23Orderly arrangements of wiring ↗COILS
  16. 25Something you might sail right through? ↗REGATTA
  17. 26Thrifty competitor ↗ALAMO
  18. 27Critical ↗VITAL
  19. 28Some hunting lodge décor ↗ANTLERS
  20. 29Have a nice meal, say ↗DINE
  21. 31Untamable ↗DEFIANT
  22. 32Big name in dental care ↗ORALB
  23. 33Animal with sea and coral varieties ↗SNAKE
  24. 36Move like a sloth ↗INCH
  25. 39Shades ↗TINTS
  26. 40Your, of yore ↗THINE
  27. 43Start of a wish-list letter ↗DEARSANTA
  28. 45Ferrari's Formula 1 rival ↗MCLAREN
  29. 47Seasonal carrier ↗SLEIGH
  30. 49Huts ↗SHANTIES
  31. 51Part of a bug ↗ANTENNA
  32. 53Like some questions or doors ↗OPEN
  33. 54___ Farmiga, Best Supporting Actress nominee for 2009's "Up in the Air" ↗VERA
  34. 55Corn units ↗EARS
  35. 56"Location, location, location," to many real estate agents ↗MANTRA
  36. 57Jay in the Television Hall of Fame ↗LENO
  37. 58Doing the job ↗ONIT
  38. 59Some shirts ↗TEES
  39. 62Item for which "This thing blows" would be a positive review ↗FAN