NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jul 9, 2025

Complete answer list for the July 9, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Desirée Penner and Jeff SinnockEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1580 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Top dog? ↗MUTT
  2. 5Top hat? ↗LID
  3. 8Top gun? ↗PISTOL
  4. 14Olympic event in which athletes wear masks ↗EPEE
  5. 15Balmy time in Bordeaux ↗ETE
  6. 16Squids' kin ↗OCTOPI
  7. 17Marilyn Monroe used eyeliner to darken the one on her cheek ↗MOLE
  8. 18Late actor Kilmer ↗VAL
  9. 19Be off the mark ↗MISAIM
  10. 20Number with 12 zeros in the U.S. but 18 zeros in other parts of the world ↗ONETRILLION
  11. 23Cotillion V.I.P. ↗DEB
  12. 24Top 10 song ↗HIT
  13. 25Auntie ___ (food court chain) ↗ANNES
  14. 27Who, What or I Don't Know, to Abbott and Costello ↗BASEMAN
  15. 31Popular digital wallet service ↗CASHAPP
  16. 35Non-Rx ↗OTC
  17. 36Dance instruction ↗STEP
  18. 38Jason of "How I Met Your Mother" ↗SEGEL
  19. 39One wearing a djellaba robe, typically ↗ARAB
  20. 41Outer boundaries, as where this puzzle's theme answers are located ↗EDGES
  21. 44Hospital fluids ↗SERA
  22. 45Pat ___, three-time N.B.A. Coach of the Year ↗RILEY
  23. 47Bit of litter by a theater ↗STUB
  24. 49It may be picked by the picky ↗NIT
  25. 50Kind of Emmy ↗DAYTIME
  26. 53Last Supper guest ↗APOSTLE
  27. 55One end of a battery ↗ANODE
  28. 57State animal of Utah ↗ELK
  29. 58Ryder Cup org. ↗PGA
  30. 61Famous misquote of a James Cagney line from the 1932 film "Taxi!" ↗YOUDIRTYRAT
  31. 66Beyond belief ↗UNREAL
  32. 68Hunk ↗GOB
  33. 69___ land ↗LALA
  34. 70Repeated sounds in "Hey Jude" ↗NANANA
  35. 71From ___ Z ↗ATO
  36. 72Many moons ↗AGES
  37. 73Bottom feeder? ↗TROUGH
  38. 74Bottom line? ↗RAY
  39. 75Bottom dollar? ↗BUCK

Down 41

  1. 1Side note? ↗MEMO
  2. 2Agreed-___ ↗UPON
  3. 3Prefix with communication ↗TELE
  4. 4Grow choppers ↗TEETHE
  5. 5Get off the ground? ↗LEVITATE
  6. 6Stressed type: Abbr. ↗ITAL
  7. 7Singer Reese ↗DELLA
  8. 8California college where the writer David Foster Wallace taught English ↗POMONA
  9. 9Unfriendly quality ↗ICINESS
  10. 10Ave. crossers ↗STS
  11. 11Lowly sort ↗TOAD
  12. 12Redheaded boy of 1960s TV ↗OPIE
  13. 13Side arm? ↗LIMB
  14. 21Parts of eyeglass frames ↗RIMS
  15. 22First magazine to feature Steve Jobs on its cover (October 1981) ↗INC
  16. 26Elvis's "___ Not You" ↗SHES
  17. 27Side plank? ↗BOARD
  18. 28Parts of hearts ↗ATRIA
  19. 29Like snakes ↗SCALY
  20. 30Mustachioed "Simpsons" character ↗NED
  21. 32007, for one ↗AGENT
  22. 33Jeopardy ↗PERIL
  23. 34Side dish? ↗PLATE
  24. 37Family-friendly ratings ↗PGS
  25. 40Onetime alternative to VHS ↗BETA
  26. 42Gate info ↗ETA
  27. 43Comic book hero whose secret identity is Conner Kent ↗SUPERBOY
  28. 46Symbol of contrasting principles ↗YINYANG
  29. 48Get out of the starting gate fast ↗BOLT
  30. 51Bread ↗MOOLAH
  31. 52End of a professor's address ↗EDU
  32. 541970s space station ↗SKYLAB
  33. 56"J. ___" (2011 Clint Eastwood biopic) ↗EDGAR
  34. 58Side kick? ↗PUNT
  35. 59Growl ↗GNAR
  36. 60River under the Ponte Vecchio ↗ARNO
  37. 62Itty bit ↗IOTA
  38. 63Prego rival ↗RAGU
  39. 64Guinness of "Star Wars" ↗ALEC
  40. 65Side job? ↗TASK
  41. 67French 101 word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet ↗EAU