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NYT Crossword July 17 2025 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated July 17 2025

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Every answer from the Thursday, July 17 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Sam Brody · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Top tier5 lettersSee answer ›6Environmental concern in Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax"4 lettersSee answer ›10Mild cheese4 lettersSee answer ›14Search engine giant based in China5 lettersSee answer ›15Flaky white fish4 lettersSee answer ›16Drag4 lettersSee answer ›17Microsoft offering whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabet5 lettersSee answer ›18Ones who are out of cite, in brief?4 lettersSee answer ›19Skip over4 lettersSee answer ›20Hang outdoors, say6 lettersSee answer ›22Expensive topper5 lettersSee answer ›23Subject of evaluation by a college panel, informally3 lettersSee answer ›26Intrusive4 lettersSee answer ›27Like respect for a parent6 lettersSee answer ›28It has its ups and downs6 lettersSee answer ›30Characters in "There Will Be Blood"6 lettersSee answer ›32Navigate5 lettersSee answer ›33Talking point at a political debate5 lettersSee answer ›34Small sticking point3 lettersSee answer ›37Layout of solar panels, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›38Elvis Costello hit featured in "Notting Hill"3 lettersSee answer ›39Film heroine in search of the demigod Maui5 lettersSee answer ›41Precursor of the International Space Station3 lettersSee answer ›42Similar5 lettersSee answer ›44Something carried into battle5 lettersSee answer ›45Section at the end of a textbook, often6 lettersSee answer ›47Manner of speaking6 lettersSee answer ›48Jet wing fasteners6 lettersSee answer ›50Sprint4 lettersSee answer ›52Word before foot, fire or free3 lettersSee answer ›53Grand tales5 lettersSee answer ›54Badlands discovery, maybe6 lettersSee answer ›56Surface ___4 lettersSee answer ›57Afflicts4 lettersSee answer ›58Explosive stuff, familiarly5 lettersSee answer ›62Setting for some White House events4 lettersSee answer ›63Like some chatter4 lettersSee answer ›64Cartoon character who says "Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet"5 lettersSee answer ›65Pioneering puzzle-laden computer game4 lettersSee answer ›66Yearbook superlative4 lettersSee answer ›67Smart5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Prez on a penny3 lettersSee answer ›2Burden3 lettersSee answer ›3Nervous twitch3 lettersSee answer ›4That's a thought4 lettersSee answer ›5(Stops (false (not any) witness) filming)12 lettersSee answer ›6Makes a mess, in a way, as a pet5 lettersSee answer ›7Compact wooden figures ... and a hint to 5-, 11-, 22- and 25-Down15 lettersSee answer ›8Agree to4 lettersSee answer ›9Come together3 lettersSee answer ›10Alpha Centauri A, par exemple6 lettersSee answer ›11(Bucks' (lady's (roadside stopover) title) mates)11 lettersSee answer ›12Director Kurosawa5 lettersSee answer ›13Headbanger's genre5 lettersSee answer ›21Part of a seat assignment3 lettersSee answer ›22(Baseball (German (physicist Ernst) possessive) rarities)12 lettersSee answer ›23Region known for its silk and tea5 lettersSee answer ›24___ dish5 lettersSee answer ›25(Church (Buffalo's (minister, informally) waters) seats)11 lettersSee answer ›27Seasonal malady3 lettersSee answer ›29Pirates' sphere3 lettersSee answer ›31"Gotcha"4 lettersSee answer ›33"You sure?"4 lettersSee answer ›35Words often appearing after a number and a hyphen5 lettersSee answer ›36Jamie ___, "Ted Lasso" character5 lettersSee answer ›40Tolkien creature3 lettersSee answer ›43___ Vegan (resident of Nevada's largest city)3 lettersSee answer ›46Withdraw one's testimony6 lettersSee answer ›47Pack animal3 lettersSee answer ›48Kingdom5 lettersSee answer ›49"Here's hoping …"5 lettersSee answer ›51Plus5 lettersSee answer ›54Classic pet name4 lettersSee answer ›55Cheerful air4 lettersSee answer ›57Target3 lettersSee answer ›59"You're oversharing"3 lettersSee answer ›60Cartoon canine3 lettersSee answer ›61Alternative to .com3 lettersSee answer ›