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NYT Crossword July 23 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, July 23 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1Hogwarts headmaster ___ Dumbledore5 lettersSee answer ›6Province4 lettersSee answer ›10Followed move-for-move4 lettersSee answer ›14Japanese automaker named for a river5 lettersSee answer ›15Ground transportation option4 lettersSee answer ›16Ripped4 lettersSee answer ›17A, B and C, but not X, Y and Z10 lettersSee answer ›19Where Bengali and Burmese are spoken4 lettersSee answer ›20Barely scrapes the surface5 lettersSee answer ›21Bore up6 lettersSee answer ›23Persistently bother, with "at"3 lettersSee answer ›26Actress Wong of the Netflix series "Beef"3 lettersSee answer ›27James of jazz4 lettersSee answer ›28Ham-handed5 lettersSee answer ›30Onetime CBS forensic drama3 lettersSee answer ›33"I don't mind ___ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels": Ogden Nash4 lettersSee answer ›35Sicilian landmark4 lettersSee answer ›36Seyfried of "Mean Girls"6 lettersSee answer ›38Tragic ending?3 lettersSee answer ›40He and I, but not she and you15 lettersSee answer ›43Suffix with rocket3 lettersSee answer ›44Highlands cryptid, affectionately6 lettersSee answer ›45Praiseful verses4 lettersSee answer ›46Fast-swimming shark4 lettersSee answer ›48Disappointing3 lettersSee answer ›49Villainous animal in "The Lion King"5 lettersSee answer ›50Add color to4 lettersSee answer ›52She's a woolly one3 lettersSee answer ›54"What ___ you?"3 lettersSee answer ›55"Beats me!"6 lettersSee answer ›57Toss from the game5 lettersSee answer ›59"That's my cue!"4 lettersSee answer ›60A+ and B-, but not F10 lettersSee answer ›65Forgetful actor's request4 lettersSee answer ›66Part of a chain4 lettersSee answer ›67___ coffee (whiskey drink)5 lettersSee answer ›68Crafty website4 lettersSee answer ›69"We will make amends ere long; / ___ the Puck a liar call": Shak.4 lettersSee answer ›70Day's harvest, for a fisher5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Objective3 lettersSee answer ›2Sch. on the banks of the Mississippi3 lettersSee answer ›3Ground transportation option3 lettersSee answer ›4Commando weapons4 lettersSee answer ›5Perform dreadfully, so to speak6 lettersSee answer ›6Figure that roughly equals protons plus neutrons10 lettersSee answer ›7"Aw, phooey!"4 lettersSee answer ›8PC file extension3 lettersSee answer ›9Congressional divide, literally as well as metaphorically5 lettersSee answer ›10Just the slightest bit6 lettersSee answer ›11MA and MS, but not BA and BS11 lettersSee answer ›12Canal with a "low bridge" ("Everybody down!")4 lettersSee answer ›13Out of juice4 lettersSee answer ›18Zilch3 lettersSee answer ›22Starting squad5 lettersSee answer ›23Many a godchild5 lettersSee answer ›24Something to stand for6 lettersSee answer ›25X, Y and Z, but not A, B and C11 lettersSee answer ›29"The Office" role3 lettersSee answer ›31Taco topper5 lettersSee answer ›32Something only some of us will get10 lettersSee answer ›34Pop star Gomez6 lettersSee answer ›36Top gun3 lettersSee answer ›37Word aptly hidden in "turned yellow"3 lettersSee answer ›39Writing assignment5 lettersSee answer ›41Hole-___ (singular feat)5 lettersSee answer ›42"Whew!"3 lettersSee answer ›47Organ with a distinctive shape6 lettersSee answer ›49Overwhelmingly busy6 lettersSee answer ›51Postpone for now5 lettersSee answer ›53Exchanged rings with3 lettersSee answer ›55River through Khartoum4 lettersSee answer ›56Leave out4 lettersSee answer ›57A seeming eternity4 lettersSee answer ›58Banks of "America's Next Top Model"4 lettersSee answer ›61___ Nas X3 lettersSee answer ›62Place to retire?3 lettersSee answer ›63Corner keyboard key3 lettersSee answer ›64"Keep it down!"3 lettersSee answer ›