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NYT Crossword — July 11, 2025

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 70 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

35 clues

6Big-eyed, in a way

10Accouterment for a queen

14Acquirer of GeoCities and Broadcast.com during the dot-com bubble

15Butter in South Asian cooking

16Prayer, essentially

17Examines something in more depth

19Prefix with directional

20Outpace the syllabus, say

22They might pop up from time to time

26Supermodel Alek

27Katy Perry song with the lyric "Louder, louder than a lion 'cause I am the champion"

29"Don't Worry Kyoko" singer

30One on the fast track?

33What might come with a twist or two

34"You're warm"

40Phanerozoic, for one

41Isaac Asimov novel "Murder at the ___"

44"Please, take this off my hands"

45Tales are related about them

48Org. with the pioneering Artemis program

49Features of many documentaries

50Colonial group

52Actress Rapp of "Mean Girls"

53Fundamental unit in logarithmic equations

54It may drip in the winter

55Cries of annoyance

Down

35 clues

1Sea serpent of myth

2Four-___ (like some shells)

5Event requiring special specs

6Nash who wrote "The cow is of the bovine ilk; / One end is moo, the other, milk"

7"Hold on there, cowboy!"

9Kind of coin that features a Buddhist temple on one side

10Cuddle, in a way

11Pedro ___, Oscar-winning screenwriter for "Talk to Her"

12One with a watch

13Japanese accord?

18Seal the deal

21Film star whose name consists of two presidents

24Was destined to fail

251952 Olympics locale: Abbr.

26"Breaking Bad" antihero

27Alternative to French

28Kind of cavity

31Machine workers?

32"How ___ Your Mother"

33Restaurant chain where chefs make onion volcanoes

34Animated internet pic

40One making introductions

42Military topper

452017 animated film set in the Land of the Dead

47Indie folk's Bon ___

49Car pool transport

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Stats & info

Friday, Jul 11, 2025

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 11, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorJames McCarron

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 35 down

Longest entries

30AOne on the fast track?13 ltrs 33AWhat might come with a twist or two13 ltrs 34A"You're warm"13 ltrs 5DEvent requiring special specs12 ltrs 21DFilm star whose name consists of two presidents12 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.