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NYT Crossword — July 13, 2025

Sunday’s 23 × 23 puzzle, 164 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

90 clues

1Cry from a guard tower

5Imaginary fiends

11Assign a number, maybe

15Takes orders at a restaurant

20Great Plains tribe

21"I'll be right with you"

22Name that becomes a shape if you switch the second and fourth letters

23They might leave you in stitches, for short

25Not marbled, say

26Electronic music genre

27Pai gow game piece

29They have seniority

31Bit of red in a salad

32What accepts all cookies?

34Under, on a score

36They might be padded

38Gift in the 2000 movie "The Gift"

39Here, in Paris

40Alternative fuel source

44’60s war zone

45"Wicked" protagonist

52Acknowledge silently

57Many idol worshipers

59Cartoonist Silverstein

62Took an hour off mid-day, say

64Phrase cooed en español

65Dry, as Spanish wine

66Monk known as "The Father of English History"

69Geometric art style, familiarly

72Two-stringed Chinese instrument

74Gentleman's disagreement?

75Website feed inits.

76Basketball shooter's lament

78Flattering lines

79Subj. for John Maynard Keynes

81Alma mater for John Maynard Keynes

82Dot in la mer

83It lets you move north

85Windy City commuting org.

88"A picture is worth a thousand words," e.g.

93Big name in streaming

96Champion's memento

97Hold a grudge against

98North Carolina university

99"See if that's OK"

100Chore-o-graph?

102Significant start

104Collectors' org.

105Traded for cash

108Letter-shaped opening

110Postgrad degs.

1111962 Paul Anka hit with the lyric "Kiss me mucho"

113Absorb, as a cost

115"___ bin ein Berliner"

117Goddess of the rainbow

119State bird of Minnesota

121Give bad marks

122Reason for a successful steal, maybe

126Unstable noble gas

129French composer Erik

131Eeyore-esque

133Black dialect, in brief

134Seemingly forever

136Soft palate appendages

137Some M.L.B. highlights

138Litigious threat

140Daughter on "Bob's Burgers"

141Group in charge

142Puffer or blazer

143Still looming, say

144Shape that becomes a name if you switch the second and fourth letters

146Smooth with a whetstone

147Like some bobsleighs

Down

74 clues

1With 114-Down, some neighborhood bars … or what connect eight pairs of answers in this puzzle?

2Shopped at a farmers' market, say

3Concern for a web game developer

4Guiding principle

6Opposite of WSW

7Play featuring a trio of witches

8Actor ___ Jackson Jr.

9State birds of Hawaii

10Winfield ___, loser to Franklin Pierce for president in 1852

11Chopper spinner

12Still in the game

13Pranksters may have tall ones

15Fictional land on "Game of Thrones"

17Wedding exchange

24Falls through the cracks, say

35Likely place for a hot mic

37Certain religious pacifist

41Gloss over, linguistically

46French film director Varda, whom Martin Scorsese once described as "one of the gods of cinema"

47Italian lawn game

50Still-life vessels

51Quite a while

53Jacks and jennies

58Bygone owner of Capitol Records

61Like sperm whales, among all animals

63Slurpable noodle

66Looked high and low in

68With 18-Down, classic 1967 song by a group whose name is a hint to solving the eight bonus clues (see note)

71Biotech crop, in brief

74"Ah, thanks for explaining"

80Atlantic food fish

81Breakfast brand with a Thick & Fluffy variety

84Fruit-shaped candies

86Puccini opera set in Rome

87Ancient symbols of life

88Man's name that sounds like two consonants

89Some luxury bags

90"Consequently ..."

92___ noche (tonight, in Tijuana)

95One of 12 for Jacob

97Classic detergent brand

101Use for sleeping, say

103Stealthy aquatic hunter

106Started broadcasting

109"Lip Gloss" rapper, 2007

112Stop being buds?

115Hosting site with a gallery of memes

116Jersey boys?

118Google action

123Just not done

126Bonnie with 13 Grammys

128AC___ (G.M. subsidiary)

135"We've all ___ there"

139Thurman who played the bride in "Kill Bill"

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Stats & info

Sunday, Jul 13, 2025

23×23

Grid size

164

Total entries

101/428

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 13, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeTunnel Vision

ConstructorBrandon Koppy

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split90 across · 74 down

Longest entries

18DSee 68-Down14 ltrs 68DWith 18-Down, classic 1967 song by a group whose name is a hint to solving the eight bonus clues (see note)14 ltrs 30DStrung rungs10 ltrs 77DAs an answer10 ltrs 37DCertain religious pacifist9 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 101 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.