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NYT Crossword — July 14, 2025

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

39 clues

1"Twilight" heroine

6___ pants (garment with lots of pockets)

11School grp. in charge of fund-raisers

14Intentionally miss calls from, say

16Partner of a cone, or of a reel

17Textile pattern that resembles braided wicker

19Moody rock subgenre

20Tall, in Spanish

22Frighten off, as from doing something

26Film award that has had the categories "Worst Excuse for an Actual Movie" and "Most Flatulent Teen-Targeted Movie"

27Sir and Madam, for two

30"___ Playing Our Song" (Marvin Hamlisch musical)

32Ready for a mate

33Call from a drill sergeant

34___ Romeo (Italian car)

37Poetic "before"

38Sledding event that debuted in the 2022 Winter Olympics

41Common setting for a joke

42Laura of "Big Little Lies"

44Lil ___ X, "Old Town Road" rapper

45Vigorously strong

47Playwright O'Neill

49What the Roman numeral XX represents

52Philadelphia's Liberty ___

54First, second or reverse, e.g.

56"___ and the 58-Down Girl" (Ryan Gosling film)

60Year, in Portuguese

61English pop singer whose name sounds like a goofy hint to the ends of 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 29-Down

64We are family!

67Like winter roads, at times

68Like a kid in a "Sister" T-shirt vis-à-vis one in a "Sister" onesie

69Multicolored gemstones

Down

39 clues

1"Ali ___ and the 40 Thieves"

2Assessment, for short

3Completely disoriented

4Pleasant to be around

5Suffix with lemon or lime

6Crouch down in fear

7All over again

8Director Johnson

9Website ending for the White House

10"Eventually ..."

11Gourmet bread for a hamburger

12Marisa of "My Cousin Vinny"

18Band whose albums include "Sticky Fingers" and "Let It Bleed," familiarly

23Book after II Chronicles

25500 sheets of paper

26Lois Lane and co-workers at the Daily Planet

27Like a score of 2-2

28Start of a memo

29Steinbeck novella set on a horse ranch

30The ones over there

31Major airport, e.g.

36Inclined to attend gallery openings, perhaps

39Alternative to Gramma or Granny

40Postseason football game

43Painting that might make you blush

46Unfortunate way for a business to go

48"Goodness, I can't do that"

50Color for some business casual pants

51Like some chemical bonds

52Big name in aspirin

54What streets and avenues often make, collectively

55Gaelic language

58See 56-Across

59Strings of digits to keep secret, in brief

62Pioneer in instant messaging

63Yet, informally

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Stats & info

Monday, Jul 14, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 14, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorChristina Iverson

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 39 down

Longest entries

17ATextile pattern that resembles braided wicker11 ltrs 61AEnglish pop singer whose name sounds like a goofy hint to the ends of 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 29-Down11 ltrs 11DGourmet bread for a hamburger10 ltrs 29DSteinbeck novella set on a horse ranch10 ltrs 18DBand whose albums include "Sticky Fingers" and "Let It Bleed," familiarly9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.