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NYT Crossword — July 25, 2026

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 72 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

1Fashionable spots?

10Meeting that's been cut short?

14Device used in making snow cones

17What might provide you an opportunity to walk in someone else's shoes?

18Group with the hits "Honey, Honey" and "Money, Money, Money"

19Something won by successful Olympians

20Alternative to caps: Abbr.

21Emmy winner Ann of "The Handmaid's Tale"

23Shared fantasies?

25"The gloves are off!"

27Lab in one's house, maybe

28Like some high-fiber snacks

30Ingredient in Swedish knäckebröd

31"Wrong answer"

34Grind up, in a way

36Rite-of-passage events for high schoolers

38"You and me both"

41Waft fragrant smoke around

42Actress Taylor-Joy

44Prey for a mountain lion

45It has its time and place: Abbr.

47Things that could happen

51Let on a court, say

53Co-founder of the A.C.L.U.'s Women's Rights Project, familiarly

56Plains people

57Second person seen in "Hamlet"

59Immodest outburst

61The so-called "hurricane bird," because of its reputation for seeking shelter from storms at the last possible moment

62Knockout alternative

64"Santa Claus in Camp" artist, 1863

65"This has waited long enough, yes?"

66Like koalas, in Australia

67Some craft outlets

Down

35 clues

1One of a nursery rhyme quintet

2Seat of Marion County, Fla.

3Jim Croce's ___ Brown, who is "meaner than a junkyard dog"

41980s Chrysler innovation

5It's made of diamonds

7Actor/playwright Davis who wrote "Purlie Victorious"

8"It was only a practice round!"

9Ward of "Sisters"

11Coach's lack, often

12Underground scheme?

13Providers of support for travelers

15Fired up again

24Shingles problem that a set of nails might address

26Word with set, cast or writer

27Predigital recording devices

29Where an annoying person might be told to go?

33Ambient sound said to be more soothing than its "white" counterpart

35Whole lot (of)

37Tally of those driven home, for short

39Color of an ovarian cancer awareness ribbon

40One might check a box for it

50Easily set off

52What some sisters become

53Secretary of state beginning in 2025

54Game day sight

58They might be thrown out if they run

60Philip with two National Book Awards

63Unprofessional letters?

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Stats & info

Saturday, Jul 25, 2026

15×15

Grid size

72

Total entries

30/195

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 25, 2026

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorKatie Hoody

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 35 down

Longest entries

38A"You and me both"15 ltrs 8D"It was only a practice round!"15 ltrs 14ADevice used in making snow cones10 ltrs 17AWhat might provide you an opportunity to walk in someone else's shoes?10 ltrs 62AKnockout alternative10 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 30 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.