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NYT Crossword — July 30, 2025

Wednesday’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
1Dallas baller
4Doesn't have
9What you might add to fruit to make a drink?
12Popular oldies
14Sch. whose mascot is Tim the Beaver
15Zugspitze, for one
16Put a cork in, say
17Grishnákh or Gothmog in "The Lord of the Rings"
18Got ready to post on Insta, say
21Where everyone is at home
23Word after sand or speed
24Murkiness
27Beer hall recyclables
28Beverage served alongside the treats in this puzzle
30Summer hangout locale
32Man's name that's a woman's name backward
34Hectic home, metaphorically
35Extra-thick Nabisco treats, hinted at four times in this puzzle
39Like poker champion Chris Moneymaker's name
40Years ago
41Gamble
42Bunny with a Brooklyn accent
44Empty spaces
45In on
47Monomaniacal sea captain of literature
50Scrumptious camp treat
5115 to 29, for "American Idol"
55Cut down
56Badly beaten
59Tech ___ (stereotypical Silicon Valley sort)
60Insect that "farms" aphids for their honeydew
61Consequence
62"Really?"
63Entered, as data
64Sigma preceder

Down

35 clues
1Exam for a prospective osteopath
2Ration out
3Trail left by a jet
4Sigmatism
5When Elphaba and Glinda sing "Defying Gravity" in Broadway's "Wicked"
6Like some cookies or ice cream treats
7Money in Laos
8R-V hookup?
9Writes off over time
10Stink eye
11Engrave
13Design bit
19Shish ___
20God rejected by Daphne in myth
22Object
25Land of llamas and Llosa
26Since
29Bout stoppers, in brief
30It might appear to give you options
31Supplementary result
33Like a body temperature of around 98.6°F
35Gently apply
36Schadenfreude source
37Riff like Ella Fitzgerald
38___ Sunak, former British P.M.
43Word shouted before and after "yes"
46Fashion icon Wang
48Substance in which many insects have been fossilized
49Tree with papery bark
50Onetime Persian title
52___ Allen, jazz pianist
53Place in both the Quran and the Bible
54Famous film pooch
57Askew
58Big 12 athlete

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Jul 30, 2025
15×15
Grid size
70
Total entries
44/181
Black / letter cells
5.1
Avg entry length
15 ltrs
Longest entry
Medium
Wednesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedJul 30, 2025
DayWednesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorThomas Byrne and Daniel Bodily
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split35 across · 35 down
Longest entries
35AExtra-thick Nabisco treats, hinted at four times in this puzzle15 ltrs6DLike some cookies or ice cream treats15 ltrs12APopular oldies11 ltrs61AConsequence11 ltrs9DWrites off over time9 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 44 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.