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NYT Crossword — July 31, 2025

Thursday’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

1The X-Men, e.g.

10Blowout victory

14Home of the White Cloud Mountains

15Excellent sort of person to be a copy editor

16Dr. ___ (repeated Mike Myers film role)

17:

18One with a vision

19Transfer from one bottle to another

24Rita ___, "Anywhere" singer

25Scout's work, informally

26Testing the limits, say

34Bloom in several Monet paintings

35Best Picture of 1958

37Bit of Chinese New Year décor

38Filled up with

39Ones paying flat rates ... or, when read as two words, a hint to this puzzle's theme

41Agcy. watching the skies

45Use to the fullest

46"Full House" pair

48"There's no way!"

50Award-winning Donald Glover TV series, or where it was filmed

52Avalanche group, for short

56Bore importance

60Ingredients in many potpies

63Greek goddess of peace

64Out-of-bounds

65Shred the ___ (conquer a mountain, in skiing slang)

66Start of a counting rhyme

67Launch party?

68Tennis champ Mandlikova

Down

39 clues

1Laptop accessories

2Thick Japanese noodle

3Main component of steatite

4Collection of literary works

5State bordering Arizona

6Only part of Italy's 900-year-old Basilica di Santa Giulia that remains

8"River Lea" singer, 2015

10Not adding any new information

11Where things might get heated

21Certain military leader, informally

23Orderly arrangements of wiring

25Something you might sail right through?

26Thrifty competitor

28Some hunting lodge décor

29Have a nice meal, say

32Big name in dental care

33Animal with sea and coral varieties

36Move like a sloth

40Your, of yore

43Start of a wish-list letter

45Ferrari's Formula 1 rival

47Seasonal carrier

51Part of a bug

53Like some questions or doors

54___ Farmiga, Best Supporting Actress nominee for 2009's "Up in the Air"

56"Location, location, location," to many real estate agents

57Jay in the Television Hall of Fame

58Doing the job

62Item for which "This thing blows" would be a positive review

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Stats & info

Thursday, Jul 31, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 31, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorAlexander Liebeskind

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 39 down

Longest entries

26ATesting the limits, say10 ltrs 48A"There's no way!"10 ltrs 56ABore importance9 ltrs 4DCollection of literary works9 ltrs 10DNot adding any new information9 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.