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NYT Crossword — July 6, 2025

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 137 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

70 clues

1Philosopher who wrote "The bureaucracy is a circle from which no one can escape"

17Prevailing fashion

18Cranked up to 11, say

19Italian seasoning

20Manga's film counterpart

22Its freedom is granted in the First Amendment

23Pitchfork-shaped letters

25Predator with a big mouth, informally

26Meeting, for short

28Princess portrayed by Carrie Fisher

30Send from bank to bank

31Is completely oblivious … or a hint to finding the fourth key letter in this puzzle

37Depleted, as savings

46Lover of Shakespeare

47Bruce Wayne's butler

48Subj. of arms talks

49Mario's dinosaur sidekick

52"I wish I could ___ that!"

55Fruit picker of old

56Make amends (for)

58Credit card checkout option

60Word with bullet or toilet

62Tennis's Nadal, to fans

63Japanese honorific

64Deg. with courses on accounting and management

67Channel with the onetime motto "On Cable. In Stereo"

68"___ be a shame ..."

70Liberty Mutual's bird mascot

71Physique, informally

72Trickster of Greek myth

74Closest world capital to Miami

78Remove from power

79Museo display

83Bobby of the Boston Bruins

86Place appropriately found in "gets pampered"

87Philosopher's "way"

88Personal appearance

89Children's author Blyton

90M&M color replaced by blue in 1995

93"The Little Mermaid" hit … or a phonetic hint to finding the third key letter in this puzzle

100Preceded, with "to"

102Element in strobe lights

103Like witches and gourds

104Cone's partner

106It often comes out at night

108Was out of sight

109Kids' ball game played on a court … or a hint to finding the second key letter in this puzzle

113Famed street in Beverly Hills

118Become discouraged

119One taking the words right out of your mouth?

123Purchases from florists

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67 clues

1Toddler's demand

2Board game recommendation

3"Midnight's Children" author, 1981

5Only major Texas city not in the Central time zone

6Substance that's used by cellists and gymnasts

7Journey in which you might carry quite a load?

8Has too much, for short

9Beach bottle inits.

10Burned rubber

11Breathing problem at night

12Onetime wealthiest family in Europe

13Kind of joke … or a response to a really bad one

15Rigatoni relative

16Cupid's domain

17Number twos, in brief

21Before, poetically

27Famous movement (and hashtag) of the late 2010s

29Unwanted growth in fish tanks

32Typical patty melt specification

33With "boo," it evokes sadness – with "woo," it evokes happiness

34Put a PIN in it

35Flock formation

36Awaiting renters

37Battle between Verizon and AT&T, e.g.

38Popular chocolate biscuit from Down Under

39Final stop … or a hint to finding the first key letter in this puzzle

42Person everyone's talking about … or what you'll be after unlocking the lock and completing this puzzle?

43Imposed, as a fine

50Washington and Franklin, e.g.

51Breaking maneuver

54Hero … or where to find many naval heroes

57Place for a pew

61Country music star with 24 #1 singles and an eponymous sitcom

63Star of Marvel's first film with an Asian-led cast

65Where "the hills are alive" in song

69[Insert key here]

73Make calls on one's cellphone abroad

75Bit of chia or hemp

77Wipe, as from memory

82Of extremely unreliable quality, in slang

92Ran smoothly, as an engine

94Applies, as influence

95Painter Magritte

96Big boomer, for short

97Word after "man of the" or "top of the"

99Negative reputation, informally

105Gave a red card, informally

106Alternative to truth

107Actress Falco of "The Sopranos"

108Sousaphone, e.g.

109State for snowbirds: Abbr.

112Home of the world's tallest bldg.

114Org. concerned with ozone depletion

115Words in front of a minister or a judge

116Cat scanner?

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Stats & info

Sunday, Jul 6, 2025

21×21

Grid size

137

Total entries

105/336

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 6, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeEscape Room

ConstructorZhou Zhang and Kevin Curry

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split70 across · 67 down

Longest entries

31AIs completely oblivious … or a hint to finding the fourth key letter in this puzzle15 ltrs 39DFinal stop … or a hint to finding the first key letter in this puzzle12 ltrs 42DPerson everyone's talking about … or what you'll be after unlocking the lock and completing this puzzle?12 ltrs 93A"The Little Mermaid" hit … or a phonetic hint to finding the third key letter in this puzzle11 ltrs 109AKids' ball game played on a court … or a hint to finding the second key letter in this puzzle10 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 105 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.