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NYT Crossword — July 8, 2025

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

0 of 72 revealed
1G
2I
3S
4T
5S
6A
7C
8S
9S
10L
11A
12P
13E
V
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R
14E
D
G
E
15S
P
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L
L
16L
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G
U
17A
R
D
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18P
A
S
T
A
19N
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T
G
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O
20R
A
M
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Y
21H
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N
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22A
23B
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24S
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28C
L
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29S
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30T
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31R
32M
33A
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K
34A
35C
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36R
37V
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39S
40H
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41O
42M
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43S
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44A
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45M
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46D
47O
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48R
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49O
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50O
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51W
52A
53G
R
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D
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54A
55P
L
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56K
57M
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C
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58S
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59K
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60A
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61H
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Across

35 clues
1Main idea
5Holders of squid ink
9Quickly put (together)
13Even once
14Acerbic humor
15Witch's incantation
16Airport that Captain Sully departed from
18Fusilli or fettuccine
19Channel with a yellow rectangle logo, informally
20British celebrity restaurateur Gordon ___
21Animation studio behind "Scooby-Doo"
24Speaker of Arabic or Hebrew
27One of many on a self-driving car
28What colors on opposite ends of the color wheel can do
29Went fast
30Nine months, typically, for a human pregnancy
33"___ me anything"
34Crave
37By way of
38Insects whose queens are fed royal jelly
40His and ___
41Fails to mention
43Long looks
45Cheddar, dough, bacon or cabbage
46What a pleasure-seeker seeks
49"La Traviata" and "La Bohème"
50Capital of Canada
53Alums
54Outstanding effort ... or a feature of 16-, 21-, 34- and 46-Across?
57Windows : Microsoft :: ___ : Apple
58Place for a coin collection?
59Body part covered by a cap
60[Um, I can hear everything you're saying, you know]
61Obedience class command
62Obedience class command

Down

37 clues
1Styling product
2Tennis great Lendl
3Japanese video game giant
4"To be honest ..."
5Unruffled
6Supplementary part
7Some video effects, in brief
8Blue expanse
9Generator of junk mail
10Better choice, given the options
11Place for baptisms and wedding vows
12Beach, in Spanish
15Crosses swords
17Mystery writer Christie
20No-name
22Bad-mouth
23Disagreements
24Part of the healing process
25"What ___ can I say?"
26Lets bygones be bygones
29Lip gloss quality
31Pop singer Ora
32Turn to pulp
35Rock out on stage?
36Where hens rest in henhouses
39Fame and fortune
42Spiky hairdos
44Build up
45Going both ways
46Set of tenets
47Celebrity who sometimes put gifts under her audience members' seats
48John who married Pocahontas
51"It ___ be long"
52Half of base x height, for a triangle
54Campfire residue
55"The Raven" poet
56Mission-critical

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Jul 8, 2025
15×15
Grid size
72
Total entries
36/189
Black / letter cells
5.3
Avg entry length
12 ltrs
Longest entry
Easy
Tuesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedJul 8, 2025
DayTuesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorJesse Guzman
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split35 across · 37 down
Longest entries
21AAnimation studio behind "Scooby-Doo"12 ltrs46AWhat a pleasure-seeker seeks12 ltrs10DBetter choice, given the options10 ltrs26DLets bygones be bygones10 ltrs16AAirport that Captain Sully departed from9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.3 letters per entry.