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NYT Crossword — July 9, 2025

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 80 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

14Olympic event in which athletes wear masks

15Balmy time in Bordeaux

17Marilyn Monroe used eyeliner to darken the one on her cheek

18Late actor Kilmer

19Be off the mark

20Number with 12 zeros in the U.S. but 18 zeros in other parts of the world

23Cotillion V.I.P.

25Auntie ___ (food court chain)

27Who, What or I Don't Know, to Abbott and Costello

31Popular digital wallet service

36Dance instruction

38Jason of "How I Met Your Mother"

39One wearing a djellaba robe, typically

41Outer boundaries, as where this puzzle's theme answers are located

44Hospital fluids

45Pat ___, three-time N.B.A. Coach of the Year

47Bit of litter by a theater

49It may be picked by the picky

53Last Supper guest

55One end of a battery

57State animal of Utah

58Ryder Cup org.

61Famous misquote of a James Cagney line from the 1932 film "Taxi!"

66Beyond belief

70Repeated sounds in "Hey Jude"

73Bottom feeder?

75Bottom dollar?

Down

41 clues

3Prefix with communication

5Get off the ground?

6Stressed type: Abbr.

8California college where the writer David Foster Wallace taught English

9Unfriendly quality

10Ave. crossers

12Redheaded boy of 1960s TV

21Parts of eyeglass frames

22First magazine to feature Steve Jobs on its cover (October 1981)

26Elvis's "___ Not You"

28Parts of hearts

30Mustachioed "Simpsons" character

37Family-friendly ratings

40Onetime alternative to VHS

43Comic book hero whose secret identity is Conner Kent

46Symbol of contrasting principles

48Get out of the starting gate fast

52End of a professor's address

541970s space station

56"J. ___" (2011 Clint Eastwood biopic)

60River under the Ponte Vecchio

64Guinness of "Star Wars"

67French 101 word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Jul 9, 2025

15×15

Grid size

80

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.7

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJul 9, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorDesirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 41 down

Longest entries

20ANumber with 12 zeros in the U.S. but 18 zeros in other parts of the world11 ltrs 61AFamous misquote of a James Cagney line from the 1932 film "Taxi!"11 ltrs 5DGet off the ground?8 ltrs 43DComic book hero whose secret identity is Conner Kent8 ltrs 27AWho, What or I Don't Know, to Abbott and Costello7 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.7 letters per entry.