NYT Crossword July 18 2025 Answers
All 66 clues from the Friday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.
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1AMakes good6 lettersSee answer ›7ADown6 lettersSee answer ›13A"Psycho" screenwriter Joseph ___7 lettersSee answer ›14AUncertain7 lettersSee answer ›16A"Well, tough!"15 lettersSee answer ›18AHi-___3 lettersSee answer ›19AHumdingers7 lettersSee answer ›20ACertain fraternity guy, informally3 lettersSee answer ›21A"Les Misérables" number with a number in its name10 lettersSee answer ›23AInstrument with a deep, rounded back4 lettersSee answer ›24ACutting tool5 lettersSee answer ›25A"My Old ___" (2024 coming-of-age film)3 lettersSee answer ›26AStaff notes5 lettersSee answer ›27ARecent, as a memory5 lettersSee answer ›29AWinter athlete5 lettersSee answer ›30A"___ is the most convenient time to tax rich people": David Lloyd George5 lettersSee answer ›31AVerbal flourishes5 lettersSee answer ›32ABetween then and now5 lettersSee answer ›33AShepherd's warning5 lettersSee answer ›34AOlympian Owens5 lettersSee answer ›35AReceiving end?3 lettersSee answer ›36AWorks one's way up5 lettersSee answer ›40APlace to put a pin4 lettersSee answer ›41AExplicit subject for her?10 lettersSee answer ›43AFigure skater Midori3 lettersSee answer ›44AConcocts7 lettersSee answer ›45AFarm cry3 lettersSee answer ›46AGoing overboard with the praise15 lettersSee answer ›49A"We don't need to know all the details"7 lettersSee answer ›50AMixing board7 lettersSee answer ›51ALifts up6 lettersSee answer ›52ATheater class assignments6 lettersSee answer ›DOWN
1DDeity who helped Hercules through his sixth labor6 lettersSee answer ›2DShort preview6 lettersSee answer ›3DPoetic adverb3 lettersSee answer ›4DThe Brickyard 400 or Southern 500, e.g.10 lettersSee answer ›5DFind pleasure in5 lettersSee answer ›6DWhiskey distiller's mixture8 lettersSee answer ›7DBuries6 lettersSee answer ›8DFrench possessive5 lettersSee answer ›9DClassic hot rods4 lettersSee answer ›10DThat, in Mexico3 lettersSee answer ›11DAbsorbs8 lettersSee answer ›12DQuisling, e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›13DBlade sharpener5 lettersSee answer ›15DThey might be rough or perforated5 lettersSee answer ›17DTiny bit5 lettersSee answer ›22DPart of a trial7 lettersSee answer ›23DDriver's license, e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›26DFight dirty?10 lettersSee answer ›28DDijon season3 lettersSee answer ›29DLuang Prabang native3 lettersSee answer ›30DLike a 12-Down8 lettersSee answer ›31DThey glisten in a classic Irving Berlin tune8 lettersSee answer ›32DCongressional record?7 lettersSee answer ›33DImply5 lettersSee answer ›34DWhere Mandela and Nehru worked on their autobiographies5 lettersSee answer ›35DRock with bands6 lettersSee answer ›37DAkkadian or Phoenician6 lettersSee answer ›38DPasses6 lettersSee answer ›39DSight in a tomato patch5 lettersSee answer ›41DContest5 lettersSee answer ›42DComedian Wyatt5 lettersSee answer ›44DTech news site4 lettersSee answer ›47D___ the Jairite, biblical minister to King David3 lettersSee answer ›48DMaternal figure3 lettersSee answer ›RECENT NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLES
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