The full solution for the NY Times July 09 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock and edited by Will Shortz.
Across Clues
- 1 Top dog? MUTT
- 5 Top hat? LID
- 8 Top gun? PISTOL
- 14 Olympic event in which athletes wear masks EPEE
- 15 Balmy time in Bordeaux ETE
- 16 Squids’ kin OCTOPI
- 17 Marilyn Monroe used eyeliner to darken the one on her cheek MOLE
- 18 Late actor Kilmer VAL
- 19 Be off the mark MISAIM
- 20 Number with 12 zeros in the U.S. but 18 zeros in other parts of the world ONETRILLION
- 23 Cotillion V.I.P. DEB
- 24 Top 10 song HIT
- 25 Auntie ___ (food court chain) ANNES
- 27 Who, What or I Don’t Know, to Abbott and Costello BASEMAN
- 31 Popular digital wallet service CASHAPP
- 35 Non-Rx OTC
- 36 Dance instruction STEP
- 38 Jason of “How I Met Your Mother” SEGEL
- 39 One wearing a djellaba robe, typically ARAB
- 41 Outer boundaries, as where this puzzle’s theme answers are located EDGES
- 44 Hospital fluids SERA
- 45 Pat ___, three-time N.B.A. Coach of the Year RILEY
- 47 Bit of litter by a theater STUB
- 49 It may be picked by the picky NIT
- 50 Kind of Emmy DAYTIME
- 53 Last Supper guest APOSTLE
- 55 One end of a battery ANODE
- 57 State animal of Utah ELK
- 58 Ryder Cup org. PGA
- 61 Famous misquote of a James Cagney line from the 1932 film “Taxi!” YOUDIRTYRAT
- 66 Beyond belief UNREAL
- 68 Hunk GOB
- 69 ___ land LALA
- 70 Repeated sounds in “Hey Jude” NANANA
- 71 From ___ Z ATO
- 72 Many moons AGES
- 73 Bottom feeder? TROUGH
- 74 Bottom line? RAY
- 75 Bottom dollar? BUCK
Vertical Clues
- 1 Side note? MEMO
- 2 Agreed-___ UPON
- 3 Prefix with communication TELE
- 4 Grow choppers TEETHE
- 5 Get off the ground? LEVITATE
- 6 Stressed type: Abbr. ITAL
- 7 Singer Reese DELLA
- 8 California college where the writer David Foster Wallace taught English POMONA
- 9 Unfriendly quality ICINESS
- 10 Ave. crossers STS
- 11 Lowly sort TOAD
- 12 Redheaded boy of 1960s TV OPIE
- 13 Side arm? LIMB
- 21 Parts of eyeglass frames RIMS
- 22 First magazine to feature Steve Jobs on its cover (October 1981) INC
- 26 Elvis’s “___ Not You” SHES
- 27 Side plank? BOARD
- 28 Parts of hearts ATRIA
- 29 Like snakes SCALY
- 30 Mustachioed “Simpsons” character NED
- 32 007, for one AGENT
- 33 Jeopardy PERIL
- 34 Side dish? PLATE
- 37 Family-friendly ratings PGS
- 40 Onetime alternative to VHS BETA
- 42 Gate info ETA
- 43 Comic book hero whose secret identity is Conner Kent SUPERBOY
- 46 Symbol of contrasting principles YINYANG
- 48 Get out of the starting gate fast BOLT
- 51 Bread MOOLAH
- 52 End of a professor’s address EDU
- 54 1970s space station SKYLAB
- 56 “J. ___” (2011 Clint Eastwood biopic) EDGAR
- 58 Side kick? PUNT
- 59 Growl GNAR
- 60 River under the Ponte Vecchio ARNO
- 62 Itty bit IOTA
- 63 Prego rival RAGU
- 64 Guinness of “Star Wars” ALEC
- 65 Side job? TASK
- 67 French 101 word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet EAU
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