NYT Crossword Answers 07/23/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Hogwarts headmaster ___ Dumbledore ALBUS
• 6 Province AREA
• 10 Followed move-for-move APED
• 14 Japanese automaker named for a river ISUZU
• 15 Ground transportation option TAXI
• 16 Ripped TORE
• 17 A, B and C, but not X, Y and Z MUSICNOTES
• 19 Where Bengali and Burmese are spoken ASIA
• 20 Barely scrapes the surface SKIMS
• 21 Bore up LASTED
• 23 Persistently bother, with “at” NAG
• 26 Actress Wong of the Netflix series “Beef” ALI
• 27 James of jazz ETTA
• 28 Ham-handed INEPT
• 30 Onetime CBS forensic drama CSI
• 33 “I don’t mind ___ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels”: Ogden Nash EELS
• 35 Sicilian landmark ETNA
• 36 Seyfried of “Mean Girls” AMANDA
• 38 Tragic ending? CEE
• 40 He and I, but not she and you CHEMICALSYMBOLS
• 43 Suffix with rocket EER
• 44 Highlands cryptid, affectionately NESSIE
• 45 Praiseful verses ODES
• 46 Fast-swimming shark MAKO
• 48 Disappointing SAD
• 49 Villainous animal in “The Lion King” HYENA
• 50 Add color to TINT
• 52 She’s a woolly one EWE
• 54 “What ___ you?” SAY
• 55 “Beats me!” NOIDEA
• 57 Toss from the game EJECT
• 59 “That’s my cue!” IMON
• 60 A+ and B-, but not F BLOODTYPES
• 65 Forgetful actor’s request LINE
• 66 Part of a chain LINK
• 67 ___ coffee (whiskey drink) IRISH
• 68 Crafty website ETSY
• 69 “We will make amends ere long; / ___ the Puck a liar call”: Shak. ELSE
• 70 Day’s harvest, for a fisher CATCH

Vertical Clues

• 1 Objective AIM
• 2 Sch. on the banks of the Mississippi LSU
• 3 Ground transportation option BUS
• 4 Commando weapons UZIS
• 5 Perform dreadfully, so to speak SUCKAT
• 6 Figure that roughly equals protons plus neutrons ATOMICMASS
• 7 “Aw, phooey!” RATS
• 8 PC file extension EXE
• 9 Congressional divide, literally as well as metaphorically AISLE
• 10 Just the slightest bit ATASTE
• 11 MA and MS, but not BA and BS POSTALCODES
• 12 Canal with a “low bridge” (“Everybody down!”) ERIE
• 13 Out of juice DEAD
• 18 Zilch NIL
• 22 Starting squad ATEAM
• 23 Many a godchild NIECE
• 24 Something to stand for ANTHEM
• 25 X, Y and Z, but not A, B and C GENERATIONS
• 29 “The Office” role PAM
• 31 Taco topper SALSA
• 32 Something only some of us will get INSIDEJOKE
• 34 Pop star Gomez SELENA
• 36 Top gun ACE
• 37 Word aptly hidden in “turned yellow” DYE
• 39 Writing assignment ESSAY
• 41 Hole-___ (singular feat) INONE
• 42 “Whew!” BOY
• 47 Organ with a distinctive shape KIDNEY
• 49 Overwhelmingly busy HECTIC
• 51 Postpone for now TABLE
• 53 Exchanged rings with WED
• 55 River through Khartoum NILE
• 56 Leave out OMIT
• 57 A seeming eternity EONS
• 58 Banks of “America’s Next Top Model” TYRA
• 61 ___ Nas X LIL
• 62 Place to retire? PIT
• 63 Corner keyboard key ESC
• 64 “Keep it down!” SHH