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New York Times Crossword July 18 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword July 18 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 66 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Makes goodATONES6Across1 DownINGEST6Across7 "Psycho" screenwriter Joseph ___STEFANO7Across13 UncertainNOTSURE7Across14 "Well, tough!"THATSJUSTTOOBAD15Across16 Hi-___RES3Across18 HumdingersCORKERS7Across19 Certain fraternity guy, informallySIG3Across20 "Les Misérables" number with a number in its nameONEDAYMORE10Across21 Instrument with a deep, rounded backLUTE4Across23 Cutting toolPARER5Across24 "My Old ___" (2024 coming-of-age film)ASS3Across25 Staff notesMEMOS5Across26 Recent, as a memoryFRESH5Across27 Winter athleteLUGER5Across29 "___ is the most convenient time to tax rich people": David Lloyd GeorgeDEATH5Across30 Verbal flourishesTADAS5Across31 Between then and nowSINCE5Across32 Shepherd's warningGROWL5Across33 Olympian OwensJESSE5Across34 Receiving end?GEE3Across35 Works one's way upRISES5Across36 Place to put a pinAXLE4Across40 Explicit subject for her?ANTECEDENT10Across41 Figure skater MidoriITO3Across43 ConcoctsCREATES7Across44 Farm cryMAA3Across45 Going overboard with the praiseLAYINGITONTHICK15Across46 "We don't need to know all the details"SPAREUS7Across49 Mixing boardPALETTE7Across50 Lifts upELATES6Across51 Theater class assignmentsSCENES6Across52

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Deity who helped Hercules through his sixth laborATHENA6Down1 Short previewTEASER6Down2 Poetic adverbOFT3Down3 The Brickyard 400 or Southern 500, e.g.NASCARRACE10Down4 Find pleasure inENJOY5Down5 Whiskey distiller's mixtureSOURMASH8Down6 BuriesINTERS6Down7 French possessiveNOTRE5Down8 Classic hot rodsGTOS4Down9 That, in MexicoESO3Down10 AbsorbsSUBSUMES8Down11 Quisling, e.g.TRAITOR7Down12 Blade sharpenerSTROP5Down13 They might be rough or perforatedEDGES5Down15 Tiny bitSKOSH5Down17 Part of a trialDEFENSE7Down22 Driver's license, e.g.LEGALID7Down23 Fight dirty?MUDWRESTLE10Down26 Dijon seasonETE3Down28 Luang Prabang nativeLAO3Down29 Like a 12-DownDISLOYAL8Down30 They glisten in a classic Irving Berlin tuneTREETOPS8Down31 Congressional record?SEXTAPE7Down32 ImplyGETAT5Down33 Where Mandela and Nehru worked on their autobiographiesJAILS5Down34 Rock with bandsGNEISS6Down35 Akkadian or PhoenicianSEMITE6Down37 PassesENACTS6Down38 Sight in a tomato patchSTAKE5Down39 ContestARGUE5Down41 Comedian WyattCENAC5Down42 Tech news siteCNET4Down44 ___ the Jairite, biblical minister to King DavidIRA3Down47 Maternal figureHEN3Down48

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, July 18, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.