NYT Crossword July 17, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Top tier 5 6A Environmental concern in Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax" 4 10A Mild cheese 4 14A Search engine giant based in China 5 15A Flaky white fish 4 16A Drag 4 17A Microsoft offering whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabet 5 18A Ones who are out of cite, in brief? 4 19A Skip over 4 20A Hang outdoors, say 6 22A Expensive topper 5 23A Subject of evaluation by a college panel, informally 3 26A Intrusive 4 27A Like respect for a parent 6 28A It has its ups and downs 6 30A Characters in "There Will Be Blood" 6 32A Navigate 5 33A Talking point at a political debate 5 34A Small sticking point 3 37A Layout of solar panels, e.g. 5 38A Elvis Costello hit featured in "Notting Hill" 3 39A Film heroine in search of the demigod Maui 5 41A Precursor of the International Space Station 3 42A Similar 5 44A Something carried into battle 5 45A Section at the end of a textbook, often 6 47A Manner of speaking 6 48A Jet wing fasteners 6 50A Sprint 4 52A Word before foot, fire or free 3 53A Grand tales 5 54A Badlands discovery, maybe 6 56A Surface ___ 4 57A Afflicts 4 58A Explosive stuff, familiarly 5 62A Setting for some White House events 4 63A Like some chatter 4 64A Cartoon character who says "Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet" 5 65A Pioneering puzzle-laden computer game 4 66A Yearbook superlative 4 67A Smart 5

Down

1D Prez on a penny 3 2D Burden 3 3D Nervous twitch 3 4D That's a thought 4 5D (Stops (false (not any) witness) filming) 12 6D Makes a mess, in a way, as a pet 5 7D Compact wooden figures ... and a hint to 5-, 11-, 22- and 25-Down 15 8D Agree to 4 9D Come together 3 10D Alpha Centauri A, par exemple 6 11D (Bucks' (lady's (roadside stopover) title) mates) 11 12D Director Kurosawa 5 13D Headbanger's genre 5 21D Part of a seat assignment 3 22D (Baseball (German (physicist Ernst) possessive) rarities) 12 23D Region known for its silk and tea 5 24D ___ dish 5 25D (Church (Buffalo's (minister, informally) waters) seats) 11 27D Seasonal malady 3 29D Pirates' sphere 3 31D "Gotcha" 4 33D "You sure?" 4 35D Words often appearing after a number and a hyphen 5 36D Jamie ___, "Ted Lasso" character 5 40D Tolkien creature 3 43D ___ Vegan (resident of Nevada's largest city) 3 46D Withdraw one's testimony 6 47D Pack animal 3 48D Kingdom 5 49D "Here's hoping …" 5 51D Plus 5 54D Classic pet name 4 55D Cheerful air 4 57D Target 3 59D "You're oversharing" 3 60D Cartoon canine 3 61D Alternative to .com 3