NYT Crossword July 18, 2025 Answers
By Kelly Morenus · Edited by Will Shortz
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Every answer for the New York Times Crossword from July 18, 2025, organized by Across and Down. Tap any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and every past puzzle where it appeared.
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1A Makes good 6 7A Down 6 13A "Psycho" screenwriter Joseph ___ 7 14A Uncertain 7 16A "Well, tough!" 15 18A Hi-___ 3 19A Humdingers 7 20A Certain fraternity guy, informally 3 21A "Les Misérables" number with a number in its name 10 23A Instrument with a deep, rounded back 4 24A Cutting tool 5 25A "My Old ___" (2024 coming-of-age film) 3 26A Staff notes 5 27A Recent, as a memory 5 29A Winter athlete 5 30A "___ is the most convenient time to tax rich people": David Lloyd George 5 31A Verbal flourishes 5 32A Between then and now 5 33A Shepherd's warning 5 34A Olympian Owens 5 35A Receiving end? 3 36A Works one's way up 5 40A Place to put a pin 4 41A Explicit subject for her? 10 43A Figure skater Midori 3 44A Concocts 7 45A Farm cry 3 46A Going overboard with the praise 15 49A "We don't need to know all the details" 7 50A Mixing board 7 51A Lifts up 6 52A Theater class assignments 6Down
1D Deity who helped Hercules through his sixth labor 6 2D Short preview 6 3D Poetic adverb 3 4D The Brickyard 400 or Southern 500, e.g. 10 5D Find pleasure in 5 6D Whiskey distiller's mixture 8 7D Buries 6 8D French possessive 5 9D Classic hot rods 4 10D That, in Mexico 3 11D Absorbs 8 12D Quisling, e.g. 7 13D Blade sharpener 5 15D They might be rough or perforated 5 17D Tiny bit 5 22D Part of a trial 7 23D Driver's license, e.g. 7 26D Fight dirty? 10 28D Dijon season 3 29D Luang Prabang native 3 30D Like a 12-Down 8 31D They glisten in a classic Irving Berlin tune 8 32D Congressional record? 7 33D Imply 5 34D Where Mandela and Nehru worked on their autobiographies 5 35D Rock with bands 6 37D Akkadian or Phoenician 6 38D Passes 6 39D Sight in a tomato patch 5 41D Contest 5 42D Comedian Wyatt 5 44D Tech news site 4 47D ___ the Jairite, biblical minister to King David 3 48D Maternal figure 3Frequently Asked Questions
How many clues are in the July 18, 2025 NYT Crossword?
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