NYT Crossword July 23, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Hogwarts headmaster ___ Dumbledore 5 6A Province 4 10A Followed move-for-move 4 14A Japanese automaker named for a river 5 15A Ground transportation option 4 16A Ripped 4 17A A, B and C, but not X, Y and Z 10 19A Where Bengali and Burmese are spoken 4 20A Barely scrapes the surface 5 21A Bore up 6 23A Persistently bother, with "at" 3 26A Actress Wong of the Netflix series "Beef" 3 27A James of jazz 4 28A Ham-handed 5 30A Onetime CBS forensic drama 3 33A "I don't mind ___ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels": Ogden Nash 4 35A Sicilian landmark 4 36A Seyfried of "Mean Girls" 6 38A Tragic ending? 3 40A He and I, but not she and you 15 43A Suffix with rocket 3 44A Highlands cryptid, affectionately 6 45A Praiseful verses 4 46A Fast-swimming shark 4 48A Disappointing 3 49A Villainous animal in "The Lion King" 5 50A Add color to 4 52A She's a woolly one 3 54A "What ___ you?" 3 55A "Beats me!" 6 57A Toss from the game 5 59A "That's my cue!" 4 60A A+ and B-, but not F 10 65A Forgetful actor's request 4 66A Part of a chain 4 67A ___ coffee (whiskey drink) 5 68A Crafty website 4 69A "We will make amends ere long; / ___ the Puck a liar call": Shak. 4 70A Day's harvest, for a fisher 5

Down

1D Objective 3 2D Sch. on the banks of the Mississippi 3 3D Ground transportation option 3 4D Commando weapons 4 5D Perform dreadfully, so to speak 6 6D Figure that roughly equals protons plus neutrons 10 7D "Aw, phooey!" 4 8D PC file extension 3 9D Congressional divide, literally as well as metaphorically 5 10D Just the slightest bit 6 11D MA and MS, but not BA and BS 11 12D Canal with a "low bridge" ("Everybody down!") 4 13D Out of juice 4 18D Zilch 3 22D Starting squad 5 23D Many a godchild 5 24D Something to stand for 6 25D X, Y and Z, but not A, B and C 11 29D "The Office" role 3 31D Taco topper 5 32D Something only some of us will get 10 34D Pop star Gomez 6 36D Top gun 3 37D Word aptly hidden in "turned yellow" 3 39D Writing assignment 5 41D Hole-___ (singular feat) 5 42D "Whew!" 3 47D Organ with a distinctive shape 6 49D Overwhelmingly busy 6 51D Postpone for now 5 53D Exchanged rings with 3 55D River through Khartoum 4 56D Leave out 4 57D A seeming eternity 4 58D Banks of "America's Next Top Model" 4 61D ___ Nas X 3 62D Place to retire? 3 63D Corner keyboard key 3 64D "Keep it down!" 3