NYT Crossword July 27, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Maintains, as a superstition 8 9A Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman" 6 15A "Same with me" 5 20A Not funny 9 22A Ralph Ellison novel about a nameless protagonist's journey in racist America 12 24A Forgiving middle-aged dads for their dad jokes, say? 22 26A Picket line? 5 27A Bud in Cooperstown 5 28A Dorm room staple food 5 29A Cross-country conveyances 4 30A Darth Vader's childhood nickname 3 32A Inflexible 5 34A Have away with words? 4 36A Muppet of Mexican descent 6 39A Knows just when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, maybe 6 42A Gives lip 6 47A Attire for Larry Page and Sergey Brin when visiting Google incognito? 22 51A Columbus sch. 3 52A Carnage 4 53A Down Easter 6 54A One with a set of pipes 5 55A Come out of one's shell 4 57A Sherlock's sister on TV 5 60A ___ bag 4 62A Much-maligned 2019 movie about which one review said "It's 'Battlefield Earth' with whiskers" 4 63A One of classical music's Three B's 6 66A Landscaper's supply 5 69A Tundra or taiga 5 71A "You think that hunk of junk'll pass inspection? Please!"? 22 78A Trademarked refrigerant 5 79A Uncle Sam's land, informally 5 80A Lithe 6 81A +/- 4 84A Drink mixed in mixed drinks 4 86A Handy 5 89A Avatar of Vishnu 4 90A Back in, in a way 5 92A Try to hit in laser tag 6 95A Older sister of Rachel, in Genesis 4 98A Basic BASIC statements 3 99A Real chess playa? 22 104A Contemporary of Gauss and Faraday 6 105A James who played Scotty on "Star Trek" 6 106A "No ___, Bob" 6 107A Part of une pièce de théâtre 4 110A Plunderers of Rome 5 112A Hindu honorific 3 113A Clock toggle 4 117A Hollowed out, as an apple 5 120A Hogwarts's "Half-Blood Prince" 5 122A Burnt pigment 5 126A Greeting from a famous Italian character to a famous Italian American actress? 22 130A DC power player in the late 1800s? 12 131A Good thing to play in a trick-taking game 9 132A Magical symbol 5 133A Dispensing, with "out" 6 134A Art lovers 8

Down

1D One always cooking up new ideas? 4 2D Ritzy 4 3D "That's my cue" 4 4D ___ compensation (stock options, for instance) 7 5D Revegetation, e.g. 8 6D Canon option, in brief 3 7D They may be Thai or chai 4 8D Cuisinart competitor 5 9D Noted rapper with an oxymoronic name 12 10D Director Lee 3 11D Traveler in no need of hotels, for short 4 12D Columbian caravel 4 13D "I'm your guy" 5 14D Bogged down 5 15D ___-right (political category) 3 16D Twice tres 4 17D Out of control 4 18D Nail salon request, familiarly 4 19D 1980s band among Australia's all-time best-selling groups 4 21D Quartz compound 6 23D Cast out 6 25D When doubled, "Sleep well" 5 31D Langston Hughes poem that begins "___, sing America" 4 33D Word with mine or dump 4 35D ___ the Town (punny fast-food restaurant name) 4 36D Vacation package offerer, perhaps 6 37D Visionary? 6 38D Lot unit 4 40D Prefix with angular 3 41D D.C. 100: Abbr. 4 43D Mickey Mouse's boss in "Fantasia" 8 44D Whale of a tale 4 45D Géorgie, par exemple 4 46D Identity thief's acquisitions, in brief 4 47D The pyramids, essentially 5 48D Stimpy's TV pal 3 49D Rookies 5 50D Bond's man? 5 56D Skill taught to Luke Skywalker 8 58D Texter's gasp 3 59D Feast with kalua pig 4 61D Skedaddles 4 64D ___ de Glace (glacier in the French Alps) 3 65D Fr. holy women 4 67D Desperate pursuit of fame, in modern lingo 12 68D Weight 4 70D Channel that popularized video jockeys 3 72D Shower scrubber 5 73D Split 5 74D Mai ___ 3 75D TV friend of Jerry, George and Kramer 6 76D Money for your money 6 77D Slightest 5 81D Black-and-white hunter 4 82D Longtime NPR host Diane 4 83D Part of a flight 4 85D Bone-dry 4 87D Business entity inits. 3 88D Shrill cries 4 91D Slimy veggie 4 93D Brian who co-founded the Long Now Foundation 3 94D In awe 4 96D Chums, in Chamonix 4 97D "Bah, humbug!" 8 100D Nashville and New Orleans, for musicians 6 101D Stomping ground 5 102D Bringing up the rear 6 103D [Yuck!] 7 108D Sacred object 5 109D Lose ground? 5 111D Slash on a scoresheet 5 113D Qtys. 4 114D When repeated, a tropical fish 4 115D ___ rock (genre for Pink Floyd and Dream Theater, familiarly) 4 116D Apt name for a narcissist? 4 118D Release 4 119D He loved Lucy 4 121D Nesting pair in the Outback 4 123D Army ___ 4 124D The Emerald Isle 4 125D Photosensitive cells 4 127D Seasoning for una margarita 3 128D Bit of plasma 3 129D One whose uniform bears the Star of Life, for short 3