NYT Crossword July 4, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Aesthetic features of some jeans 4 5A Scroll sites 4 9A Move like a model 5 14A Singer/songwriter King with 2014's "Ex's & Oh's" 4 15A 8 vis-à-vis 7 and 9 4 16A Hurly-burly 5 17A Handful and more 4 18A One getting really pumped up at a children's party? 10 20A "Just being honest …" 8 22A Beaters 6 23A Rapper who won his first Grammy with "King's Disease" 3 24A ___ Grace 3 25A The Spanish alphabet's 14th letter (without a tilde) or 15th letter (with a tilde) 3 26A Lukewarm 5 28A A flying fox is actually a type of this 8 33A Roughly 120, for Vatican City 5 34A Like many higher-ups 9 35A Hefty herbivore 5 36A One meaning of the "+" in LGBTQ+, in brief 3 37A Request at a bar 5 38A Mustang, for one 9 40A Wyoming's ___ Pass 5 41A Race place 8 42A Rightmost column on the periodic table 5 43A Adverb that's a homophone of 54-Down 3 44A "When you teach your ___, you teach your ___'s ___": the Talmud 3 45A D&D, e.g. 3 47A Nickname for basketball's Mike Krzyzewski 6 51A Avoiding coverage, in a way 8 53A Major for someone who can correctly distinguish between Manet and Monet 10 55A X or XL offering, perhaps 4 56A Source of many a motto 5 57A Intermeshed 4 58A El ___ (Six Flags coaster with horns on the front) 4 59A Loud metallic sound 5 60A To pieces? 4 61A Oafs 4

Down

1D Tree goop 5 2D "Go on ahead" 10 3D Order in the court 10 4D Like the eyes of some Raggedy Anns 4 5D Sauntered 6 6D Put a pilot back into action? 5 7D Healthful smoothie ingredient 4 8D Show with an illustrious "Five-Timers Club," in brief 3 9D Only M.L.B. player to have 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season 12 10D Actress Collette with an Emmy and a Golden Globe 4 11D Retina contents 4 12D "Fine, I guess" 4 13D They put runners out 4 19D Cop (to) 5 21D Question that's a humble response to a clothing compliment 12 25D Slip 5 27D The "p" in Paddington Station? 5 28D Exploratory trip 5 29D Gives a shot 5 30D Spot to swing from 10 31D Vibe 10 32D Miss ___ USA (beauty pageant) 4 33D Tank tops expose them 4 34D Ivory Coast's main export 5 39D Endor inhabitants in the "Star Wars" universe 5 42D "Abso-freakin'-lutely!" 6 44D Start to rally, maybe 5 46D Santorini sandwiches 5 47D Course in which integration is taught, for short 4 48D What comes before B? 4 49D "___ girl!" 4 50D Gossip, informally 4 51D Vibe 4 52D Flash setting 4 54D Numerical homophone of 43-Across 3