NYT Crossword July 7, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Highly successful, on Broadway 5 6A Redding who sang "The Dock of the Bay" 4 10A Opposite of right 4 14A ___ Copland, the so-called "Dean of American Composers" 5 15A Halloween cover-up 4 16A Spanish "other" 4 17A Player facing the leadoff batter 15 20A Like a wallflower 3 21A "How sweet ___!" 4 22A Michelle ___, women's soccer star with 107 international goals 5 23A "Ask Me Another" airer 3 24A Band for news radio? 8 27A One might read "FASTCAR" 11 31A Kind of acid in proteins 5 32A Wriggly 4 33A Quiet nook in a church 4 37A "That's not fair, Your Honor!" 7 39A Rust-causing agent 7 41A Mountain in Greece 4 42A Archaeological site 4 44A Hot drink enjoyed by a campfire, perhaps 5 45A Long-running student quiz show 11 47A Mantra for many foodies 8 51A Amaze 3 52A Sneeze sound 5 53A Japanese buckwheat noodles 4 55A Suffix with book or fool 3 58A Not yet decided ... or an "artful" description for the last words of 17-, 27- and 45-Across? 15 62A German "a" 4 63A God: Sp. 4 64A Aquafina competitor 5 65A Told untruths 4 66A Convention center event 4 67A Takes a breather 5

Down

1D Lowest voice 4 2D Swearing-in words 4 3D Loud skirmish 4 4D "___ he's a jolly good fellow ..." 3 5D Walking stealthily 8 6D Hyatt alternative 4 7D Weekend event often held in a garage or on a front lawn 7 8D Spectrum or Verizon Fios, in brief 3 9D Go down a bunny hill, e.g. 3 10D Philosopher John who wrote "Two Treatises of Government" 5 11D Heavens 5 12D "___ Jacques" (nursery song) 5 13D Middle part of the body 5 18D Response similar to "You're too kind" 4 19D London art gallery 4 23D Stealthy Japanese warrior 5 25D Karl or Moses of basketball 6 26D River of Hades 4 27D Japanese computer brand 4 28D Singer Tori 4 29D Penpoints 4 30D Singer Clark with the 1965 #1 hit "Downtown" 6 33D Pueblo material 5 34D Flamenco guitarist ___ de Lucía 4 35D Wintry forecast 4 36D And others, in a footnote 4 38D Cousin of an alligator, informally 4 40D Restaurant request on a hot day 8 43D "OK, that's enough out of me, sorry" 7 45D Refrigerate 4 46D Kaplan of "Welcome Back, Kotter" 4 47D Three-legged support 5 48D Play part after an intermission, often 5 49D "To ___ own self be true" 5 50D Found a text hilarious 5 54D Very 4 55D Wading bird 4 56D Wood strip beneath a mattress 4 57D Roosters' mates 4 59D Poem of adulation 3 60D Veto 3 61D N.Y.C.'s Madison ___ 3