NYT Crossword July 27 2025 Answers (7/27/25)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for July 27 2025 to help you finish it up!
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Our NYT Crossword July 27, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of The New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword July 27, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 7/27/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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# Clue
1A Maintains, as a superstition
9A Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman"
15A "Same with me"
20A Not funny
22A Ralph Ellison novel about a nameless protagonist's journey in racist America
24A Forgiving middle-aged dads for their dad jokes, say?
26A Picket line?
27A Bud in Cooperstown
28A Dorm room staple food
29A Cross-country conveyances
30A Darth Vader's childhood nickname
32A Inflexible
34A Have away with words?
36A Muppet of Mexican descent
39A Knows just when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, maybe
42A Gives lip
47A Attire for Larry Page and Sergey Brin when visiting Google incognito?
51A Columbus sch.
52A Carnage
53A Down Easter
54A One with a set of pipes
55A Come out of one's shell
57A Sherlock's sister on TV
60A ___ bag
62A Much-maligned 2019 movie about which one review said "It's 'Battlefield Earth' with whiskers"
63A One of classical music's Three B's
66A Landscaper's supply
69A Tundra or taiga
71A "You think that hunk of junk'll pass inspection? Please!"?
78A Trademarked refrigerant
79A Uncle Sam's land, informally
80A Lithe
81A +/-
84A Drink mixed in mixed drinks
86A Handy
89A Avatar of Vishnu
90A Back in, in a way
92A Try to hit in laser tag
95A Older sister of Rachel, in Genesis
98A Basic BASIC statements
99A Real chess playa?
104A Contemporary of Gauss and Faraday
105A James who played Scotty on "Star Trek"
106A "No ___, Bob"
107A Part of une pièce de théâtre
110A Plunderers of Rome
112A Hindu honorific
113A Clock toggle
117A Hollowed out, as an apple
120A Hogwarts's "Half-Blood Prince"
122A Burnt pigment
126A Greeting from a famous Italian character to a famous Italian American actress?
130A DC power player in the late 1800s?
131A Good thing to play in a trick-taking game
132A Magical symbol
133A Dispensing, with "out"
134A Art lovers
1D One always cooking up new ideas?
2D Ritzy
3D "That's my cue"
4D ___ compensation (stock options, for instance)
5D Revegetation, e.g.
6D Canon option, in brief
7D They may be Thai or chai
8D Cuisinart competitor
9D Noted rapper with an oxymoronic name
10D Director Lee
11D Traveler in no need of hotels, for short
12D Columbian caravel
13D "I'm your guy"
14D Bogged down
15D ___-right (political category)
16D Twice tres
17D Out of control
18D Nail salon request, familiarly
19D 1980s band among Australia's all-time best-selling groups
21D Quartz compound
23D Cast out
25D When doubled, "Sleep well"
31D Langston Hughes poem that begins "___, sing America"
33D Word with mine or dump
35D ___ the Town (punny fast-food restaurant name)
36D Vacation package offerer, perhaps
37D Visionary?
38D Lot unit
40D Prefix with angular
41D D.C. 100: Abbr.
43D Mickey Mouse's boss in "Fantasia"
44D Whale of a tale
45D Géorgie, par exemple
46D Identity thief's acquisitions, in brief
47D The pyramids, essentially
48D Stimpy's TV pal
49D Rookies
50D Bond's man?
56D Skill taught to Luke Skywalker
58D Texter's gasp
59D Feast with kalua pig
61D Skedaddles
64D ___ de Glace (glacier in the French Alps)
65D Fr. holy women
67D Desperate pursuit of fame, in modern lingo
68D Weight
70D Channel that popularized video jockeys
72D Shower scrubber
73D Split
74D Mai ___
75D TV friend of Jerry, George and Kramer
76D Money for your money
77D Slightest
81D Black-and-white hunter
82D Longtime NPR host Diane
83D Part of a flight
85D Bone-dry
87D Business entity inits.
88D Shrill cries
91D Slimy veggie
93D Brian who co-founded the Long Now Foundation
94D In awe
96D Chums, in Chamonix
97D "Bah, humbug!"
100D Nashville and New Orleans, for musicians
101D Stomping ground
102D Bringing up the rear
103D [Yuck!]
108D Sacred object
109D Lose ground?
111D Slash on a scoresheet
113D Qtys.
114D When repeated, a tropical fish
115D ___ rock (genre for Pink Floyd and Dream Theater, familiarly)
116D Apt name for a narcissist?
118D Release
119D He loved Lucy
121D Nesting pair in the Outback
123D Army ___
124D The Emerald Isle
125D Photosensitive cells
127D Seasoning for una margarita
128D Bit of plasma
129D One whose uniform bears the Star of Life, for short

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

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The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

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Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.

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Christine Mielke

Christine Mielke has been an avid fan of word games and puzzles for over two decades. She loves to unscramble words, challenge herself to crossword puzzles and try out the latest word games. As a published author and database architect, it was natural for her to take her love for all things word games to the next level!

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