Semiaquatic salamander

Latest answer — July 21, 2025

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This water-loving amphibian is often found in ponds and streams. 🦎

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Across

  1. 1K-pop supergroup
  2. 4What an angry customer may leave
  3. 9Vast Mongolian desert
  4. 13Google.com, e.g.
  5. 14Sound heard before "Bless you!"
  6. 15One producing cakes and cookies
  7. 16Successful throws to the end zone
  8. 19Heinie
  9. 20Côte d'___ (French Riviera)
  10. 21Regular 6 p.m. broadcast of daily events
  11. 29Regretted
  12. 30___-weenie
  13. 31Big TV network in the U.K.
  14. 34Take the ___ (acquire control)
  15. 37Threadbare
  16. 38Vans from hotels to terminals and back
  17. 42Sports org. at the center of a 2021 antitrust ruling
  18. 43Ones crossing picket lines
  19. 44Ending with lemon or orange
  20. 45Rejected, as an application
  21. 48Enjoy a book or magazine
  22. 50Their are fore of them hear in this sentance
  23. 55"Gotcha"
  24. 56Series of push-ups or curls at a gym
  25. 58Slogan for the Pokémon franchise ... also appropriate for 16-, 21-, 38- and 50-Across?
  26. 65Actress Amy or President John Quincy
  27. 66Like the boonies
  28. 67Abbreviation for an Army absence
  29. 68Mercedes-___
  30. 69Pluckiness
  31. 70Place for a pig

Down

  1. 1Remainder of a cigarette
  2. 2Word after rainbow or steelhead
  3. 3Watery snow
  4. 4"Gonna pass"
  5. 5Anxiety-related condition, for short
  6. 6Even if, informally
  7. 7Des Moines denizen
  8. 8___ scheme (financial fraud)
  9. 9Purchase at a pump
  10. 10Gives the go-ahead
  11. 11"Busy" buzzer
  12. 12Org. that orders audits
  13. 15Flat-bottomed boat
  14. 17One-named singer of "If I Could Turn Back Time"
  15. 18Common fourth-and-long decision
  16. 22Currency in Lyon but not London
  17. 23Swerve
  18. 24Does some copy desk work
  19. 25Semiaquatic salamander
  20. 26___ Holmes (Sherlock's sister, on Netflix)
  21. 27Overcaffeinated, colloquially
  22. 28Have a feeling
  23. 31Lineup at Woodstock or Coachella
  24. 32Muscle used in pull-ups, informally
  25. 33Basic bird made in origami
  26. 35Situation Room grp.
  27. 36What two toddlers should learn to do
  28. 39Aid in making a sandcastle
  29. 40Lyft rival
  30. 41Bygone Russian ruler
  31. 46Man's name that is an anagram of AISLE
  32. 47Kind of golf that uses baskets instead of holes
  33. 49Housing on a college quad
  34. 51Gets closer
  35. 52Elaborate outfit
  36. 53Quantities of paper
  37. 54Treat with bananas and ice cream
  38. 57Kill it, in a good way
  39. 58Gossip, gossip, gossip
  40. 59Positive poem
  41. 60Something to pick up at a beach?
  42. 61Celebrity gossip website
  43. 62Word on a French wine label
  44. 63___ Solo of "Star Wars"
  45. 64Animal with a fraternal order named after it

The answer to “Semiaquatic salamander” in the New York Times crossword is NEWT — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 21, 2025, a Monday puzzle, at 25-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Semiaquatic salamander” answer

NEWT (4 letters)

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Why the answer is NEWT

This water-loving amphibian is often found in ponds and streams. 🦎

What does NEWT mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of NEWT is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a small slender-bodied amphibian with lungs and a well-developed tail, typically spending its adult life on land and returning to water to breed

When else has “Semiaquatic salamander” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 21, 2025 (most recent) → NEWT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Semiaquatic salamander”?

The answer is NEWT, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 21, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Semiaquatic salamander”?

4 letters: NEWT.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on July 21, 2025 (a Monday puzzle), at 25-Down.

Can “Semiaquatic salamander” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for July 21, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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