Sizzling

Latest answer — July 25, 2025

53 Down

Describes something intensely warm from the grill 🔥

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Across

  1. 1Whack to the head, in slang
  2. 9Noted doomsday prepper
  3. 13Prognosticator's shout
  4. 15Game played on a grass or dirt court
  5. 16Occasion to brush up together?
  6. 17Weird Al Yankovic's "Straight ___ Lynwood"
  7. 18Attention magnet, say
  8. 19Like Queen Elizabeth, but not Queen Camilla
  9. 21Deal with The Devil?
  10. 23TV program with its time of day in its name
  11. 24Brit's "bog"
  12. 25Global auction house
  13. 26Gain competitor
  14. 27How one lives in the face of an inscrutable future
  15. 30Org. that may allow religious headwear in pictures
  16. 31Planted oneself
  17. 32Harmless growth
  18. 35Issa of "Insecure"
  19. 36Spanish diminutive suffix
  20. 37Reduced demand for refrigerated trucking, in a way
  21. 39Illicit decampment
  22. 401968 live folk album
  23. 42When repeated, something often said to be "deep"
  24. 43Sheer quantity of awesome
  25. 45Slacks off
  26. 48"Your request is denied"
  27. 49Shrub with a "staghorn" variety
  28. 51Word derived from the Greek for "headdress of Persian kings"
  29. 52Flash point?
  30. 56Heavenly figure, in German
  31. 57One that can put a meal on ice
  32. 58Brood
  33. 59Abstain ... as suggested by the black squares in this puzzle

Down

  1. 1Region of a plane bounded by a circle, in geometry
  2. 2Scorpion's legs, e.g.
  3. 3Abdul with the #1 albums "Forever Your Girl" and "Spellbound"
  4. 4Getting on
  5. 5Shifty type
  6. 6Was up
  7. 7Pioneering mathematician Lovelace
  8. 8Center of a drupe
  9. 9Meat and potatoes, e.g.
  10. 10D8 pieces in Dungeons & Dragons, e.g.
  11. 11"Don't attract attention to yourself"
  12. 12When squirrels may thermoregulate by splooting
  13. 14Extra-large storage unit
  14. 15Solving Wordle in five guesses, colloquially
  15. 20H, to the Hellenes
  16. 22Stole
  17. 23Rough digs
  18. 27One of many in a trend line
  19. 28Period satirized in "Dr. Strangelove"
  20. 29Antibacterial product introduced in 1948
  21. 31"Sometimes" has two of them
  22. 33German-based supermarket with about 2,500 stores in the U.S.
  23. 34Friendly, respectful person
  24. 381970s "howcatchem" TV series
  25. 40Log
  26. 41First color that babies can see, after black and white
  27. 44Eponym of the A.L. batting title award
  28. 46Become acquainted virtually
  29. 47World capital next to the Sarawat Mountains
  30. 50One of three keys to a PC reboot
  31. 53Sizzling
  32. 54It's off limits if you 59-Across
  33. 55West who said "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it"

The answer to “Sizzling” in the New York Times crossword is HOT — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 25, 2025, a Friday puzzle, at 53-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.

“Sizzling” answer

HOT (3 letters)

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Why the answer is HOT

Describes something intensely warm from the grill 🔥

What does HOT mean?

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

(adjective)

  • having a high degree of heat or a high temperature
  • (of food) containing or consisting of pungent spices or peppers which produce a burning sensation when tasted
  • filled with passionate excitement, anger, or other strong emotion

When else has “Sizzling” 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 25, 2025 (most recent) → HOT. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Sizzling”?

The answer is HOT, a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 25, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Sizzling”?

3 letters: HOT.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on July 25, 2025 (a Friday puzzle), at 53-Down.

Can “Sizzling” 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 25, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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