Santorini sandwiches

Crossword Answer — July 04, 2025

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NYT Crossword

Friday, July 04, 2025

By Colin Adams

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Across

  1. 1. Aesthetic features of some jeans — Answer: RIPS
  2. 5. Scroll sites — Answer: ARKS
  3. 9. Move like a model — Answer: STRUT
  4. 14. Singer/songwriter King with 2014's "Ex's & Oh's" — Answer: ELLE
  5. 15. 8 vis-à-vis 7 and 9 — Answer: MEAN
  6. 16. Hurly-burly — Answer: HOOHA
  7. 17. Handful and more — Answer: SLEW
  8. 18. One getting really pumped up at a children's party? — Answer: BALLOONDOG
  9. 20. "Just being honest ..." — Answer: ICANTLIE
  10. 22. Beaters — Answer: WHISKS
  11. 23. Rapper who won his first Grammy with "King's Disease" — Answer: NAS
  12. 24. ___ Grace — Answer: HER
  13. 25. The Spanish alphabet's 14th letter (without a tilde) or 15th letter (with a tilde) — Answer: ENE
  14. 26. Lukewarm — Answer: TEPID. Hint: Think of a temperature that's not quite hot or cold, just in the middle! 🌡️
  15. 28. A flying fox is actually a type of this — Answer: FRUITBAT
  16. 33. Roughly 120, for Vatican City — Answer: ACRES
  17. 34. Like many higher-ups — Answer: CORPORATE
  18. 35. Hefty herbivore — Answer: RHINO
  19. 36. One meaning of the "+" in LGBTQ+, in brief — Answer: ARO
  20. 37. Request at a bar — Answer: HITME
  21. 38. Mustang, for one — Answer: MUSCLECAR
  22. 40. Wyoming's ___ Pass — Answer: TETON
  23. 41. Race place — Answer: SPEEDWAY
  24. 42. Rightmost column on the periodic table — Answer: GASES
  25. 43. Adverb that's a homophone of 54-Down — Answer: TOO
  26. 44. "When you teach your ___, you teach your ___'s ___": the Talmud — Answer: SON
  27. 45. D&D;, e.g. — Answer: RPG
  28. 47. Nickname for basketball's Mike Krzyzewski — Answer: COACHK
  29. 51. Avoiding coverage, in a way — Answer: MEDIASHY
  30. 53. Major for someone who can correctly distinguish between Manet and Monet — Answer: ARTHISTORY
  31. 55. X or XL offering, perhaps — Answer: UBER
  32. 56. Source of many a motto — Answer: LATIN
  33. 57. Intermeshed — Answer: WOVE
  34. 58. El ___ (Six Flags coaster with horns on the front) — Answer: TORO
  35. 59. Loud metallic sound — Answer: CLANG
  36. 60. To pieces? — Answer: ODES
  37. 61. Oafs — Answer: OXES

Down

  1. 1. Tree goop — Answer: RESIN
  2. 2. "Go on ahead" — Answer: ILLCATCHUP
  3. 3. Order in the court — Answer: PLEASERISE
  4. 4. Like the eyes of some Raggedy Anns — Answer: SEWN
  5. 5. Sauntered — Answer: AMBLED
  6. 6. Put a pilot back into action? — Answer: REAIR
  7. 7. Healthful smoothie ingredient — Answer: KALE
  8. 8. Show with an illustrious "Five-Timers Club," in brief — Answer: SNL
  9. 9. Only M.L.B. player to have 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season — Answer: SHOHEIOHTANI
  10. 10. Actress Collette with an Emmy and a Golden Globe — Answer: TONI
  11. 11. Retina contents — Answer: RODS
  12. 12. "Fine, I guess" — Answer: UHOK
  13. 13. They put runners out — Answer: TAGS
  14. 19. Cop (to) — Answer: OWNUP
  15. 21. Question that's a humble response to a clothing compliment — Answer: THISOLDTHING
  16. 25. Slip — Answer: ERROR
  17. 27. The "p" in Paddington Station? — Answer: PENCE
  18. 28. Exploratory trip — Answer: FORAY
  19. 29. Gives a shot — Answer: TRIES
  20. 30. Spot to swing from — Answer: BATTERSBOX
  21. 31. Vibe — Answer: ATMOSPHERE
  22. 32. Miss ___ USA (beauty pageant) — Answer: TEEN
  23. 33. Tank tops expose them — Answer: ARMS
  24. 34. Ivory Coast's main export — Answer: CACAO
  25. 39. Endor inhabitants in the "Star Wars" universe — Answer: EWOKS
  26. 42. "Abso-freakin'-lutely!" — Answer: GODYES
  27. 44. Start to rally, maybe — Answer: SERVE
  28. 46. Santorini sandwiches — Answer: GYROS
  29. 47. Course in which integration is taught, for short — Answer: CALC
  30. 48. What comes before B? — Answer: ORAL
  31. 49. "___ girl!" — Answer: ATTA
  32. 50. Gossip, informally — Answer: CHIN
  33. 51. Vibe — Answer: MOOD
  34. 52. Flash setting — Answer: AUTO
  35. 54. Numerical homophone of 43-Across — Answer: TWO

The answer to Santorini sandwiches in the New York Times crossword is GYROS — a 5-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on July 4, 2025, a Friday puzzle, at 46-Down. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.

Santorini sandwiches” answer

GYROS (5 letters)

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Why the answer is GYROS

GYROS is the 5-letter solution that fits "Santorini sandwiches" in the NYT Crossword crossword on July 4, 2025 (46-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

When else has “Santorini sandwiches” appeared?

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July 4, 2025 (this puzzle) → GYROS. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.

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About the NYT Crossword

The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Friday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Santorini sandwiches”?

The answer is GYROS, a 5-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 4, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Santorini sandwiches”?

5 letters: GYROS.

Where did this clue appear?

In the New York Times crossword on July 4, 2025 (a Friday puzzle), at 46-Down.

Can “Santorini sandwiches” 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 4, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.