NYT Crossword Answers - Jul 18
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Here are the NYT Crossword answers for Friday, July 18, 2025 — every solution for that day's 15×15 (21×21 on Sunday) puzzle, listed at the top of this page. Whether you're catching up on a puzzle you missed, settling a “what was the answer on July 18?” question, or checking a grid you finished that day, the complete clue-by-clue solution is right here. Looking for today's puzzle instead? Head to our live NYT Crossword answers page.
NYT Crossword answers for July 18, 2025
The full solution for the July 18 NYT Crossword is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Each answer is listed separately, so you can check just the clue you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Friday, July 18.
Full NYT Crossword answer list for July 18, 2025
Every clue from the July 18 grid next to its solution — the same answers as the board above, in one plain list you can scan without tapping.
Across
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makes good | ATONES |
| 7 | Down | INGEST |
| 13 | "Psycho" screenwriter Joseph ___ | STEFANO |
| 14 | Uncertain | NOTSURE |
| 16 | "Well, tough!" | THATSJUSTTOOBAD |
| 18 | Hi-___ | RES |
| 19 | Humdingers | CORKERS |
| 20 | Certain fraternity guy, informally | SIG |
| 21 | "Les Misérables" number with a number in its name | ONEDAYMORE |
| 23 | Instrument with a deep, rounded back | LUTE |
| 24 | Cutting tool | PARER |
| 25 | "My Old ___" (2024 coming-of-age film) | ASS |
| 26 | Staff notes | MEMOS |
| 27 | Recent, as a memory | FRESH |
| 29 | Winter athlete | LUGER |
| 30 | "___ is the most convenient time to tax rich people": David Lloyd George | DEATH |
| 31 | Verbal flourishes | TADAS |
| 32 | Between then and now | SINCE |
| 33 | Shepherd's warning | GROWL |
| 34 | Olympian Owens | JESSE |
| 35 | Receiving end? | GEE |
| 36 | Works one's way up | RISES |
| 40 | Place to put a pin | AXLE |
| 41 | Explicit subject for her? | ANTECEDENT |
| 43 | Figure skater Midori | ITO |
| 44 | Concocts | CREATES |
| 45 | Farm cry | MAA |
| 46 | Going overboard with the praise | LAYINGITONTHICK |
| 49 | "We don't need to know all the details" | SPAREUS |
| 50 | Mixing board | PALETTE |
| 51 | Lifts up | ELATES |
| 52 | Theater class assignments | SCENES |
Down
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deity who helped Hercules through his sixth labor | ATHENA |
| 2 | Short preview | TEASER |
| 3 | Poetic adverb | OFT |
| 4 | The Brickyard 400 or Southern 500, e.g. | NASCARRACE |
| 5 | Find pleasure in | ENJOY |
| 6 | Whiskey distiller's mixture | SOURMASH |
| 7 | Buries | INTERS |
| 8 | French possessive | NOTRE |
| 9 | Classic hot rods | GTOS |
| 10 | That, in Mexico | ESO |
| 11 | Absorbs | SUBSUMES |
| 12 | Quisling, e.g. | TRAITOR |
| 13 | Blade sharpener | STROP |
| 15 | They might be rough or perforated | EDGES |
| 17 | Tiny bit | SKOSH |
| 22 | Part of a trial | DEFENSE |
| 23 | Driver's license, e.g. | LEGALID |
| 26 | Fight dirty? | MUDWRESTLE |
| 28 | Dijon season | ETE |
| 29 | Luang Prabang native | LAO |
| 30 | Like a 12-Down | DISLOYAL |
| 31 | They glisten in a classic Irving Berlin tune | TREETOPS |
| 32 | Congressional record? | SEXTAPE |
| 33 | Imply | GETAT |
| 34 | Where Mandela and Nehru worked on their autobiographies | JAILS |
| 35 | Rock with bands | GNEISS |
| 37 | Akkadian or Phoenician | SEMITE |
| 38 | Passes | ENACTS |
| 39 | Sight in a tomato patch | STAKE |
| 41 | Contest | ARGUE |
| 42 | Comedian Wyatt | CENAC |
| 44 | Tech news site | CNET |
| 47 | ___ the Jairite, biblical minister to King David | IRA |
| 48 | Maternal figure | HEN |
Hints for the July 18 puzzle
Not ready for the full answer? Here are lighter, spoiler-free nudges for that day's grid, above the solutions. The July 18 puzzle fell on a Friday, and with the New York Times crossword that matters: the grid gets harder as the week goes on, from an easy Monday to a fiendish Saturday, with a large themed puzzle on Sunday. So a Friday grid tells you how much misdirection to expect — and if a clue that day seemed to make no sense, the weekday is usually the reason. Use the hints for the trickiest clues, then reveal the answers above only if you need them.
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