"Don't attract attention to yourself"
Crossword Answer — July 25, 2025
NYT Crossword
Friday, July 25, 2025
By Fritz Juhnke
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Whack to the head, in slang — Answer: DOPESLAP
- 9. Noted doomsday prepper — Answer: NOAH
- 13. Prognosticator's shout — Answer: ICALLEDIT
- 15. Game played on a grass or dirt court — Answer: BOCCE
- 16. Occasion to brush up together? — Answer: STUDYDATE
- 17. Weird Al Yankovic's "Straight ___ Lynwood" — Answer: OUTTA
- 18. Attention magnet, say — Answer: CELEB
- 19. Like Queen Elizabeth, but not Queen Camilla — Answer: REGNANT
- 21. Deal with The Devil? — Answer: TAROT
- 23. TV program with its time of day in its name — Answer: LATESHOW
- 24. Brit's "bog" — Answer: LOO
- 25. Global auction house — Answer: EBAY
- 26. Gain competitor — Answer: ERA
- 27. How one lives in the face of an inscrutable future — Answer: DAYTODAY
- 30. Org. that may allow religious headwear in pictures — Answer: DMV
- 31. Planted oneself — Answer: SAT
- 32. Harmless growth — Answer: SKINTAG
- 35. Issa of "Insecure" — Answer: RAE
- 36. Spanish diminutive suffix — Answer: ITO. Hint: Think of a cute way to make names sound smaller or more affectionate in Spanish! 🐾
- 37. Reduced demand for refrigerated trucking, in a way — Answer: ATELOCAL
- 39. Illicit decampment — Answer: LAM
- 40. 1968 live folk album — Answer: ARLO
- 42. When repeated, something often said to be "deep" — Answer: DOO
- 43. Sheer quantity of awesome — Answer: EPICNESS
- 45. Slacks off — Answer: IDLES
- 48. "Your request is denied" — Answer: NOCANDO
- 49. Shrub with a "staghorn" variety — Answer: SUMAC
- 51. Word derived from the Greek for "headdress of Persian kings" — Answer: TIARA
- 52. Flash point? — Answer: AHAMOMENT
- 56. Heavenly figure, in German — Answer: ENGEL
- 57. One that can put a meal on ice — Answer: POLARBEAR
- 58. Brood — Answer: STEW
- 59. Abstain ... as suggested by the black squares in this puzzle — Answer: TEETOTAL
Down
- 1. Region of a plane bounded by a circle, in geometry — Answer: DISC
- 2. Scorpion's legs, e.g. — Answer: OCTET
- 3. Abdul with the #1 albums "Forever Your Girl" and "Spellbound" — Answer: PAULA
- 4. Getting on — Answer: ELDERLY
- 5. Shifty type — Answer: SLYBOOTS
- 6. Was up — Answer: LED
- 7. Pioneering mathematician Lovelace — Answer: ADA
- 8. Center of a drupe — Answer: PIT
- 9. Meat and potatoes, e.g. — Answer: NOUNS
- 10. D8 pieces in Dungeons & Dragons, e.g. — Answer: OCTAHEDRA
- 11. "Don't attract attention to yourself" — Answer: ACTNORMAL
- 12. When squirrels may thermoregulate by splooting — Answer: HEATWAVE
- 14. Extra-large storage unit — Answer: TERABYTE
- 15. Solving Wordle in five guesses, colloquially — Answer: BOGEY
- 20. H, to the Hellenes — Answer: ETA
- 22. Stole — Answer: TOOK
- 23. Rough digs — Answer: LEANTOS
- 27. One of many in a trend line — Answer: DATAPOINT
- 28. Period satirized in "Dr. Strangelove" — Answer: ATOMICAGE
- 29. Antibacterial product introduced in 1948 — Answer: DIALSOAP
- 31. "Sometimes" has two of them — Answer: SILENTES
- 33. German-based supermarket with about 2,500 stores in the U.S. — Answer: ALDI
- 34. Friendly, respectful person — Answer: GOODSORT
- 38. 1970s "howcatchem" TV series — Answer: COLUMBO
- 40. Log — Answer: ANNAL
- 41. First color that babies can see, after black and white — Answer: RED
- 44. Eponym of the A.L. batting title award — Answer: CAREW
- 46. Become acquainted virtually — Answer: EMEET
- 47. World capital next to the Sarawat Mountains — Answer: SANAA
- 50. One of three keys to a PC reboot — Answer: CTRL
- 53. Sizzling — Answer: HOT
- 54. It's off limits if you 59-Across — Answer: ALE
- 55. West who said "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" — Answer: MAE
The answer to “"Don't attract attention to yourself"” in the New York Times crossword is ACTNORMAL — a 9-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on July 25, 2025, a Friday puzzle, at 11-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.
“"Don't attract attention to yourself"” answer
ACTNORMAL (9 letters)
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Why the answer is ACTNORMAL
ACTNORMAL is the 9-letter solution that fits ""Don't attract attention to yourself"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on July 25, 2025 (11-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “"Don't attract attention to yourself"” 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 before, and what the answer was each time — handy if you landed here from a puzzle on another date.
July 25, 2025 (this puzzle) → ACTNORMAL. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on July 25, 2025
Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.
- Noted doomsday prepper → NOAH
- Game played on a grass or dirt court → BOCCE
- Weird Al Yankovic's "Straight ___ Lynwood" → OUTTA
- Like Queen Elizabeth, but not Queen Camilla → REGNANT
- TV program with its time of day in its name → LATESHOW
- Gain competitor → ERA
- Org. that may allow religious headwear in pictures → DMV
- Issa of "Insecure" → RAE
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for July 25, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.
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 “"Don't attract attention to yourself"”?
The answer is ACTNORMAL, a 9-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 25, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “"Don't attract attention to yourself"”?
9 letters: ACTNORMAL.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on July 25, 2025 (a Friday puzzle), at 11-Down.
Can “"Don't attract attention to yourself"” 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.