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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for July 29, 2025

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Tuesday, July 29, 2025. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.

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Monday, July 28, 2025

across

1. "Catfish" channel: MTV
4. Center's stat in an N.B.A. game: Abbr.: REB
7. Cole ___ (cabbage dishes): SLAWS
12. Cry of discovery: AHA
13. Cupid, to ancient Greeks: EROS
15. Combustible fuel for trucks: DIESEL
16. Corn, to a Midwest farmer: CASHCROP
18. Canada's capital: OTTAWA
19. Children's song refrain ("Old MacDonald had a farm …"): EIEIO
20. Characteristic of a penetrating mind: KEEN
22. "Count me as a yes!": IMIN
23. Casino no-no: CARDCOUNTING
26. Chapel oath: IDO
29. Casual top: TEE
30. Constellation part: STAR
31. Cloud ___ (blissful spot, in an idiom): NINE
33. Course standard on the links: PAR
35. Climaxes: PEAKS
39. Carbonated beverage as reintroduced in 1985: COCACOLACLASSIC
43. Childish retort: ARESO
44. Chi preceder: PHI
45. Comedian Fey: TINA
46. Croquet locale: YARD
49. Concert equipment: AMP
51. Contribute: ADD
52. College basketball phenom drafted by the Indiana Fever in 2024: CAITLINCLARK
57. Chain of luxury hotels: OMNI
58. City of Honolulu's island: OAHU
59. Central artery: AORTA
63. Cellphone's weather app, e.g.: WIDGET
65. Clear sailing areas … or, homophonically, a feature of 16-, 23-, 39- and 52-Across (and every clue in this puzzle!): OPENSEAS
67. Crested wading birds: EGRETS
68. Crossing guard's command: WALK
69. "Can't believe I missed something so obvious!": DUH
70. Crowd sounds: ROARS
71. Charlotte Brontë, to Anne and Emily, informally: SIS
72. Complete dump: STY

down

1. Ceremonial rod: MACE
2. Cuisine with pad see ew: THAI
3. Carnation holder: VASE
4. Cover again, as with paint: RECOAT
5. Calculate something incorrectly, say: ERR
6. Contract from a publisher: BOOKDEAL
7. Command to a dog: SIT
8. "Could you please stop talking about that?!": LETITREST
9. "Completely the same for me": ASAMI
10. "Call us the champs!": WEWIN
11. "Chill," e.g., for "relax": SLANG
14. Contractor's detail, in brief: SPEC
15. Cousin of a cruller or bear claw: DONUT
17. Cartoon sound from an intoxicated person: HIC
21. Canon camera brand named for a goddess: EOS
24. Certain tow job, informally: REPO
25. California wine valley: NAPA
26. Cuzco dweller of old: INCA
27. Christian of fashion: DIOR
28. "Christmas comes but ___ a year": ONCE
32. "Calm down there, buddy": EASYTIGER
34. Cardi B's genre: RAP
36. China's continent: ASIA
37. Compassionate: KIND
38. Copious amount: SCAD
40. Christmas stocking filler for a naughty child: COAL
41. Concoctions with masa, cheese, lettuce and salsa: CHALUPAS
42. Capital of Peru: LIMA
47. Comical sorts: RIOTS
48. Crime lab material: DNA
50. Calls that may start "Is your refrigerator running?," e.g.: PRANKS
52. Cringe out of fear: COWER
53. Compadre: AMIGO
54. Chief Hindu god: INDRA
55. Chicken ___ mein: CHOW
56. Certain bout enders, in brief: KOS
60. Cincinnati baseball team: REDS
61. Completely stretched: TAUT
62. Cinder-covered: ASHY
64. Coneheads, e.g., for short: ETS
66. Cooper and Peyton Manning’s QB brother: ELI

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How the week is built

Monday and Tuesday: straightforward definitions and familiar answers. These are the best days to learn.
Wednesday: a step up, often with a playful theme.
Thursday: the trick day, with rebus squares (several letters in one square) and answers that turn corners or skip squares.
Friday and Saturday: themeless and tough, with sly clues and long open sections.
Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

Crossword-solving habits worth building

Learn the common fill. Short vowel-heavy words such as ERA, OREO, ALOE and ETNA appear constantly because they help constructors connect sections.
Read clue signals. "?" means wordplay, "Abbr." means an abbreviation, "e.g." means an example of a category, and a foreign word in the clue hints at a foreign answer.
Find the theme. The longest answers usually share a gimmick; the title (on Sundays) or a "revealer" clue explains it.
Erase without fear. When crossings don't work, the wrong letter is usually in the answer you were most confident about.
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