NYT Crossword Hints and Answers for July 25

Across

1. 1. ___ never looks good from behind (proverb)

   Answer: HASTE

2. 5. Reward, as a singer

   Answer: OVATION

3. 9. Code language

   Answer: CIPHER

4. 13. Departing state

   Answer: LEAVES

5. 14. Ringing sound

   Answer: TING

6. 15. Puzzling situation

   Answer: RIDDLE

7. 16. Urban area

   Answer: CITY

8. 17. ___ Lou Who (Dr. Seuss character)

   Answer: CINDY

9. 18. TV’s ___ Van Dyke

   Answer: DICK

10. 19. Mountain path

    Answer: TRAIL

11. 20. Removed, as a stain

    Answer: ERASED

12. 22. More wet

    Answer: DAMPER

13. 23. Where’s the ___? (party question)

    Answer: BACON

14. 25. Football pro?

    Answer: LION

15. 27. Form of graffiti

    Answer: TAG

16. 28. Toss out

    Answer: EVICT

17. 30. Stomach problem

    Answer: ULCER

18. 31. Get a head start

    Answer: BOLT

19. 33. Reggae precursor

    Answer: SKA

20. 34. Herdsman’s staff

    Answer: CROOK

21. 36. Small drink

    Answer: SIP

22. 38. Computer key

    Answer: SHIFT

23. 40. ___ University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Answer: HARVARD

24. 41. ___ can keep a secret (Aesop’s fable)

    Answer: TWO

25. 42. Damn the ___! (Andrew Jackson)

    Answer: TORPEDOES

26. 43. Dismissal in baseball

    Answer: OUT

27. 44. Messenger RNA (abbr.)

    Answer: MRNA

Down

1. 2. Plant that follows the sun

   Answer: HELIOTROPE

2. 3. Law firm employee

   Answer: STENO

3. 4. Abbr. for a professional golfer

   Answer: PGA

4. 5. ___ Dearest (James M. Barrie play)

   Answer: PETERPAN

5. 6. Oscar winner Hanks

   Answer: TOM

6. 7. Like some humor

   Answer: DRY

7. 8. Symbol of good luck

   Answer: HORSEHOE

8. 9. Boxing great Frazier

   Answer: JOE

9. 10. ___-Fi (wireless technology)

   Answer: WI

10. 11. Put in quarantine

    Answer: ISOLATE

11. 12. Hypnotic state

    Answer: TRANCE

12. 21. New York Mets’ home

    Answer: CITI

13. 24. ___ Pip (Dickens novel)

    Answer: GREAT

14. 26. Part of the mouth

    Answer: LIPS

15. 27. ___ City (1948 film noir)

    Answer: NAKED

16. 29. Type of housing

    Answer: CONDO

17. 32. All I Want for Christmas ___ You (Mariah Carey song)

    Answer: IS

18. 35. Out of breath

    Answer: WINDS

19. 37. All right!

    Answer: HOORAY

20. 39. ___ the Raven (Poe poem)

    Answer: THE

Kind regards G. Smith.

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