The Crossword Answers NYT - July 09, 2025

across

• Top dog? Crossword Clue

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  MUTT

• Top hat? Crossword Clue

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  LID

• Top gun? Crossword Clue

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  PISTOL

• Olympic event in which athletes wear masks Crossword Clue

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  EPEE

• Balmy time in Bordeaux Crossword Clue

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  ETE

• Squids' kin Crossword Clue

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  OCTOPI

• Marilyn Monroe used eyeliner to darken the one on her cheek Crossword Clue

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  MOLE

• Late actor Kilmer Crossword Clue

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  VAL

• Be off the mark Crossword Clue

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  MISAIM

• Number with 12 zeros in the U.S. but 18 zeros in other parts of the world Crossword Clue

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  ONETRILLION

• Cotillion V.I.P Crossword Clue

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  DEB

• Top 10 song Crossword Clue

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  HIT

• Auntie ___ (food court chain) Crossword Clue

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  ANNES

• Who, What or I Don't Know, to Abbott and Costello Crossword Clue

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  BASEMAN

• Popular digital wallet service Crossword Clue

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  CASHAPP

• Non-Rx Crossword Clue

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  OTC

• Dance instruction Crossword Clue

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  STEP

• Jason of "How I Met Your Mother" Crossword Clue

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  SEGEL

• One wearing a djellaba robe, typically Crossword Clue

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  ARAB

• Outer boundaries, as where this puzzle's theme answers are located Crossword Clue

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  EDGES

• Hospital fluids Crossword Clue

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  SERA

• Pat ___, three-time N.B.A. Coach of the Year Crossword Clue

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  RILEY

• Bit of litter by a theater Crossword Clue

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  STUB

• It may be picked by the picky Crossword Clue

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  NIT

• Kind of Emmy Crossword Clue

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  DAYTIME

• Last Supper guest Crossword Clue

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  APOSTLE

• One end of a battery Crossword Clue

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  ANODE

• State animal of Utah Crossword Clue

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  ELK

• Ryder Cup org Crossword Clue

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  PGA

• Famous misquote of a James Cagney line from the 1932 film "Taxi!" Crossword Clue

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  YOUDIRTYRAT

• Beyond belief Crossword Clue

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  UNREAL

• Hunk Crossword Clue

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  GOB

• ___ land Crossword Clue

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  LALA

• Repeated sounds in "Hey Jude" Crossword Clue

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  NANANA

• From ___ Z Crossword Clue

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  ATO

• Many moons Crossword Clue

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  AGES

• Bottom feeder? Crossword Clue

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  TROUGH

• Bottom line? Crossword Clue

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  RAY

• Bottom dollar? Crossword Clue

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  BUCK