Daily Themed Crossword July 21, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the July 21, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
July 21, 2025 — All 68 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Squirrel's bushy part | Show answer | 4 | |
| #2 | Hoofed animal that brays | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Take a seat | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Scalp-dwelling pests | Show answer | 4 | |
| #5 | Frying liquid | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | It's ___ dark to tell (night-time words) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Crossword-solving need | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Redhead on Sesame Street | Show answer | 4 | |
| #9 | Unreturned serve in tennis | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | ___: Miami (forensic television drama): Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #11 | Actor Epps of House | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Lionel ___ singer of I'm Coming Home who might have just been homesick | Show answer | 6 | |
| #13 | ___-turn (road sign): 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Mexico's neighbor: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #15 | Outdated cry of disgust | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Itchy skin symptom | Show answer | 4 | |
| #17 | ___ Jovi singer of Who Says You Can't Go Home who might have just been homesick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Flat-___ (men's hairstyle) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #19 | Length times height for a rectangle | Show answer | 4 | |
| #20 | Like a dress with its tag on | Show answer | 3 | |
| #21 | ___ in apple ...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | Chat texts: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | Fair hiring letters | Show answer | 3 | |
| #24 | Actress Kudrow of Friends | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | ___-O (Kraft Foods' gelatin brand) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #26 | Phone number addition for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Who am ___ judge?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | TikTok content for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Enemies slangily | Show answer | 4 | |
| #30 | This was so obvious! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Now ___ seen it all! | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | ___ Collins singer of Take Me Home who might have just been homesick | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Actor Jeong of The Hangover | Show answer | 3 | |
| #34 | Fix a hem or a seam | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | Actress Susan ___ of LA Law | Show answer | 3 | |
| #36 | Say Yes to the Dress channel: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Fall sick | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Post-OR room: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Blood-sucker | Show answer | 5 | |
| #40 | You've Got Mail company: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | ___ & Garfunkel singers of Homeward Bound who might have just been homesick | Show answer | 5 | |
| #42 | Replay speed: Hyph. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Lead actor say | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Winter and Summer Games organizers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | ___ the line (obey) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Ending letters of Old MacDonald Had a Farm | Show answer | 5 | |
| #47 | Rummage with through | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Spiritual glow | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Massage | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | Help ___ the way: 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #51 | Candy ___ (peppermint-flavored treat) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Pollution control group: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #53 | Lone song? | Show answer | 4 | |
| #54 | College term for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Every cloud ___ a silver lining | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Teeny tiny bit | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Hoppy beverage | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Abs count popularly | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | ___ Presley singer of Goin' Home who might have just been homesick | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Martini garnish | Show answer | 5 | |
| #61 | Red signal | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | ___ Denver singer of Take Me Home Country Roads who might have just been homesick | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | I'm clueless in textspeak: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #64 | Taco day for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Water drop on a blade of grass | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Doctor's degree?: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Sounds like 3.14 | Show answer | 3 | |
| #68 | Sylvester Stallone's nickname | Show answer | 3 |
How the July 21, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for July 21, 2025, a Monday. It contains 68 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is RICHIE at 6 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 10 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 4 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for July 21, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
July 21, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the July 21, 2025 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 68 clues with answers from 3 to 6 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for July 21, 2025 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 68 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the July 21, 2025 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 8, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.