XWordHint Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 09, 2025
Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 09 XWordHint crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.
Across Clues and Answers (39)
Clue #1: 1. Top dog?
Word Help: Synonyms: cur, mutt, mongrel
Clue #2: 5. Top hat?
Word Help: Synonyms: palpebra, hat, lid
Clue #3: 8. Top gun?
Word Help: Synonyms: side_arm, shooting_iron, pistol
Clue #4: 14. Olympic event in which athletes wear masks
Word Help: Synonyms: epee
Clue #5: 15. Balmy time in Bordeaux
Clue #6: 16. Squids' kin
Word Help: Synonyms: devilfish, octopus
Clue #7: 17. Marilyn Monroe used eyeliner to darken the one on her cheek
Word Help: Synonyms: bulwark, groin, seawall
Clue #8: 18. Late actor Kilmer
Clue #9: 19. Be off the mark
Clue #10: 20. Number with 12 zeros in the U.S. but 18 zeros in other parts of the world
Clue #11: 23. Cotillion V.I.P.
Word Help: Synonyms: debutante, deb
Clue #12: 24. Top 10 song
Word Help: Synonyms: polish_off, make, smasher
Antonyms: miss
Antonyms: miss
Clue #13: 25. Auntie ___ (food court chain)
Word Help: Synonyms: Anne
Clue #14: 27. Who, What or I Don't Know, to Abbott and Costello
Clue #15: 31. Popular digital wallet service
Clue #16: 35. Non-Rx
Word Help: Synonyms: otc, over-the-counter
Clue #17: 36. Dance instruction
Word Help: Synonyms: mistreat, whole_tone, measure
Clue #18: 38. Jason of "How I Met Your Mother"
Clue #19: 39. One wearing a djellaba robe, typically
Word Help: Synonyms: Arabian, Arab
Clue #20: 41. Outer boundaries, as where this puzzle's theme answers are located
Word Help: Synonyms: inch, edge, adjoin
Clue #21: 44. Hospital fluids
Word Help: Synonyms: serum, blood_serum
Clue #22: 45. Pat ___, three-time N.B.A. Coach of the Year
Word Help: Synonyms: Riley, James_Whitcomb_Riley
Clue #23: 47. Bit of litter by a theater
Word Help: Synonyms: check_stub, stub, nub
Clue #24: 49. It may be picked by the picky
Word Help: Synonyms: nit
Clue #25: 50. Kind of Emmy
Word Help: Synonyms: day, daylight, daytime
Antonyms: night
Antonyms: night
Clue #26: 53. Last Supper guest
Word Help: Synonyms: Apostle, Apostelic_Father, apostle
Clue #27: 55. One end of a battery
Word Help: Synonyms: anode
Antonyms: cathode
Antonyms: cathode
Clue #28: 57. State animal of Utah
Word Help: Synonyms: wapiti, European_elk, Cervus_elaphus_canadensis
Clue #29: 58. Ryder Cup org.
Clue #30: 61. Famous misquote of a James Cagney line from the 1932 film "Taxi!"
Clue #31: 66. Beyond belief
Word Help: Synonyms: unsubstantial, artificial, insubstantial
Antonyms: natural, real
Antonyms: natural, real
Clue #32: 68. Hunk
Word Help: Synonyms: mariner, Jack, old_salt
Clue #33: 69. ___ land
Clue #34: 70. Repeated sounds in "Hey Jude"
Clue #35: 71. From ___ Z
Clue #36: 72. Many moons
Word Help: Synonyms: senesce, years, age
Antonyms: rejuvenate
Antonyms: rejuvenate
Clue #37: 73. Bottom feeder?
Word Help: Synonyms: till, bowl, gutter
Clue #38: 74. Bottom line?
Word Help: Synonyms: ray_of_light, beam, shaft
Clue #39: 75. Bottom dollar?
Word Help: Synonyms: buck, sawhorse, Pearl_Buck
Across Clues and Answers (39)
Clue #1: 1. Side note?
Word Help: Synonyms: memo, memoranda, memorandum
Clue #2: 2. Agreed-___
Clue #3: 3. Prefix with communication
Clue #4: 4. Grow choppers
Word Help: Synonyms: teethe
Clue #5: 5. Get off the ground?
Word Help: Synonyms: levitate, hover
Clue #6: 6. Stressed type: Abbr.
Clue #7: 7. Singer Reese
Clue #8: 8. California college where the writer David Foster Wallace taught English
Clue #9: 9. Unfriendly quality
Word Help: Synonyms: coldness, chill, gelidity
Clue #10: 10. Ave. crossers
Clue #11: 11. Lowly sort
Word Help: Synonyms: anuran, toad_frog, batrachian
Clue #12: 12. Redheaded boy of 1960s TV
Clue #13: 13. Side arm?
Word Help: Synonyms: tree_branch, arm, limb
Clue #14: 21. Parts of eyeglass frames
Word Help: Synonyms: flange, rim, lip
Clue #15: 22. First magazine to feature Steve Jobs on its cover (October 1981)
Word Help: Synonyms: INC, Iraqi_National_Congress
Clue #16: 26. Elvis's "___ Not You"
Clue #17: 27. Side plank?
Word Help: Synonyms: card, dining_table, display_panel
Antonyms: get_off
Antonyms: get_off
Clue #18: 28. Parts of hearts
Word Help: Synonyms: atrium
Clue #19: 29. Like snakes
Word Help: Synonyms: scabrous, scaley, scaly
Clue #20: 30. Mustachioed "Simpsons" character
Clue #21: 32. 007, for one
Word Help: Synonyms: agent, broker, factor
Clue #22: 33. Jeopardy
Word Help: Synonyms: risk, jeopardize, threaten
Clue #23: 34. Side dish?
Word Help: Synonyms: crustal_plate, home, scale
Clue #24: 37. Family-friendly ratings
Clue #25: 40. Onetime alternative to VHS
Word Help: Synonyms: genus_Beta, Beta, beta
Clue #26: 42. Gate info
Word Help: Synonyms: Basque_Fatherland_and_Liberty, eta, Euskadi_ta_Askatasuna
Clue #27: 43. Comic book hero whose secret identity is Conner Kent
Clue #28: 46. Symbol of contrasting principles
Clue #29: 48. Get out of the starting gate fast
Word Help: Synonyms: make_off, abscond, smack
Antonyms: unbolt
Antonyms: unbolt
Clue #30: 51. Bread
Word Help: Synonyms: pelf, dinero, lettuce
Clue #31: 52. End of a professor's address
Clue #32: 54. 1970s space station
Word Help: Synonyms: Skylab
Clue #33: 56. "J. ___" (2011 Clint Eastwood biopic)
Word Help: Synonyms: Edgar
Clue #34: 58. Side kick?
Word Help: Synonyms: Irish_punt, bet_on, game
Clue #35: 59. Growl
Clue #36: 60. River under the Ponte Vecchio
Word Help: Synonyms: River_Arno, Arno, Arno_River
Clue #37: 62. Itty bit
Word Help: Synonyms: scintilla, smidgin, tittle
Clue #38: 63. Prego rival
Clue #39: 64. Guinness of "Star Wars"
Clue #40: 65. Side job?
Word Help: Synonyms: undertaking, job, project
Clue #41: 67. French 101 word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet
Expert Solving Strategies
- Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
- Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
- Check vowel patterns in partially solved words
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