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Across answers
- 1A. De bugs? — INSECTS
- 8A. Make funnier, as jokes — PUNCH UP
- 9A. “Life is like a box of chocolates,” for example — ANALOGY
- 10A. Dot on a domino — PIP
- 11A. In an upbeat mood — CHIPPER
- 15A. Important topic in sex education — CONSENT
- 16A. Leaves the Union — SECEDES
Down answers
- 1D. Hoppy order at a happy hour — IPA
- 2D. Convent member — NUN
- 3D. Tech company with a bright yellow color scheme and ghost logo — SNAP INC
- 4D. Sun block? — ECLIPSE
- 5D. Like many ingredients in a Cobb salad — CHOPPED
- 6D. Pull sharply — TUG
- 7D. One with a secret identity — SPY
- 11D. Syringe amts. — CCS
- 12D. Garden tool with a long handle — HOE
- 13D. Opposite of WSW — ENE
- 14D. Certain football linemen: Abbr. — RTS
Answer discrepancy on 6D and 7D
Parade and Try Hard Guides list TUG for 6D and SPY for 7D. Forbes instead lists YANK and HERO for those clues. The two matching guides support TUG and SPY, but an official NYT solution page for this edition could not be confirmed.
About this edition
This is the puzzle dated Saturday, July 26, 2025. Parade published its answer guide the previous evening, July 25, at 10:20 p.m. EDT. The consulted guides do not establish a constructor credit.
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- Parade’s July 26, 2025 answer guide
- Try Hard Guides’ July 26, 2025 answer guide
- Forbes’ July 26, 2025 answer guide
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