Vox Crossword July 12, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Vox crossword puzzle from July 12, 2025.

Vox Crossword July 12, 2025 Answers

This Vox puzzle from July 12, 2025 contains 70 total clues—33 across and 37 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our Vox crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	Club manager?	CADDIE
7A	Drops on the lawn	DEW
10A	Star performer at a recital	SOLOIST
11A	Extremely simple card game	WAR
12A	Dishes with a DIY, anti-corporate aesthetic?	PUNKCROCKERY
14A	Quick on the ___	UPTAKE
15A	More than the lion's share	ALL
16A	"___ 2K" (sports video game series)	NBA
19A	Personal appearance	MIEN
20A	Waist accessory that hasn't been washed in years?	CRUSTYBELT
24A	"The Undying" author Boyer	ANNE
25A	Word before "torch" or "bar"	TIKI
26A	Appear threateningly	LOOM
27A	What a circle in a Venn diagram represents	SET
28A	"The Menu" actor Hong	CHAU
29A	Tries to hit the ball	SWINGS
31A	T-shirt in the winter, e.g.?	CHILLYTOP
33A	Connector of seas	STRAIT
36A	Merit	EARN
37A	Meow Mix eater	CAT
40A	Speaks softly and lovingly	COOS
41A	"Our Lady" artist López	ALMA
42A	No-loss, no-gain situation	WASH
43A	Precious in a Mormon kind of way?	UTAHCUTESY
46A	"And another thing..."	ALSO
47A	Person wielding the banhammer	MOD
48A	Portuguese greeting	OLA
49A	Highly motivated	DRIVEN
51A	Sweet covering for an apple or a pretzel... and, when reparsed, a feature of one word in each of this puzzle's theme entries?	CANDYCOATING
54A	Home of WWE on cable	USA
55A	Enhance	AUGMENT
56A	Big Hit Music's biggest act	BTS
57A	"No you don't" response	YESIDO

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Creator's creations	CONTENT
2D	Hydrocarbon with single bonds	ALKANE
3D	Place to moor a boat	DOCK
4D	"Battleship" success	DIRECTHIT
5D	Hoping to find, in personal ads	ISO
6D	"...you get the idea"	ETC
7D	Resided	DWELT
8D	Before the crowds arrive, maybe	EARLY
9D	Sardonic	WRY
10D	Flat on one's back	SUPINE
12D	Cougars, by another name	PUMAS
13D	"Eve's Bayou" director Lemmons	KASI
16D	Like highlighters, typically	NEON
17D	Place for personal updates	BLOG
18D	Bank foyer installations	ATMS
21D	Currency that's an anagram of "lira"	RIAL
22D	Instrument introduced to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants	UKULELE
23D	Blink-and-you'll-miss-it anomaly	BLIP
28D	Greek letter often used to abbreviate "Christ"	CHI
29D	They may be taken in by the pound	STRAYDOGS
30D	Emerged victorious	WON
31D	Paper alternative to plastic	CASH
32D	Vegetables mentioned in "King Kunta"	YAMS
33D	Pond growth	ALGAE
34D	Animal in "The Wiz"	TOTO
35D	"Why did the chicken cross the ___?"	ROAD
37D	"Invisible Cities" novelist Italo	CALVINO
38D	Authorization	ASSENT
39D	Minimal bikini bottom	THONG
41D	Slightly	ATAD
42D	Stood in line	WAITED
44D	Bike without pedaling	COAST
45D	Bones next to radiuses	ULNAS
50D	"No Time to Die" actor Malek	RAMI
51D	Den baby	CUB
52D	"That's great news!"	YAY
53D	Stick in a pool hall	CUE