Only major Texas city not in the Central time zone Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Only major Texas city not in the Central time zone” from the New York Times crossword of July 6, 2025? It has 6 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, JULY 6, 2025
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ELPASO is the answer to “Only major Texas city not in the Central time zone”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 6-letter answer that starts with E.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: PLEOSA.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “West Texas city”.
More clues from the New York Times (July 6, 2025)
Across
- 1. Philosopher who wrote "The bureaucracy is a circle from which no one can escape"4 letters, starts with MMARX
- 5. So4 letters, starts with EERGO
- 9. ___ folder4 letters, starts with SSPAM
- 13. Sphinx site4 letters, starts with GGIZA
- 17. Prevailing fashion5 letters, starts with VVOGUE
- 18. Cranked up to 11, say4 letters, starts with LLOUD
- 19. Italian seasoning4 letters, starts with PPEPE
- 20. Manga's film counterpart5 letters, starts with AANIME
- 22. Its freedom is granted in the First Amendment5 letters, starts with PPRESS
- 23. Pitchfork-shaped letters4 letters, starts with PPSIS
- 24. Ward (off)4 letters, starts with FFEND
- 25. Predator with a big mouth, informally5 letters, starts with GGATOR
- 26. Meeting, for short4 letters, starts with SSESH
- 27. Post4 letters, starts with MMAIL
- 28. Princess portrayed by Carrie Fisher4 letters, starts with LLEIA
- 30. Send from bank to bank4 letters, starts with WWIRE
- 31. Is completely oblivious … or a hint to finding the fourth key letter in this puzzle15 letters, starts with DDOESNTHAVEACLUE
- 37. Depleted, as savings7 letters, starts with AATEINTO
- 40. Hauled5 letters, starts with TTOTED
- 41. Dishonorable7 letters, starts with IIGNOBLE
- 45. Moolah6 letters, starts with DDINERO
- 46. Lover of Shakespeare5 letters, starts with RROMEO
- 47. Bruce Wayne's butler6 letters, starts with AALFRED
- 48. Subj. of arms talks3 letters, starts with WWMD
- 49. Mario's dinosaur sidekick5 letters, starts with YYOSHI
- 52. "I wish I could ___ that!"5 letters, starts with UUNSEE
- 55. Fruit picker of old3 letters, starts with EEVE
- 56. Make amends (for)5 letters, starts with AATONE
- 58. Credit card checkout option3 letters, starts with TTAP
- 59. ___ particle3 letters, starts with TTAU
- 60. Word with bullet or toilet5 letters, starts with TTRAIN
- 62. Tennis's Nadal, to fans4 letters, starts with RRAFA
- 63. Japanese honorific3 letters, starts with SSAN
- 64. Deg. with courses on accounting and management3 letters, starts with MMBA
- 66. Squeaks (by)4 letters, starts with EEKES
- 67. Channel with the onetime motto "On Cable. In Stereo"3 letters, starts with MMTV
- 68. "___ be a shame ..."3 letters, starts with IITD
- 70. Liberty Mutual's bird mascot3 letters, starts with EEMU
- 71. Physique, informally3 letters, starts with BBOD
- 72. Trickster of Greek myth6 letters, starts with HHERMES
- 74. Closest world capital to Miami6 letters, starts with NNASSAU
- 76. –3 letters, starts with TTEE
- 78. Remove from power4 letters, starts with OOUST
- 79. Museo display4 letters, starts with AARTE
- 80. ___ Mahal3 letters, starts with TTAJ
- 83. Bobby of the Boston Bruins3 letters, starts with OORR
- 84. ___ mater4 letters, starts with AALMA
- 85. Muck4 letters, starts with MMIRE
- 86. Place appropriately found in "gets pampered"3 letters, starts with SSPA
- 87. Philosopher's "way"3 letters, starts with TTAO
- 88. Personal appearance4 letters, starts with MMIEN
- 89. Children's author Blyton4 letters, starts with EENID
- 90. M&M color replaced by blue in 19953 letters, starts with TTAN
- 91. "Stat!"4 letters, starts with AASAP
- 93. "The Little Mermaid" hit … or a phonetic hint to finding the third key letter in this puzzle11 letters, starts with UUNDERTHESEA
- 99. Fir coat?4 letters, starts with BBARK
- 100. Preceded, with "to"5 letters, starts with LLEDUP
- 102. Element in strobe lights5 letters, starts with XXENON
- 103. Like witches and gourds5 letters, starts with WWARTY
- 104. Cone's partner3 letters, starts with RROD
- 106. It often comes out at night7 letters, starts with DDENTURE
- 108. Was out of sight3 letters, starts with HHID
- 109. Kids' ball game played on a court … or a hint to finding the second key letter in this puzzle10 letters, starts with FFOURSQUARE
- 113. Famed street in Beverly Hills10 letters, starts with RRODEODRIVE
- 118. Become discouraged9 letters, starts with LLOSEHEART
- 119. One taking the words right out of your mouth?9 letters, starts with LLIPREADER
- 120. Mimicked4 letters, starts with AAPED
- 121. Odd pair?4 letters, starts with DDEES
- 122. Low-fat4 letters, starts with LLEAN
- 123. Purchases from florists4 letters, starts with PPOTS
Down
- 1. Toddler's demand4 letters, starts with MMORE
- 2. Board game recommendation4 letters, starts with AAGES
- 3. "Midnight's Children" author, 19817 letters, starts with RRUSHDIE
- 4. Spot markers3 letters, starts with XXES
- 5. Only major Texas city not in the Central time zone6 letters, starts with EELPASO
- 6. Substance that's used by cellists and gymnasts5 letters, starts with RROSIN
- 7. Journey in which you might carry quite a load?9 letters, starts with GGUILTTRIP
- 8. Has too much, for short3 letters, starts with OODS
- 9. Beach bottle inits.3 letters, starts with SSPF
- 10. Burned rubber9 letters, starts with PPEELEDOUT
- 11. Breathing problem at night5 letters, starts with AAPNEA
- 12. Onetime wealthiest family in Europe6 letters, starts with MMEDICI
- 13. Kind of joke … or a response to a really bad one3 letters, starts with GGAG
- 14. Revering7 letters, starts with IINAWEOF
- 15. Rigatoni relative4 letters, starts with ZZITI
- 16. Cupid's domain4 letters, starts with AAMOR
- 17. Number twos, in brief3 letters, starts with VVPS
- 21. Before, poetically3 letters, starts with EERE
- 27. Famous movement (and hashtag) of the late 2010s5 letters, starts with MMETOO
- 29. Unwanted growth in fish tanks5 letters, starts with AALGAE
- 32. Typical patty melt specification5 letters, starts with OONRYE
- 33. With "boo," it evokes sadness – with "woo," it evokes happiness3 letters, starts with HHOO
- 34. Put a PIN in it3 letters, starts with AATM
- 35. Flock formation3 letters, starts with VVEE
- 36. Awaiting renters5 letters, starts with UUNLET
- 37. Battle between Verizon and AT&T, e.g.5 letters, starts with AADWAR
- 38. Popular chocolate biscuit from Down Under6 letters, starts with TTIMTAM
- 39. Final stop … or a hint to finding the first key letter in this puzzle12 letters, starts with EENDOFTHEROAD
- 42. Person everyone's talking about … or what you'll be after unlocking the lock and completing this puzzle?12 letters, starts with BBREAKOUTSTAR
- 43. Imposed, as a fine6 letters, starts with LLEVIED
- 44. Wonderlands5 letters, starts with EEDENS
- 50. Washington and Franklin, e.g.9 letters, starts with SSTATESMEN
- 51. Breaking maneuver9 letters, starts with HHANDSTAND
- 53. Tattle9 letters, starts with NNAMENAMES
- 54. Hero … or where to find many naval heroes9 letters, starts with SSUBMARINE
- 57. Place for a pew4 letters, starts with NNAVE
- 61. Country music star with 24 #1 singles and an eponymous sitcom4 letters, starts with RREBA
- 63. Star of Marvel's first film with an Asian-led cast7 letters, starts with SSIMULIU
- 65. Where "the hills are alive" in song7 letters, starts with AAUSTRIA
- 69. [Insert key here]4 letters, starts with EEXIT
- 73. Make calls on one's cellphone abroad4 letters, starts with RROAM
- 75. Bit of chia or hemp4 letters, starts with SSEED
- 76. Add up to5 letters, starts with TTOTAL
- 77. Wipe, as from memory5 letters, starts with EERASE
- 81. Split up5 letters, starts with AAPART
- 82. Of extremely unreliable quality, in slang5 letters, starts with JJANKY
- 92. Ran smoothly, as an engine6 letters, starts with PPURRED
- 94. Applies, as influence6 letters, starts with EEXERTS
- 95. Painter Magritte4 letters, starts with RRENE
- 96. Big boomer, for short3 letters, starts with TTNT
- 97. Word after "man of the" or "top of the"4 letters, starts with HHOUR
- 98. Sign up6 letters, starts with EENROLL
- 99. Negative reputation, informally6 letters, starts with BBADRAP
- 101. Ritzy4 letters, starts with PPOSH
- 103. ___-eyed4 letters, starts with WWIDE
- 105. Gave a red card, informally4 letters, starts with DDQED
- 106. Alternative to truth4 letters, starts with DDARE
- 107. Actress Falco of "The Sopranos"4 letters, starts with EEDIE
- 108. Sousaphone, e.g.4 letters, starts with HHORN
- 109. State for snowbirds: Abbr.3 letters, starts with FFLA
- 110. Alley ___3 letters, starts with OOOP
- 111. Function3 letters, starts with UUSE
- 112. Home of the world's tallest bldg.3 letters, starts with UUAE
- 114. Org. concerned with ozone depletion3 letters, starts with EEPA
- 115. Words in front of a minister or a judge3 letters, starts with IIDO
- 116. Cat scanner?3 letters, starts with VVET
- 117. CPR sites3 letters, starts with EERS
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Questions
What is the answer to “Only major Texas city not in the Central time zone”?
ELPASO, 6 letters.
When was “Only major Texas city not in the Central time zone” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of July 6, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
6 letters, starting with E.