Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman" Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman"” from the New York Times crossword of July 27, 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 27, 2025
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BARNUM is the answer to “Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman"”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 6-letter answer that starts with B.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: RABMUN.
Hint 3 Another clue
It starts with B and ends with M.
More clues from the New York Times (July 27, 2025)
Across
- 1. Maintains, as a superstition8 letters, starts with CCLINGSTO
- 9. Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman"6 letters, starts with BBARNUM
- 15. "Same with me"5 letters, starts with AASAMI
- 20. Not funny9 letters, starts with HHUMORLESS
- 22. Ralph Ellison novel about a nameless protagonist's journey in racist America12 letters, starts with IINVISIBLEMAN
- 24. Forgiving middle-aged dads for their dad jokes, say?22 letters, starts with EEXONERATINGGENERATIONX
- 26. Picket line?5 letters, starts with FFENCE
- 27. Bud in Cooperstown5 letters, starts with SSELIG
- 28. Dorm room staple food5 letters, starts with RRAMEN
- 29. Cross-country conveyances4 letters, starts with SSKIS
- 30. Darth Vader's childhood nickname3 letters, starts with AANI
- 32. Inflexible5 letters, starts with RRIGID
- 34. Have away with words?4 letters, starts with EEDIT
- 36. Muppet of Mexican descent6 letters, starts with RROSITA
- 39. Knows just when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, maybe6 letters, starts with CCHEATS
- 42. Gives lip6 letters, starts with SSASSES
- 47. Attire for Larry Page and Sergey Brin when visiting Google incognito?22 letters, starts with TTECHNOCRATSTRENCHCOATS
- 51. Columbus sch.3 letters, starts with OOSU
- 52. Carnage4 letters, starts with GGORE
- 53. Down Easter6 letters, starts with MMAINER
- 54. One with a set of pipes5 letters, starts with OORGAN
- 55. Come out of one's shell4 letters, starts with MMOLT
- 57. Sherlock's sister on TV5 letters, starts with EENOLA
- 60. ___ bag4 letters, starts with SSWAG
- 62. Much-maligned 2019 movie about which one review said "It's 'Battlefield Earth' with whiskers"4 letters, starts with CCATS
- 63. One of classical music's Three B's6 letters, starts with BBRAHMS
- 66. Landscaper's supply5 letters, starts with MMULCH
- 69. Tundra or taiga5 letters, starts with BBIOME
- 71. "You think that hunk of junk'll pass inspection? Please!"?22 letters, starts with SSTREETLEGALLETSGETREAL
- 78. Trademarked refrigerant5 letters, starts with FFREON
- 79. Uncle Sam's land, informally5 letters, starts with UUSOFA
- 80. Lithe6 letters, starts with SSVELTE
- 81. +/-4 letters, starts with OORSO
- 84. Drink mixed in mixed drinks4 letters, starts with SSODA
- 86. Handy5 letters, starts with UUTILE
- 89. Avatar of Vishnu4 letters, starts with RRAMA
- 90. Back in, in a way5 letters, starts with RRETRO
- 92. Try to hit in laser tag6 letters, starts with FFIREAT
- 95. Older sister of Rachel, in Genesis4 letters, starts with LLEAH
- 98. Basic BASIC statements3 letters, starts with IIFS
- 99. Real chess playa?22 letters, starts with CCHECKMATINGCHICKMAGNET
- 104. Contemporary of Gauss and Faraday6 letters, starts with AAMPERE
- 105. James who played Scotty on "Star Trek"6 letters, starts with DDOOHAN
- 106. "No ___, Bob"6 letters, starts with SSIRREE
- 107. Part of une pièce de théâtre4 letters, starts with AACTE
- 110. Plunderers of Rome5 letters, starts with GGAULS
- 112. Hindu honorific3 letters, starts with SSRI
- 113. Clock toggle4 letters, starts with AAMPM
- 117. Hollowed out, as an apple5 letters, starts with CCORED
- 120. Hogwarts's "Half-Blood Prince"5 letters, starts with SSNAPE
- 122. Burnt pigment5 letters, starts with UUMBER
- 126. Greeting from a famous Italian character to a famous Italian American actress?22 letters, starts with MMARISATOMEIITSAMEMARIO
- 130. DC power player in the late 1800s?12 letters, starts with TTHOMASEDISON
- 131. Good thing to play in a trick-taking game9 letters, starts with TTRUMPCARD
- 132. Magical symbol5 letters, starts with SSIGIL
- 133. Dispensing, with "out"6 letters, starts with MMETING
- 134. Art lovers8 letters, starts with EESTHETES
Down
- 1. One always cooking up new ideas?4 letters, starts with CCHEF
- 2. Ritzy4 letters, starts with LLUXE
- 3. "That's my cue"4 letters, starts with IIMON
- 4. ___ compensation (stock options, for instance)7 letters, starts with NNONCASH
- 5. Revegetation, e.g.8 letters, starts with GGREENING
- 6. Canon option, in brief3 letters, starts with SSLR
- 7. They may be Thai or chai4 letters, starts with TTEAS
- 8. Cuisinart competitor5 letters, starts with OOSTER
- 9. Noted rapper with an oxymoronic name12 letters, starts with BBIGGIESMALLS
- 10. Director Lee3 letters, starts with AANG
- 11. Traveler in no need of hotels, for short4 letters, starts with RRVER
- 12. Columbian caravel4 letters, starts with NNINA
- 13. "I'm your guy"5 letters, starts with UUSEME
- 14. Bogged down5 letters, starts with MMIRED
- 15. ___-right (political category)3 letters, starts with AALT
- 16. Twice tres4 letters, starts with SSEIS
- 17. Out of control4 letters, starts with AAMOK
- 18. Nail salon request, familiarly4 letters, starts with MMANI
- 19. 1980s band among Australia's all-time best-selling groups4 letters, starts with IINXS
- 21. Quartz compound6 letters, starts with SSILICA
- 23. Cast out6 letters, starts with BBANISH
- 25. When doubled, "Sleep well"5 letters, starts with NNIGHT
- 31. Langston Hughes poem that begins "___, sing America"4 letters, starts with IITOO
- 33. Word with mine or dump4 letters, starts with DDATA
- 35. ___ the Town (punny fast-food restaurant name)4 letters, starts with TTACO
- 36. Vacation package offerer, perhaps6 letters, starts with RRESORT
- 37. Visionary?6 letters, starts with OOCULAR
- 38. Lot unit4 letters, starts with AACRE
- 40. Prefix with angular3 letters, starts with TTRI
- 41. D.C. 100: Abbr.4 letters, starts with SSENS
- 43. Mickey Mouse's boss in "Fantasia"8 letters, starts with SSORCERER
- 44. Whale of a tale4 letters, starts with SSAGA
- 45. Géorgie, par exemple4 letters, starts with EETAT
- 46. Identity thief's acquisitions, in brief4 letters, starts with SSSNS
- 47. The pyramids, essentially5 letters, starts with TTOMBS
- 48. Stimpy's TV pal3 letters, starts with RREN
- 49. Rookies5 letters, starts with NNEWBS
- 50. Bond's man?5 letters, starts with CCRAIG
- 56. Skill taught to Luke Skywalker8 letters, starts with TTHEFORCE
- 58. Texter's gasp3 letters, starts with OOMG
- 59. Feast with kalua pig4 letters, starts with LLUAU
- 61. Skedaddles4 letters, starts with GGOES
- 64. ___ de Glace (glacier in the French Alps)3 letters, starts with MMER
- 65. Fr. holy women4 letters, starts with SSTES
- 67. Desperate pursuit of fame, in modern lingo12 letters, starts with CCLOUTCHASING
- 68. Weight4 letters, starts with HHEFT
- 70. Channel that popularized video jockeys3 letters, starts with MMTV
- 72. Shower scrubber5 letters, starts with LLOOFA
- 73. Split5 letters, starts with EENDIT
- 74. Mai ___3 letters, starts with TTAI
- 75. TV friend of Jerry, George and Kramer6 letters, starts with EELAINE
- 76. Money for your money6 letters, starts with AATMFEE
- 77. Slightest5 letters, starts with LLEAST
- 81. Black-and-white hunter4 letters, starts with OORCA
- 82. Longtime NPR host Diane4 letters, starts with RREHM
- 83. Part of a flight4 letters, starts with SSTEP
- 85. Bone-dry4 letters, starts with AARID
- 87. Business entity inits.3 letters, starts with LLLC
- 88. Shrill cries4 letters, starts with EEEKS
- 91. Slimy veggie4 letters, starts with OOKRA
- 93. Brian who co-founded the Long Now Foundation3 letters, starts with EENO
- 94. In awe4 letters, starts with AAGOG
- 96. Chums, in Chamonix4 letters, starts with AAMIS
- 97. "Bah, humbug!"8 letters, starts with HHARRUMPH
- 100. Nashville and New Orleans, for musicians6 letters, starts with MMECCAS
- 101. Stomping ground5 letters, starts with HHAUNT
- 102. Bringing up the rear6 letters, starts with IINLAST
- 103. [Yuck!]7 letters, starts with GGRIMACE
- 108. Sacred object5 letters, starts with TTOTEM
- 109. Lose ground?5 letters, starts with EERODE
- 111. Slash on a scoresheet5 letters, starts with SSPARE
- 113. Qtys.4 letters, starts with AAMTS
- 114. When repeated, a tropical fish4 letters, starts with MMAHI
- 115. ___ rock (genre for Pink Floyd and Dream Theater, familiarly)4 letters, starts with PPROG
- 116. Apt name for a narcissist?4 letters, starts with MMIMI
- 118. Release4 letters, starts with EEMIT
- 119. He loved Lucy4 letters, starts with DDESI
- 121. Nesting pair in the Outback4 letters, starts with EEMUS
- 123. Army ___4 letters, starts with BBRAT
- 124. The Emerald Isle4 letters, starts with EEIRE
- 125. Photosensitive cells4 letters, starts with RRODS
- 127. Seasoning for una margarita3 letters, starts with SSAL
- 128. Bit of plasma3 letters, starts with IION
- 129. One whose uniform bears the Star of Life, for short3 letters, starts with EEMT
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Questions
What is the answer to “Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman"”?
BARNUM, 6 letters.
When was “Subject of the 2017 musical film "The Greatest Showman"” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of July 27, 2025.
How many letters does the answer have?
6 letters, starting with B.