NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 14, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 14, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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The Grid

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Across 38

  1. 1Molecule that stores energy in the body, in brief ↗ATP
  2. 4Word before rope or scare ↗JUMP
  3. 8Loose-limbed ↗LITHE
  4. 13Talk like a tippler ↗SLUR
  5. 14Far from shore ↗ASEA
  6. 15City on the Nile … or a punny end to the joke "When a tight-knit group of cygnets votes, they vote ___" ↗ASWAN
  7. 16Do a collie's work ↗HERD
  8. 17["I'll take 'Tennis' for $200, Ken"] It means nothing ↗WHATISLOVE
  9. 19Pre-med track precursor, in brief ↗APBIO
  10. 21Cookie holder ↗TIN
  11. 22Not many ↗AFEW
  12. 23["Let's go with 'Nickname's the Same' for $400"] Bruce Springsteen, Lance Armstrong and Melissa McCarthy in a 2016 comedy ↗WHOSTHEBOSS
  13. 27Transistor states ↗ONS
  14. 28Honda luxury brand ↗ACURA
  15. 29Over yonder ↗THAR
  16. 31Bubbles, e.g. ↗ORBS
  17. 34Hauls ↗LUGS
  18. 36Muscle-and-bone doc ↗ORTHO
  19. 39["Give me 'The Academy' for $600"] This was only the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, after "Beauty and the Beast" ↗WHATSUP
  20. 41["How about 'Sports and Comedy' for $800"] He was on first base, per Abbott and Costello ↗WHOSWHO
  21. 43The Supreme Court justices, collectively ↗NONET
  22. 44Charlie's Angels, e.g. ↗TRIO
  23. 46Swanky ↗POSH
  24. 47Doubled or tripled, say ↗GREW
  25. 49Gas brand with a torch in its logo ↗AMOCO
  26. 51Savanna prey ↗GNU
  27. 53["I'll try 'Painted Ladies' for $1,000"] This piece by Impressionist Mary Cassatt shows two women enjoying a drink ↗WHATSTHETEA
  28. 58Kelly of morning TV ↗RIPA
  29. 60Guile ↗ART
  30. 61Key ring? ↗ATOLL
  31. 62At risk … or where one might hear the clue-and-answer pairs at 17-, 23-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across? ↗INJEOPARDY
  32. 66"Thus with a kiss ___" (Romeo's final words) ↗IDIE
  33. 67Sea inlet surrounded by steep cliffs ↗FJORD
  34. 68In one's birthday suit ↗BARE
  35. 69Try to win over ↗COAX
  36. 70Hasbro word game that comes with a 60-second hourglass ↗TABOO
  37. 71Go like a geyser ↗SPEW
  38. 72Word after kick or dumb ↗ASS

Down 40

  1. 1Hebrew leader? ↗ALEPH
  2. 2Booster for a dragster ↗TURBO
  3. 3Result of a scandal going viral, in brief ↗PRDISASTER
  4. 4Prominent feature of a hippopotamus or crocodile ↗JAW
  5. 5Escort in the theater, informally ↗USH
  6. 6Human, to a robot ↗MEATBAG
  7. 7Outdoor party area ↗PATIO
  8. 8___ Palmas, capital of the Canaries ↗LAS
  9. 9Cuba o Puerto Rico ↗ISLA
  10. 10A winning scenario in a best-of-three game ↗TWOFORTWO
  11. 11Sanctuary ↗HAVEN
  12. 12TV show that has existed since before online media, despite what its name suggests ↗ENEWS
  13. 13"Man and Superman" playwright ↗SHAW
  14. 18Tech sch. ↗INST
  15. 20Like easy-to-get meds, in brief ↗OTC
  16. 24Peacock competitor ↗HULU
  17. 25Go off ↗ERUPT
  18. 26Drive off ↗SHOO
  19. 30Horatian work of ca. 18 B.C. ↗ARSPOETICA
  20. 31Not rent, say ↗OWN
  21. 32Greek letter that looks like "p" ↗RHO
  22. 33Incredible work ↗BANGUPJOB
  23. 35Does some strokes ↗SWIMS
  24. 37Dept. that oversees the F.D.A. ↗HHS
  25. 38"Look at that!" ↗OOH
  26. 40Gumbo, for one ↗STEW
  27. 42Terrifying sound for a field mouse ↗HOOT
  28. 45Terrifying device for a field mouse ↗RATTRAP
  29. 48Larrup ↗WHAP
  30. 50When repeated, a dance ↗CHA
  31. 51Dirty money ↗GRIFT
  32. 52Symbol of stealth ↗NINJA
  33. 54Emiratis, e.g. ↗ARABS
  34. 55Some list items ↗TODOS
  35. 56Mount St. ___, second-highest mountain in Canada ↗ELIAS
  36. 57Trebek who once hosted this puzzle's theme ↗ALEX
  37. 59Nestlé chocolate bar ↗AERO
  38. 63Lead-in to meter ↗ODO
  39. 64Grammy-winning Dr. ___ ↗DRE
  40. 65Poison source in Agatha Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye" ↗YEW