NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 15, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 15, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Dena R. VerkuilEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 33

  1. 1Like the culture depicted in Safiya Sinclair's best-selling memoir "How to Say Babylon" ↗RASTA
  2. 6English translation of the Dutch "klompen" ↗CLOGS
  3. 11Robotic error message ↗DOESNOTCOMPUTE
  4. 15Sooner rather than later ↗INTHENEARFUTURE
  5. 17Preps for a photo shoot, say ↗STYLES
  6. 18Rest areas ↗SPAS
  7. 19Engage in pugilism ↗BOX
  8. 20Rock alternative ↗PAPER
  9. 21X, as in Mexico ↗BESO
  10. 22In ↗CHIC
  11. 23Touching event? ↗EPEE
  12. 24Forecast ↗BODE
  13. 25Some like it hot ↗SAUCE
  14. 26Didn't follow ↗LED
  15. 27Itsy-bitsy ↗MINI
  16. 28Like one part of the SAT ↗VERBAL
  17. 29Typical yearbook photos ↗HEADSHOTS
  18. 31Sisal and others ↗FIBERS
  19. 34It can add up ↗MATH
  20. 35A real piece of work ↗JOB
  21. 38That feeling "when the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine" ↗AMORE
  22. 39Word before piece and after peace ↗TIME
  23. 40Glazier's replacement ↗PANE
  24. 41Some sky lights, in brief ↗UFOS
  25. 42Person with fire power ↗BOSS
  26. 43Miso soup base ↗DASHI
  27. 44Director's cry ↗CUT
  28. 45One of four suits in a tarot deck ↗CUPS
  29. 46Source of schadenfreude? ↗GERMAN
  30. 47"Let me handle this" ↗ILLDOTHETALKING
  31. 50Small businesses that generally don't require permits ↗LEMONADESTANDS
  32. 51Sensitive subject? ↗GSPOT
  33. 52Figure on the $10,000 bill, the largest U.S. note ever in public circulation ↗CHASE

Down 37

  1. 1Corrected autocorrect, say ↗RETYPED
  2. 2Younger Simpson sister ↗ASHLEE
  3. 3Mean mien ↗SNEER
  4. 4Freight weights ↗TONS
  5. 5Had one's cake, say ↗ATE
  6. 6Body of Agatha Christie's work? ↗CORPSE
  7. 7"u r freaking hilarious!" ↗LMFAO
  8. 8Work with a number ↗OPUS
  9. 9Eviscerate ↗GUT
  10. 10Ticket exchange site since 2000 ↗STUBHUB
  11. 11Banish ↗DISPEL
  12. 12Like old voice mail messages ↗ONTAPE
  13. 13Order in the court? ↗CASEDISMISSED
  14. 14Symphony that marked the beginning of Beethoven's "middle period" ↗EROICA
  15. 16Office program ↗EXCEL
  16. 21My word! ↗BOND
  17. 22Saturn and Mercury ↗CARS
  18. 24Favoritism ↗BIAS
  19. 25First name in late-night ↗SETH
  20. 27Just ↗MERE
  21. 28Primary action ↗VOTE
  22. 29Partner of his ↗HERS
  23. 30They can be cured ↗HAMS
  24. 31"On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service" memoirist, 2024 ↗FAUCI
  25. 32"Nothing more for me, thank you" ↗IMFULL
  26. 33Illegal musical recording, e.g. ↗BOOTLEG
  27. 35Fragrant flower whose name means "gift from God" ↗JASMINE
  28. 36In stock ↗ONHAND
  29. 37They're alive ↗BEINGS
  30. 39Bit of attire that might accompany a cane ↗TOPHAT
  31. 40Some products sold by Patagonia ↗PARKAS
  32. 42"On the contrary …" ↗BUTNO
  33. 43Area around a mouth ↗DELTA
  34. 45Place to brood ↗COOP
  35. 46Cause for stitches ↗GASH
  36. 48Hits up, as on TikTok ↗DMS
  37. 49P.I. ↗TEC