NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 16, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 16, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 33

  1. 1Beauty lounge, of a sort ↗BLOWDRYBAR
  2. 11Calm ↗HUSH
  3. 15Mexico's Chamber of Deputies or France's National Assembly, for example ↗LOWERHOUSE
  4. 16Cash on hand? ↗ANTE
  5. 17French kiss kissers ↗OPENMOUTHS
  6. 18Pull ↗SWAY
  7. 19Leading counsel? ↗BESTADVICE
  8. 20Parting word ↗TATA
  9. 21One of the First Nations ↗CREE
  10. 22Tied up ↗ALLEVEN
  11. 24Évariste ___, 19th-century French math prodigy for whom a differential theory is named ↗GALOIS
  12. 27Melancholy 1964 #1 hit for Bobby Vinton ↗MRLONELY
  13. 28Sponge brand originally spelled with two hyphens ↗OCELO
  14. 29Spots ↗SITES
  15. 30N.B.A. stat: Abbr. ↗REB
  16. 31Slightly ↗ATAD
  17. 32Practitioner of black magic ↗HEXER
  18. 33Kind of box for media watchers ↗TIVO
  19. 34"___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift holiday song) ↗TIS
  20. 35Machine for a highway crew ↗PAVER
  21. 36Like bismuth and bitcoin ↗MINED
  22. 37Swimwear that can be worn as shorts ↗BOARDIES
  23. 39Full of snickers ↗GIGGLY
  24. 40Try to break, as a bad habit ↗UNLEARN
  25. 41Curve that's high and outside? ↗ARCH
  26. 42Abbreviated first name found three times on the signed Declaration of Independence ↗THOS
  27. 431990 novelty dance inspired by a comics superhero ↗THEBARTMAN
  28. 48Staple of an outdoor reception ↗TENT
  29. 49Became a marquee name, say ↗ROSETOFAME
  30. 50Logical connective ↗ERGO
  31. 51Lovers of "Emma" and "Persuasion" ↗AUSTENITES
  32. 52Equine color ↗ROAN
  33. 53Way to begin gaming, say ↗PRESSSTART

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  1. 1Appearance of the marine creature called "by-the-wind sailor" ↗BLOB
  2. 2Run easily ↗LOPE
  3. 3Hasn't settled up ↗OWES
  4. 4Foundered, as an investigation ↗WENTCOLD
  5. 5Nintendo title character with a head mirror ↗DRMARIO
  6. 6Largest of the Dodecanese Islands ↗RHODES
  7. 7"___ changed" ↗YOUVE
  8. 8"___ disagree" ↗BUTI
  9. 9Barack Obama's final secretary of defense (2015-17) ↗ASHCARTER
  10. 10One who profits from eBay, say ↗RESELLER
  11. 11Expedite ↗HASTEN
  12. 12Rock solid ↗UNWAVERING
  13. 13Where the 10th Amendment leaves many issues ↗STATELEVEL
  14. 14Call to whomever ↗HEYANYBODY
  15. 23___ Alamitos, Calif. ↗LOS
  16. 24Dairy spread in a health food store ↗GOATBUTTER
  17. 25Bond classification ↗ACTIONHERO
  18. 26Tony-winning actress who provided the singing voice for the Disney princesses Jasmine and Mulan ↗LEASALONGA
  19. 27Is a social butterfly ↗MIXES
  20. 29Like a typical flight from New York to London ↗SEVENHOUR
  21. 32Shower drain protector ↗HAIRTRAP
  22. 33Property of a wet suit or shapewear ↗TIGHTFIT
  23. 35Smack in the middle of a crowd, in brief? ↗PDA
  24. 36Units for measuring bacteria and dust ↗MICRONS
  25. 38Surmount ↗RESTON
  26. 39Hazards for high heels ↗GRATES
  27. 41Provides job assistance? ↗ABETS
  28. 44To be, to Brutus ↗ESSE
  29. 45___ Hari ↗MATA
  30. 46Part of A.S.L.: Abbr. ↗AMER
  31. 47Group of spies, say ↗NEST