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NYT Crossword Answers Aug 17, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 17, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 59

  1. 1Sign off on ↗AGREETO
  2. 8Feel the pain ↗SUFFER
  3. 14One of music's Three B's ↗BACH
  4. 18They're paving the way ↗ROADGANG
  5. 20Island with ferries to Ibiza ↗MINORCA
  6. 21Tangent line? ↗ALSO
  7. 22One of the better morning beverages? ↗NOTYOURAVERAGEOJ
  8. 24Zoom background option ↗BLUR
  9. 25Hrs. for Augusta in August ↗EDT
  10. 26"___ Q" (1968 hit) ↗SUZIE
  11. 27Styling substance ↗GEL
  12. 28"C'mon, the car door's open!" ↗GETIN
  13. 29Avoid ___ (GPS option) ↗TOLLS
  14. 32Slice of the economy ↗SECTOR
  15. 35First non-English-language film to win Best Picture ↗PARASITE
  16. 37Just one inning left after this? ↗THEEIGHTHUNDERWAY
  17. 40Annual gala locale, with "the" ↗MET
  18. 41Meat sauce in Italian cooking ↗RAGU
  19. 42Go-getter sorts ↗TYPEAS
  20. 43Trifling ↗MERE
  21. 45View from the Quai d'Orsay ↗SEINE
  22. 47Character with a Jamaican accent in Disney's "The Little Mermaid" ↗SEBASTIAN
  23. 51How a mountain road may rise or fall ↗STEEPLY
  24. 54Threads, e.g. ↗APP
  25. 57Query of worry ↗AREYOUOK
  26. 59Units on a multimeter ↗OHMS
  27. 60Seasoning preference when eating Maryland blue crab? ↗EXTRAOLDBAY
  28. 64Berry plant related to a hawthorn ↗SLOE
  29. 65The lion in summer? ↗LEO
  30. 66"So here's my question ..." ↗IASKYOU
  31. 67Humorous ending with hater ↗ADE
  32. 68Sephora competitor ↗ULTA
  33. 70Two-pound tomahawk steak, for instance? ↗JUMBOENTREE
  34. 74Underwater respirator ↗GILL
  35. 75Home on the internet, perhaps ↗MAINPAGE
  36. 77Prescriptions, for short ↗RXS
  37. 78Arouses ↗EXCITES
  38. 80Slimy scheme for profit ↗MONEYGRAB
  39. 83Listing that might include an explanation of benefits ↗CLAIM
  40. 84Anchors provide this ↗NEWS
  41. 85Casual shoe ↗LOAFER
  42. 89New Jersey? ↗CALF
  43. 91A.C.C. school ↗UVA
  44. 93"Do I *really* wanna start an online bidding war? Hmm ..."? ↗TOEBAYORNOTTOEBAY
  45. 99Czech brew ↗PILSENER
  46. 101Move (over) ↗SCOOCH
  47. 102Michael of R.E.M. ↗STIPE
  48. 103The government, at times ↗TAXER
  49. 104What Pomeranians do ↗YAP
  50. 106The (middle) sound of "silence" ↗SCHWA
  51. 108"___ but a scratch" ↗TIS
  52. 109Creature in Magic: The Gathering ↗OGRE
  53. 110Give an extra perk to a cigarette smoker? ↗TOSSINTHEASHTRAY
  54. 115Finish filming ↗WRAP
  55. 116___ Attucks, Revolutionary War casualty who posthumously became an abolitionist symbol ↗CRISPUS
  56. 117Cherish ↗TREASURE
  57. 118No side ↗NAYS
  58. 119Become gooey over, as cheese atop a hot burger ↗MELTON
  59. 120They're usually found to the left of Q's ↗TABKEYS

Down 73

  1. 1Actor Will of "BoJack Horseman" ↗ARNETT
  2. 2British cry of approval ↗GOODOH
  3. 3Scary snake ↗RATTLER
  4. 4Joseph who co-invented rocky road ice cream ↗EDY
  5. 5Obstruction to teamwork, maybe ↗EGO
  6. 6Greek crosses ↗TAUS
  7. 7Sudden surge ↗ONRUSH
  8. 8Round Table title ↗SIR
  9. 9"___ cerveza, por favor" ↗UNA
  10. 10Phileas in "Around the World in Eighty Days" ↗FOGG
  11. 11The power of social media from a marketing standpoint, informally ↗FREEPR
  12. 12Bit of green legislation ↗ECOLAW
  13. 13Hindi for "reign" ↗RAJ
  14. 14Sweethearts ↗BABES
  15. 15One of the best coffee beverages ever? ↗ALLTIMEAULAIT
  16. 16Top execs, collectively ↗CSUITE
  17. 17Charlotte N.B.A. player ↗HORNET
  18. 19Montreal newspaper continuously published since 1778, with "The" ↗GAZETTE
  19. 20Get-together ↗MEETUP
  20. 23French city from which a soup gets its name ↗VICHY
  21. 28Merriment, in one spelling ↗GAYETY
  22. 30Doesn't own, say ↗LEASES
  23. 31Largest college fraternity in the U.S., familiarly ↗SIGEP
  24. 33No U.S. area code starts with this ↗ONE
  25. 34Nutrition figs. ↗RDAS
  26. 36Minnesota county whose seat is St. Paul ↗RAMSEY
  27. 38Artfulness ↗GUILE
  28. 39Suffix with journal ↗ESE
  29. 44Some natural borders en México ↗RIOS
  30. 46Greek goddess of the night ↗NYX
  31. 48Emperor who founded the Mughal Empire ↗BABUR
  32. 49Palindromic constellation ↗ARA
  33. 50Noggin ↗NOODLE
  34. 51Latin for "only" ↗SOLUM
  35. 52What fugitives are on ↗THELAM
  36. 53What might confirm the worst for an athlete's injury? ↗EMOTIONALXRAY
  37. 54Many a Bahraini ↗ARAB
  38. 55Old El ___ (Tex-Mex brand) ↗PASO
  39. 56Game with an annual World Series since 1970 ↗POKER
  40. 58Collapses, with "over" ↗KEELS
  41. 61Smartphone clock function ↗TIMER
  42. 62A bobcat is one, technically ↗LYNX
  43. 63... ↗DOTS
  44. 69Actress Bancroft ↗ANNE
  45. 70Many-time N.B.A. All-Star Tatum ↗JAYSON
  46. 71Boot out of Australia? ↗UGG
  47. 72Creature with flat, transparent larvae called "leptocephali" ↗EEL
  48. 73___ change ↗EXACT
  49. 74Vodka-and-lime cocktail ↗GIMLET
  50. 76Metal material used for dishware before porcelain became popular ↗PEWTER
  51. 79Ta-tas ↗CIAOS
  52. 81In the style of ↗ALA
  53. 82School bathroom sign ↗BOYS
  54. 83Spin a yarn, perhaps? ↗CROCHET
  55. 86Progressive inits. in the U.S. Congress ↗AOC
  56. 87Puts icing on ↗FROSTS
  57. 88Methuselah's father ↗ENOCH
  58. 90Paramount+ docuseries with real-life crime stories ↗FBITRUE
  59. 91Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s? ↗UPTOWN
  60. 92Cialis alternative ↗VIAGRA
  61. 94Long-eared pal of Pooh ↗EEYORE
  62. 95Country whose name Americans spell with a "z" ↗BRASIL
  63. 96Stymie ↗THWART
  64. 97Abode that's abuzz ↗APIARY
  65. 98"Ah, that's right!" ↗YESYES
  66. 100Trickles ↗SEEPS
  67. 105Vowelless attention-getter ↗PSST
  68. 107Traveling in waves, say ↗ASEA
  69. 110Vintage film channel ↗TCM
  70. 111Milestone for a start-up, for short ↗IPO
  71. 112Sister figure ↗NUN
  72. 113Pre-___ (exercise program in advance of surgery) ↗HAB
  73. 114Vowelless rebuke ↗TSK