NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2025
NYT Crossword Answers Aug 18, 2025
Complete answer list for the August 18, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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By Byron Walden
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MONAUG
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By Andrea Carla Michaels and …
TUEAUG
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By Eric Rollfing
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Across 37
- 1Job for Sherlock ↗CASE
- 5Breakfast chain that punnily used a kangaroo in its early commercials ↗IHOP
- 9Each, informally ↗APOP
- 13"Well, ___ you special?" ↗ARENT
- 15Vegetarian protein ↗TOFU
- 16Taboo ↗NONO
- 17New parents' celebration ↗BIRTH
- 18"You're despicable!" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc ↗DAFFYDUCK
- 20Fashion designer Ralph ↗LAUREN
- 22Better deal on a mortgage, in brief ↗REFI
- 23Born, in marriage announcements ↗NEE
- 24"I'm hunting wabbits" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc ↗ELMERFUDD
- 26Degree for many a prof ↗PHD
- 28Mont Blanc, e.g. ↗ALP
- 29Small piece of china … or small dog size ↗TEACUP
- 32Helmet attachment ↗STRAP
- 36Neighbor of a Cambodian ↗THAI
- 39"Toodles" ↗TATA
- 40"Ha-ha-ha-HA-ha!" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc ↗WOODYWOODPECKER
- 43Garden of Eden man ↗ADAM
- 44Newspaper opinion piece ↗OPED
- 45Place to put a stethoscope ↗CHEST
- 46"Ain't gonna happen!" ↗NODICE
- 48Strange sighting in the night sky ↗UFO
- 50"Weekend Update" show, in brief ↗SNL
- 51"I am ze locksmith of love, no?" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc ↗PEPELEPEW
- 57Chum, in Chartres ↗AMI
- 59Lyft competitor ↗UBER
- 61Question that might precede "Try me!" ↗WOULDI
- 62"What's up, Doc?" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc ↗BUGSBUNNY
- 65Not a child anymore ↗GROWN
- 66Inner arm bone ↗ULNA
- 67Zap, in a way ↗LASE
- 68"That hurts!" ↗YOWIE
- 69Exam ↗TEST
- 70Crunchy deli sandwiches ↗BLTS
- 71Employee IDs ↗SSNS
Down 41
- 1Kind of car San Francisco is famous for ↗CABLE
- 2Common typeface ↗ARIAL
- 3Clear component of blood ↗SERUM
- 4___ nous ↗ENTRE
- 5"___ be an honor" ↗ITD
- 6Stow away, big-time ↗HOARD
- 7Killed, mob-style ↗OFFED
- 8Magic dragon's name, in song ↗PUFF
- 9Furthermore ↗AND
- 10Baked item whose name suggests how much of each ingredient to use ↗POUNDCAKE
- 11Fairy tale's first word ↗ONCE
- 12Bother, as a bear ↗POKE
- 14Rehab treatment ↗THERAPY
- 19Pained cry ↗YIPE
- 21Falcons' and Eagles' org. ↗NFL
- 25"Give me five!" ↗UPTOP
- 27Dream up, as a plan ↗HATCH
- 29Good thing that comes to those who wait? ↗TIP
- 30Colorado Plateau natives ↗UTES
- 31Role to play ↗PART
- 32Long-necked bird with a "knob" on its beak ↗SWAN
- 33Brouhaha ↗TODO
- 34Stop and No Passing, for two ↗ROADSIGNS
- 35Forum manager, for short ↗ADMIN
- 37Ground-breaking garden tool ↗HOE
- 38Do a tally of ↗ADDUP
- 41"___ is me!" ↗WOE
- 42Green science ↗ECOLOGY
- 47Word after golf or before sandwich ↗CLUB
- 49Hardly any ↗FEW
- 51Kind of colony in the film "Papillon" ↗PENAL
- 52Dadaist Max ↗ERNST
- 53€€€ ↗EUROS
- 54Post-snowfall vehicles ↗PLOWS
- 55Dickens's "The Mystery of ___ Drood" ↗EDWIN
- 56Sommelier's stock ↗WINES
- 57Share a border ↗ABUT
- 58Stubborn farm animal ↗MULE
- 60Lamp insert ↗BULB
- 63Plopped down ↗SAT
- 64"You got it!" ↗YES