NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 2, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 2, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Robert LoganEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1568 clues

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The Grid

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Across 36

  1. 1Like baseballs and some eyelashes ↗BATTED
  2. 7Moored ↗ATANCHOR
  3. 15Not come unglued ↗ADHERE
  4. 16Flugelhorn player on the 1978 instrumental hit "Feels So Good" ↗MANGIONE
  5. 17Philadelphia university known for its professional co-op program ↗DREXEL
  6. 18Statement of resignation ↗IMDOOMED
  7. 19Brother Joe, Kevin or Nick of pop ↗JONAS
  8. 20Genealogists' handiwork ↗TREES
  9. 21Alternative music genre since the mid-1980s ↗EMO
  10. 22Word before air or fire ↗OPEN
  11. 23Eyebrow makeup ↗HAIRS
  12. 24"___, man!" ↗CMON
  13. 25Ball-shaped cereal ↗KIX
  14. 26Garb for athletes in the Highland Games ↗KILTS
  15. 27Fault ↗BLAME
  16. 28Way in ↗ENTRANCE
  17. 30It's most beautiful when broken ↗GEODE
  18. 31Vacation isle for many a Francophile, familiarly ↗STBARTS
  19. 32Foil ↗PREVENT
  20. 34Stashes ↗HIDES
  21. 351, 2 and 3, in that order ↗TRIFECTA
  22. 36Get the ball rolling ↗BEGIN
  23. 37Verb that appears the same when rotated 180º ↗SWIMS
  24. 38Choice word? ↗OPT
  25. 39Cousin of naan ↗ROTI
  26. 40More of this? ↗THESE
  27. 41Founder of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company in 1901 ↗DOLE
  28. 42Saxon's "Aargh!" ↗ACH
  29. 43Sacred space for female family members, in the Muslim tradition ↗HAREM
  30. 44Roll producer ↗BAKER
  31. 45European brewer with over 170 brands ↗HEINEKEN
  32. 47It can tie up your stock ↗LARIAT
  33. 48Common wedding day prep ↗MANIPEDI
  34. 49Demonstrative words ↗LIKESO
  35. 50Crème ___ (custard sauce) ↗ANGLAISE
  36. 51What goes on goes here ↗CLOSET

Down 32

  1. 1Groaners ↗BADJOKES
  2. 2The most infinitesimal amount ↗ADROPINTHEOCEAN
  3. 3Silicon Valley's holy grail ↗THENEXTBIGTHING
  4. 4Beyoncé or Selena, e.g. ↗TEXAN
  5. 5"You are," in Spain ↗ERES
  6. 6Key for getting rid of your work, in brief? ↗DEL
  7. 7"Agreed?" ↗AMIRITE
  8. 8Certain circus performers ↗TAMERS
  9. 9Mountain range that spans 67º of latitude ↗ANDES
  10. 10Many foreign aid grps. ↗NGOS
  11. 11Corporate data manager, for short ↗CIO
  12. 12Bake sale offerings ↗HOMEMADECOOKIES
  13. 13"Hold on, I'll be right with you" ↗ONEMOMENTPLEASE
  14. 14Spiffed up, say ↗REDONE
  15. 20Rash guards? ↗TALCS
  16. 23Whiffs ↗HINTS
  17. 24It can spice up your holidays ↗CLOVE
  18. 26Mayor Bass of Los Angeles ↗KAREN
  19. 27Interpersonal "issues" ↗BEEFS
  20. 29They're all equal in a circle ↗RADII
  21. 30Dirty coat ↗GRIME
  22. 32Device featured in Newton's "Opticks" ↗PRISM
  23. 33Fry alternative ↗TATERTOT
  24. 35Preadolescent, informally ↗TWEENIE
  25. 36Destroyer : Shiva :: Creator : ___ ↗BRAHMA
  26. 37Nails the halfpipe, in snowboarding jargon ↗SHREDS
  27. 40George with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ↗TAKEI
  28. 41Title character of a Jake Gyllenhaal cult classic ↗DARKO
  29. 43Big acronym in purifying filters ↗HEPA
  30. 44Call off plans abruptly ↗BAIL
  31. 46Love, on the pitch ↗NIL
  32. 47Closing for business? ↗LLC