NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 25, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 25, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Ryan MathiasonEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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Across 39

  1. 1Trendy ↗HIP
  2. 4Remove, as pencil marks ↗ERASE
  3. 9Goes past 21 in blackjack ↗BUSTS
  4. 14Commotion ↗ADO
  5. 15"___ Mia!" (2008 film) ↗MAMMA
  6. 16How ballerinas perform ↗ONTOE
  7. 17Fish commonly caught in the Upper Midwest ↗LAKETROUT
  8. 19Squandered, as a big lead ↗BLOWN
  9. 20Now and ___ ↗THEN
  10. 21Goof ↗ERR
  11. 22Spooks ↗SCARES
  12. 23Arrange numerically, perhaps ↗SORT
  13. 24Player protecting a QB's blind side, often ↗LEFTTACKLE
  14. 26Cafeteria carrier ↗TRAY
  15. 28Despise ↗HATE
  16. 29Follows orders ↗OBEYS
  17. 31Second-largest island in Hawaii ↗MAUI
  18. 33Govt.-issued identifiers ↗SSNS
  19. 37Saudi Arabian export ↗OIL
  20. 38Household chore traditionally done on Mondays ↗LAUNDRY
  21. 41Dessert often filled with fruit ↗PIE
  22. 42Spanish greeting ↗HOLA
  23. 44Certain arm muscles, for short ↗TRIS
  24. 45Make into law ↗ENACT
  25. 47"The Lion King" lion ↗NALA
  26. 49Word after root or draft ↗BEER
  27. 50Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact ↗COLDCALLER
  28. 55Banned substances in sports, for short ↗PEDS
  29. 58Tips off ↗ALERTS
  30. 59Kitchenware brand ↗OXO
  31. 60Focus of J. Robert Oppenheimer ↗ATOM
  32. 61YouTube medium ↗VIDEO
  33. 62At stake ... or where you may find 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across ↗ONTHELINE
  34. 64Water brand whose natural spring was discovered by a French nobleman ↗EVIAN
  35. 65Many a summer TV airing ↗RERUN
  36. 66Modern vaccine component ↗RNA
  37. 67Slow on the uptake ↗DENSE
  38. 68Boasts ↗BRAGS
  39. 69Unit of corn ↗EAR

Down 39

  1. 1Stops ↗HALTS
  2. 2State whose panhandle touches British Columbia ↗IDAHO
  3. 3A smile, perhaps ↗POKERTELL
  4. 4Ambulance worker, for short ↗EMT
  5. 5Only once in a while ↗RARELY
  6. 6Love, in Italy ↗AMORE
  7. 7Blue creature of kids' movies ↗SMURF
  8. 8Put away, as dinner ↗EAT
  9. 9Ohio University athlete ↗BOBCAT
  10. 10Loosens, as a shoe ↗UNLACES
  11. 11Baby deliverer, in folklore ↗STORK
  12. 12Dry (off) ↗TOWEL
  13. 13Have a feeling ↗SENSE
  14. 18___-level job ↗ENTRY
  15. 22Part of a flight ↗STAIR
  16. 25Sounds of heavy things hitting the ground ↗THUDS
  17. 27Silent way to communicate, in brief ↗ASL
  18. 29"___-la-la!" ↗OOH
  19. 30Science class, for short ↗BIO
  20. 31Many a public artwork ↗MURAL
  21. 32Singer DiFranco ↗ANI
  22. 34Fifth wheel ↗SPARETIRE
  23. 35Actor Cage, informally ↗NIC
  24. 36Part of a tennis match ↗SET
  25. 39Mythological Titan who bore the weight of the heavens on his shoulders ↗ATLAS
  26. 40"___-haw!" ↗YEE
  27. 43San ___ Fault ↗ANDREAS
  28. 46Country holding one side of Mount Everest ↗NEPAL
  29. 48Start of a play ↗ACTONE
  30. 49Greeting between buddies ↗BROHUG
  31. 50Capitulated in negotiations ↗CAVED
  32. 51Shade of green ↗OLIVE
  33. 52Opposite of ushered out ↗LEDIN
  34. 53Unsociable type ↗LONER
  35. 54When repeated, an old newsboy's cry ↗EXTRA
  36. 56Prima ___ ↗DONNA
  37. 57Mascara mishap ↗SMEAR
  38. 62Sphere ↗ORB
  39. 63Nav. rank ↗ENS