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NYT Crossword Answers Aug 26, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 26, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kevin CurryEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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SUNAUG
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2025
By Michael Lieberman
MONAUG
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2025
By Ryan Mathiason
TUEAUG
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2025
By Kevin Curry
WEDAUG
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2025
By Zhou Zhang
THUAUG
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2025
By Joel Woodford

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Across 35

  1. 1Something tapped at a bar ↗KEG
  2. 4___ monster (only venomous lizard native to the U.S.) ↗GILA
  3. 8Go caroling, say ↗SING
  4. 12British weekly on business, politics and culture, with "The" ↗ECONOMIST
  5. 15Devils' center, appropriately ↗EVIL
  6. 16Ones taking baby pictures in the delivery room, maybe ↗PROUDPAPAS
  7. 18Stead ↗LIEU
  8. 19University just north of Harvard ↗TUFTS
  9. 20Overall impact ↗NETEFFECT
  10. 22Like drone photography ↗AERIAL
  11. 23"Look here …" ↗SEE
  12. 24Study of the mind, for short ↗COGSCI
  13. 29Tavern owner who's often prank-called by Bart Simpson ↗MOE
  14. 31Attire for a contemporary dancer ↗UNITARD
  15. 33Source of a certain essential oil ↗TEATREE
  16. 37R, as in a Rolls-Royce? ↗REVERSE
  17. 38Hush-hush ↗ONTHEDL
  18. 39What the shepherd heard, perhaps ↗BLEAT
  19. 40Highest level of minor-league baseball ↗AAA
  20. 42They spike during the holidays ↗SALES
  21. 43Apt name for a socialite? ↗DEB
  22. 45Some pre-streaming music purchases ↗CDS
  23. 47Goose of Hawaii ↗NENE
  24. 48Global movement to end violence against women ↗VDAY
  25. 51That's unbelievable! ↗LIE
  26. 53"That's unbelievable!" ↗WHOA
  27. 55Fish that can burrow into the seabed ↗EEL
  28. 56Subtle acknowledgment ↗NOD
  29. 57Carpenter or plumber's kit ↗TOOLSET
  30. 60Fruit traditionally eaten with the fish it's named for ↗SALMONBERRY
  31. 63Toilette water ↗EAU
  32. 64Like goods bought before they hit the shelves ↗PREORDERED
  33. 65Alternative to AOL ↗MSN
  34. 66Unusual feature of this puzzle … or, when parsed as two words (1,8), another unusual feature of this puzzle ↗ASYMMETRY
  35. 67When a plane is due in, in brief ↗ETA

Down 41

  1. 1Didn't tell, as a secret ↗KEPT
  2. 2Light beige ↗ECRU
  3. 3Blooper ↗GOOF
  4. 4Combatants in the Titanomachy ↗GODS
  5. 5Teacher's pest ↗IMP
  6. 6Former NPR host Hansen ↗LIANE
  7. 7In line with ↗ASPER
  8. 8Beginning of consciousness? ↗SELF
  9. 9Group of elite colleges ↗IVIES
  10. 10Mother's daughter's daughter, perhaps ↗NIECE
  11. 11Largest human muscle, informally ↗GLUTE
  12. 13Little fastener ↗NUT
  13. 14Comic actor Jacques ↗TATI
  14. 17Sailors ↗SEAMEN
  15. 21A&W specialties ↗FLOATS
  16. 22Broadcasts ↗AIRS
  17. 24Where the sidewalk ends ↗CURB
  18. 25First-year legal student, informally ↗ONEL
  19. 26Donate ↗GIVE
  20. 27Like a good sharpshooter's hand ↗STEADY
  21. 28À la ___ ↗CARTE
  22. 30Renewable gasoline additive ↗ETHANOL
  23. 32Anti-trafficking org. ↗DEA
  24. 33___ Hall ("The Wind in the Willows" residence) ↗TOAD
  25. 34Cry to a captor ↗RELEASEME
  26. 35Idyllic spot ↗EDEN
  27. 36Ultimatum word ↗ELSE
  28. 41___ in the hole ↗ACE
  29. 44Marilyn Monroe or Britney Spears ↗BLONDE
  30. 46Cutlass, e.g. ↗SWORD
  31. 48Italian scooter brand ↗VESPA
  32. 49Darlings ↗DEARS
  33. 50Spot for cats and rats ↗ALLEY
  34. 52"My gut says …" ↗IDBET
  35. 54Today, in Tijuana ↗HOY
  36. 56What you'd expect when you're expecting? ↗NORM
  37. 57Shot that made its N.B.A. debut in 1979, slangily ↗TREY
  38. 58Big ___ (college conference) ↗EAST
  39. 59Common sushi fish ↗TUNA
  40. 61Certain parent ↗MOM
  41. 62Make a typo, say ↗ERR