NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 27, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 27, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

The Grid

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26UP/DOWN
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55UP/DOWN
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Across 40

  1. 1It might be rigged MAST
  2. 5Genre for Blackpink or BTS KPOP
  3. 9N.B.A. or M.L.B. V.I.P.s GMS
  4. 12"No way!" UHUH
  5. 13___ Sea, shrinking body of water that was once the world's third-largest lake ARAL
  6. 14Rock's ___ Maiden IRON
  7. 15Wildlife that may nest on Hawaiian golf courses NENE
  8. 16Bag with handles TOTE
  9. 17Some absurdist art DADA
  10. 18"Anything sounds good to me" IMUP/DOWNFORWHATEVER
  11. 21Poke bowl fish AHI
  12. 22"I'm so great!" YAYME
  13. 23Basic couturier offering BUTTONUP/DOWN
  14. 27Highs ... that could appear four more times in this puzzle UPS
  15. 28Arthur who was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom ASHE
  16. 29"Same here" ASAMI
  17. 31Letters on some moisturizer bottles SPF
  18. 34Philosophy followed by Benjamin Franklin DEISM
  19. 36Rascals IMPS
  20. 37"Reputation" or "Midnights," for Taylor Swift ERA
  21. 38It's how the story goes ARC
  22. 39Ctrl+Z UNDO
  23. 41Talking point TOPIC
  24. 43Expression of disapproval TSK
  25. 44Exhausted SPENT
  26. 46State of confusion HAZE
  27. 47Gary Oldman or Ian McKellen, e.g. SIR
  28. 48Devour GOBBLEUP/DOWN
  29. 50Extra ADDON
  30. 53Ticket seller's take FEE
  31. 54Failing epically GOINGUP/DOWNINFLAMES
  32. 61Not at home AWAY
  33. 62Foundation for a proposal? KNEE
  34. 63Diving position with bent hips and straight legs PIKE
  35. 64The Prancing Pony and the Admiral Benbow are fictional ones INNS
  36. 65Latin "Behold!" ECCE
  37. 66All over ANEW
  38. 67Govt. group with cryptologists on staff NSA
  39. 68Goes on and on and on ... YAKS
  40. 69Screw them! LIDS

Down 38

  1. 1S.F. transit option MUNI
  2. 2"I'm standing right here, you know!" AHEM
  3. 3One end of the day SUNUP/DOWN
  4. 4Sister goddesses who personify destiny THEFATES
  5. 5Hurricane that's the subject of the 2006 documentary "When the Levees Broke" KATRINA
  6. 6Vessel's front PROW
  7. 7Statement in a courtroom OATH
  8. 8Statement in a courtroom PLEA
  9. 9Contents of some boats GRAVY
  10. 10Router hookup MODEM
  11. 11Trap SNARE
  12. 14Creatives may jot them in a notebook IDEAS
  13. 19"What have we here?!" OHO
  14. 20Key worker? TYPIST
  15. 23Perennially struggling with BADAT
  16. 24Apt letters missing from "c_ _tom_ _ _" USERS
  17. 25Like pea soup fog THICK
  18. 26One aspect to consider in making a decision UP/DOWNSIDE
  19. 27Who often brushes dirt off home plate UMP
  20. 30Honor ___ thieves AMONG
  21. 31Flower part SEPAL
  22. 32Value PRIZE
  23. 33One orientation of a playing card during a magic trick FACEUP/DOWN
  24. 35Saying "hmm ...," perhaps MUSING
  25. 40Where to get some "Fresh Air" NPR
  26. 42"Come on, help me out" OHBEAPAL
  27. 45Buttery confections TOFFEES
  28. 47Some computers and televisions SONYS
  29. 49"___ Canto" (Ann Patchett novel) BEL
  30. 50Once more AGAIN
  31. 51Lows ... that could appear four more times in this puzzle DOWNS
  32. 52Roman goddess of fertility DIANA
  33. 55One tool for scrolling on a computer UP/DOWNKEY
  34. 56Quechua speaker INCA
  35. 57Prominent feature of an alpaca NECK
  36. 58Little MINI
  37. 59Scraped (out) EKED
  38. 60Hides a tear, say SEWS