NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 29, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 29, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jesse CohnEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Coaster, usually ↗DISC
  2. 5Start of some temple names ↗BNAI
  3. 9Bug spray ingredient ↗DEET
  4. 13Kind of rover ↗LUNAR
  5. 14Figure with two tails ↗BELLCURVE
  6. 16Habitation ↗ABODE
  7. 17Queen's guard? ↗KILLERBEE
  8. 18Language whose name consists of four consecutive U.S. state postal abbreviations ↗MANDARIN
  9. 20Genre for 5-Down ↗BLUES
  10. 21Certain graph shape ↗PIE
  11. 22Word with Man or can ↗TIN
  12. 23Per ___ ↗DIEM
  13. 24Places where it's OK to push someone at school ↗SWINGSETS
  14. 27Evidence of a fire ↗ASH
  15. 30Christmas story villain ↗HEROD
  16. 31Plot device in many a rom-com ↗MEETCUTE
  17. 33Samurai with no master ↗RONIN
  18. 34Big bust ↗DUD
  19. 35Little pieces ↗IOTAS
  20. 36Welcome sight for a business ↗CUSTOMER
  21. 38What fan fiction is not ↗CANON
  22. 39"Odds" follower ↗ARE
  23. 40Loaded with excitement ↗FUNFILLED
  24. 42Blow off steam, say ↗RANT
  25. 43Start to do? ↗DEE
  26. 44Some Slack convos ↗IMS
  27. 47Happiness and excitement, for two ↗MOODS
  28. 49Four-star review, say ↗ILOVEDIT
  29. 51Spitting contest? ↗RAPBATTLE
  30. 53Manage to lose ↗EVADE
  31. 54Some workplace perks ↗FREEMEALS
  32. 55"Seriously!," in slang ↗NOCAP
  33. 56Fighters on the beach in 2023's "Barbie" ↗KENS
  34. 57Old car concern ↗RUST
  35. 58Preschoolers, e.g. ↗TOTS

Down 37

  1. 1Home to the torus-shaped Museum of the Future ↗DUBAI
  2. 2By some measure ↗INONESENSE
  3. 3Safety org. for young people ↗SADD
  4. 4Painting on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, with "The" ↗CREATIONOFADAM
  5. 5"The Thrill Is Gone" musician, 1970 ↗BBKING
  6. 6Kant's "no" ↗NEIN
  7. 7Even more than most ↗ALL
  8. 8"OK, now you've got me intrigued ..." ↗ILLBITE
  9. 9Macaroni wheat ↗DURUM
  10. 10Kathryn of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" ↗ERBE
  11. 11Anticipatory times ↗EVES
  12. 12Anger, with "off" ↗TEE
  13. 13Lantern, e.g. ↗LAMP
  14. 15Eclipse, for one ↗CELESTIALEVENT
  15. 19Peel ↗RIND
  16. 23Proof of a plot ↗DEED
  17. 25Order in the court ↗WRIT
  18. 261980s cartoon foe of Gargamel ↗SMURF
  19. 27Library regular, perhaps ↗AUTODIDACT
  20. 28Eminem song that samples Dido ↗STAN
  21. 29"___ a real nowhere man ..." ↗HES
  22. 30Billing unit ↗HOUR
  23. 32Dog's post-op wear ↗CONE
  24. 33Label that sold the first 33 1/3 r.p.m. records ↗RCA
  25. 34Make an impression on ↗DENT
  26. 37Member of a 1960s TV family ↗MUNSTER
  27. 38Geppetto's pet goldfish in Disney's "Pinocchio" ↗CLEO
  28. 41Least active ↗IDLEST
  29. 42They might hang out in a hotel room ↗ROBES
  30. 45Big name in mufflers ↗MIDAS
  31. 46Bit of a how-to ↗STEP
  32. 47Stable mate ↗MARE
  33. 48Move the first pawn, say ↗OPEN
  34. 49Troubles ↗ILLS
  35. 50High-quality flavoring for salad dressings, in brief ↗EVOO
  36. 51Inits. of the statesman who said "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly" ↗RFK
  37. 52Time constant symbol in physics ↗TAU