NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 3, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 3, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jeremy NewtonEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21140 clues

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2
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3
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By Jeremy Newton
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By Patti Varol
TUEAUG
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The Grid

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Across 77

  1. 1Final act of a play? ↗BOW
  2. 4Iconic sci-fi setting spelled out in this puzzle's shaded squares ↗THEE
  3. 8Skyrocket ↗RISE
  4. 12"Reckon so!" ↗YUP
  5. 15Working without ___ ↗ANET
  6. 17Seemingly forever ↗AEONS
  7. 19Some spa jobs, in brief ↗PEDIS
  8. 20Manner of speaking ↗TONE
  9. 21Like used BBQ pits ↗ASHY
  10. 22Member of this puzzle's shaded squares who might say "I cannot change the laws of physics, Captain!" ↗MISTERSCOTT
  11. 24Like being late or cutting in line ↗RUDE
  12. 25Something clicked to add an attachment ↗STAPLER
  13. 27Take up space ↗EXIST
  14. 28Kind of protagonist in "Lethal Weapon" or "Die Hard" ↗HEROCOP
  15. 30Swear ↗AVOW
  16. 31Digital investment choices, informally ↗CRYPTOS
  17. 33Not much, as of wasabi ↗ADAB
  18. 34Narrowly get (by) ↗EKE
  19. 35"Now that we're all here, please proceed" ↗OKGO
  20. 38Lab reports? ↗ARFS
  21. 41Overzealous sort ↗NUT
  22. 43Got acquainted ↗MET
  23. 44D.M.V.-issued card authenticated by airport security ↗REALID
  24. 47Build a stockpile ↗SAVEUP
  25. 49Didn't go fast? ↗ATE
  26. 50Employee's status meaning "I'm currently away" ↗OOO
  27. 51Take down a notch ↗DEMOTE
  28. 52Purveyors of provocative posts ↗TROLLS
  29. 538.5" x 11": Abbr. ↗LTR
  30. 54Kris Kross #1 hit with the lyric "How high? Real high, 'cause I'm just so fly" ↗JUMP
  31. 56El presidente ousted in a 1955 coup ↗PERON
  32. 57Danger ↗PERIL
  33. 58Cry from a victor ↗IWON
  34. 59Type that tends to be right-leaning ↗ITALICS
  35. 61Like quality vocals ↗ONKEY
  36. 63Looks inside? ↗CTSCANS
  37. 65Drug-busting unit ↗KILO
  38. 66City whose Fushimi Inari shrine features 10,000+ red torii gates ↗KYOTO
  39. 67Brother of Disney's Louie and Dewey Duck ↗HUEY
  40. 68Something hit to get fit ↗THEGYM
  41. 70Hands-on professional? ↗MASSEUR
  42. 72Baseball team whose mascot is Wally the Green Monster ↗REDSOX
  43. 75Seeing romantically ↗WITH
  44. 76Humble hold 'em holding ↗PAIR
  45. 78"The Bear" streamer ↗HULU
  46. 80Cold War weapon inits. ↗ICBM
  47. 81Beethoven's No. 8? ↗ACHT
  48. 82Line of luxury hotels ↗OMNIS
  49. 84Takes to school, in a way ↗BUSES
  50. 85Cosmic explosion ↗NOVA
  51. 86It goes on the run ↗SKI
  52. 87Be a wingman, e.g. ↗ASSIST
  53. 88False ↗ERSATZ
  54. 90Inits. for this puzzle's shaded squares ↗USS
  55. 91Move like a supermodel ↗STRUT
  56. 93Unit of purity ↗KARAT
  57. 95Lower oneself ↗DEIGN
  58. 97They study how knights move ↗SQUIRES
  59. 99Canyon's edge ↗RIM
  60. 100On the ___ (raging) ↗WARPATH
  61. 102Gone skinny-dipping, e.g. ↗SWUM
  62. 103Significant stretch ↗ERA
  63. 104Mr. Turkey ↗TOM
  64. 105Some window installations, informally ↗ACS
  65. 106Warp-driven device ↗LOOM
  66. 108Major exporter of mangoes ↗HAITI
  67. 110One giving the highlights? ↗DYER
  68. 112By dawn's early light? ↗EAST
  69. 114Intending to, casually ↗GONNA
  70. 115Bring upon oneself ↗INCUR
  71. 116Wordlessly indicate "Please give me a hand" ↗ANTE
  72. 117"___ a broken heart" (Emily Dickinson poem) ↗UNTO
  73. 118Iron Man's suit, e.g. ↗ARMOR
  74. 119"Fire away!" ↗ASKME
  75. 120False ↗MOCK
  76. 121Docking station ↗PIER
  77. 122Some draft picks ↗BEERS

Down 63

  1. 1Some farm sounds ↗BAAS
  2. 2Camped nearby and surveilling, in police jargon ↗ONSTAKEOUT
  3. 3"Our window is closing for escape w-elocity!," as [circled letters] might say ↗WEHAVETOMAKETHISQUICK
  4. 4Hardly spicy ↗TAME
  5. 5Next in line ↗HEIR
  6. 6Goddess of daybreak ↗EOS
  7. 7Fill in ↗ENTER
  8. 8Direct opposite of verso (found hidden in this clue!) ↗RECTO
  9. 9It's a promise ↗IDO
  10. 10Enemy of the Jedi ↗SITH
  11. 11By Juan's early light? ↗ESTE
  12. 12"Any time! I'm a doctor, not a do-nothing!," as [circled letters] might say ↗YOUCANALWAYSCOUNTONME
  13. 13Way back? ↗UNDOBUTTON
  14. 14Slight gripe, so to speak ↗PEEP
  15. 16Slip of the pen ↗TYPO
  16. 18Tantalizing ↗SEXY
  17. 19A low "Yo!" ↗PSST
  18. 20Trampled (on) ↗TROD
  19. 23Sound of a wardrobe malfunction ↗RIP
  20. 26Euphemistic expression of commitment ↗LWORD
  21. 29Speaks roughly ↗RASPS
  22. 31Cherry or lime ↗COLOR
  23. 32Bask in ↗SAVOR
  24. 34Reaction to a social media post, maybe ↗EMOJI
  25. 36"Logic dictates that you control your emotions," as [circled letters] might say ↗KEEPCOMPOSURE
  26. 37Sneakily exploits ↗GAMES
  27. 39Thing of the past ↗RELIC
  28. 40"Stepping on the gas, Captain!," as [circled letters] might say ↗FULLTHRUSTERS
  29. 42Seaside flock ↗TERNS
  30. 45"To protect my crew, the gamble was necessary," as [circled letters] might say ↗ITOOKARISK
  31. 46IHOP rival ↗DENNYS
  32. 47Florida beach town, informally ↗STPETE
  33. 48"We received a distress signal. Any injuries?," as [circled letters] might say ↗AREYOUHURT
  34. 55Tough spot ↗PLIGHT
  35. 58Stranded during a winter storm, say ↗ICEDIN
  36. 60Texter's sweet sentiment ↗ILY
  37. 62Big hits, in brief ↗KOS
  38. 64Make a case against? ↗SUE
  39. 68Old-fashioned contraction ↗TWAS
  40. 69Backwoods bumpkin ↗HICK
  41. 70Bite-size ↗MINI
  42. 71Former Wisconsin senator Feingold ↗RUSS
  43. 73"Clearly!," in textspeak ↗OBVS
  44. 74Major e-tailing season ↗XMAS
  45. 77World capital with 400 kilometers of bike lanes ↗AMSTERDAM
  46. 79He might be carrying a big picture ↗LEADACTOR
  47. 83This puzzle's theme ↗STARTREK
  48. 84"I want to come back to the ship," as everyone circled in this puzzle seems to have said to 22-Across ↗BEAMMEUP
  49. 87NPR journalist Shapiro ↗ARI
  50. 89Punch ↗ZIP
  51. 92Belly, in kidspeak ↗TUMTUM
  52. 94Carnival-themed Vegas hotel ↗RIO
  53. 96In spades ↗GALORE
  54. 97Symbols of grace ↗SWANS
  55. 98Object ↗SAYNO
  56. 100Garbage ↗WASTE
  57. 101"___ is more important than life" (Klingon proverb) ↗HONOR
  58. 102"Transformers" actor ___ LaBeouf ↗SHIA
  59. 1072004 landing site for Spirit ↗MARS
  60. 109Land west of Eng. ↗IRE
  61. 111"You get the gist": Abbr. ↗ETC
  62. 113Alt-rocker DiFranco ↗ANI
  63. 114Chinwag ↗GAB