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NYT Crossword Answers Aug 31, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 31, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Danny J. RooneyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21140 clues

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Across 61

  1. 1Maximum extent, in an idiom ↗HILT
  2. 5"Suitable, I guess" ↗ITLLDO
  3. 11Small storage unit ↗BYTE
  4. 15"___ News Central" (daily program) ↗CNN
  5. 18Sea adventure novel by Herman Melville ↗OMOO
  6. 19Rump ↗PATOOT
  7. 20Sounds of amazement ↗OOHS
  8. 21Spoils ↗LOOT
  9. 22"Don't flick that cigarette over here!" ↗MOVEYOURASH
  10. 24"Incredible! This mosquito net didn't let in even one bug!" ↗WHATAMESH
  11. 26Greatest potential accomplishment, metaphorically ↗EVEREST
  12. 27Non-free-range farm fixture ↗FEEDLOT
  13. 29Container weight ↗TARE
  14. 30Pick up at school ↗LEARN
  15. 31Actor Pascal ↗PEDRO
  16. 32Kiss ↗SMOOCH
  17. 34Celestial sphere ↗ORB
  18. 35Went from 0 to 60, say ↗AGED
  19. 37Nipsey Russell's role in 1978's "The Wiz" ↗TINMAN
  20. 40"___ America (And So Can You!)" (Stephen Colbert best seller) ↗IAM
  21. 42Device for cutting bangs? ↗SILENCER
  22. 45More in need of a sticky roller ↗LINTIER
  23. 47Zealous ↗AVID
  24. 48Guide for writing a perfect letter ↗STENCIL
  25. 49Adorn ↗BEDECK
  26. 50Some skin care products ↗TONERS
  27. 52"Dear Lord! His Majesty's beard is out of control!" ↗GODSHAVETHEKING
  28. 55Comics cry of dismay ↗ACK
  29. 58___ code ↗AREA
  30. 59Tiny and scurrying, perhaps ↗ANTLIKE
  31. 63"Just dropped off some of your newly buffed knight's protection!" ↗SHINEDSHIELDDELIVERED
  32. 71Green gemstone ↗PERIDOT
  33. 72Brand of bubbly, informally ↗MOET
  34. 73___ de vie ↗EAU
  35. 74"Might you give me a bigger boat?" ↗COULDIHAVEASHIP
  36. 82Composure under pressure ↗APLOMB
  37. 85Firmly planted ↗ROOTED
  38. 86Sizable wine orders ↗CARAFES
  39. 90Zest ↗PEEL
  40. 91Hero's partner in myth ↗LEANDER
  41. 93Real ladies' man ↗CASANOVA
  42. 94Bit of work ↗ERG
  43. 95It's always getting into hot water ↗TEABAG
  44. 96Theatrical constructions ↗SETS
  45. 97Unburden ↗RID
  46. 98Computer shortcuts ↗MACROS
  47. 100Muse of love poetry ↗ERATO
  48. 103"You can't win ___" ↗EMALL
  49. 105Writer ___ Stanley Gardner ↗ERLE
  50. 106"Is that a certainty?" ↗YOUSURE
  51. 109Unruly, as a beard ↗SCRAGGY
  52. 111Secret agent first introduced in 1953 ↗JAMESBOND
  53. 113Classic 111-Across portrayer, whose iconic accent is suggested by the answers to the italicized clues ↗SEANCONNERY
  54. 115Langston Hughes poem ↗ITOO
  55. 116Aston Martin, e.g. ↗AUTO
  56. 117Charm ↗ENDEAR
  57. 118Member of a watery quintet ↗ERIE
  58. 119Adriatique, e.g. ↗MER
  59. 120School attended by both 111-Across and his creator ↗ETON
  60. 121Debate-ending reply ↗SAYSME
  61. 122Figs. most people have memorized ↗SSNS

Down 79

  1. 1Win for an away team ↗HOMELOSS
  2. 2"That doesn't bother me anymore" ↗IMOVERIT
  3. 3Winsome ↗LOVEABLE
  4. 4It's human, in a saying ↗TOERR
  5. 5Big events on Wall St. ↗IPOS
  6. 6Full of tension ↗TAUT
  7. 7Abbr. on a paper tray ↗LTR
  8. 8Whiled away the hours ↗LOAFED
  9. 9Gave medicine ↗DOSED
  10. 10Different ↗OTHER
  11. 11Poke ___ ↗BOWL
  12. 12Start of a pirate chant ↗YOHO
  13. 13"There I am in the photo" ↗THATSME
  14. 14Winter hours in Conn. ↗EST
  15. 15Exhibiting some force ↗COERCIVE
  16. 16Part of a personal air filtration system ↗NOSEHAIR
  17. 17Degree in math? ↗NTH
  18. 21["Ha ha 2 funny!!!!] ↗LMAO
  19. 23Thirst ↗YEN
  20. 25Lots and lots ↗ATON
  21. 28Certain URL ending ↗DOTNET
  22. 31A pop ↗PER
  23. 33Favorite drink of 111-Across ↗MARTINI
  24. 35What wine or citrus adds to a sauce ↗ACID
  25. 36Hairstyle helpers ↗GELS
  26. 38Allergic reaction ↗ITCH
  27. 39Company originally named Blue Ribbon Sports ↗NIKE
  28. 41E.R. V.I.P.s ↗MDS
  29. 43High school subj. ↗ENG
  30. 44Base figure, for short ↗NCO
  31. 45Bank security feature ↗LEVEE
  32. 46Perfect match ↗IDEALMATE
  33. 47It's right on a square ↗ANGLE
  34. 49Port on the Adriatic ↗BARI
  35. 51Airing ↗ONTV
  36. 53Shout of triumph ↗HAH
  37. 54___-El (Superman's birth name) ↗KAL
  38. 55Relative of an adder ↗ASP
  39. 56"Evita" role for Antonio Banderas ↗CHE
  40. 57___ royale (cocktail) ↗KIR
  41. 60Indignation ↗IRE
  42. 61New Zealand parrot that can solve logic puzzles ↗KEA
  43. 62End of an academic address ↗EDU
  44. 64Williamson who played Merlin in "Excalibur" ↗NICOL
  45. 65Biblical kingdom near the Dead Sea ↗EDOM
  46. 66Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across ↗DOUBLEO
  47. 67Stitching on a Cardinal's cap ↗STL
  48. 68Mid-Atlantic state capital ↗DOVER
  49. 69A good one might generate good karma ↗DEED
  50. 70J.F.K. prediction ↗ETA
  51. 75Far from bright ↗DRAB
  52. 76University in New Rochelle, N.Y. ↗IONA
  53. 77Obergefell v. ___, milestone case for marriage equality ↗HODGES
  54. 78Improvise à la Ella Fitzgerald ↗SCAT
  55. 79Avocado variety ↗HASS
  56. 80Portfolio holding, for short ↗IRA
  57. 81Give a bad review ↗PAN
  58. 82Imitate ↗APE
  59. 83Spread throughout ↗PERMEATE
  60. 84Greaves and cuisses, but not gauntlets and helmets ↗LEGARMOR
  61. 87Those who hunt and gather ↗FORAGERS
  62. 88Feature of many a gloating movie villain ↗EVILGRIN
  63. 89"Alas, it is true" ↗SADLYYES
  64. 92Grounder to second, often ↗EASYOUT
  65. 93Corp. bigwig ↗CEO
  66. 95___ leches cake ↗TRES
  67. 96Beau ↗STEADY
  68. 99Late jazz singer ___ Laine ↗CLEO
  69. 101Sly schemes ↗RUSES
  70. 102Paris's Dôme de Paris, e.g. ↗ARENA
  71. 103Sea eagle ↗ERN
  72. 104Zebra features that mirror their body stripes ↗MANES
  73. 107"You're ___ something" ↗ONTO
  74. 108Japanese noodle ↗UDON
  75. 109Many a get-rich-quick offer ↗SCAM
  76. 110Heart ↗CORE
  77. 111Beam on a bottle ↗JIM
  78. 112Modern pet name ↗BAE
  79. 114Platform for Super Mario Bros., for short ↗NES