NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 7, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 7, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Ben ZimmerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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The Grid

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Across 35

  1. 1Speeding check ↗BUMP
  2. 5Vocally ↗ALOUD
  3. 10Source for some bubbly ↗ASTI
  4. 14Where the Magi journeyed from ↗AFAR
  5. 15"Over my dead body!" ↗GODNO
  6. 16One may be in default ↗LOAN
  7. 17Mixtures in copier cartridges ↗TOPEARNERS
  8. 19Target of an exfoliator ↗PORE
  9. 20Birthplace of Madeleine Albright and Vaclav Havel ↗PRAGUE
  10. 21Drink made with an artisanal flourish, maybe ↗LATTE
  11. 22Begins dealing with ↗HASAT
  12. 25Chatted online, in brief ↗IMPEACHED
  13. 27Risk-___ ↗AVERSE
  14. 29Sporting great who said "Tennis uses the language of life" ↗AGASSI
  15. 30School that's a rival of 37-Down ↗YALE
  16. 31P.R. piece? ↗PUERTO
  17. 35Stat used to calculate a QB's passer rating ↗ATT
  18. 36In vain ... or how to read the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across ↗FRUITLESSLY
  19. 39Org. that monitors on-air obscenity ↗FCC
  20. 41Matter in a neon sign ↗PLASMA
  21. 42Subjects of some European fishing bans ↗EELS
  22. 45Start of a lovelorn soliloquy ↗OROMEO
  23. 47Bridges in Baghdad cross it ↗TIGRIS
  24. 49Some fishing gear ↗ROMANGODS
  25. 53Level in a social hierarchy ↗CASTE
  26. 54Street urchin ↗GAMIN
  27. 55Less merry ↗GRAVER
  28. 57Abbr. standing in for co-authors ↗ETAL
  29. 58Investigate in detail ↗PROBLEMONE
  30. 62Pitchfork point ↗TINE
  31. 63Rivian competitor ↗TESLA
  32. 64Gemstone found in hot springs ↗OPAL
  33. 65Org. promoting sober motoring ↗SADD
  34. 66Half-___ (desultory) ↗ASSED
  35. 67Winter sports venue ↗RINK

Down 39

  1. 1Be up ↗BAT
  2. 2What arrives in the film "Arrival" ↗UFO
  3. 3Dash display in some cars ↗MAP
  4. 4Tax ___ ↗PREPARER
  5. 5Tourist destination outside of Delhi ↗AGRA
  6. 6Nighttime sound? ↗LONGI
  7. 7Classical performance space ↗ODEUM
  8. 8One with diplomatic plates in N.Y.C. ↗UNREP
  9. 9"Mesa para ___" (request at a Spanish restaurant) ↗DOS
  10. 10Wool source ↗ALPACA
  11. 11Futures experts? ↗SOOTHSAYERS
  12. 12Most pucker-inducing ↗TARTEST
  13. 13"Gimme!" ↗INEEDIT
  14. 18Culture vulture's concerns ↗ARTS
  15. 21Financial center of West Africa ↗LAGOS
  16. 22Kind of "fever" that's not actually a fever, and is typically caused by pollen ↗HAY
  17. 23Director DuVernay ↗AVA
  18. 24It's needed to stay calm ↗SELFCOMMAND
  19. 26Rankles no end ↗EATSAT
  20. 28Prose postscript ↗EPILOG
  21. 32___ Hagen, Tony-winning actress and theater practitioner ↗UTA
  22. 33Trains for the Chicago White Sox? ↗ELS
  23. 34Dreamily named rock group? ↗REM
  24. 37School that's a rival of 30-Across, informally ↗UPENN
  25. 38Part of a jouster's protection ↗LEGARMOR
  26. 39Thinks nothing of ↗FORGETS
  27. 40European land where much of "Game of Thrones" was filmed ↗CROATIA
  28. 43On fire ↗LIT
  29. 44Seattle-to-Mount Rainier dir. ↗SSE
  30. 46On its way, in a way ↗MAILED
  31. 48Drink that might turn your tongue blue ↗ICEE
  32. 50Fiends of folklore ↗OGRES
  33. 51Useless leftovers ↗DROSS
  34. 52Fur once favored by Russian royalty ↗SABLE
  35. 56Baseball Hall-of-Famer Guerrero, to fans ↗VLAD
  36. 58Org. that might sponsor a read-a-thon, in brief ↗PTA
  37. 59Mani-pedi brand ↗OPI
  38. 60Grammy, in the U.K. ↗NAN
  39. 61Creature on the state flags of Michigan and Idaho ↗ELK