NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Aug 8, 2025

Complete answer list for the August 8, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 33

  1. 1Who wrote in an 1852 novel “Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good” ↗STOWE
  2. 6Stick around camp? ↗TENTPOLE
  3. 14Synthetic fabric sometimes called "elastane" ↗LYCRA
  4. 15Competition conducted in rounds over rounds ↗BARTRIVIA
  5. 16Microscope component ↗OPTIC
  6. 17Establishments with many green rooms ↗ECOHOTELS
  7. 18"Aw, that's so nice of you!" ↗GEETHANKS
  8. 20Toadlike ↗WARTY
  9. 21Stuff ↗SATE
  10. 22Some fridges ↗LGS
  11. 23Way to the left? ↗WEST
  12. 24Rum-soaked cake ↗BABA
  13. 26Frameable frame ↗CEL
  14. 27Anytown, ___ ↗USA
  15. 30Many an I.R.S. public service announcement ↗SCAMALERT
  16. 33Heart ↗CRUX
  17. 34Reassuring words when help is needed ↗YOUCANCOUNTONME
  18. 36Means of defense for an elephant ↗TUSK
  19. 37"That would make the most sense to me" ↗IASSUMESO
  20. 38Some residents: Abbr. ↗DRS
  21. 39Blubber ↗FAT
  22. 40Like Antarctica, notably ↗ARID
  23. 41Disaccustom ↗WEAN
  24. 43Their tracks diffract light into rainbows ↗CDS
  25. 44Tricky situation ↗SPOT
  26. 48Eurasian ermine ↗STOAT
  27. 50Surfaces for making cookies ↗SHEETPANS
  28. 52Guiding principle, metaphorically ↗NORTHSTAR
  29. 542023 title role for Timothée Chalamet ↗WONKA
  30. 55Events akin to streaks ↗UNDIERUNS
  31. 56Opposite of entropy ↗ORDER
  32. 57"Don't give up" ↗BESTRONG
  33. 58Corset supports ↗STAYS

Down 37

  1. 1Tedious trials ↗SLOGS
  2. 2Ambitious and uncompromising, say ↗TYPEA
  3. 3The planets, since 2006 ↗OCTET
  4. 4Follow to the letter? ↗WRITEBACK
  5. 5Grocery pricing term ↗EACH
  6. 6Sailing maneuvers ↗TACKS
  7. 7Freudian drive to survive ↗EROS
  8. 8High degree ↗NTH
  9. 9Part of a masonry kit ↗TROWEL
  10. 10Breads that may be used as scoops ↗PITAS
  11. 11Nullifies ↗OVERTURNS
  12. 12Pleasing cadence ↗LILT
  13. 13"Don't stress yourself" ↗EASY
  14. 15Hybrid feline whose coat may feature rosettes ↗BENGALCAT
  15. 19One of two official languages of Kosovo ↗ALBANIAN
  16. 23Caregiver known as a "nutrix" in ancient Rome ↗WETNURSE
  17. 25Org. with a serpent in its logo ↗AMA
  18. 26Warriors for a cause ↗CRUSADERS
  19. 28Bouts held in a dohyo ↗SUMO
  20. 29Medieval warrior's weapon ↗AXE
  21. 30Turned ↗SOUR
  22. 31#@$% and &?*!, by implication ↗CUSSWORDS
  23. 32Sister of Helios ↗EOS
  24. 33Table tennis or beach volleyball ↗COEDSPORT
  25. 34Abbr. on a pay stub ↗YTD
  26. 35Letters said out of embarrassment ↗TMI
  27. 39Pops ↗FATHER
  28. 42Face-plant, so to speak ↗EATIT
  29. 43Iris ___, author of "The Chinese in America" ↗CHANG
  30. 45Animal that's mostly white, helping it hide in its natural habitat ↗PANDA
  31. 46Pitch-perfect ↗ONKEY
  32. 47Alexis, Feodor and Peter, among others ↗TSARS
  33. 48Slight ↗SNUB
  34. 49What's hard to read in a text ↗TONE
  35. 50Floor ↗STUN
  36. 51Rare bills and dice rolls ↗TWOS
  37. 53Sign of a sellout ↗SRO