NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2025
NYT Crossword Answers Aug 9, 2025
Complete answer list for the August 9, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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Across 33
- 1Approach boldly ↗ACCOST
- 7Word with fixed or net ↗ASSETS
- 13Purple-hatted Nintendo character ↗WALUIGI
- 15Mildew, e.g. ↗BLIGHT
- 16Little Italian toasts ↗CROSTINI
- 18One choice at a dry cleaner ↗HANGER
- 19Say but not really mean ↗MOUTH
- 20English town known for its mineral water ↗EPSOM
- 22Historical event that acquired its name almost two decades after it ended, in brief ↗WWI
- 23Car once promoted with the slogan "It's Your Money … Demand Better," informally ↗OLDS
- 24Joy of television ↗BEHAR
- 25Windjammer, e.g. ↗SHIP
- 2633-Down platform, for short ↗NES
- 27Deceived, maybe ↗LEDON
- 28Retreats ↗LAIRS
- 29Move around from here to there ↗CUTANDPASTE
- 31Unhelpful response to "Why?" ↗JUSTBECAUSE
- 32Rabbit food? ↗EASTERCANDY
- 33Pats (down) ↗TAMPS
- 34Progresses slowly ↗EASES
- 35Something chewed over ↗CUD
- 38Sections of history ↗ERAS
- 39Has legs ↗LASTS
- 40Something to climb in a WWE match ↗ROPE
- 41"Stop! We get it!" ↗TMI
- 42Rube ↗YOKEL
- 43Literature Nobelist who wrote "Siddhartha" ↗HESSE
- 44People whose flag depicts the Lion of Judah ↗RASTAS
- 46Animal that sleeps while floating on its back ↗SEAOTTER
- 48University of California campus locale ↗IRVINE
- 49"The Ultimate Trivia Destination," per its website ↗SPORCLE
- 50Moves in the shadows ↗SKULKS
- 51Parts of cassette players ↗SPOOLS
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- 1"Really, now!" ↗AWCMON
- 2Actress Lombard of classic Hollywood ↗CAROLE
- 3"Above the ___, as high as heaven itself?": Shak. ↗CLOUDS
- 4Ejects ↗OUSTS
- 5Villainous group of science fiction ↗SITH
- 6___ Fridays ↗TGI
- 7Can't stand ↗ABHOR
- 8Dis ↗SLAM
- 9"The only ___ is mediocrity": Martha Graham ↗SIN
- 10Ingredient in meringue cookies ↗EGGWHITE
- 11#1 on BBC's list of greatest 21st-century TV series ↗THEWIRE
- 12Comics ↗STRIPS
- 14"This work is getting to be too much" ↗INEEDABREAK
- 17Apple skins? ↗IPHONECASES
- 21Buildings that aren't water-resistant ↗SANDCASTLES
- 24"La Cousine ___" (Balzac novel) ↗BETTE
- 25Overly wise, say ↗SASSY
- 27Feels thirsty ↗LUSTS
- 28Gives accolades ↗LAUDS
- 29Edges ↗CUSPS
- 30You can see right through them ↗PANES
- 31Phenomenon of experiencing something as strangely new even though one has experienced it before ↗JAMAISVU
- 32Designate, as funds ↗EARMARK
- 33Series of mental blocks? ↗TETRIS
- 35Retail giant that opened its first store in Seattle in 1983 ↗COSTCO
- 36Persuade to pay more than originally intended ↗UPSELL
- 37Popular farm vehicles ↗DEERES
- 39Falls short, say ↗LOSES
- 40Lead-in to active ↗RETRO
- 42American in Paris? ↗YANK
- 43Certain earring ↗HOOP
- 45Poetic contraction ↗TIL
- 47Some courses for honor students, for short ↗APS