NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 10, 2025
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Clues140
Across65
Down75
TitlePassing Glances
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Helpful site for a D.I.Y.'er (4)
Starts with E, ends with WEHOW→
5A
Thurman of film (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUMA→
8A
Need for a transfer of power? (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCORD→
12A
Make easier to swallow (4)
Starts with C, ends with WCHEW→
16A
Basis for a write-off, perhaps (8)
Starts with T, ends with TTAXASSET→
18A
Mann who wrote songs for 1999's "Magnolia" (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAIMEE→
19A
First name in country (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASHANIA→
21A
… something big and rocky with a Space Force base in it (16)
Starts with C, ends with NCHEYENNEMOUNTAIN→
23A
"So weird …" (6)
Starts with H, ends with DHOWODD→
24A
New York City's ___ Place (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASTOR→
25A
Norse mythology's equivalent of Olympus (6)
Starts with A, ends with DASGARD→
26A
Really tipsy (7)
Starts with P, ends with DPICKLED→
27A
Be possessive? (3)
Starts with O, ends with NOWN→
28A
Auctioneer's cry (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSOLD→
29A
… something pointy grown by Pinocchio (10)
Starts with D, ends with SDONKEYEARS→
30A
Teeming (8)
Starts with A, ends with TABUNDANT→
34A
"This is the first truth that ___ thine own tongue was guilty of": "All's Well That Ends Well" (3)
Starts with E, ends with REER→
37A
Rep who's not a Rep. (3)
Starts with D, ends with MDEM→
38A
Music genre associated with the tellum, or reverse mullet (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEMO→
39A
… something conical in a chemistry lab (15)
Starts with E, ends with KERLENMEYERFLASK→
46A
… something round and metallic with kanji written on it (11)
Starts with J, ends with NJAPANESEYEN→
49A
Homes for hogs (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSTIES→
50A
Run-down (5)
Starts with R, ends with YRATTY→
51A
Figure (out) (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSUSS→
52A
Disney snow queen (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELSA→
54A
Approves (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOKS→
55A
Many a hangout in Boystown, Chicago (6)
Starts with G, ends with RGAYBAR→
56A
Tolerate (5)
Starts with A, ends with EABIDE→
59A
Corner piece (4)
Starts with R, ends with KROOK→
61A
Common remote batteries (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAAS→
62A
In the style of (3)
Starts with A, ends with AALA→
63A
68A
[Not another word!] (3)
Starts with S, ends with HSHH→
69A
Location marker on a map app (3)
Starts with P, ends with NPIN→
70A
Novelist James (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAGEE→
71A
Mega-store? (5)
Starts with H, ends with DHOARD→
72A
Alfred E. ___, mascot of Mad magazine (6)
Starts with N, ends with NNEUMAN→
74A
Long-running drama with the protagonist Olivia Benson, for short (3)
Starts with S, ends with USVU→
75A
Per ___ (4)
Starts with D, ends with MDIEM→
77A
Nowhere close (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAFAR→
81A
Hall's music partner (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOATES→
82A
Certain water hazard (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSHOAL→
84A
… something yellow and happy in a text message (11)
Starts with S, ends with ISMILEYEMOJI→
87A
… something soft and melty in a black tub (15)
Starts with B, ends with MBREYERSICECREAM→
90A
Place with moving exhibits (3)
Starts with Z, ends with OZOO→
91A
Locale for a Snapple fact (3)
Starts with C, ends with PCAP→
92A
G.I. grub (3)
Starts with M, ends with EMRE→
93A
___ Hammarskjöld, only posthumous winner of a Nobel Peace Prize (3)
Starts with D, ends with GDAG→
94A
Outdoor event with costumes (8)
Starts with R, ends with ERENFAIRE→
96A
… something feathery sipping on nectar (10)
Starts with H, ends with RHONEYEATER→
101A
Final four event (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISEMI→
103A
Store that sells protein powder (3)
Starts with G, ends with CGNC→
104A
Single facial feature (7)
Starts with U, ends with WUNIBROW→
105A
One of the Jacksons (6)
Starts with L, ends with ALATOYA→
107A
Onionlike vegetables (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLEEKS→
110A
New home for a "fresh prince" in a 1990s sitcom (6)
Starts with B, ends with RBELAIR→
111A
… something long and painted on a highway (16)
Starts with D, ends with EDOUBLEYELLOWLINE→
114A
Down in the dumps (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSULLEN→
115A
Pungent (5)
Starts with A, ends with DACRID→
116A
Crispy tortilla-based dishes (8)
Starts with T, ends with STOSTADAS→
117A
Funerary shroud (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPALL→
118A
Excellent, in 1990s slang (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPHAT→
119A
Elect (to) (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOPT→
120A
Herb paired with brown butter in sauces (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESAGE→
Down
1D
… and so on (3)
Starts with E, ends with CETC→
2D
One of the text reaction buttons on an iPhone (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHAHA→
3D
Showy daisies (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOXEYES→
4D
Deliberate and unprovoked (6)
Starts with W, ends with NWANTON→
5D
A password might be provided with one (8)
Starts with U, ends with EUSERNAME→
6D
First letter of "menorah," in Hebrew (3)
Starts with M, ends with MMEM→
7D
"Let's raise our glasses!" (6)
Starts with A, ends with TATOAST→
8D
Fortresses (8)
Starts with C, ends with SCITADELS→
9D
Poet Khayyám (4)
Starts with O, ends with ROMAR→
10D
Las Vegas's Harry ___ International Airport (4)
Starts with R, ends with DREID→
11D
Thieves' place (3)
Starts with D, ends with NDEN→
12D
Wedge placed next to a wheel to prevent it from moving (5)
Starts with C, ends with KCHOCK→
13D
Iowan, by another name (7)
Starts with H, ends with EHAWKEYE→
14D
Sherlock's younger sister on TV (5)
Starts with E, ends with AENOLA→
15D
Like the Río de la Plata vis-à-vis the Amazon (5)
Starts with W, ends with RWIDER→
17D
Noted N.S.A. whistle-blower (7)
Starts with S, ends with NSNOWDEN→
18D
One going fishing (6)
Starts with A, ends with RANGLER→
19D
You might get one in a row (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSHINER→
20D
Contributes (4)
Starts with A, ends with SADDS→
22D
Source of some base humor, for short? (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUSO→
26D
Fast-food chain founded in New Orleans (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPOPEYES→
29D
Some noblewomen (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDAMES→
30D
Happy, dopey, sneezy, sleepy, grumpy and bashful: Abbr. (4)
Starts with A, ends with SADJS→
31D
___ idéal (4)
Starts with B, ends with UBEAU→
32D
Ones making "Out!" cries (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUMPS→
33D
Advanced cautiously, front end first (7)
Starts with N, ends with NNOSEDIN→
35D
Upgraded with new machinery (8)
Starts with R, ends with DRETOOLED→
39D
Several characters in nonfiction? (3)
Starts with E, ends with SENS→
40D
Republican politico Haley (5)
Starts with N, ends with INIKKI→
41D
Brendan of "The Mummy" (6)
Starts with F, ends with RFRASER→
42D
Ballad (3)
Starts with L, ends with YLAY→
43D
Held in check (5)
Starts with A, ends with YATBAY→
45D
Newswoman Phillips (4)
Starts with K, ends with AKYRA→
47D
"Please rush!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with PASAP→
48D
Hole for a shoelace (6)
Starts with E, ends with TEYELET→
53D
Archer's protection (8)
Starts with A, ends with DARMGUARD→
55D
Fund-raising fete (4)
Starts with G, ends with AGALA→
57D
Way around (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBYPASS→
58D
"Take that, loser!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIWIN→
60D
Spanish interjection (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOYE→
61D
Smash to smithereens (7)
Starts with A, ends with EATOMIZE→
63D
"Word has it ..." (5)
Starts with I, ends with RIHEAR→
64D
Sleep, informally (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESHUTEYE→
65D
Topsy-turviness (5)
Starts with H, ends with CHAVOC→
66D
That group (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTHEM→
67D
Cheese typically wrapped in paraffin (4)
Starts with E, ends with MEDAM→
68D
Sort who won't heed the advice "Don't look down"? (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSNOB→
73D
What abuts une côte (3)
Starts with M, ends with RMER→
74D
Diaphanous (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSHEER→
76D
Can you believe it? (3)
Starts with I, ends with MISM→
78D
An ellipse has two of these (4)
Starts with F, ends with IFOCI→
79D
Slightly open (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAJAR→
80D
Ready to eat (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERIPE→
82D
Turn (in) (5)
Starts with S, ends with WSCREW→
83D
At all, with "the" (8)
Starts with L, ends with TLEASTBIT→
85D
Out of touch for decades, say (8)
Starts with L, ends with TLONGLOST→
86D
Shakespearean potion ingredient (9)
Starts with E, ends with TEYEOFNEWT→
88D
Vacillator's confession (6)
Starts with I, ends with NIMTORN→
89D
Timeless (6)
Starts with A, ends with DAGEOLD→
94D
Venice's ___ Bridge (6)
Starts with R, ends with ORIALTO→
95D
Express Amtrak options (6)
Starts with A, ends with SACELAS→
96D
Transportation centers (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHUBS→
97D
Slightly outdo (5)
Starts with O, ends with PONEUP→
98D
Brand of wafer (5)
Starts with N, ends with ANILLA→
99D
Scrutinize (7)
Starts with E, ends with LEYEBALL→
100D
Animated daughter of King Triton (5)
Starts with A, ends with LARIEL→
102D
"Ridiculous!" (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMYEYE→
105D
Bit of blue on a map of Scotland (4)
Starts with L, ends with HLOCH→
106D
Otherworldly glow (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAURA→
108D
Radiohead's first #1 album (2000) (4)
Starts with K, ends with AKIDA→
109D
Holdup (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSNAG→
111D
Greeting with the hands (3)
Starts with D, ends with PDAP→
112D
___-eared (3)
Starts with L, ends with PLOP→
113D
Jargon suffix (3)
Starts with E, ends with EESE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 10, 2025?+
140 clues: 65 Across and 75 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adam Wagner and Chandi Deitmer and edited by Will Shortz.
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For example: Helpful site for a D.I.Y.'er (EHOW); Thurman of film (UMA); Need for a transfer of power? (CORD).
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