NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 17, 2025
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Clues132
Across59
Down73
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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
Sign off on (7)
Starts with A, ends with OAGREETO→
8A
Feel the pain (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSUFFER→
14A
One of music's Three B's (4)
Starts with B, ends with HBACH→
18A
They're paving the way (8)
Starts with R, ends with GROADGANG→
20A
Island with ferries to Ibiza (7)
Starts with M, ends with AMINORCA→
21A
Tangent line? (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALSO→
22A
One of the better morning beverages? (16)
Starts with N, ends with JNOTYOURAVERAGEOJ→
24A
Zoom background option (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBLUR→
25A
Hrs. for Augusta in August (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEDT→
26A
"___ Q" (1968 hit) (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESUZIE→
27A
Styling substance (3)
Starts with G, ends with LGEL→
28A
"C'mon, the car door's open!" (5)
Starts with G, ends with NGETIN→
29A
Avoid ___ (GPS option) (5)
Starts with T, ends with STOLLS→
32A
Slice of the economy (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSECTOR→
35A
First non-English-language film to win Best Picture (8)
Starts with P, ends with EPARASITE→
37A
Just one inning left after this? (17)
Starts with T, ends with YTHEEIGHTHUNDERWAY→
40A
Annual gala locale, with "the" (3)
Starts with M, ends with TMET→
41A
Meat sauce in Italian cooking (4)
Starts with R, ends with URAGU→
42A
Go-getter sorts (6)
Starts with T, ends with STYPEAS→
43A
Trifling (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMERE→
45A
View from the Quai d'Orsay (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESEINE→
47A
Character with a Jamaican accent in Disney's "The Little Mermaid" (9)
Starts with S, ends with NSEBASTIAN→
51A
How a mountain road may rise or fall (7)
Starts with S, ends with YSTEEPLY→
54A
Threads, e.g. (3)
Starts with A, ends with PAPP→
57A
Query of worry (8)
Starts with A, ends with KAREYOUOK→
59A
Units on a multimeter (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOHMS→
60A
Seasoning preference when eating Maryland blue crab? (11)
Starts with E, ends with YEXTRAOLDBAY→
64A
Berry plant related to a hawthorn (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESLOE→
65A
The lion in summer? (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLEO→
66A
"So here's my question ..." (7)
Starts with I, ends with UIASKYOU→
67A
Humorous ending with hater (3)
Starts with A, ends with EADE→
68A
Sephora competitor (4)
Starts with U, ends with AULTA→
70A
Two-pound tomahawk steak, for instance? (11)
Starts with J, ends with EJUMBOENTREE→
74A
Underwater respirator (4)
Starts with G, ends with LGILL→
75A
Home on the internet, perhaps (8)
Starts with M, ends with EMAINPAGE→
77A
Prescriptions, for short (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRXS→
78A
Arouses (7)
Starts with E, ends with SEXCITES→
80A
Slimy scheme for profit (9)
Starts with M, ends with BMONEYGRAB→
83A
Listing that might include an explanation of benefits (5)
Starts with C, ends with MCLAIM→
84A
Anchors provide this (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNEWS→
85A
Casual shoe (6)
Starts with L, ends with RLOAFER→
89A
New Jersey? (4)
Starts with C, ends with FCALF→
91A
A.C.C. school (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUVA→
93A
"Do I *really* wanna start an online bidding war? Hmm ..."? (17)
Starts with T, ends with YTOEBAYORNOTTOEBAY→
99A
Czech brew (8)
Starts with P, ends with RPILSENER→
101A
Move (over) (6)
Starts with S, ends with HSCOOCH→
102A
Michael of R.E.M. (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTIPE→
103A
The government, at times (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTAXER→
104A
What Pomeranians do (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYAP→
106A
The (middle) sound of "silence" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASCHWA→
108A
"___ but a scratch" (3)
Starts with T, ends with STIS→
109A
Creature in Magic: The Gathering (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOGRE→
110A
Give an extra perk to a cigarette smoker? (16)
Starts with T, ends with YTOSSINTHEASHTRAY→
115A
Finish filming (4)
Starts with W, ends with PWRAP→
116A
___ Attucks, Revolutionary War casualty who posthumously became an abolitionist symbol (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCRISPUS→
117A
Cherish (8)
Starts with T, ends with ETREASURE→
118A
No side (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNAYS→
119A
Become gooey over, as cheese atop a hot burger (6)
Starts with M, ends with NMELTON→
120A
They're usually found to the left of Q's (7)
Starts with T, ends with STABKEYS→
Down
1D
Actor Will of "BoJack Horseman" (6)
Starts with A, ends with TARNETT→
2D
British cry of approval (6)
Starts with G, ends with HGOODOH→
3D
Scary snake (7)
Starts with R, ends with RRATTLER→
4D
Joseph who co-invented rocky road ice cream (3)
Starts with E, ends with YEDY→
5D
Obstruction to teamwork, maybe (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEGO→
6D
Greek crosses (4)
Starts with T, ends with STAUS→
7D
Sudden surge (6)
Starts with O, ends with HONRUSH→
8D
Round Table title (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSIR→
9D
"___ cerveza, por favor" (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUNA→
10D
Phileas in "Around the World in Eighty Days" (4)
Starts with F, ends with GFOGG→
11D
The power of social media from a marketing standpoint, informally (6)
Starts with F, ends with RFREEPR→
12D
Bit of green legislation (6)
Starts with E, ends with WECOLAW→
13D
Hindi for "reign" (3)
Starts with R, ends with JRAJ→
14D
Sweethearts (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBABES→
15D
One of the best coffee beverages ever? (13)
Starts with A, ends with TALLTIMEAULAIT→
16D
Top execs, collectively (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECSUITE→
17D
Charlotte N.B.A. player (6)
Starts with H, ends with THORNET→
19D
Montreal newspaper continuously published since 1778, with "The" (7)
Starts with G, ends with EGAZETTE→
20D
Get-together (6)
Starts with M, ends with PMEETUP→
23D
French city from which a soup gets its name (5)
Starts with V, ends with YVICHY→
28D
Merriment, in one spelling (6)
Starts with G, ends with YGAYETY→
30D
Doesn't own, say (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLEASES→
31D
Largest college fraternity in the U.S., familiarly (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSIGEP→
33D
No U.S. area code starts with this (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
34D
Nutrition figs. (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRDAS→
36D
Minnesota county whose seat is St. Paul (6)
Starts with R, ends with YRAMSEY→
38D
Artfulness (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGUILE→
39D
Suffix with journal (3)
Starts with E, ends with EESE→
44D
Some natural borders en México (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRIOS→
46D
Greek goddess of the night (3)
Starts with N, ends with XNYX→
48D
Emperor who founded the Mughal Empire (5)
Starts with B, ends with RBABUR→
49D
Palindromic constellation (3)
Starts with A, ends with AARA→
50D
Noggin (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENOODLE→
51D
Latin for "only" (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSOLUM→
52D
What fugitives are on (6)
Starts with T, ends with MTHELAM→
53D
What might confirm the worst for an athlete's injury? (13)
Starts with E, ends with YEMOTIONALXRAY→
54D
Many a Bahraini (4)
Starts with A, ends with BARAB→
55D
Old El ___ (Tex-Mex brand) (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPASO→
56D
Game with an annual World Series since 1970 (5)
Starts with P, ends with RPOKER→
58D
Collapses, with "over" (5)
Starts with K, ends with SKEELS→
61D
Smartphone clock function (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTIMER→
62D
A bobcat is one, technically (4)
Starts with L, ends with XLYNX→
69D
Actress Bancroft (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANNE→
70D
Many-time N.B.A. All-Star Tatum (6)
Starts with J, ends with NJAYSON→
71D
Boot out of Australia? (3)
Starts with U, ends with GUGG→
72D
Creature with flat, transparent larvae called "leptocephali" (3)
Starts with E, ends with LEEL→
73D
___ change (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEXACT→
74D
Vodka-and-lime cocktail (6)
Starts with G, ends with TGIMLET→
76D
Metal material used for dishware before porcelain became popular (6)
Starts with P, ends with RPEWTER→
79D
Ta-tas (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCIAOS→
81D
In the style of (3)
Starts with A, ends with AALA→
82D
School bathroom sign (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBOYS→
83D
Spin a yarn, perhaps? (7)
Starts with C, ends with TCROCHET→
86D
Progressive inits. in the U.S. Congress (3)
Starts with A, ends with CAOC→
87D
Puts icing on (6)
Starts with F, ends with SFROSTS→
88D
Methuselah's father (5)
Starts with E, ends with HENOCH→
90D
Paramount+ docuseries with real-life crime stories (7)
Starts with F, ends with EFBITRUE→
91D
Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s? (6)
Starts with U, ends with NUPTOWN→
92D
Cialis alternative (6)
Starts with V, ends with AVIAGRA→
94D
Long-eared pal of Pooh (6)
Starts with E, ends with EEEYORE→
95D
Country whose name Americans spell with a "z" (6)
Starts with B, ends with LBRASIL→
96D
Stymie (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTHWART→
97D
Abode that's abuzz (6)
Starts with A, ends with YAPIARY→
98D
"Ah, that's right!" (6)
Starts with Y, ends with SYESYES→
100D
Trickles (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEEPS→
105D
Vowelless attention-getter (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPSST→
107D
Traveling in waves, say (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASEA→
110D
Vintage film channel (3)
Starts with T, ends with MTCM→
111D
Milestone for a start-up, for short (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIPO→
112D
Sister figure (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNUN→
113D
Pre-___ (exercise program in advance of surgery) (3)
Starts with H, ends with BHAB→
114D
Vowelless rebuke (3)
Starts with T, ends with KTSK→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 17, 2025?+
132 clues: 59 Across and 73 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Amsay Ezersky and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Sign off on (AGREETO); Feel the pain (SUFFER); One of music's Three B's (BACH).
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