NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 21, 2025
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Clues81
Across41
Down40
ConstructorSimeon Seigel
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
50 things on the Argo (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOARS→
5A
Units equal to nine inches (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSPANS→
10A
Needing more salt, perhaps (5)
Starts with I, ends with RICIER→
15A
Swiss-born artist whose name sounds like an art medium (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKLEE→
16A
What pronouns and their antecedents should do (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGREE→
17A
*Person who persists in a hopeless cause (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBITTE→
18A
Destroyer of Hindu cosmogony (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASIVA→
19A
*Wildlife parks (5)
Starts with G, ends with RGAMER→
20A
Layer of bricks (5)
Starts with M, ends with NMASON→
21A
Show obeisance (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBOWTO→
23A
Smart TV features (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDVRS→
25A
Eye covering (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLID→
26A
*Enjoy the moment, say (5)
Starts with T, ends with ITAKEI→
27A
Name on a check (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPAYEE→
29A
Porter of Broadway (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECOLE→
30A
Sucker's lament (8)
Starts with I, ends with DIBEENHAD→
32A
Repeat (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSAYOVER→
34A
Cheryl of "Charlie's Angels" (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLADD→
35A
Bit of Q.E.D. (4)
Starts with E, ends with TERAT→
37A
Features of some stadia (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDOMES→
38A
41A
Big name in Russian ballet (5)
Starts with K, ends with VKIROV→
43A
Capital on the Mediterranean (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEURO→
44A
Blew away (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAWED→
48A
Legislative bodies (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSENATES→
50A
Old wide-screen format (8)
Starts with C, ends with ACINERAMA→
52A
Crime show extra, informally (4)
Starts with P, ends with PPERP→
53A
Lead-in to "they" (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHESHE→
55A
*Storm-tracking aid (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLIVER→
56A
Brew designed to survive trips to the subcontinent, in brief (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIPA→
57A
Early PC game whose nonsense working title stuck (4)
Starts with Z, ends with KZORK→
58A
Partner of older (5)
Starts with W, ends with RWISER→
59A
Guardian spirits (5)
Starts with G, ends with IGENII→
61A
*Musical appreciation? (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATONYA→
64A
Deity with the raven familiars Huginn and Muninn (4)
Starts with O, ends with NODIN→
66A
*Forming a union (5)
Starts with O, ends with NORGAN→
67A
___ Day (April celebration) (5)
Starts with A, ends with RARBOR→
68A
A or B, e.g. (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTE→
69A
Yani ___, youngest pro golfer to win five major championships (age 22) (5)
Starts with T, ends with GTSENG→
70A
Score keeper? (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSTAND→
71A
Peeved state (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSNIT→
Down
1D
Gives a "go" (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOKS→
2D
Fictional character with a famous opening line (7)
Starts with A, ends with AALIBABA→
3D
Took back (7)
Starts with R, ends with DREVOKED→
4D
Sushi treatment that's also a spa treatment (11)
Starts with S, ends with PSEAWEEDWRAP→
5D
Palm starch (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSAGO→
6D
___ Tour (3)
Starts with P, ends with APGA→
7D
What's off to the side in a selfie (3)
Starts with A, ends with MARM→
8D
Demanding attention (5)
Starts with N, ends with YNEEDY→
9D
Waits on (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSERVES→
10D
Watson and Deep Blue, for two (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIBMS→
11D
Grp. aptly hidden in "special ops" (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACIA→
12D
"We're head over heels!" (7)
Starts with I, ends with EITSLOVE→
13D
Prima ballerinas (7)
Starts with E, ends with SETOILES→
14D
Melt down (6)
Starts with R, ends with RRENDER→
22D
___ can, item first made and patented in Britain in 1810 (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTIN→
24D
Turns the page, say (7)
Starts with R, ends with NREADSON→
27D
Take leave of each other (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPART→
28D
Just saying? (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADAGE→
29D
Taste tests, e.g. (11)
Starts with C, ends with SCOMPARISONS→
33D
Pronoun repeated in "___ do ___" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with UYOU→
39D
High on the Scoville scale (3)
Starts with H, ends with THOT→
40D
Lake that's home to Kelleys Island (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
41D
Best candidates for permanent relationships (7)
Starts with K, ends with SKEEPERS→
42D
Callable, say (7)
Starts with I, ends with EINRANGE→
45D
Gestured to keep moving (7)
Starts with W, ends with NWAVEDON→
46D
Some retired faculty (7)
Starts with E, ends with IEMERITI→
47D
___ es Salaam (3)
Starts with D, ends with RDAR→
49D
Certain mattresses (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSERTAS→
51D
Name that means "my God" in Hebrew (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
54D
Bit of hybrid field hockey attire (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSKORT→
57D
Criticize wittily (4)
Starts with Z, ends with GZING→
58D
District (4)
Starts with W, ends with DWARD→
60D
Holm or McKellen of "The Hobbit" (3)
Starts with I, ends with NIAN→
62D
Wizards' org. (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANBA→
63D
Over there (3)
Starts with Y, ends with NYON→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 21, 2025?+
81 clues: 41 Across and 40 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Simeon Seigel and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: 50 things on the Argo (OARS); Units equal to nine inches (SPANS); Needing more salt, perhaps (ICIER).
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