NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 25, 2025
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Clues78
Across39
Down39
ConstructorRyan Mathiason
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Trendy (3)
Starts with H, ends with PHIP→
4A
Remove, as pencil marks (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERASE→
9A
Goes past 21 in blackjack (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBUSTS→
14A
Commotion (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
15A
"___ Mia!" (2008 film) (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMAMMA→
16A
How ballerinas perform (5)
Starts with O, ends with EONTOE→
17A
Fish commonly caught in the Upper Midwest (9)
Starts with L, ends with TLAKETROUT→
19A
Squandered, as a big lead (5)
Starts with B, ends with NBLOWN→
20A
Now and ___ (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTHEN→
22A
Spooks (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSCARES→
23A
Arrange numerically, perhaps (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSORT→
24A
Player protecting a QB's blind side, often (10)
Starts with L, ends with ELEFTTACKLE→
26A
Cafeteria carrier (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTRAY→
28A
Despise (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHATE→
29A
Follows orders (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOBEYS→
31A
Second-largest island in Hawaii (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMAUI→
33A
Govt.-issued identifiers (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSSNS→
37A
Saudi Arabian export (3)
Starts with O, ends with LOIL→
38A
Household chore traditionally done on Mondays (7)
Starts with L, ends with YLAUNDRY→
41A
Dessert often filled with fruit (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPIE→
42A
Spanish greeting (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHOLA→
44A
Certain arm muscles, for short (4)
Starts with T, ends with STRIS→
45A
Make into law (5)
Starts with E, ends with TENACT→
47A
"The Lion King" lion (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANALA→
49A
Word after root or draft (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBEER→
50A
Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact (10)
Starts with C, ends with RCOLDCALLER→
55A
Banned substances in sports, for short (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPEDS→
58A
Tips off (6)
Starts with A, ends with SALERTS→
59A
Kitchenware brand (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOXO→
60A
Focus of J. Robert Oppenheimer (4)
Starts with A, ends with MATOM→
61A
YouTube medium (5)
Starts with V, ends with OVIDEO→
62A
At stake ... or where you may find 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across (9)
Starts with O, ends with EONTHELINE→
64A
Water brand whose natural spring was discovered by a French nobleman (5)
Starts with E, ends with NEVIAN→
65A
Many a summer TV airing (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRERUN→
66A
Modern vaccine component (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARNA→
67A
Slow on the uptake (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDENSE→
68A
Boasts (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBRAGS→
69A
Unit of corn (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
Down
2D
State whose panhandle touches British Columbia (5)
Starts with I, ends with OIDAHO→
3D
A smile, perhaps (9)
Starts with P, ends with LPOKERTELL→
4D
Ambulance worker, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEMT→
5D
Only once in a while (6)
Starts with R, ends with YRARELY→
6D
Love, in Italy (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAMORE→
7D
Blue creature of kids' movies (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSMURF→
8D
Put away, as dinner (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEAT→
9D
Ohio University athlete (6)
Starts with B, ends with TBOBCAT→
10D
Loosens, as a shoe (7)
Starts with U, ends with SUNLACES→
11D
Baby deliverer, in folklore (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSTORK→
12D
Dry (off) (5)
Starts with T, ends with LTOWEL→
13D
Have a feeling (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESENSE→
18D
___-level job (5)
Starts with E, ends with YENTRY→
22D
Part of a flight (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSTAIR→
25D
Sounds of heavy things hitting the ground (5)
Starts with T, ends with STHUDS→
27D
Silent way to communicate, in brief (3)
Starts with A, ends with LASL→
29D
"___-la-la!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with HOOH→
30D
Science class, for short (3)
Starts with B, ends with OBIO→
31D
Many a public artwork (5)
Starts with M, ends with LMURAL→
32D
Singer DiFranco (3)
Starts with A, ends with IANI→
34D
Fifth wheel (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESPARETIRE→
35D
Actor Cage, informally (3)
Starts with N, ends with CNIC→
36D
Part of a tennis match (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
39D
Mythological Titan who bore the weight of the heavens on his shoulders (5)
Starts with A, ends with SATLAS→
40D
"___-haw!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with EYEE→
43D
San ___ Fault (7)
Starts with A, ends with SANDREAS→
46D
Country holding one side of Mount Everest (5)
Starts with N, ends with LNEPAL→
48D
Start of a play (6)
Starts with A, ends with EACTONE→
49D
Greeting between buddies (6)
Starts with B, ends with GBROHUG→
50D
Capitulated in negotiations (5)
Starts with C, ends with DCAVED→
51D
Shade of green (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOLIVE→
52D
Opposite of ushered out (5)
Starts with L, ends with NLEDIN→
53D
Unsociable type (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLONER→
54D
When repeated, an old newsboy's cry (5)
Starts with E, ends with AEXTRA→
56D
Prima ___ (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADONNA→
57D
Mascara mishap (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSMEAR→
62D
Sphere (3)
Starts with O, ends with BORB→
63D
Nav. rank (3)
Starts with E, ends with SENS→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 25, 2025?+
78 clues: 39 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Ryan Mathiason and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Trendy (HIP); Remove, as pencil marks (ERASE); Goes past 21 in blackjack (BUSTS).
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