NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 26, 2025
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Clues76
Across35
Down41
ConstructorKevin Curry
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Something tapped at a bar (3)
Starts with K, ends with GKEG→
4A
___ monster (only venomous lizard native to the U.S.) (4)
Starts with G, ends with AGILA→
8A
Go caroling, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSING→
12A
British weekly on business, politics and culture, with "The" (9)
Starts with E, ends with TECONOMIST→
15A
Devils' center, appropriately (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEVIL→
16A
Ones taking baby pictures in the delivery room, maybe (10)
Starts with P, ends with SPROUDPAPAS→
19A
University just north of Harvard (5)
Starts with T, ends with STUFTS→
20A
Overall impact (9)
Starts with N, ends with TNETEFFECT→
22A
Like drone photography (6)
Starts with A, ends with LAERIAL→
23A
"Look here …" (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESEE→
24A
Study of the mind, for short (6)
Starts with C, ends with ICOGSCI→
29A
Tavern owner who's often prank-called by Bart Simpson (3)
Starts with M, ends with EMOE→
31A
Attire for a contemporary dancer (7)
Starts with U, ends with DUNITARD→
33A
Source of a certain essential oil (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETEATREE→
37A
R, as in a Rolls-Royce? (7)
Starts with R, ends with EREVERSE→
38A
Hush-hush (7)
Starts with O, ends with LONTHEDL→
39A
What the shepherd heard, perhaps (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBLEAT→
40A
Highest level of minor-league baseball (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAAA→
42A
They spike during the holidays (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSALES→
43A
Apt name for a socialite? (3)
Starts with D, ends with BDEB→
45A
Some pre-streaming music purchases (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCDS→
47A
Goose of Hawaii (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENENE→
48A
Global movement to end violence against women (4)
Starts with V, ends with YVDAY→
51A
That's unbelievable! (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELIE→
53A
"That's unbelievable!" (4)
Starts with W, ends with AWHOA→
55A
Fish that can burrow into the seabed (3)
Starts with E, ends with LEEL→
56A
Subtle acknowledgment (3)
Starts with N, ends with DNOD→
57A
Carpenter or plumber's kit (7)
Starts with T, ends with TTOOLSET→
60A
Fruit traditionally eaten with the fish it's named for (11)
Starts with S, ends with YSALMONBERRY→
63A
Toilette water (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEAU→
64A
Like goods bought before they hit the shelves (10)
Starts with P, ends with DPREORDERED→
65A
Alternative to AOL (3)
Starts with M, ends with NMSN→
66A
67A
When a plane is due in, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
Down
1D
Didn't tell, as a secret (4)
Starts with K, ends with TKEPT→
2D
Light beige (4)
Starts with E, ends with UECRU→
3D
Blooper (4)
Starts with G, ends with FGOOF→
4D
Combatants in the Titanomachy (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGODS→
5D
Teacher's pest (3)
Starts with I, ends with PIMP→
6D
Former NPR host Hansen (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELIANE→
7D
In line with (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASPER→
8D
Beginning of consciousness? (4)
Starts with S, ends with FSELF→
9D
Group of elite colleges (5)
Starts with I, ends with SIVIES→
10D
Mother's daughter's daughter, perhaps (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENIECE→
11D
Largest human muscle, informally (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGLUTE→
13D
Little fastener (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNUT→
14D
Comic actor Jacques (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITATI→
17D
Sailors (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSEAMEN→
21D
A&W specialties (6)
Starts with F, ends with SFLOATS→
22D
Broadcasts (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIRS→
24D
Where the sidewalk ends (4)
Starts with C, ends with BCURB→
25D
First-year legal student, informally (4)
Starts with O, ends with LONEL→
26D
Donate (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGIVE→
27D
Like a good sharpshooter's hand (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSTEADY→
28D
À la ___ (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECARTE→
30D
Renewable gasoline additive (7)
Starts with E, ends with LETHANOL→
32D
Anti-trafficking org. (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADEA→
33D
___ Hall ("The Wind in the Willows" residence) (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTOAD→
34D
Cry to a captor (9)
Starts with R, ends with ERELEASEME→
35D
Idyllic spot (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
36D
Ultimatum word (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
41D
___ in the hole (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
44D
Marilyn Monroe or Britney Spears (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBLONDE→
46D
Cutlass, e.g. (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSWORD→
48D
Italian scooter brand (5)
Starts with V, ends with AVESPA→
49D
Darlings (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDEARS→
50D
Spot for cats and rats (5)
Starts with A, ends with YALLEY→
52D
"My gut says …" (5)
Starts with I, ends with TIDBET→
54D
Today, in Tijuana (3)
Starts with H, ends with YHOY→
56D
What you'd expect when you're expecting? (4)
Starts with N, ends with MNORM→
57D
Shot that made its N.B.A. debut in 1979, slangily (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTREY→
58D
Big ___ (college conference) (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEAST→
59D
Common sushi fish (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATUNA→
61D
Certain parent (3)
Starts with M, ends with MMOM→
62D
Make a typo, say (3)
Starts with E, ends with RERR→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 26, 2025?+
76 clues: 35 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kevin Curry and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Something tapped at a bar (KEG); ___ monster (only venomous lizard native to the U.S.) (GILA); Go caroling, say (SING).
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