NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 29, 2025
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Clues72
Across35
Down37
ConstructorJesse Cohn
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Coaster, usually (4)
Starts with D, ends with CDISC→
5A
Start of some temple names (4)
Starts with B, ends with IBNAI→
9A
Bug spray ingredient (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDEET→
13A
Kind of rover (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLUNAR→
14A
Figure with two tails (9)
Starts with B, ends with EBELLCURVE→
16A
Habitation (5)
Starts with A, ends with EABODE→
17A
Queen's guard? (9)
Starts with K, ends with EKILLERBEE→
18A
Language whose name consists of four consecutive U.S. state postal abbreviations (8)
Starts with M, ends with NMANDARIN→
20A
Genre for 5-Down (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBLUES→
21A
Certain graph shape (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPIE→
22A
Word with Man or can (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTIN→
23A
Per ___ (4)
Starts with D, ends with MDIEM→
24A
Places where it's OK to push someone at school (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSWINGSETS→
27A
Evidence of a fire (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
30A
Christmas story villain (5)
Starts with H, ends with DHEROD→
31A
Plot device in many a rom-com (8)
Starts with M, ends with EMEETCUTE→
33A
Samurai with no master (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRONIN→
34A
Big bust (3)
Starts with D, ends with DDUD→
35A
Little pieces (5)
Starts with I, ends with SIOTAS→
36A
Welcome sight for a business (8)
Starts with C, ends with RCUSTOMER→
38A
What fan fiction is not (5)
Starts with C, ends with NCANON→
39A
"Odds" follower (3)
Starts with A, ends with EARE→
40A
Loaded with excitement (9)
Starts with F, ends with DFUNFILLED→
42A
Blow off steam, say (4)
Starts with R, ends with TRANT→
43A
Start to do? (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDEE→
44A
Some Slack convos (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIMS→
47A
Happiness and excitement, for two (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMOODS→
49A
Four-star review, say (8)
Starts with I, ends with TILOVEDIT→
51A
Spitting contest? (9)
Starts with R, ends with ERAPBATTLE→
53A
Manage to lose (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEVADE→
54A
Some workplace perks (9)
Starts with F, ends with SFREEMEALS→
55A
"Seriously!," in slang (5)
Starts with N, ends with PNOCAP→
56A
Fighters on the beach in 2023's "Barbie" (4)
Starts with K, ends with SKENS→
57A
Old car concern (4)
Starts with R, ends with TRUST→
58A
Preschoolers, e.g. (4)
Starts with T, ends with STOTS→
Down
1D
Home to the torus-shaped Museum of the Future (5)
Starts with D, ends with IDUBAI→
2D
By some measure (10)
Starts with I, ends with EINONESENSE→
3D
Safety org. for young people (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSADD→
4D
Painting on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, with "The" (14)
Starts with C, ends with MCREATIONOFADAM→
5D
"The Thrill Is Gone" musician, 1970 (6)
Starts with B, ends with GBBKING→
6D
Kant's "no" (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNEIN→
7D
Even more than most (3)
Starts with A, ends with LALL→
8D
"OK, now you've got me intrigued ..." (7)
Starts with I, ends with EILLBITE→
9D
Macaroni wheat (5)
Starts with D, ends with MDURUM→
10D
Kathryn of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERBE→
11D
Anticipatory times (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEVES→
12D
Anger, with "off" (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETEE→
13D
Lantern, e.g. (4)
Starts with L, ends with PLAMP→
15D
Eclipse, for one (14)
Starts with C, ends with TCELESTIALEVENT→
23D
Proof of a plot (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDEED→
25D
Order in the court (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWRIT→
26D
1980s cartoon foe of Gargamel (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSMURF→
27D
Library regular, perhaps (10)
Starts with A, ends with TAUTODIDACT→
28D
Eminem song that samples Dido (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSTAN→
29D
"___ a real nowhere man ..." (3)
Starts with H, ends with SHES→
30D
Billing unit (4)
Starts with H, ends with RHOUR→
32D
Dog's post-op wear (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECONE→
33D
Label that sold the first 33 1/3 r.p.m. records (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARCA→
34D
Make an impression on (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDENT→
37D
Member of a 1960s TV family (7)
Starts with M, ends with RMUNSTER→
38D
Geppetto's pet goldfish in Disney's "Pinocchio" (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCLEO→
41D
Least active (6)
Starts with I, ends with TIDLEST→
42D
They might hang out in a hotel room (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROBES→
45D
Big name in mufflers (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMIDAS→
46D
Bit of a how-to (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSTEP→
47D
Stable mate (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMARE→
48D
Move the first pawn, say (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOPEN→
49D
Troubles (4)
Starts with I, ends with SILLS→
50D
High-quality flavoring for salad dressings, in brief (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEVOO→
51D
Inits. of the statesman who said "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly" (3)
Starts with R, ends with KRFK→
52D
Time constant symbol in physics (3)
Starts with T, ends with UTAU→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 29, 2025?+
72 clues: 35 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jesse Cohn and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Coaster, usually (DISC); Start of some temple names (BNAI); Bug spray ingredient (DEET).
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