NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 12, 2025
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Clues74
Across37
Down37
ConstructorErik Agard
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
Take to the slopes (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISKI→
4A
Abolitionist Tubman (7)
Starts with H, ends with THARRIET→
11A
Shade of gray or blond (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
14A
"That's rough!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with FOOF→
15A
Quantities (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAMOUNTS→
16A
Dubai's country, for short (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUAE→
17A
Pales in comparison (15)
Starts with C, ends with ECANTHOLDACANDLE→
20A
Greeting in Oahu (5)
Starts with A, ends with AALOHA→
21A
French article (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLES→
22A
Countrified (5)
Starts with R, ends with LRURAL→
23A
After the buzzer (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELATE→
24A
Typical People cover subject, informally (5)
Starts with C, ends with BCELEB→
26A
Pharmacy bottlefuls, informally (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMEDS→
27A
Edible Christmas ornament (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECANDYCANE→
30A
Planet with the most moons (274) (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSATURN→
33A
Not out of the ordinary (6)
Starts with N, ends with LNORMAL→
37A
Container for oranges (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECRATE→
38A
Certain significant others, informally (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBFS→
41A
2016 Disney movie (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMOANA→
42A
King, in Latin (3)
Starts with R, ends with XREX→
43A
Visual features of a 27-Across (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSTRIPES→
46A
U.S. soldiers (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGIS→
47A
Blown away (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAWED→
49A
___ cart (type of food stand) (5)
Starts with H, ends with LHALAL→
50A
University in western Pennsylvania, familiarly (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPITT→
51A
Chicana, for example (15)
Starts with M, ends with NMEXICANAMERICAN→
54A
Bad news for vegetation (6)
Starts with B, ends with TBLIGHT→
55A
1990s-’00s sitcom starring Brandy (6)
Starts with M, ends with AMOESHA→
56A
Rapper ___ Wayne (3)
Starts with L, ends with LLIL→
57A
Conscience-stricken (7)
Starts with A, ends with DASHAMED→
61A
He/___ (3)
Starts with H, ends with MHIM→
62A
Time to look ahead (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEVE→
63A
Birds phonetically suggested by a feature of 17-, 27- and 51-Across (7)
Starts with T, ends with STOUCANS→
64A
Fútbol cheer (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOLE→
65A
___ Moines (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDES→
66A
Prepared to pray (5)
Starts with K, ends with TKNELT→
67A
Partner of "ty" (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPLS→
Down
1D
L.A.'s region (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSOCAL→
2D
Eucalyptus eater (5)
Starts with K, ends with AKOALA→
3D
"Otherwise ..." (5)
Starts with I, ends with TIFNOT→
4D
"Serves you right!" (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHAHA→
5D
"Te ___" ("I love you," in Spanish) (3)
Starts with A, ends with OAMO→
6D
Like some R's and oats (6)
Starts with R, ends with DROLLED→
7D
"As I was saying before I was so ___ interrupted ..." (6)
Starts with R, ends with YRUDELY→
8D
Shortly (6)
Starts with I, ends with CINASEC→
9D
And the like, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with CETC→
10D
Russian ruler of old (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTSAR→
11D
Lorde who wrote "Sister Outsider" (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAUDRE→
12D
Partner of soup (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSALAD→
13D
What the Beyoncé title "6 Inch" refers to (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHEELS→
18D
Online publication of Vox Media (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTHECUT→
19D
Tres o cuatro (6)
Starts with N, ends with ONUMERO→
24D
"Have I Got News for You" channel (3)
Starts with C, ends with NCNN→
25D
Prohibit (3)
Starts with B, ends with NBAN→
28D
Greek war god (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARES→
29D
Chances at awards, informally (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNOMS→
30D
Like this: ESMCLDRBA (9)
Starts with S, ends with DSCRAMBLED→
31D
"Has our broadcast started?" (9)
Starts with A, ends with EAREWELIVE→
32D
People living abroad for financial reasons (9)
Starts with T, ends with STAXEXILES→
34D
Business selling trick coins and marked decks (9)
Starts with M, ends with PMAGICSHOP→
35D
Law professor played by Kerry Washington in 2016's "Confirmation" (9)
Starts with A, ends with LANITAHILL→
36D
Things alphabetized in telephone books (9)
Starts with L, ends with SLASTNAMES→
38D
Raisin ___ (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBRAN→
39D
Sneaker brand (4)
Starts with F, ends with AFILA→
40D
A dispiritingly large percentage of phone calls (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSPAM→
44D
"No worries" (7)
Starts with T, ends with KTHATSOK→
45D
He or I, but not she (7)
Starts with E, ends with TELEMENT→
48D
Like, informally (3)
Starts with D, ends with GDIG→
50D
Dessert with a shell (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPIE→
52D
Casual conversation (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCHAT→
53D
Cones' counterparts in the eye (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRODS→
58D
Follower of Attila (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHUN→
59D
Great serve (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
60D
Opposite of bien (3)
Starts with M, ends with LMAL→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 12, 2025?+
74 clues: 37 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Erik Agard and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Take to the slopes (SKI); Abolitionist Tubman (HARRIET); Shade of gray or blond (ASH).
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