NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 18, 2025
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorAndrea Carla Michaels and Christina Iverson
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Job for Sherlock (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECASE→
5A
Breakfast chain that punnily used a kangaroo in its early commercials (4)
Starts with I, ends with PIHOP→
9A
Each, informally (4)
Starts with A, ends with PAPOP→
13A
"Well, ___ you special?" (5)
Starts with A, ends with TARENT→
15A
Vegetarian protein (4)
Starts with T, ends with UTOFU→
17A
New parents' celebration (5)
Starts with B, ends with HBIRTH→
18A
"You're despicable!" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc (9)
Starts with D, ends with KDAFFYDUCK→
20A
Fashion designer Ralph (6)
Starts with L, ends with NLAUREN→
22A
Better deal on a mortgage, in brief (4)
Starts with R, ends with IREFI→
23A
Born, in marriage announcements (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENEE→
24A
"I'm hunting wabbits" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc (9)
Starts with E, ends with DELMERFUDD→
26A
Degree for many a prof (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPHD→
28A
Mont Blanc, e.g. (3)
Starts with A, ends with PALP→
29A
Small piece of china … or small dog size (6)
Starts with T, ends with PTEACUP→
32A
Helmet attachment (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSTRAP→
36A
Neighbor of a Cambodian (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITHAI→
39A
"Toodles" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATATA→
40A
"Ha-ha-ha-HA-ha!" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc (15)
Starts with W, ends with RWOODYWOODPECKER→
43A
Garden of Eden man (4)
Starts with A, ends with MADAM→
44A
Newspaper opinion piece (4)
Starts with O, ends with DOPED→
45A
Place to put a stethoscope (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCHEST→
46A
"Ain't gonna happen!" (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENODICE→
48A
Strange sighting in the night sky (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUFO→
50A
"Weekend Update" show, in brief (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSNL→
51A
"I am ze locksmith of love, no?" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc (9)
Starts with P, ends with WPEPELEPEW→
57A
Chum, in Chartres (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAMI→
59A
Lyft competitor (4)
Starts with U, ends with RUBER→
61A
Question that might precede "Try me!" (6)
Starts with W, ends with IWOULDI→
62A
"What's up, Doc?" speaker voiced by Mel Blanc (9)
Starts with B, ends with YBUGSBUNNY→
65A
Not a child anymore (5)
Starts with G, ends with NGROWN→
66A
Inner arm bone (4)
Starts with U, ends with AULNA→
67A
Zap, in a way (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELASE→
68A
"That hurts!" (5)
Starts with Y, ends with EYOWIE→
70A
Crunchy deli sandwiches (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBLTS→
71A
Employee IDs (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSSNS→
Down
1D
Kind of car San Francisco is famous for (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECABLE→
2D
Common typeface (5)
Starts with A, ends with LARIAL→
3D
Clear component of blood (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSERUM→
4D
___ nous (5)
Starts with E, ends with EENTRE→
5D
"___ be an honor" (3)
Starts with I, ends with DITD→
6D
Stow away, big-time (5)
Starts with H, ends with DHOARD→
7D
Killed, mob-style (5)
Starts with O, ends with DOFFED→
8D
Magic dragon's name, in song (4)
Starts with P, ends with FPUFF→
9D
Furthermore (3)
Starts with A, ends with DAND→
10D
Baked item whose name suggests how much of each ingredient to use (9)
Starts with P, ends with EPOUNDCAKE→
11D
Fairy tale's first word (4)
Starts with O, ends with EONCE→
12D
Bother, as a bear (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPOKE→
14D
Rehab treatment (7)
Starts with T, ends with YTHERAPY→
19D
Pained cry (4)
Starts with Y, ends with EYIPE→
21D
Falcons' and Eagles' org. (3)
Starts with N, ends with LNFL→
25D
"Give me five!" (5)
Starts with U, ends with PUPTOP→
27D
Dream up, as a plan (5)
Starts with H, ends with HHATCH→
29D
Good thing that comes to those who wait? (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTIP→
30D
Colorado Plateau natives (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUTES→
31D
Role to play (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPART→
32D
Long-necked bird with a "knob" on its beak (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSWAN→
33D
Brouhaha (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTODO→
34D
Stop and No Passing, for two (9)
Starts with R, ends with SROADSIGNS→
35D
Forum manager, for short (5)
Starts with A, ends with NADMIN→
37D
Ground-breaking garden tool (3)
Starts with H, ends with EHOE→
38D
Do a tally of (5)
Starts with A, ends with PADDUP→
41D
"___ is me!" (3)
Starts with W, ends with EWOE→
42D
Green science (7)
Starts with E, ends with YECOLOGY→
47D
Word after golf or before sandwich (4)
Starts with C, ends with BCLUB→
49D
Hardly any (3)
Starts with F, ends with WFEW→
51D
Kind of colony in the film "Papillon" (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPENAL→
52D
Dadaist Max (5)
Starts with E, ends with TERNST→
54D
Post-snowfall vehicles (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPLOWS→
55D
Dickens's "The Mystery of ___ Drood" (5)
Starts with E, ends with NEDWIN→
56D
Sommelier's stock (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWINES→
57D
Share a border (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABUT→
58D
Stubborn farm animal (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMULE→
60D
Lamp insert (4)
Starts with B, ends with BBULB→
63D
Plopped down (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSAT→
64D
"You got it!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with SYES→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 18, 2025?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Andrea Carla Michaels and Christina Iverson and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Job for Sherlock (CASE); Breakfast chain that punnily used a kangaroo in its early commercials (IHOP); Each, informally (APOP).
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