NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 24, 2025
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Clues140
Across64
Down76
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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
Swanky (4)
Starts with P, ends with HPOSH→
5A
Bluffer's declaration (6)
Starts with I, ends with EIRAISE→
11A
Educational advertisement, for short (3)
Starts with P, ends with APSA→
14A
Farm-related prefix (4)
Starts with A, ends with IAGRI→
18A
Ding-dong ditch, e.g. (5)
Starts with A, ends with CANTIC→
20A
Bitter Italian digestif (6)
Starts with F, ends with TFERNET→
21A
Close of business? (3)
Starts with I, ends with CINC→
22A
Spanish province WSW of Bilbao (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLEON→
23A
If HOSTESS & PETCO merged and became a medical supply company, they would sell ___ (12)
Starts with S, ends with SSTETHOSCOPES→
25A
Small fry? (8)
Starts with T, ends with TTATERTOT→
27A
It can be a pain in the neck (6)
Starts with T, ends with LTONSIL→
28A
___ Lingus (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAER→
29A
One of 200+ stations for NBC, e.g. (9)
Starts with A, ends with EAFFILIATE→
30A
Fitting (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAPT→
31A
If NEUTROGENA, BIC & VANS merged and opened a winery, they would sell ___ (17)
Starts with C, ends with NCABERNETSAUVIGNON→
35A
Jane ___, longtime writer for The New Yorker (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMAYER→
36A
Author Roald (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDAHL→
37A
Cursor icon for clickable links (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHAND→
38A
Snack with a Mega Stuf variety (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOREO→
41A
Sit tight (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBIDE→
44A
Tickle (7)
Starts with D, ends with TDELIGHT→
48A
If IBM, DANNON & ACER merged and started a bakery, they would sell ___ (13)
Starts with C, ends with DCINNAMONBREAD→
52A
Sallie ___ (student loan program) (3)
Starts with M, ends with EMAE→
53A
King in a 1978 novelty hit (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTUT→
56A
Made sense (7)
Starts with A, ends with PADDEDUP→
57A
Provides assistance (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIDS→
58A
Working on one's own well-being (8)
Starts with S, ends with ESELFCARE→
60A
Russian "no" (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNYET→
61A
Las Vegas's W.N.B.A. team (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACES→
62A
October birthstone (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOPAL→
63A
Org. for Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALPGA→
64A
If POST & SCHICK merged and became a kitchenware company, they would sell ___ (10)
Starts with C, ends with SCHOPSTICKS→
67A
69A
French filmmaker Jacques (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITATI→
70A
Some train depot figs. (4)
Starts with E, ends with SETDS→
71A
Gent from Kent (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBRIT→
72A
Injudicious (4)
Starts with R, ends with HRASH→
73A
Debater's skill (8)
Starts with R, ends with CRHETORIC→
75A
Golden arrow-shooting deity (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEROS→
76A
Lets breathe (7)
Starts with A, ends with TAIRSOUT→
79A
"___ Meninas" (Velázquez masterpiece) (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLAS→
80A
Big name in the ice cream aisle (3)
Starts with B, ends with NBEN→
81A
If FORD & WALGREENS merged and became a landscaping company, they would sell ___ (13)
Starts with F, ends with SFLOWERGARDENS→
83A
Like a bicycle or a horse (7)
Starts with R, ends with ERIDABLE→
85A
Movie princess who wields a blaster pistol (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALEIA→
86A
Winter Olympics setting in 1972, 1998, 2018 and 2022 (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
87A
Actress Skye (4)
Starts with I, ends with EIONE→
90A
German article (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEINE→
92A
Atomic number of neodymium (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSIXTY→
95A
101A
West Coast airport code (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSFO→
104A
Like a column starting a row, perhaps (9)
Starts with L, ends with SLIBELLOUS→
105A
Narrow inlet (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARIA→
106A
Buckwheat, for one (6)
Starts with R, ends with LRASCAL→
108A
Time-shares? (8)
Starts with O, ends with SOVERLAPS→
109A
If MERCK, MARS & AIG merged and became an art supplies company, they would sell ___ (12)
Starts with M, ends with SMAGICMARKERS→
112A
Most Vermeer works (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOILS→
113A
Fair ___ (copyright doctrine) (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUSE→
114A
Verdi opera that becomes the name of a board game when an "H" is inserted (6)
Starts with O, ends with OOTELLO→
115A
Scorch (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESINGE→
116A
Old-fashioned invitation enclosure, in brief (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESASE→
117A
Ayo Edebiri's character on "The Bear," familiarly (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSYD→
118A
Analyzed grammatically (6)
Starts with P, ends with DPARSED→
119A
Element of many signs (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNEON→
Down
1D
Corkscrews and such (5)
Starts with P, ends with APASTA→
2D
In the #1 position (5)
Starts with O, ends with PONTOP→
3D
Inner tube? (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTENT→
4D
Billboard chart listings (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHITS→
5D
Hypotheticals (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIFS→
6D
Suggestion, casually (3)
Starts with R, ends with CREC→
7D
Cheering loudly (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAROAR→
8D
Like a "wet" signature (5)
Starts with I, ends with NINPEN→
9D
Be furious (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSEERED→
10D
Visitors from afar, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with SETS→
11D
Hazard for the unwary (7)
Starts with P, ends with LPITFALL→
12D
Hot mess (5)
Starts with S, ends with USNAFU→
13D
When Ophelia dies in "Hamlet" (5)
Starts with A, ends with VACTIV→
14D
2015 Kendrick Lamar anthem that won two Grammys (7)
Starts with A, ends with TALRIGHT→
15D
Ace the test (6)
Starts with G, ends with AGETANA→
16D
Cheer for (6)
Starts with R, ends with NROOTON→
19D
Spanish girl (5)
Starts with C, ends with ACHICA→
24D
Skin-care brand with the slogan "Face Anything" (4)
Starts with O, ends with YOLAY→
26D
___ Lilly and Company (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
29D
Tapped, as a cigarette (5)
Starts with A, ends with DASHED→
32D
Jazz style (5)
Starts with B, ends with PBEBOP→
33D
"___, Oh ___" (Thomas Moore poem) (4)
Starts with E, ends with NERIN→
34D
Magicians' flourishes (5)
Starts with T, ends with STADAS→
35D
What a fixer-upper might become, pessimistically (8)
Starts with M, ends with TMONEYPIT→
38D
South American tuber (3)
Starts with O, ends with AOCA→
39D
Relieved (of) (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRID→
40D
Supplementary data and suggestions for further reading, maybe (8)
Starts with E, ends with SENDNOTES→
42D
Rival of the Dodgers and Rockies, informally (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDBACKS→
43D
Great Lakes natives (5)
Starts with E, ends with SERIES→
45D
Precursor to a clarifying remark (5)
Starts with I, ends with NIMEAN→
46D
Fancy shopping mall (8)
Starts with G, ends with AGALLERIA→
47D
Playboy's founder, in brief (3)
Starts with H, ends with FHEF→
49D
Fruit drinks (4)
Starts with A, ends with SADES→
50D
Complained under one's breath (8)
Starts with M, ends with DMUTTERED→
51D
Ones making margin calls, for short? (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEDS→
53D
Purchases that come with metal plates (8)
Starts with T, ends with STAPSHOES→
54D
Craving (4)
Starts with U, ends with EURGE→
55D
Bags with black and green varieties (4)
Starts with T, ends with STEAS→
58D
Lend, as money (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSPOT→
59D
Celebration for seniors (8)
Starts with C, ends with YCLASSDAY→
61D
"Highway to Hell" band (4)
Starts with A, ends with CACDC→
62D
"Aha, got it!" (6)
Starts with O, ends with EOHISEE→
64D
Key near Fn (4)
Starts with C, ends with LCTRL→
65D
Response to a routine delivery? (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHAHA→
66D
1986 rock autobiography (5)
Starts with I, ends with AITINA→
67D
Be on the hunt (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPROWL→
68D
Baker v. ___ (landmark voting rights case) (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCARR→
71D
Fratty type (3)
Starts with B, ends with OBRO→
74D
Kimono sash (3)
Starts with O, ends with IOBI→
75D
Novelist Ferrante (5)
Starts with E, ends with AELENA→
76D
From the top (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAGAIN→
77D
Sea urchin, on a sushi menu (3)
Starts with U, ends with IUNI→
78D
Govt. agency whose busiest days usually precede major holidays (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATSA→
81D
Some gymnastics moves (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFLIPS→
83D
"R" in a car (7)
Starts with R, ends with EREVERSE→
84D
Puzzled (7)
Starts with B, ends with DBEMUSED→
87D
Cool places to live? (6)
Starts with I, ends with SIGLOOS→
88D
Singer Rodrigo (6)
Starts with O, ends with AOLIVIA→
89D
Awards partially bestowed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNOBELS→
91D
List of mistakes (6)
Starts with E, ends with AERRATA→
93D
Pibb ___ (soft drink) (4)
Starts with X, ends with AXTRA→
94D
Ruling Romanovs, e.g. (5)
Starts with T, ends with STSARS→
96D
Bend in a pipe (3)
Starts with E, ends with LELL→
97D
Santa ___ (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCLAUS→
98D
"Clumsy me!" (5)
Starts with O, ends with YOOPSY→
99D
University of Memphis athlete (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTIGER→
100D
Sends off (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMAILS→
101D
Spectacle (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESCENE→
102D
Hit 1996 movie billed as a "homespun murder story" (5)
Starts with F, ends with OFARGO→
103D
"Love & Death" actress Elizabeth (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOLSEN→
109D
Janitorial implement (3)
Starts with M, ends with PMOP→
110D
The Guardians, on sports tickers (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECLE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 24, 2025?+
140 clues: 64 Across and 76 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Michael Lieberman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Swanky (POSH); Bluffer's declaration (IRAISE); Educational advertisement, for short (PSA).
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