NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 3, 2025
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Clues140
Across77
Down63
TitleHeavenly Voices
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
Final act of a play? (3)
Starts with B, ends with WBOW→
4A
Iconic sci-fi setting spelled out in this puzzle's shaded squares (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEE→
8A
Skyrocket (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERISE→
12A
"Reckon so!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYUP→
15A
Working without ___ (4)
Starts with A, ends with TANET→
17A
Seemingly forever (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAEONS→
19A
Some spa jobs, in brief (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPEDIS→
20A
Manner of speaking (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETONE→
21A
Like used BBQ pits (4)
Starts with A, ends with YASHY→
22A
24A
Like being late or cutting in line (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERUDE→
25A
Something clicked to add an attachment (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSTAPLER→
27A
Take up space (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEXIST→
28A
Kind of protagonist in "Lethal Weapon" or "Die Hard" (7)
Starts with H, ends with PHEROCOP→
31A
Digital investment choices, informally (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCRYPTOS→
33A
Not much, as of wasabi (4)
Starts with A, ends with BADAB→
34A
Narrowly get (by) (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEKE→
35A
"Now that we're all here, please proceed" (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOKGO→
38A
Lab reports? (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARFS→
41A
Overzealous sort (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNUT→
43A
Got acquainted (3)
Starts with M, ends with TMET→
44A
D.M.V.-issued card authenticated by airport security (6)
Starts with R, ends with DREALID→
47A
Build a stockpile (6)
Starts with S, ends with PSAVEUP→
49A
Didn't go fast? (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
50A
Employee's status meaning "I'm currently away" (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOOO→
51A
Take down a notch (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDEMOTE→
52A
Purveyors of provocative posts (6)
Starts with T, ends with STROLLS→
53A
8.5" x 11": Abbr. (3)
Starts with L, ends with RLTR→
54A
Kris Kross #1 hit with the lyric "How high? Real high, 'cause I'm just so fly" (4)
Starts with J, ends with PJUMP→
56A
El presidente ousted in a 1955 coup (5)
Starts with P, ends with NPERON→
57A
Danger (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPERIL→
58A
Cry from a victor (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIWON→
59A
Type that tends to be right-leaning (7)
Starts with I, ends with SITALICS→
61A
Like quality vocals (5)
Starts with O, ends with YONKEY→
63A
Looks inside? (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCTSCANS→
65A
Drug-busting unit (4)
Starts with K, ends with OKILO→
66A
City whose Fushimi Inari shrine features 10,000+ red torii gates (5)
Starts with K, ends with OKYOTO→
67A
Brother of Disney's Louie and Dewey Duck (4)
Starts with H, ends with YHUEY→
68A
Something hit to get fit (6)
Starts with T, ends with MTHEGYM→
70A
Hands-on professional? (7)
Starts with M, ends with RMASSEUR→
72A
Baseball team whose mascot is Wally the Green Monster (6)
Starts with R, ends with XREDSOX→
75A
Seeing romantically (4)
Starts with W, ends with HWITH→
76A
Humble hold 'em holding (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPAIR→
78A
"The Bear" streamer (4)
Starts with H, ends with UHULU→
80A
Cold War weapon inits. (4)
Starts with I, ends with MICBM→
81A
Beethoven's No. 8? (4)
Starts with A, ends with TACHT→
82A
Line of luxury hotels (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOMNIS→
84A
Takes to school, in a way (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBUSES→
85A
Cosmic explosion (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANOVA→
86A
It goes on the run (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISKI→
87A
Be a wingman, e.g. (6)
Starts with A, ends with TASSIST→
90A
Inits. for this puzzle's shaded squares (3)
Starts with U, ends with SUSS→
91A
Move like a supermodel (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTRUT→
93A
Unit of purity (5)
Starts with K, ends with TKARAT→
95A
Lower oneself (5)
Starts with D, ends with NDEIGN→
97A
They study how knights move (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSQUIRES→
99A
Canyon's edge (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRIM→
100A
On the ___ (raging) (7)
Starts with W, ends with HWARPATH→
102A
Gone skinny-dipping, e.g. (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSWUM→
103A
Significant stretch (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
104A
Mr. Turkey (3)
Starts with T, ends with MTOM→
105A
Some window installations, informally (3)
Starts with A, ends with SACS→
106A
Warp-driven device (4)
Starts with L, ends with MLOOM→
108A
Major exporter of mangoes (5)
Starts with H, ends with IHAITI→
110A
One giving the highlights? (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDYER→
112A
By dawn's early light? (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEAST→
114A
Intending to, casually (5)
Starts with G, ends with AGONNA→
115A
Bring upon oneself (5)
Starts with I, ends with RINCUR→
116A
Wordlessly indicate "Please give me a hand" (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
117A
"___ a broken heart" (Emily Dickinson poem) (4)
Starts with U, ends with OUNTO→
118A
Iron Man's suit, e.g. (5)
Starts with A, ends with RARMOR→
119A
"Fire away!" (5)
Starts with A, ends with EASKME→
121A
Docking station (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPIER→
122A
Some draft picks (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBEERS→
Down
1D
Some farm sounds (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBAAS→
2D
Camped nearby and surveilling, in police jargon (10)
Starts with O, ends with TONSTAKEOUT→
3D
"Our window is closing for escape w-elocity!," as [circled letters] might say (21)
Starts with W, ends with KWEHAVETOMAKETHISQUICK→
4D
Hardly spicy (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETAME→
5D
Next in line (4)
Starts with H, ends with RHEIR→
6D
Goddess of daybreak (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEOS→
7D
Fill in (5)
Starts with E, ends with RENTER→
8D
Direct opposite of verso (found hidden in this clue!) (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORECTO→
9D
It's a promise (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIDO→
10D
Enemy of the Jedi (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSITH→
11D
By Juan's early light? (4)
Starts with E, ends with EESTE→
12D
"Any time! I'm a doctor, not a do-nothing!," as [circled letters] might say (21)
Starts with Y, ends with EYOUCANALWAYSCOUNTONME→
13D
Way back? (10)
Starts with U, ends with NUNDOBUTTON→
14D
Slight gripe, so to speak (4)
Starts with P, ends with PPEEP→
16D
Slip of the pen (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTYPO→
18D
Tantalizing (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSEXY→
19D
A low "Yo!" (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPSST→
20D
Trampled (on) (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTROD→
23D
Sound of a wardrobe malfunction (3)
Starts with R, ends with PRIP→
26D
Euphemistic expression of commitment (5)
Starts with L, ends with DLWORD→
29D
Speaks roughly (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRASPS→
31D
Cherry or lime (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCOLOR→
32D
Bask in (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSAVOR→
34D
Reaction to a social media post, maybe (5)
Starts with E, ends with IEMOJI→
36D
"Logic dictates that you control your emotions," as [circled letters] might say (13)
Starts with K, ends with EKEEPCOMPOSURE→
37D
Sneakily exploits (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGAMES→
39D
Thing of the past (5)
Starts with R, ends with CRELIC→
40D
"Stepping on the gas, Captain!," as [circled letters] might say (13)
Starts with F, ends with SFULLTHRUSTERS→
42D
Seaside flock (5)
Starts with T, ends with STERNS→
45D
"To protect my crew, the gamble was necessary," as [circled letters] might say (10)
Starts with I, ends with KITOOKARISK→
46D
IHOP rival (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDENNYS→
47D
Florida beach town, informally (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESTPETE→
48D
"We received a distress signal. Any injuries?," as [circled letters] might say (10)
Starts with A, ends with TAREYOUHURT→
55D
Tough spot (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPLIGHT→
58D
Stranded during a winter storm, say (6)
Starts with I, ends with NICEDIN→
60D
Texter's sweet sentiment (3)
Starts with I, ends with YILY→
62D
Big hits, in brief (3)
Starts with K, ends with SKOS→
64D
Make a case against? (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESUE→
68D
Old-fashioned contraction (4)
Starts with T, ends with STWAS→
69D
Backwoods bumpkin (4)
Starts with H, ends with KHICK→
70D
Bite-size (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMINI→
71D
Former Wisconsin senator Feingold (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRUSS→
73D
"Clearly!," in textspeak (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOBVS→
74D
Major e-tailing season (4)
Starts with X, ends with SXMAS→
77D
World capital with 400 kilometers of bike lanes (9)
Starts with A, ends with MAMSTERDAM→
79D
He might be carrying a big picture (9)
Starts with L, ends with RLEADACTOR→
83D
This puzzle's theme (8)
Starts with S, ends with KSTARTREK→
84D
87D
NPR journalist Shapiro (3)
Starts with A, ends with IARI→
92D
Belly, in kidspeak (6)
Starts with T, ends with MTUMTUM→
94D
Carnival-themed Vegas hotel (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORIO→
96D
In spades (6)
Starts with G, ends with EGALORE→
97D
Symbols of grace (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSWANS→
98D
Object (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSAYNO→
100D
Garbage (5)
Starts with W, ends with EWASTE→
101D
"___ is more important than life" (Klingon proverb) (5)
Starts with H, ends with RHONOR→
102D
"Transformers" actor ___ LaBeouf (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASHIA→
107D
2004 landing site for Spirit (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMARS→
109D
Land west of Eng. (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIRE→
111D
"You get the gist": Abbr. (3)
Starts with E, ends with CETC→
113D
Alt-rocker DiFranco (3)
Starts with A, ends with IANI→
114D
Chinwag (3)
Starts with G, ends with BGAB→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 3, 2025?+
140 clues: 77 Across and 63 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jeremy Newton and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Final act of a play? (BOW); Iconic sci-fi setting spelled out in this puzzle's shaded squares (THEE); Skyrocket (RISE).
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