NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 30, 2025
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Clues70
Across35
Down35
ConstructorMaddy Ziegler
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Title typically abbreviated to its first and last letters (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSENOR→
6A
Storied stargazers (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMAGI→
10A
Another name for ESPN8, with "the" (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOCHO→
14A
___ Perry, award-winning author of 2022's "South to America" (5)
Starts with I, ends with IIMANI→
15A
___ the Holy, canonized Norwegian king (4)
Starts with O, ends with FOLAF→
16A
Way out, say (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDOOR→
17A
Little dippers? (10)
Starts with M, ends with SMINIDONUTS→
19A
Targets for bark beetles (4)
Starts with E, ends with SELMS→
20A
A&W or L&M (9)
Starts with B, ends with EBRANDNAME→
21A
Botanical joint (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENODE→
23A
Cell service inits. (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELTE→
24A
Neighbor of Baja California (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASONORA→
26A
"Funny how that works" (3)
Starts with H, ends with HHEH→
27A
Heat setting, perhaps (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMEET→
29A
"The Santa Clause" or "Legally Blonde" (3)
Starts with P, ends with NPUN→
30A
Wind up in ruin (13)
Starts with C, ends with DCOMETOABADEND→
33A
Classic warning to a knight (13)
Starts with H, ends with SHEREBEDRAGONS→
34A
Kick-starter program? (13)
Starts with K, ends with SKARATELESSONS→
35A
"To All the Boys ___ Loved Before" (best-selling young adult novel) (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIVE→
36A
Campus building (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHALL→
37A
"Big" digit (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETOE→
38A
Not say something in jest (6)
Starts with M, ends with TMEANIT→
40A
"Toy Story" bully (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSID→
41A
___ tov (Jewish holiday) (3)
Starts with Y, ends with MYOM→
44A
"I'm afraid ..." (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALAS→
45A
Noted resident of "Little Lhasa" in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh (9)
Starts with D, ends with ADALAILAMA→
48A
Library catalog ID (4)
Starts with I, ends with NISBN→
49A
What dilapidated buildings and rampant graffiti may be a sign of (10)
Starts with U, ends with YURBANDECAY→
50A
Director Johnson (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRIAN→
51A
Veteran of the seas (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSALT→
52A
Prefix with musicology or linguistics (5)
Starts with E, ends with OETHNO→
53A
Moving well over 60, perhaps? (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSPRY→
54A
Leaves speechless (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAWES→
55A
Moving (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASTIR→
Down
1D
Swahili for "lion" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASIMBA→
2D
Heads of state in Qatar and Kuwait (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEMIRS→
4D
"Come ___!" (4)
Starts with O, ends with NONIN→
5D
Lead-in to a puzzling question (12)
Starts with R, ends with SRIDDLEMETHIS→
6D
Janelle of "Hidden Figures" (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMONAE→
7D
'22 or '23 (4)
Starts with A, ends with MALUM→
8D
Stadium sales (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGATE→
9D
They may or may not happen (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIFS→
10D
Classical theater (5)
Starts with O, ends with NODEON→
11D
Sketches that end with "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!" (9)
Starts with C, ends with SCOLDOPENS→
12D
Major successes, so to speak (8)
Starts with H, ends with SHOMERUNS→
13D
Spots for scrubs, for short (3)
Starts with O, ends with SORS→
18D
Patrolling a neighborhood (9)
Starts with O, ends with TONTHEBEAT→
21D
"I'd avoid that" (12)
Starts with N, ends with ANOTAGOODIDEA→
24D
Viola's twin brother in "Twelfth Night" (9)
Starts with S, ends with NSEBASTIAN→
25D
"Soooo …?" (3)
Starts with A, ends with DAND→
26D
Wedding reception highlight, maybe (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHORA→
27D
Fashion plate, maybe (5)
Starts with M, ends with LMODEL→
28D
Old-fashioned TV antenna, jocularly (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEARS→
30D
On-the-go breakfast option (9)
Starts with C, ends with RCEREALBAR→
31D
Giveaway (4)
Starts with T, ends with LTELL→
32D
___ deal (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDONE→
33D
Tasteful invitation? (8)
Starts with H, ends with PHAVEASIP→
34D
Family name of three BTS members (3)
Starts with K, ends with MKIM→
39D
One tending kids (5)
Starts with N, ends with YNANNY→
40D
Bits of wood paneling (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSLATS→
41D
Vessel with two silent letters (5)
Starts with Y, ends with TYACHT→
42D
Like the Mideast's Bahla Fort (5)
Starts with O, ends with IOMANI→
43D
Head to town? (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMAYOR→
45D
Capture the attention of (4)
Starts with D, ends with WDRAW→
46D
Free (to) (4)
Starts with A, ends with EABLE→
47D
"Count me in!" (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLETS→
48D
Org. concerned with reporting (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIRS→
49D
Host nation of the 2028 Olympics (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUSA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 30, 2025?+
70 clues: 35 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Maddy Ziegler and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Title typically abbreviated to its first and last letters (SENOR); Storied stargazers (MAGI); Another name for ESPN8, with "the" (OCHO).
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