NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 6, 2025
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Clues73
Across36
Down37
ConstructorHanh Huynh
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Cursed look (7)
Starts with E, ends with EEVILEYE→
8A
Kia sedan renamed the K5 in 2020 (6)
Starts with O, ends with AOPTIMA→
14A
Typically the biggest players on a football team (7)
Starts with L, ends with NLINEMEN→
15A
Major arteries (6)
Starts with A, ends with SAORTAS→
16A
Convertible living room pieces (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSOFABEDS→
18A
Dances to a Chubby Checker song, say (6)
Starts with T, ends with STWISTS→
19A
"You ready to do this?" (6)
Starts with A, ends with TALLSET→
20A
Display container (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECASE→
22A
Bit of gear for an entomologist (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNET→
23A
___ Lingus (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAER→
24A
"Please turn up the thermostat!" (3)
Starts with B, ends with RBRR→
25A
City at the center of "Moonraker," informally (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORIO→
27A
Winners of Super Bowl III (and no other Super Bowls since then) (4)
Starts with J, ends with SJETS→
29A
Paired number (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDUET→
30A
Tally mark (5)
Starts with N, ends with HNOTCH→
33A
Team ___ (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUSA→
34A
It may be struck for a camera (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPOSE→
35A
Part of the Disney logo (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECASTLE→
36A
Gently touches (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDABSAT→
38A
___ tide (4)
Starts with N, ends with PNEAP→
40A
Green eggs go-with (3)
Starts with H, ends with MHAM→
41A
Lubricate (5)
Starts with O, ends with POILUP→
42A
Provide backup for, as a weightlifter or gymnast (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSPOT→
43A
Suckers (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSAPS→
44A
December 31, notably (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEVE→
45A
Chewie's "Star Wars" buddy (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHAN→
46A
One of just two original Monopoly tokens still made today (3)
Starts with H, ends with THAT→
47A
"When I ___, you ___, we ___" (lyric from a Freak Nasty hit) (3)
Starts with D, ends with PDIP→
49A
Some whiskeys (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRYES→
51A
Stopped bringing up (6)
Starts with L, ends with ELETDIE→
54A
Beethoven's Third (6)
Starts with E, ends with AEROICA→
56A
Most terrifying (8)
Starts with S, ends with TSCARIEST→
58A
Find in the dictionary (6)
Starts with L, ends with PLOOKUP→
59A
Lose one's shirt, say (7)
Starts with U, ends with SUNDRESS→
60A
Fjords and firths (6)
Starts with I, ends with SINLETS→
61A
Regular fixed compensation (7)
Starts with B, ends with YBASEPAY→
Down
1D
"Frozen" queen (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELSA→
2D
Six-stringed instrument similar to a cello (4)
Starts with V, ends with LVIOL→
3D
Item that has to be blown up before being filled with water (14)
Starts with I, ends with LINFLATABLEPOOL→
4D
Occupancy agreements (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLEASES→
5D
Smoldering remnant (5)
Starts with E, ends with REMBER→
6D
Hurl, in modern lingo (4)
Starts with Y, ends with TYEET→
7D
Conclude (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
8D
Quaker ___ (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOATS→
9D
Rejuvenating break (8)
Starts with P, ends with PPOWERNAP→
10D
Lead-in to -umvirate (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
11D
"You're overthinking this" ... or what might be said about 3-, 9-, 17- and 34-Down? (14)
Starts with I, ends with PITSNOTTHATDEEP→
12D
Fellow Down Under (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMATE→
13D
No. 2: Abbr. (4)
Starts with A, ends with TASST→
17D
Quick throw in football (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSCREENPASS→
21D
Class that may not have written tests (3)
Starts with A, ends with TART→
24D
Peter Pan transport (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBUS→
26D
Apple mobile platform (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIOS→
27D
Japanese martial art (4)
Starts with J, ends with OJUDO→
28D
Actor Morales of "Ozark" (4)
Starts with E, ends with IESAI→
29D
It separates the dollars and cents (3)
Starts with D, ends with TDOT→
31D
Applaud (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCLAP→
32D
Tailor's edges (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHEMS→
34D
Minor office injury (8)
Starts with P, ends with TPAPERCUT→
35D
Animal on a "Hang in there!" inspirational poster (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCAT→
37D
Tahoe or Cherokee, in brief (3)
Starts with S, ends with VSUV→
39D
Proterozoic, for one (3)
Starts with E, ends with NEON→
42D
That woman (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESHE→
43D
Biting piece (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESATIRE→
46D
Cowboys' charges (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHERDS→
47D
Sub location (4)
Starts with D, ends with IDELI→
48D
Original Monopoly token discontinued in 2013 (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIRON→
50D
Goes on and on and on (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYAPS→
51D
Singer Del Rey (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALANA→
52D
Actress Rae of "American Fiction" (4)
Starts with I, ends with AISSA→
53D
Online seller of handcrafted items (4)
Starts with E, ends with YETSY→
55D
"I Like ___" (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIKE→
57D
Baby grizzly (3)
Starts with C, ends with BCUB→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 6, 2025?+
73 clues: 36 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Hanh Huynh and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Cursed look (EVILEYE); Kia sedan renamed the K5 in 2020 (OPTIMA); Typically the biggest players on a football team (LINEMEN).
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