NYT Crossword hints and answer for August 7, 2025
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Clues74
Across35
Down39
ConstructorBen Zimmer
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Speeding check (4)
Starts with B, ends with PBUMP→
5A
Vocally (5)
Starts with A, ends with DALOUD→
10A
Source for some bubbly (4)
Starts with A, ends with IASTI→
14A
Where the Magi journeyed from (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAFAR→
15A
"Over my dead body!" (5)
Starts with G, ends with OGODNO→
16A
One may be in default (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLOAN→
17A
Mixtures in copier cartridges (10)
Starts with T, ends with STOPEARNERS→
19A
Target of an exfoliator (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPORE→
20A
Birthplace of Madeleine Albright and Vaclav Havel (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPRAGUE→
21A
Drink made with an artisanal flourish, maybe (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELATTE→
22A
Begins dealing with (5)
Starts with H, ends with THASAT→
25A
Chatted online, in brief (9)
Starts with I, ends with DIMPEACHED→
27A
Risk-___ (6)
Starts with A, ends with EAVERSE→
29A
Sporting great who said "Tennis uses the language of life" (6)
Starts with A, ends with IAGASSI→
30A
School that's a rival of 37-Down (4)
Starts with Y, ends with EYALE→
31A
P.R. piece? (6)
Starts with P, ends with OPUERTO→
35A
Stat used to calculate a QB's passer rating (3)
Starts with A, ends with TATT→
36A
In vain ... or how to read the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across (11)
Starts with F, ends with YFRUITLESSLY→
39A
Org. that monitors on-air obscenity (3)
Starts with F, ends with CFCC→
41A
Matter in a neon sign (6)
Starts with P, ends with APLASMA→
42A
Subjects of some European fishing bans (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEELS→
45A
Start of a lovelorn soliloquy (6)
Starts with O, ends with OOROMEO→
47A
Bridges in Baghdad cross it (6)
Starts with T, ends with STIGRIS→
49A
Some fishing gear (9)
Starts with R, ends with SROMANGODS→
53A
Level in a social hierarchy (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECASTE→
54A
Street urchin (5)
Starts with G, ends with NGAMIN→
55A
Less merry (6)
Starts with G, ends with RGRAVER→
57A
Abbr. standing in for co-authors (4)
Starts with E, ends with LETAL→
58A
Investigate in detail (10)
Starts with P, ends with EPROBLEMONE→
62A
Pitchfork point (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETINE→
63A
Rivian competitor (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATESLA→
64A
Gemstone found in hot springs (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOPAL→
65A
Org. promoting sober motoring (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSADD→
66A
Half-___ (desultory) (5)
Starts with A, ends with DASSED→
67A
Winter sports venue (4)
Starts with R, ends with KRINK→
Down
2D
What arrives in the film "Arrival" (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUFO→
3D
Dash display in some cars (3)
Starts with M, ends with PMAP→
4D
Tax ___ (8)
Starts with P, ends with RPREPARER→
5D
Tourist destination outside of Delhi (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAGRA→
6D
Nighttime sound? (5)
Starts with L, ends with ILONGI→
7D
Classical performance space (5)
Starts with O, ends with MODEUM→
8D
One with diplomatic plates in N.Y.C. (5)
Starts with U, ends with PUNREP→
9D
"Mesa para ___" (request at a Spanish restaurant) (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDOS→
10D
Wool source (6)
Starts with A, ends with AALPACA→
11D
Futures experts? (11)
Starts with S, ends with SSOOTHSAYERS→
12D
Most pucker-inducing (7)
Starts with T, ends with TTARTEST→
13D
"Gimme!" (7)
Starts with I, ends with TINEEDIT→
18D
Culture vulture's concerns (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARTS→
21D
Financial center of West Africa (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLAGOS→
22D
Kind of "fever" that's not actually a fever, and is typically caused by pollen (3)
Starts with H, ends with YHAY→
23D
Director DuVernay (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAVA→
24D
It's needed to stay calm (11)
Starts with S, ends with DSELFCOMMAND→
26D
Rankles no end (6)
Starts with E, ends with TEATSAT→
28D
Prose postscript (6)
Starts with E, ends with GEPILOG→
32D
___ Hagen, Tony-winning actress and theater practitioner (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUTA→
33D
Trains for the Chicago White Sox? (3)
Starts with E, ends with SELS→
34D
Dreamily named rock group? (3)
Starts with R, ends with MREM→
37D
School that's a rival of 30-Across, informally (5)
Starts with U, ends with NUPENN→
38D
Part of a jouster's protection (8)
Starts with L, ends with RLEGARMOR→
39D
Thinks nothing of (7)
Starts with F, ends with SFORGETS→
40D
European land where much of "Game of Thrones" was filmed (7)
Starts with C, ends with ACROATIA→
43D
On fire (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLIT→
44D
Seattle-to-Mount Rainier dir. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESSE→
46D
On its way, in a way (6)
Starts with M, ends with DMAILED→
48D
Drink that might turn your tongue blue (4)
Starts with I, ends with EICEE→
50D
Fiends of folklore (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOGRES→
51D
Useless leftovers (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDROSS→
52D
Fur once favored by Russian royalty (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESABLE→
56D
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Guerrero, to fans (4)
Starts with V, ends with DVLAD→
58D
Org. that might sponsor a read-a-thon, in brief (3)
Starts with P, ends with APTA→
59D
Mani-pedi brand (3)
Starts with O, ends with IOPI→
60D
Grammy, in the U.K. (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNAN→
61D
Creature on the state flags of Michigan and Idaho (3)
Starts with E, ends with KELK→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for August 7, 2025?+
74 clues: 35 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Ben Zimmer and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Speeding check (BUMP); Vocally (ALOUD); Source for some bubbly (ASTI).
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