NYT Crossword August 24 2025 Answers (8/24/25)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for August 24 2025 to help you finish it up!

Our NYT Crossword August 24, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of The New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword August 24, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 8/24/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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# Clue
1A Swanky
5A Bluffer's declaration
11A Educational advertisement, for short
14A Farm-related prefix
18A Ding-dong ditch, e.g.
20A Bitter Italian digestif
21A Close of business?
22A Spanish province WSW of Bilbao
23A If HOSTESS & PETCO merged and became a medical supply company, they would sell ___
25A Small fry?
27A It can be a pain in the neck
28A ___ Lingus
29A One of 200+ stations for NBC, e.g.
30A Fitting
31A If NEUTROGENA, BIC & VANS merged and opened a winery, they would sell ___
35A Jane ___, longtime writer for The New Yorker
36A Author Roald
37A Cursor icon for clickable links
38A Snack with a Mega Stuf variety
41A Sit tight
44A Tickle
48A If IBM, DANNON & ACER merged and started a bakery, they would sell ___
52A Sallie ___ (student loan program)
53A King in a 1978 novelty hit
56A Made sense
57A Provides assistance
58A Working on one's own well-being
60A Russian "no"
61A Las Vegas's W.N.B.A. team
62A October birthstone
63A Org. for Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko
64A If POST & SCHICK merged and became a kitchenware company, they would sell ___
67A If EPSON & CHASE merged and became an electronics accessories company, they would sell ___
69A French filmmaker Jacques
70A Some train depot figs.
71A Gent from Kent
72A Injudicious
73A Debater's skill
75A Golden arrow-shooting deity
76A Lets breathe
79A "___ Meninas" (Velázquez masterpiece)
80A Big name in the ice cream aisle
81A If FORD & WALGREENS merged and became a landscaping company, they would sell ___
83A Like a bicycle or a horse
85A Movie princess who wields a blaster pistol
86A Winter Olympics setting in 1972, 1998, 2018 and 2022
87A Actress Skye
90A German article
92A Atomic number of neodymium
95A If GMC, PETSMART & LENOVO merged and became an auto parts company, they would sell ___
101A West Coast airport code
104A Like a column starting a row, perhaps
105A Narrow inlet
106A Buckwheat, for one
108A Time-shares?
109A If MERCK, MARS & AIG merged and became an art supplies company, they would sell ___
112A Most Vermeer works
113A Fair ___ (copyright doctrine)
114A Verdi opera that becomes the name of a board game when an "H" is inserted
115A Scorch
116A Old-fashioned invitation enclosure, in brief
117A Ayo Edebiri's character on "The Bear," familiarly
118A Analyzed grammatically
119A Element of many signs
1D Corkscrews and such
2D In the #1 position
3D Inner tube?
4D Billboard chart listings
5D Hypotheticals
6D Suggestion, casually
7D Cheering loudly
8D Like a "wet" signature
9D Be furious
10D Visitors from afar, in brief
11D Hazard for the unwary
12D Hot mess
13D When Ophelia dies in "Hamlet"
14D 2015 Kendrick Lamar anthem that won two Grammys
15D Ace the test
16D Cheer for
17D Mean
19D Spanish girl
24D Skin-care brand with the slogan "Face Anything"
26D ___ Lilly and Company
29D Tapped, as a cigarette
32D Jazz style
33D "___, Oh ___" (Thomas Moore poem)
34D Magicians' flourishes
35D What a fixer-upper might become, pessimistically
38D South American tuber
39D Relieved (of)
40D Supplementary data and suggestions for further reading, maybe
42D Rival of the Dodgers and Rockies, informally
43D Great Lakes natives
45D Precursor to a clarifying remark
46D Fancy shopping mall
47D Playboy's founder, in brief
49D Fruit drinks
50D Complained under one's breath
51D Ones making margin calls, for short?
53D Purchases that come with metal plates
54D Craving
55D Bags with black and green varieties
58D Lend, as money
59D Celebration for seniors
61D "Highway to Hell" band
62D "Aha, got it!"
64D Key near Fn
65D Response to a routine delivery?
66D 1986 rock autobiography
67D Be on the hunt
68D Baker v. ___ (landmark voting rights case)
71D Fratty type
74D Kimono sash
75D Novelist Ferrante
76D From the top
77D Sea urchin, on a sushi menu
78D Govt. agency whose busiest days usually precede major holidays
81D Some gymnastics moves
82D Go up
83D "R" in a car
84D Puzzled
87D Cool places to live?
88D Singer Rodrigo
89D Awards partially bestowed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
91D List of mistakes
93D Pibb ___ (soft drink)
94D Ruling Romanovs, e.g.
96D Bend in a pipe
97D Santa ___
98D "Clumsy me!"
99D University of Memphis athlete
100D Sends off
101D Spectacle
102D Hit 1996 movie billed as a "homespun murder story"
103D "Love & Death" actress Elizabeth
107D Pelt
109D Janitorial implement
110D The Guardians, on sports tickers
111D Hip

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

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The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

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Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.

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