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NYT Crossword August 15 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, August 15 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1Like the culture depicted in Safiya Sinclair's best-selling memoir "How to Say Babylon"5 lettersSee answer ›6English translation of the Dutch "klompen"5 lettersSee answer ›11Robotic error message14 lettersSee answer ›15Sooner rather than later15 lettersSee answer ›17Preps for a photo shoot, say6 lettersSee answer ›18Rest areas4 lettersSee answer ›19Engage in pugilism3 lettersSee answer ›20Rock alternative5 lettersSee answer ›21X, as in Mexico4 lettersSee answer ›22In4 lettersSee answer ›23Touching event?4 lettersSee answer ›24Forecast4 lettersSee answer ›25Some like it hot5 lettersSee answer ›26Didn't follow3 lettersSee answer ›27Itsy-bitsy4 lettersSee answer ›28Like one part of the SAT6 lettersSee answer ›29Typical yearbook photos9 lettersSee answer ›31Sisal and others6 lettersSee answer ›34It can add up4 lettersSee answer ›35A real piece of work3 lettersSee answer ›38That feeling "when the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine"5 lettersSee answer ›39Word before piece and after peace4 lettersSee answer ›40Glazier's replacement4 lettersSee answer ›41Some sky lights, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›42Person with fire power4 lettersSee answer ›43Miso soup base5 lettersSee answer ›44Director's cry3 lettersSee answer ›45One of four suits in a tarot deck4 lettersSee answer ›46Source of schadenfreude?6 lettersSee answer ›47"Let me handle this"15 lettersSee answer ›50Small businesses that generally don't require permits14 lettersSee answer ›51Sensitive subject?5 lettersSee answer ›52Figure on the $10,000 bill, the largest U.S. note ever in public circulation5 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Corrected autocorrect, say7 lettersSee answer ›2Younger Simpson sister6 lettersSee answer ›3Mean mien5 lettersSee answer ›4Freight weights4 lettersSee answer ›5Had one's cake, say3 lettersSee answer ›6Body of Agatha Christie's work?6 lettersSee answer ›7"u r freaking hilarious!"5 lettersSee answer ›8Work with a number4 lettersSee answer ›9Eviscerate3 lettersSee answer ›10Ticket exchange site since 20007 lettersSee answer ›11Banish6 lettersSee answer ›12Like old voice mail messages6 lettersSee answer ›13Order in the court?13 lettersSee answer ›14Symphony that marked the beginning of Beethoven's "middle period"6 lettersSee answer ›16Office program5 lettersSee answer ›21My word!4 lettersSee answer ›22Saturn and Mercury4 lettersSee answer ›24Favoritism4 lettersSee answer ›25First name in late-night4 lettersSee answer ›27Just4 lettersSee answer ›28Primary action4 lettersSee answer ›29Partner of his4 lettersSee answer ›30They can be cured4 lettersSee answer ›31"On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service" memoirist, 20245 lettersSee answer ›32"Nothing more for me, thank you"6 lettersSee answer ›33Illegal musical recording, e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›35Fragrant flower whose name means "gift from God"7 lettersSee answer ›36In stock6 lettersSee answer ›37They're alive6 lettersSee answer ›39Bit of attire that might accompany a cane6 lettersSee answer ›40Some products sold by Patagonia6 lettersSee answer ›42"On the contrary …"5 lettersSee answer ›43Area around a mouth5 lettersSee answer ›45Place to brood4 lettersSee answer ›46Cause for stitches4 lettersSee answer ›48Hits up, as on TikTok3 lettersSee answer ›49P.I.3 lettersSee answer ›