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NYT Crossword August 16 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Saturday, August 16 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Beauty lounge, of a sort10 lettersSee answer ›11Calm4 lettersSee answer ›15Mexico's Chamber of Deputies or France's National Assembly, for example10 lettersSee answer ›16Cash on hand?4 lettersSee answer ›17French kiss kissers10 lettersSee answer ›18Pull4 lettersSee answer ›19Leading counsel?10 lettersSee answer ›20Parting word4 lettersSee answer ›21One of the First Nations4 lettersSee answer ›22Tied up7 lettersSee answer ›24Évariste ___, 19th-century French math prodigy for whom a differential theory is named6 lettersSee answer ›27Melancholy 1964 #1 hit for Bobby Vinton8 lettersSee answer ›28Sponge brand originally spelled with two hyphens5 lettersSee answer ›29Spots5 lettersSee answer ›30N.B.A. stat: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›31Slightly4 lettersSee answer ›32Practitioner of black magic5 lettersSee answer ›33Kind of box for media watchers4 lettersSee answer ›34"___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift holiday song)3 lettersSee answer ›35Machine for a highway crew5 lettersSee answer ›36Like bismuth and bitcoin5 lettersSee answer ›37Swimwear that can be worn as shorts8 lettersSee answer ›39Full of snickers6 lettersSee answer ›40Try to break, as a bad habit7 lettersSee answer ›41Curve that's high and outside?4 lettersSee answer ›42Abbreviated first name found three times on the signed Declaration of Independence4 lettersSee answer ›431990 novelty dance inspired by a comics superhero10 lettersSee answer ›48Staple of an outdoor reception4 lettersSee answer ›49Became a marquee name, say10 lettersSee answer ›50Logical connective4 lettersSee answer ›51Lovers of "Emma" and "Persuasion"10 lettersSee answer ›52Equine color4 lettersSee answer ›53Way to begin gaming, say10 lettersSee answer ›

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1Appearance of the marine creature called "by-the-wind sailor"4 lettersSee answer ›2Run easily4 lettersSee answer ›3Hasn't settled up4 lettersSee answer ›4Foundered, as an investigation8 lettersSee answer ›5Nintendo title character with a head mirror7 lettersSee answer ›6Largest of the Dodecanese Islands6 lettersSee answer ›7"___ changed"5 lettersSee answer ›8"___ disagree"4 lettersSee answer ›9Barack Obama's final secretary of defense (2015-17)9 lettersSee answer ›10One who profits from eBay, say8 lettersSee answer ›11Expedite6 lettersSee answer ›12Rock solid10 lettersSee answer ›13Where the 10th Amendment leaves many issues10 lettersSee answer ›14Call to whomever10 lettersSee answer ›23___ Alamitos, Calif.3 lettersSee answer ›24Dairy spread in a health food store10 lettersSee answer ›25Bond classification10 lettersSee answer ›26Tony-winning actress who provided the singing voice for the Disney princesses Jasmine and Mulan10 lettersSee answer ›27Is a social butterfly5 lettersSee answer ›29Like a typical flight from New York to London9 lettersSee answer ›32Shower drain protector8 lettersSee answer ›33Property of a wet suit or shapewear8 lettersSee answer ›35Smack in the middle of a crowd, in brief?3 lettersSee answer ›36Units for measuring bacteria and dust7 lettersSee answer ›38Surmount6 lettersSee answer ›39Hazards for high heels6 lettersSee answer ›41Provides job assistance?5 lettersSee answer ›44To be, to Brutus4 lettersSee answer ›45___ Hari4 lettersSee answer ›46Part of A.S.L.: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›47Group of spies, say4 lettersSee answer ›