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Every answer from the Sunday, August 17 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Sign off on7 lettersSee answer ›8Feel the pain6 lettersSee answer ›14One of music's Three B's4 lettersSee answer ›18They're paving the way8 lettersSee answer ›20Island with ferries to Ibiza7 lettersSee answer ›21Tangent line?4 lettersSee answer ›22One of the better morning beverages?16 lettersSee answer ›24Zoom background option4 lettersSee answer ›25Hrs. for Augusta in August3 lettersSee answer ›26"___ Q" (1968 hit)5 lettersSee answer ›27Styling substance3 lettersSee answer ›28"C'mon, the car door's open!"5 lettersSee answer ›29Avoid ___ (GPS option)5 lettersSee answer ›32Slice of the economy6 lettersSee answer ›35First non-English-language film to win Best Picture8 lettersSee answer ›37Just one inning left after this?17 lettersSee answer ›40Annual gala locale, with "the"3 lettersSee answer ›41Meat sauce in Italian cooking4 lettersSee answer ›42Go-getter sorts6 lettersSee answer ›43Trifling4 lettersSee answer ›45View from the Quai d'Orsay5 lettersSee answer ›47Character with a Jamaican accent in Disney's "The Little Mermaid"9 lettersSee answer ›51How a mountain road may rise or fall7 lettersSee answer ›54Threads, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›57Query of worry8 lettersSee answer ›59Units on a multimeter4 lettersSee answer ›60Seasoning preference when eating Maryland blue crab?11 lettersSee answer ›64Berry plant related to a hawthorn4 lettersSee answer ›65The lion in summer?3 lettersSee answer ›66"So here's my question ..."7 lettersSee answer ›67Humorous ending with hater3 lettersSee answer ›68Sephora competitor4 lettersSee answer ›70Two-pound tomahawk steak, for instance?11 lettersSee answer ›74Underwater respirator4 lettersSee answer ›75Home on the internet, perhaps8 lettersSee answer ›77Prescriptions, for short3 lettersSee answer ›78Arouses7 lettersSee answer ›80Slimy scheme for profit9 lettersSee answer ›83Listing that might include an explanation of benefits5 lettersSee answer ›84Anchors provide this4 lettersSee answer ›85Casual shoe6 lettersSee answer ›89New Jersey?4 lettersSee answer ›91A.C.C. school3 lettersSee answer ›93"Do I *really* wanna start an online bidding war? Hmm ..."?17 lettersSee answer ›99Czech brew8 lettersSee answer ›101Move (over)6 lettersSee answer ›102Michael of R.E.M.5 lettersSee answer ›103The government, at times5 lettersSee answer ›104What Pomeranians do3 lettersSee answer ›106The (middle) sound of "silence"5 lettersSee answer ›108"___ but a scratch"3 lettersSee answer ›109Creature in Magic: The Gathering4 lettersSee answer ›110Give an extra perk to a cigarette smoker?16 lettersSee answer ›115Finish filming4 lettersSee answer ›116___ Attucks, Revolutionary War casualty who posthumously became an abolitionist symbol7 lettersSee answer ›117Cherish8 lettersSee answer ›118No side4 lettersSee answer ›119Become gooey over, as cheese atop a hot burger6 lettersSee answer ›120They're usually found to the left of Q's7 lettersSee answer ›

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1Actor Will of "BoJack Horseman"6 lettersSee answer ›2British cry of approval6 lettersSee answer ›3Scary snake7 lettersSee answer ›4Joseph who co-invented rocky road ice cream3 lettersSee answer ›5Obstruction to teamwork, maybe3 lettersSee answer ›6Greek crosses4 lettersSee answer ›7Sudden surge6 lettersSee answer ›8Round Table title3 lettersSee answer ›9"___ cerveza, por favor"3 lettersSee answer ›10Phileas in "Around the World in Eighty Days"4 lettersSee answer ›11The power of social media from a marketing standpoint, informally6 lettersSee answer ›12Bit of green legislation6 lettersSee answer ›13Hindi for "reign"3 lettersSee answer ›14Sweethearts5 lettersSee answer ›15One of the best coffee beverages ever?13 lettersSee answer ›16Top execs, collectively6 lettersSee answer ›17Charlotte N.B.A. player6 lettersSee answer ›19Montreal newspaper continuously published since 1778, with "The"7 lettersSee answer ›20Get-together6 lettersSee answer ›23French city from which a soup gets its name5 lettersSee answer ›28Merriment, in one spelling6 lettersSee answer ›30Doesn't own, say6 lettersSee answer ›31Largest college fraternity in the U.S., familiarly5 lettersSee answer ›33No U.S. area code starts with this3 lettersSee answer ›34Nutrition figs.4 lettersSee answer ›36Minnesota county whose seat is St. Paul6 lettersSee answer ›38Artfulness5 lettersSee answer ›39Suffix with journal3 lettersSee answer ›44Some natural borders en México4 lettersSee answer ›46Greek goddess of the night3 lettersSee answer ›48Emperor who founded the Mughal Empire5 lettersSee answer ›49Palindromic constellation3 lettersSee answer ›50Noggin6 lettersSee answer ›51Latin for "only"5 lettersSee answer ›52What fugitives are on6 lettersSee answer ›53What might confirm the worst for an athlete's injury?13 lettersSee answer ›54Many a Bahraini4 lettersSee answer ›55Old El ___ (Tex-Mex brand)4 lettersSee answer ›56Game with an annual World Series since 19705 lettersSee answer ›58Collapses, with "over"5 lettersSee answer ›61Smartphone clock function5 lettersSee answer ›62A bobcat is one, technically4 lettersSee answer ›69Actress Bancroft4 lettersSee answer ›70Many-time N.B.A. All-Star Tatum6 lettersSee answer ›71Boot out of Australia?3 lettersSee answer ›72Creature with flat, transparent larvae called "leptocephali"3 lettersSee answer ›73___ change5 lettersSee answer ›74Vodka-and-lime cocktail6 lettersSee answer ›76Metal material used for dishware before porcelain became popular6 lettersSee answer ›79Ta-tas5 lettersSee answer ›81In the style of3 lettersSee answer ›82School bathroom sign4 lettersSee answer ›83Spin a yarn, perhaps?7 lettersSee answer ›86Progressive inits. in the U.S. Congress3 lettersSee answer ›87Puts icing on6 lettersSee answer ›88Methuselah's father5 lettersSee answer ›90Paramount+ docuseries with real-life crime stories7 lettersSee answer ›91Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s?6 lettersSee answer ›92Cialis alternative6 lettersSee answer ›94Long-eared pal of Pooh6 lettersSee answer ›95Country whose name Americans spell with a "z"6 lettersSee answer ›96Stymie6 lettersSee answer ›97Abode that's abuzz6 lettersSee answer ›98"Ah, that's right!"6 lettersSee answer ›100Trickles5 lettersSee answer ›105Vowelless attention-getter4 lettersSee answer ›107Traveling in waves, say4 lettersSee answer ›110Vintage film channel3 lettersSee answer ›111Milestone for a start-up, for short3 lettersSee answer ›112Sister figure3 lettersSee answer ›113Pre-___ (exercise program in advance of surgery)3 lettersSee answer ›114Vowelless rebuke3 lettersSee answer ›