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NYT Crossword August 26 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Tuesday, August 26 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Something tapped at a bar3 lettersSee answer ›4___ monster (only venomous lizard native to the U.S.)4 lettersSee answer ›8Go caroling, say4 lettersSee answer ›12British weekly on business, politics and culture, with "The"9 lettersSee answer ›15Devils' center, appropriately4 lettersSee answer ›16Ones taking baby pictures in the delivery room, maybe10 lettersSee answer ›18Stead4 lettersSee answer ›19University just north of Harvard5 lettersSee answer ›20Overall impact9 lettersSee answer ›22Like drone photography6 lettersSee answer ›23"Look here …"3 lettersSee answer ›24Study of the mind, for short6 lettersSee answer ›29Tavern owner who's often prank-called by Bart Simpson3 lettersSee answer ›31Attire for a contemporary dancer7 lettersSee answer ›33Source of a certain essential oil7 lettersSee answer ›37R, as in a Rolls-Royce?7 lettersSee answer ›38Hush-hush7 lettersSee answer ›39What the shepherd heard, perhaps5 lettersSee answer ›40Highest level of minor-league baseball3 lettersSee answer ›42They spike during the holidays5 lettersSee answer ›43Apt name for a socialite?3 lettersSee answer ›45Some pre-streaming music purchases3 lettersSee answer ›47Goose of Hawaii4 lettersSee answer ›48Global movement to end violence against women4 lettersSee answer ›51That's unbelievable!3 lettersSee answer ›53"That's unbelievable!"4 lettersSee answer ›55Fish that can burrow into the seabed3 lettersSee answer ›56Subtle acknowledgment3 lettersSee answer ›57Carpenter or plumber's kit7 lettersSee answer ›60Fruit traditionally eaten with the fish it's named for11 lettersSee answer ›63Toilette water3 lettersSee answer ›64Like goods bought before they hit the shelves10 lettersSee answer ›65Alternative to AOL3 lettersSee answer ›66Unusual feature of this puzzle … or, when parsed as two words (1,8), another unusual feature of this puzzle9 lettersSee answer ›67When a plane is due in, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›

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1Didn't tell, as a secret4 lettersSee answer ›2Light beige4 lettersSee answer ›3Blooper4 lettersSee answer ›4Combatants in the Titanomachy4 lettersSee answer ›5Teacher's pest3 lettersSee answer ›6Former NPR host Hansen5 lettersSee answer ›7In line with5 lettersSee answer ›8Beginning of consciousness?4 lettersSee answer ›9Group of elite colleges5 lettersSee answer ›10Mother's daughter's daughter, perhaps5 lettersSee answer ›11Largest human muscle, informally5 lettersSee answer ›13Little fastener3 lettersSee answer ›14Comic actor Jacques4 lettersSee answer ›17Sailors6 lettersSee answer ›21A&W specialties6 lettersSee answer ›22Broadcasts4 lettersSee answer ›24Where the sidewalk ends4 lettersSee answer ›25First-year legal student, informally4 lettersSee answer ›26Donate4 lettersSee answer ›27Like a good sharpshooter's hand6 lettersSee answer ›28À la ___5 lettersSee answer ›30Renewable gasoline additive7 lettersSee answer ›32Anti-trafficking org.3 lettersSee answer ›33___ Hall ("The Wind in the Willows" residence)4 lettersSee answer ›34Cry to a captor9 lettersSee answer ›35Idyllic spot4 lettersSee answer ›36Ultimatum word4 lettersSee answer ›41___ in the hole3 lettersSee answer ›44Marilyn Monroe or Britney Spears6 lettersSee answer ›46Cutlass, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›48Italian scooter brand5 lettersSee answer ›49Darlings5 lettersSee answer ›50Spot for cats and rats5 lettersSee answer ›52"My gut says …"5 lettersSee answer ›54Today, in Tijuana3 lettersSee answer ›56What you'd expect when you're expecting?4 lettersSee answer ›57Shot that made its N.B.A. debut in 1979, slangily4 lettersSee answer ›58Big ___ (college conference)4 lettersSee answer ›59Common sushi fish4 lettersSee answer ›61Certain parent3 lettersSee answer ›62Make a typo, say3 lettersSee answer ›