Home›NYT Crossword›August 30 2025

NYT Crossword August 30 2025 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated August 30 2025

All Clues & Answers

70 CLUESDIFFICULTY

Every answer from the Saturday, August 30 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Maddy Ziegler · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Title typically abbreviated to its first and last letters5 lettersSee answer ›6Storied stargazers4 lettersSee answer ›10Another name for ESPN8, with "the"4 lettersSee answer ›14___ Perry, award-winning author of 2022's "South to America"5 lettersSee answer ›15___ the Holy, canonized Norwegian king4 lettersSee answer ›16Way out, say4 lettersSee answer ›17Little dippers?10 lettersSee answer ›19Targets for bark beetles4 lettersSee answer ›20A&W or L&M9 lettersSee answer ›21Botanical joint4 lettersSee answer ›22Jerk3 lettersSee answer ›23Cell service inits.3 lettersSee answer ›24Neighbor of Baja California6 lettersSee answer ›26"Funny how that works"3 lettersSee answer ›27Heat setting, perhaps4 lettersSee answer ›29"The Santa Clause" or "Legally Blonde"3 lettersSee answer ›30Wind up in ruin13 lettersSee answer ›33Classic warning to a knight13 lettersSee answer ›34Kick-starter program?13 lettersSee answer ›35"To All the Boys ___ Loved Before" (best-selling young adult novel)3 lettersSee answer ›36Campus building4 lettersSee answer ›37"Big" digit3 lettersSee answer ›38Not say something in jest6 lettersSee answer ›40"Toy Story" bully3 lettersSee answer ›41___ tov (Jewish holiday)3 lettersSee answer ›44"I'm afraid ..."4 lettersSee answer ›45Noted resident of "Little Lhasa" in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh9 lettersSee answer ›48Library catalog ID4 lettersSee answer ›49What dilapidated buildings and rampant graffiti may be a sign of10 lettersSee answer ›50Director Johnson4 lettersSee answer ›51Veteran of the seas4 lettersSee answer ›52Prefix with musicology or linguistics5 lettersSee answer ›53Moving well over 60, perhaps?4 lettersSee answer ›54Leaves speechless4 lettersSee answer ›55Moving5 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Swahili for "lion"5 lettersSee answer ›2Heads of state in Qatar and Kuwait5 lettersSee answer ›3Grams5 lettersSee answer ›4"Come ___!"4 lettersSee answer ›5Lead-in to a puzzling question12 lettersSee answer ›6Janelle of "Hidden Figures"5 lettersSee answer ›7'22 or '234 lettersSee answer ›8Stadium sales4 lettersSee answer ›9They may or may not happen3 lettersSee answer ›10Classical theater5 lettersSee answer ›11Sketches that end with "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!"9 lettersSee answer ›12Major successes, so to speak8 lettersSee answer ›13Spots for scrubs, for short3 lettersSee answer ›18Patrolling a neighborhood9 lettersSee answer ›21"I'd avoid that"12 lettersSee answer ›24Viola's twin brother in "Twelfth Night"9 lettersSee answer ›25"Soooo …?"3 lettersSee answer ›26Wedding reception highlight, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›27Fashion plate, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›28Old-fashioned TV antenna, jocularly4 lettersSee answer ›30On-the-go breakfast option9 lettersSee answer ›31Giveaway4 lettersSee answer ›32___ deal4 lettersSee answer ›33Tasteful invitation?8 lettersSee answer ›34Family name of three BTS members3 lettersSee answer ›39One tending kids5 lettersSee answer ›40Bits of wood paneling5 lettersSee answer ›41Vessel with two silent letters5 lettersSee answer ›42Like the Mideast's Bahla Fort5 lettersSee answer ›43Head to town?5 lettersSee answer ›45Capture the attention of4 lettersSee answer ›46Free (to)4 lettersSee answer ›47"Count me in!"4 lettersSee answer ›48Org. concerned with reporting3 lettersSee answer ›49Host nation of the 2028 Olympics3 lettersSee answer ›