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Every answer from the Sunday, August 31 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Maximum extent, in an idiom4 lettersSee answer ›5"Suitable, I guess"6 lettersSee answer ›11Small storage unit4 lettersSee answer ›15"___ News Central" (daily program)3 lettersSee answer ›18Sea adventure novel by Herman Melville4 lettersSee answer ›19Rump6 lettersSee answer ›20Sounds of amazement4 lettersSee answer ›21Spoils4 lettersSee answer ›22"Don't flick that cigarette over here!"11 lettersSee answer ›24"Incredible! This mosquito net didn't let in even one bug!"9 lettersSee answer ›26Greatest potential accomplishment, metaphorically7 lettersSee answer ›27Non-free-range farm fixture7 lettersSee answer ›29Container weight4 lettersSee answer ›30Pick up at school5 lettersSee answer ›31Actor Pascal5 lettersSee answer ›32Kiss6 lettersSee answer ›34Celestial sphere3 lettersSee answer ›35Went from 0 to 60, say4 lettersSee answer ›37Nipsey Russell's role in 1978's "The Wiz"6 lettersSee answer ›40"___ America (And So Can You!)" (Stephen Colbert best seller)3 lettersSee answer ›42Device for cutting bangs?8 lettersSee answer ›45More in need of a sticky roller7 lettersSee answer ›47Zealous4 lettersSee answer ›48Guide for writing a perfect letter7 lettersSee answer ›49Adorn6 lettersSee answer ›50Some skin care products6 lettersSee answer ›52"Dear Lord! His Majesty's beard is out of control!"15 lettersSee answer ›55Comics cry of dismay3 lettersSee answer ›58___ code4 lettersSee answer ›59Tiny and scurrying, perhaps7 lettersSee answer ›63"Just dropped off some of your newly buffed knight's protection!"21 lettersSee answer ›71Green gemstone7 lettersSee answer ›72Brand of bubbly, informally4 lettersSee answer ›73___ de vie3 lettersSee answer ›74"Might you give me a bigger boat?"15 lettersSee answer ›82Composure under pressure6 lettersSee answer ›85Firmly planted6 lettersSee answer ›86Sizable wine orders7 lettersSee answer ›90Zest4 lettersSee answer ›91Hero's partner in myth7 lettersSee answer ›93Real ladies' man8 lettersSee answer ›94Bit of work3 lettersSee answer ›95It's always getting into hot water6 lettersSee answer ›96Theatrical constructions4 lettersSee answer ›97Unburden3 lettersSee answer ›98Computer shortcuts6 lettersSee answer ›100Muse of love poetry5 lettersSee answer ›103"You can't win ___"5 lettersSee answer ›105Writer ___ Stanley Gardner4 lettersSee answer ›106"Is that a certainty?"7 lettersSee answer ›109Unruly, as a beard7 lettersSee answer ›111Secret agent first introduced in 19539 lettersSee answer ›113Classic 111-Across portrayer, whose iconic accent is suggested by the answers to the italicized clues11 lettersSee answer ›115Langston Hughes poem4 lettersSee answer ›116Aston Martin, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›117Charm6 lettersSee answer ›118Member of a watery quintet4 lettersSee answer ›119Adriatique, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›120School attended by both 111-Across and his creator4 lettersSee answer ›121Debate-ending reply6 lettersSee answer ›122Figs. most people have memorized4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Win for an away team8 lettersSee answer ›2"That doesn't bother me anymore"8 lettersSee answer ›3Winsome8 lettersSee answer ›4It's human, in a saying5 lettersSee answer ›5Big events on Wall St.4 lettersSee answer ›6Full of tension4 lettersSee answer ›7Abbr. on a paper tray3 lettersSee answer ›8Whiled away the hours6 lettersSee answer ›9Gave medicine5 lettersSee answer ›10Different5 lettersSee answer ›11Poke ___4 lettersSee answer ›12Start of a pirate chant4 lettersSee answer ›13"There I am in the photo"7 lettersSee answer ›14Winter hours in Conn.3 lettersSee answer ›15Exhibiting some force8 lettersSee answer ›16Part of a personal air filtration system8 lettersSee answer ›17Degree in math?3 lettersSee answer ›21["Ha ha 2 funny!!!!]4 lettersSee answer ›23Thirst3 lettersSee answer ›25Lots and lots4 lettersSee answer ›28Certain URL ending6 lettersSee answer ›31A pop3 lettersSee answer ›33Favorite drink of 111-Across7 lettersSee answer ›35What wine or citrus adds to a sauce4 lettersSee answer ›36Hairstyle helpers4 lettersSee answer ›38Allergic reaction4 lettersSee answer ›39Company originally named Blue Ribbon Sports4 lettersSee answer ›41E.R. V.I.P.s3 lettersSee answer ›43High school subj.3 lettersSee answer ›44Base figure, for short3 lettersSee answer ›45Bank security feature5 lettersSee answer ›46Perfect match9 lettersSee answer ›47It's right on a square5 lettersSee answer ›49Port on the Adriatic4 lettersSee answer ›51Airing4 lettersSee answer ›53Shout of triumph3 lettersSee answer ›54___-El (Superman's birth name)3 lettersSee answer ›55Relative of an adder3 lettersSee answer ›56"Evita" role for Antonio Banderas3 lettersSee answer ›57___ royale (cocktail)3 lettersSee answer ›60Indignation3 lettersSee answer ›61New Zealand parrot that can solve logic puzzles3 lettersSee answer ›62End of an academic address3 lettersSee answer ›64Williamson who played Merlin in "Excalibur"5 lettersSee answer ›65Biblical kingdom near the Dead Sea4 lettersSee answer ›66Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across7 lettersSee answer ›67Stitching on a Cardinal's cap3 lettersSee answer ›68Mid-Atlantic state capital5 lettersSee answer ›69A good one might generate good karma4 lettersSee answer ›70J.F.K. prediction3 lettersSee answer ›75Far from bright4 lettersSee answer ›76University in New Rochelle, N.Y.4 lettersSee answer ›77Obergefell v. ___, milestone case for marriage equality6 lettersSee answer ›78Improvise à la Ella Fitzgerald4 lettersSee answer ›79Avocado variety4 lettersSee answer ›80Portfolio holding, for short3 lettersSee answer ›81Give a bad review3 lettersSee answer ›82Imitate3 lettersSee answer ›83Spread throughout8 lettersSee answer ›84Greaves and cuisses, but not gauntlets and helmets8 lettersSee answer ›87Those who hunt and gather8 lettersSee answer ›88Feature of many a gloating movie villain8 lettersSee answer ›89"Alas, it is true"8 lettersSee answer ›92Grounder to second, often7 lettersSee answer ›93Corp. bigwig3 lettersSee answer ›95___ leches cake4 lettersSee answer ›96Beau6 lettersSee answer ›99Late jazz singer ___ Laine4 lettersSee answer ›101Sly schemes5 lettersSee answer ›102Paris's Dôme de Paris, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›103Sea eagle3 lettersSee answer ›104Zebra features that mirror their body stripes5 lettersSee answer ›107"You're ___ something"4 lettersSee answer ›108Japanese noodle4 lettersSee answer ›109Many a get-rich-quick offer4 lettersSee answer ›110Heart4 lettersSee answer ›111Beam on a bottle3 lettersSee answer ›112Modern pet name3 lettersSee answer ›114Platform for Super Mario Bros., for short3 lettersSee answer ›