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NYT Crossword August 8 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, August 8 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Rafael Musa and Matthew Stock · Edited by Will Shortz

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1Who wrote in an 1852 novel “Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good”5 lettersSee answer ›6Stick around camp?8 lettersSee answer ›14Synthetic fabric sometimes called "elastane"5 lettersSee answer ›15Competition conducted in rounds over rounds9 lettersSee answer ›16Microscope component5 lettersSee answer ›17Establishments with many green rooms9 lettersSee answer ›18"Aw, that's so nice of you!"9 lettersSee answer ›20Toadlike5 lettersSee answer ›21Stuff4 lettersSee answer ›22Some fridges3 lettersSee answer ›23Way to the left?4 lettersSee answer ›24Rum-soaked cake4 lettersSee answer ›26Frameable frame3 lettersSee answer ›27Anytown, ___3 lettersSee answer ›30Many an I.R.S. public service announcement9 lettersSee answer ›33Heart4 lettersSee answer ›34Reassuring words when help is needed15 lettersSee answer ›36Means of defense for an elephant4 lettersSee answer ›37"That would make the most sense to me"9 lettersSee answer ›38Some residents: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›39Blubber3 lettersSee answer ›40Like Antarctica, notably4 lettersSee answer ›41Disaccustom4 lettersSee answer ›43Their tracks diffract light into rainbows3 lettersSee answer ›44Tricky situation4 lettersSee answer ›48Eurasian ermine5 lettersSee answer ›50Surfaces for making cookies9 lettersSee answer ›52Guiding principle, metaphorically9 lettersSee answer ›542023 title role for Timothée Chalamet5 lettersSee answer ›55Events akin to streaks9 lettersSee answer ›56Opposite of entropy5 lettersSee answer ›57"Don't give up"8 lettersSee answer ›58Corset supports5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Tedious trials5 lettersSee answer ›2Ambitious and uncompromising, say5 lettersSee answer ›3The planets, since 20065 lettersSee answer ›4Follow to the letter?9 lettersSee answer ›5Grocery pricing term4 lettersSee answer ›6Sailing maneuvers5 lettersSee answer ›7Freudian drive to survive4 lettersSee answer ›8High degree3 lettersSee answer ›9Part of a masonry kit6 lettersSee answer ›10Breads that may be used as scoops5 lettersSee answer ›11Nullifies9 lettersSee answer ›12Pleasing cadence4 lettersSee answer ›13"Don't stress yourself"4 lettersSee answer ›15Hybrid feline whose coat may feature rosettes9 lettersSee answer ›19One of two official languages of Kosovo8 lettersSee answer ›23Caregiver known as a "nutrix" in ancient Rome8 lettersSee answer ›25Org. with a serpent in its logo3 lettersSee answer ›26Warriors for a cause9 lettersSee answer ›28Bouts held in a dohyo4 lettersSee answer ›29Medieval warrior's weapon3 lettersSee answer ›30Turned4 lettersSee answer ›31#@$% and &?*!, by implication9 lettersSee answer ›32Sister of Helios3 lettersSee answer ›33Table tennis or beach volleyball9 lettersSee answer ›34Abbr. on a pay stub3 lettersSee answer ›35Letters said out of embarrassment3 lettersSee answer ›39Pops6 lettersSee answer ›42Face-plant, so to speak5 lettersSee answer ›43Iris ___, author of "The Chinese in America"5 lettersSee answer ›45Animal that's mostly white, helping it hide in its natural habitat5 lettersSee answer ›46Pitch-perfect5 lettersSee answer ›47Alexis, Feodor and Peter, among others5 lettersSee answer ›48Slight4 lettersSee answer ›49What's hard to read in a text4 lettersSee answer ›50Floor4 lettersSee answer ›51Rare bills and dice rolls4 lettersSee answer ›53Sign of a sellout3 lettersSee answer ›