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NYT Crossword August 9 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Saturday, August 9 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Aidan Deshong and Akshay Seetharam · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Approach boldly6 lettersSee answer ›7Word with fixed or net6 lettersSee answer ›13Purple-hatted Nintendo character7 lettersSee answer ›15Mildew, e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›16Little Italian toasts8 lettersSee answer ›18One choice at a dry cleaner6 lettersSee answer ›19Say but not really mean5 lettersSee answer ›20English town known for its mineral water5 lettersSee answer ›22Historical event that acquired its name almost two decades after it ended, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›23Car once promoted with the slogan "It's Your Money … Demand Better," informally4 lettersSee answer ›24Joy of television5 lettersSee answer ›25Windjammer, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›2633-Down platform, for short3 lettersSee answer ›27Deceived, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›28Retreats5 lettersSee answer ›29Move around from here to there11 lettersSee answer ›31Unhelpful response to "Why?"11 lettersSee answer ›32Rabbit food?11 lettersSee answer ›33Pats (down)5 lettersSee answer ›34Progresses slowly5 lettersSee answer ›35Something chewed over3 lettersSee answer ›38Sections of history4 lettersSee answer ›39Has legs5 lettersSee answer ›40Something to climb in a WWE match4 lettersSee answer ›41"Stop! We get it!"3 lettersSee answer ›42Rube5 lettersSee answer ›43Literature Nobelist who wrote "Siddhartha"5 lettersSee answer ›44People whose flag depicts the Lion of Judah6 lettersSee answer ›46Animal that sleeps while floating on its back8 lettersSee answer ›48University of California campus locale6 lettersSee answer ›49"The Ultimate Trivia Destination," per its website7 lettersSee answer ›50Moves in the shadows6 lettersSee answer ›51Parts of cassette players6 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1"Really, now!"6 lettersSee answer ›2Actress Lombard of classic Hollywood6 lettersSee answer ›3"Above the ___, as high as heaven itself?": Shak.6 lettersSee answer ›4Ejects5 lettersSee answer ›5Villainous group of science fiction4 lettersSee answer ›6___ Fridays3 lettersSee answer ›7Can't stand5 lettersSee answer ›8Dis4 lettersSee answer ›9"The only ___ is mediocrity": Martha Graham3 lettersSee answer ›10Ingredient in meringue cookies8 lettersSee answer ›11#1 on BBC's list of greatest 21st-century TV series7 lettersSee answer ›12Comics6 lettersSee answer ›14"This work is getting to be too much"11 lettersSee answer ›17Apple skins?11 lettersSee answer ›21Buildings that aren't water-resistant11 lettersSee answer ›24"La Cousine ___" (Balzac novel)5 lettersSee answer ›25Overly wise, say5 lettersSee answer ›27Feels thirsty5 lettersSee answer ›28Gives accolades5 lettersSee answer ›29Edges5 lettersSee answer ›30You can see right through them5 lettersSee answer ›31Phenomenon of experiencing something as strangely new even though one has experienced it before8 lettersSee answer ›32Designate, as funds7 lettersSee answer ›33Series of mental blocks?6 lettersSee answer ›35Retail giant that opened its first store in Seattle in 19836 lettersSee answer ›36Persuade to pay more than originally intended6 lettersSee answer ›37Popular farm vehicles6 lettersSee answer ›39Falls short, say5 lettersSee answer ›40Lead-in to active5 lettersSee answer ›42American in Paris?4 lettersSee answer ›43Certain earring4 lettersSee answer ›45Poetic contraction3 lettersSee answer ›47Some courses for honor students, for short3 lettersSee answer ›