NYT Crossword August 25 2026 Answers
All 76 clues from the Tuesday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.
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1ASharpened point of a quill pen3 lettersSee answer ›4AOne-named Senegalese American singer with the #1 hits "I Wanna Love You" and "Don't Matter"4 lettersSee answer ›8ASouth Asian royals5 lettersSee answer ›13AActress Longoria3 lettersSee answer ›14AFree-spirited style, informally4 lettersSee answer ›15A*6th6 lettersSee answer ›16ASummer meteor shower named for a mythological hero8 lettersSee answer ›18AParadise6 lettersSee answer ›19AMusical flutter5 lettersSee answer ›20ABillion years, astronomically4 lettersSee answer ›22A___ skirt4 lettersSee answer ›23A"Miracle on Ice" foe, for short4 lettersSee answer ›24ASmart set5 lettersSee answer ›26ATo, informally3 lettersSee answer ›27A"___ it!" (shout in a game of tag)3 lettersSee answer ›28A*2nd5 lettersSee answer ›30AArouses, as an appetite5 lettersSee answer ›32ACaptivate6 lettersSee answer ›34A*1st7 lettersSee answer ›36ASettled on the ground, say4 lettersSee answer ›38ASomething told with two hands?4 lettersSee answer ›39ABluish-silver Christmas trees, maybe7 lettersSee answer ›42AHosp. recovery area6 lettersSee answer ›46AGreat divide5 lettersSee answer ›47AMoon believed to have a subsurface ocean5 lettersSee answer ›49AGamer's "off-line"3 lettersSee answer ›50AKool-Aid competitor3 lettersSee answer ›51A*3rd5 lettersSee answer ›53AMcEntire of country music4 lettersSee answer ›54ASome Monopoly properties: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›56ADrink in a sippy cup, to a toddler4 lettersSee answer ›57ACommence5 lettersSee answer ›58AMexican beer brand6 lettersSee answer ›60A"I'd love to go"8 lettersSee answer ›62A*7th6 lettersSee answer ›63ABygone Russian leader4 lettersSee answer ›64APad3 lettersSee answer ›65ABaker's glassware brand5 lettersSee answer ›66A"Thing with feathers that perches in the soul," per Emily Dickinson4 lettersSee answer ›67A"Y"-sounding pair of letters, in Spanish3 lettersSee answer ›DOWN
1D*8th7 lettersSee answer ›2DAllen who was the 2001 N.B.A. M.V.P.7 lettersSee answer ›3DOne known for the morning grind?7 lettersSee answer ›4DSecond-born son in the Bible4 lettersSee answer ›5D___ pond3 lettersSee answer ›6D"Wowza!"6 lettersSee answer ›7DTiny biting insect7 lettersSee answer ›8DCreature sometimes trained for bomb detection3 lettersSee answer ›9DFocus of some physicists4 lettersSee answer ›10D*5th7 lettersSee answer ›11DDesert quality7 lettersSee answer ›12DEpitomes of slowness6 lettersSee answer ›15DSymbols of fair weather4 lettersSee answer ›17DMirror-and-prism camera, for short3 lettersSee answer ›21DArrival of symptoms5 lettersSee answer ›25D"Man, that's hardly fair!"6 lettersSee answer ›28DFullness, in hairstyling6 lettersSee answer ›29D"The Little Mermaid" prince4 lettersSee answer ›31DShades4 lettersSee answer ›33D*4th4 lettersSee answer ›35DKelly of morning TV4 lettersSee answer ›37DNeon ___ (aquarium fish)5 lettersSee answer ›39DLike someone emerging from freezing cold water, typically7 lettersSee answer ›40DRaceway speed setter7 lettersSee answer ›41DMull over7 lettersSee answer ›43DReason to go into penalty kicks7 lettersSee answer ›44DLike the paths of 45-Down, as visually depicted in this puzzle7 lettersSee answer ›45DCelestial "wanderers" ... or what this puzzle's circled letters represent7 lettersSee answer ›46DFlirt with, in a way6 lettersSee answer ›48D"Are you sure?"6 lettersSee answer ›52DSpellbinds4 lettersSee answer ›53DSunburned, perhaps3 lettersSee answer ›55DReasonable4 lettersSee answer ›57DReveal4 lettersSee answer ›59DBlack-and-white wedding rental3 lettersSee answer ›61DGullible sort3 lettersSee answer ›RECENT NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLES
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