New York Times Crossword August 12 2025 Answers
Tuesday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the New York Times Crossword August 12 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 74 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.
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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Take to the slopesSKI3Across1
Abolitionist TubmanHARRIET7Across4
Shade of gray or blondASH3Across11
"That's rough!"OOF3Across14
QuantitiesAMOUNTS7Across15
Dubai's country, for shortUAE3Across16
Pales in comparisonCANTHOLDACANDLE15Across17
Greeting in OahuALOHA5Across20
French articleLES3Across21
CountrifiedRURAL5Across22
After the buzzerLATE4Across23
Typical People cover subject, informallyCELEB5Across24
Pharmacy bottlefuls, informallyMEDS4Across26
Edible Christmas ornamentCANDYCANE9Across27
Planet with the most moons (274)SATURN6Across30
Not out of the ordinaryNORMAL6Across33
Container for orangesCRATE5Across37
Certain significant others, informallyBFS3Across38
2016 Disney movieMOANA5Across41
King, in LatinREX3Across42
Visual features of a 27-AcrossSTRIPES7Across43
U.S. soldiersGIS3Across46
Blown awayAWED4Across47
___ cart (type of food stand)HALAL5Across49
University in western Pennsylvania, familiarlyPITT4Across50
Chicana, for exampleMEXICANAMERICAN15Across51
Bad news for vegetationBLIGHT6Across54
1990s-’00s sitcom starring BrandyMOESHA6Across55
Rapper ___ WayneLIL3Across56
Conscience-strickenASHAMED7Across57
He/___HIM3Across61
Time to look aheadEVE3Across62
Birds phonetically suggested by a feature of 17-, 27- and 51-AcrossTOUCANS7Across63
Fútbol cheerOLE3Across64
___ MoinesDES3Across65
Prepared to prayKNELT5Across66
Partner of "ty"PLS3Across67
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
L.A.'s regionSOCAL5Down1
Eucalyptus eaterKOALA5Down2
"Otherwise ..."IFNOT5Down3
"Serves you right!"HAHA4Down4
"Te ___" ("I love you," in Spanish)AMO3Down5
Like some R's and oatsROLLED6Down6
"As I was saying before I was so ___ interrupted ..."RUDELY6Down7
ShortlyINASEC6Down8
And the like, for shortETC3Down9
Russian ruler of oldTSAR4Down10
Lorde who wrote "Sister Outsider"AUDRE5Down11
Partner of soupSALAD5Down12
What the Beyoncé title "6 Inch" refers toHEELS5Down13
Online publication of Vox MediaTHECUT6Down18
Tres o cuatroNUMERO6Down19
"Have I Got News for You" channelCNN3Down24
ProhibitBAN3Down25
Greek war godARES4Down28
Chances at awards, informallyNOMS4Down29
Like this: ESMCLDRBASCRAMBLED9Down30
"Has our broadcast started?"AREWELIVE9Down31
People living abroad for financial reasonsTAXEXILES9Down32
Business selling trick coins and marked decksMAGICSHOP9Down34
Law professor played by Kerry Washington in 2016's "Confirmation"ANITAHILL9Down35
Things alphabetized in telephone booksLASTNAMES9Down36
Raisin ___BRAN4Down38
Sneaker brandFILA4Down39
A dispiritingly large percentage of phone callsSPAM4Down40
"No worries"THATSOK7Down44
He or I, but not sheELEMENT7Down45
Like, informallyDIG3Down48
Dessert with a shellPIE3Down50
Casual conversationCHAT4Down52
Cones' counterparts in the eyeRODS4Down53
Follower of AttilaHUN3Down58
Great serveACE3Down59
Opposite of bienMAL3Down60
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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.