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New York Times Crossword August 16 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 64 clues from the New York Times Crossword for August 16 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Beauty lounge, of a sort101 AcrossReveal answer → Calm411 AcrossReveal answer → Mexico's Chamber of Deputies or France's National Assembly, for example1015 AcrossReveal answer → Cash on hand?416 AcrossReveal answer → French kiss kissers1017 AcrossReveal answer → Pull418 AcrossReveal answer → Leading counsel?1019 AcrossReveal answer → Parting word420 AcrossReveal answer → One of the First Nations421 AcrossReveal answer → Tied up722 AcrossReveal answer → Évariste ___, 19th-century French math prodigy for whom a differential theory is named624 AcrossReveal answer → Melancholy 1964 #1 hit for Bobby Vinton827 AcrossReveal answer → Sponge brand originally spelled with two hyphens528 AcrossReveal answer → Spots529 AcrossReveal answer → N.B.A. stat: Abbr.330 AcrossReveal answer → Slightly431 AcrossReveal answer → Practitioner of black magic532 AcrossReveal answer → Kind of box for media watchers433 AcrossReveal answer → "___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift holiday song)334 AcrossReveal answer → Machine for a highway crew535 AcrossReveal answer → Like bismuth and bitcoin536 AcrossReveal answer → Swimwear that can be worn as shorts837 AcrossReveal answer → Full of snickers639 AcrossReveal answer → Try to break, as a bad habit740 AcrossReveal answer → Curve that's high and outside?441 AcrossReveal answer → Abbreviated first name found three times on the signed Declaration of Independence442 AcrossReveal answer → 1990 novelty dance inspired by a comics superhero1043 AcrossReveal answer → Staple of an outdoor reception448 AcrossReveal answer → Became a marquee name, say1049 AcrossReveal answer → Logical connective450 AcrossReveal answer → Lovers of "Emma" and "Persuasion"1051 AcrossReveal answer → Equine color452 AcrossReveal answer → Way to begin gaming, say1053 AcrossReveal answer →

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Appearance of the marine creature called "by-the-wind sailor"41 DownReveal answer → Run easily42 DownReveal answer → Hasn't settled up43 DownReveal answer → Foundered, as an investigation84 DownReveal answer → Nintendo title character with a head mirror75 DownReveal answer → Largest of the Dodecanese Islands66 DownReveal answer → "___ changed"57 DownReveal answer → "___ disagree"48 DownReveal answer → Barack Obama's final secretary of defense (2015-17)99 DownReveal answer → One who profits from eBay, say810 DownReveal answer → Expedite611 DownReveal answer → Rock solid1012 DownReveal answer → Where the 10th Amendment leaves many issues1013 DownReveal answer → Call to whomever1014 DownReveal answer → ___ Alamitos, Calif.323 DownReveal answer → Dairy spread in a health food store1024 DownReveal answer → Bond classification1025 DownReveal answer → Tony-winning actress who provided the singing voice for the Disney princesses Jasmine and Mulan1026 DownReveal answer → Is a social butterfly527 DownReveal answer → Like a typical flight from New York to London929 DownReveal answer → Shower drain protector832 DownReveal answer → Property of a wet suit or shapewear833 DownReveal answer → Smack in the middle of a crowd, in brief?335 DownReveal answer → Units for measuring bacteria and dust736 DownReveal answer → Surmount638 DownReveal answer → Hazards for high heels639 DownReveal answer → Provides job assistance?541 DownReveal answer → To be, to Brutus444 DownReveal answer → ___ Hari445 DownReveal answer → Part of A.S.L.: Abbr.446 DownReveal answer → Group of spies, say447 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.