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New York Times Crossword August 20 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword August 20 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 78 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
TycoonBARON5Across1 "Famously friendly" pooch, per the American Kennel ClubLAB3Across6 Mystery author JosephineTEY3Across9 Moody hip-hop subgenreEMORAP6Across12 Electronic setting on a floor modelDEMOMODE8Across14 Switch to a newsperson on the scene, sayGOLIVE6Across16 Common sushi go-withMISOSOUP8Across17 Hair goopGEL3Across18 Marijuana component, for shortTHC3Across19 Like many a coffee orderTOGO4Across21 Only U.S. prez born in KentuckyABE3Across22 Letters for a selloutSRO3Across23 Whistle blowerREF3Across24 "I had something come up," maybeFIB3Across25 Square rootRADICAL7Across28 2003 Will Ferrell filmELF3Across30 Org. that prohibits Magic 8 Balls and baseball batsTSA3Across31 Custom in Japanese food serviceNOTIPS6Across32 Went letter by letter, to BritsSPELT5Across34 Brief verse from Japan / With seventeen syllables / Illustrated hereHAIKU5Across36 Item seen rolling through this puzzleDIE3Across39 Fixes, as a pianoTUNES5Across40 Freddy Krueger's locale: Abbr.ELMST5Across41 Evolutionary "missing link"APEMAN6Across42 U.F.C. fighting styleMMA3Across44 Mole, e.g.SPY3Across45 Slobbery smoochDOGKISS7Across47 First receptionist on "The Office"PAM3Across51 Delivers, as a babyHAS3Across52 Before, poeticallyERE3Across53 T. rex fossil named after its discovererSUE3Across54 Distinctive feature of the durian fruitODOR4Across55 The Big Apple's ___ DriveFDR3Across57 Singer DiFrancoANI3Across58 Frenemy of Betty in comicsVERONICA8Across59 Classic Asimov collectionIROBOT6Across62 BoostedPROMOTED8Across65 Five Nations tribeSENECA6Across66 ___ MarinoSAN3Across67 Patty melt breadRYE3Across68 Start of many emoticonsCOLON5Across69

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Change seekerBEGGAR6Down1 Shape-shifting organismAMOEBA6Down2 Like some oatsROLLED6Down3 "... ___ quit!"ORI3Down4 Sat ___ (GPS, to Brits)NAV3Down5 Perishable bit of apparelLEI3Down6 Dutch bierAMSTEL6Down7 Expel with jeersBOOOFFSTAGE11Down8 More than one would likeTOOOFTEN8Down9 Collegiate domain?EDU3Down10 "Uh-huh"YEP3Down11 Scabbers, to Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter booksPETRAT6Down13 Hip-hop's Run-___DMC3Down14 Flavoring in some fast food, for shortMSG3Down15 January and November have the most federal onesHOLIDAYS8Down20 "No lie!"SCOUTSHONOR11Down23 Adjusted the rankings of, as a tournamentRESEEDED8Down24 Michigan's ___ Royale National ParkISLE4Down26 Cave dwellersBATS4Down27 Tats (up)INKS4Down29 What every "O" in this grid representsPIP3Down33 The Ramones' genrePUNK4Down35 Material in some eco-friendly clothingHEMP4Down36 Liberal arts college in MichiganALMA4Down37 Remark accompanied by a facepalmIMAMORON8Down38 Actor Lamorne of Fox's "New Girl"MORRIS6Down43 SamenessPARITY6Down46 Writer AllendeISABEL6Down48 Gas brand that sponsors NASCARSUNOCO6Down49 Wheat-based meat alternativeSEITAN6Down50 Benedictine's titleDOM3Down56 It's all the rageFAD3Down57 Air Force Two passengers, in briefVPS3Down59 "Fearless" or "1989," for Taylor SwiftERA3Down60 Middling gradeCEE3Down61 Lead-in to center or roomREC3Down63 Musician YokoONO3Down64

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, August 20, 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.