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New York Times Crossword August 20 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for August 20 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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Across

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Tycoon51 AcrossReveal answer → "Famously friendly" pooch, per the American Kennel Club36 AcrossReveal answer → Mystery author Josephine39 AcrossReveal answer → Moody hip-hop subgenre612 AcrossReveal answer → Electronic setting on a floor model814 AcrossReveal answer → Switch to a newsperson on the scene, say616 AcrossReveal answer → Common sushi go-with817 AcrossReveal answer → Hair goop318 AcrossReveal answer → Marijuana component, for short319 AcrossReveal answer → Like many a coffee order421 AcrossReveal answer → Only U.S. prez born in Kentucky322 AcrossReveal answer → Letters for a sellout323 AcrossReveal answer → Whistle blower324 AcrossReveal answer → "I had something come up," maybe325 AcrossReveal answer → Square root728 AcrossReveal answer → 2003 Will Ferrell film330 AcrossReveal answer → Org. that prohibits Magic 8 Balls and baseball bats331 AcrossReveal answer → Custom in Japanese food service632 AcrossReveal answer → Went letter by letter, to Brits534 AcrossReveal answer → Brief verse from Japan / With seventeen syllables / Illustrated here536 AcrossReveal answer → Item seen rolling through this puzzle339 AcrossReveal answer → Fixes, as a piano540 AcrossReveal answer → Freddy Krueger's locale: Abbr.541 AcrossReveal answer → Evolutionary "missing link"642 AcrossReveal answer → U.F.C. fighting style344 AcrossReveal answer → Mole, e.g.345 AcrossReveal answer → Slobbery smooch747 AcrossReveal answer → First receptionist on "The Office"351 AcrossReveal answer → Delivers, as a baby352 AcrossReveal answer → Before, poetically353 AcrossReveal answer → T. rex fossil named after its discoverer354 AcrossReveal answer → Distinctive feature of the durian fruit455 AcrossReveal answer → The Big Apple's ___ Drive357 AcrossReveal answer → Singer DiFranco358 AcrossReveal answer → Frenemy of Betty in comics859 AcrossReveal answer → Classic Asimov collection662 AcrossReveal answer → Boosted865 AcrossReveal answer → Five Nations tribe666 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Marino367 AcrossReveal answer → Patty melt bread368 AcrossReveal answer → Start of many emoticons569 AcrossReveal answer →

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Change seeker61 DownReveal answer → Shape-shifting organism62 DownReveal answer → Like some oats63 DownReveal answer → "... ___ quit!"34 DownReveal answer → Sat ___ (GPS, to Brits)35 DownReveal answer → Perishable bit of apparel36 DownReveal answer → Dutch bier67 DownReveal answer → Expel with jeers118 DownReveal answer → More than one would like89 DownReveal answer → Collegiate domain?310 DownReveal answer → "Uh-huh"311 DownReveal answer → Scabbers, to Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter books613 DownReveal answer → Hip-hop's Run-___314 DownReveal answer → Flavoring in some fast food, for short315 DownReveal answer → January and November have the most federal ones820 DownReveal answer → "No lie!"1123 DownReveal answer → Adjusted the rankings of, as a tournament824 DownReveal answer → Michigan's ___ Royale National Park426 DownReveal answer → Cave dwellers427 DownReveal answer → Tats (up)429 DownReveal answer → What every "O" in this grid represents333 DownReveal answer → The Ramones' genre435 DownReveal answer → Material in some eco-friendly clothing436 DownReveal answer → Liberal arts college in Michigan437 DownReveal answer → Remark accompanied by a facepalm838 DownReveal answer → Actor Lamorne of Fox's "New Girl"643 DownReveal answer → Sameness646 DownReveal answer → Writer Allende648 DownReveal answer → Gas brand that sponsors NASCAR649 DownReveal answer → Wheat-based meat alternative650 DownReveal answer → Benedictine's title356 DownReveal answer → It's all the rage357 DownReveal answer → Air Force Two passengers, in brief359 DownReveal answer → "Fearless" or "1989," for Taylor Swift360 DownReveal answer → Middling grade361 DownReveal answer → Lead-in to center or room363 DownReveal answer → Musician Yoko364 DownReveal answer →

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