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New York Times Crossword August 21 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 81 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword August 21 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 81 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#
50 things on the ArgoOARS4Across1 Units equal to nine inchesSPANS5Across5 Needing more salt, perhapsICIER5Across10 Swiss-born artist whose name sounds like an art mediumKLEE4Across15 What pronouns and their antecedents should doAGREE5Across16 *Person who persists in a hopeless causeBITTE5Across17 Destroyer of Hindu cosmogonySIVA4Across18 *Wildlife parksGAMER5Across19 Layer of bricksMASON5Across20 Show obeisanceBOWTO5Across21 Smart TV featuresDVRS4Across23 Eye coveringLID3Across25 *Enjoy the moment, sayTAKEI5Across26 Name on a checkPAYEE5Across27 Porter of BroadwayCOLE4Across29 Sucker's lamentIBEENHAD8Across30 RepeatSAYOVER7Across32 Cheryl of "Charlie's Angels"LADD4Across34 Bit of Q.E.D.ERAT4Across35 Features of some stadiaDOMES5Across37 Start of a popular saying about gravity ... or a hint to completing the answers to the starred cluesWHATGOESUP10Across38 Big name in Russian balletKIROV5Across41 Capital on the MediterraneanEURO4Across43 Blew awayAWED4Across44 Legislative bodiesSENATES7Across48 Old wide-screen formatCINERAMA8Across50 Crime show extra, informallyPERP4Across52 Lead-in to "they"HESHE5Across53 *Storm-tracking aidLIVER5Across55 Brew designed to survive trips to the subcontinent, in briefIPA3Across56 Early PC game whose nonsense working title stuckZORK4Across57 Partner of olderWISER5Across58 Guardian spiritsGENII5Across59 *Musical appreciation?TONYA5Across61 Deity with the raven familiars Huginn and MuninnODIN4Across64 *Forming a unionORGAN5Across66 ___ Day (April celebration)ARBOR5Across67 A or B, e.g.NOTE4Across68 Yani ___, youngest pro golfer to win five major championships (age 22)TSENG5Across69 Score keeper?STAND5Across70 Peeved stateSNIT4Across71

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Gives a "go"OKS3Down1 Fictional character with a famous opening lineALIBABA7Down2 Took backREVOKED7Down3 Sushi treatment that's also a spa treatmentSEAWEEDWRAP11Down4 Palm starchSAGO4Down5 ___ TourPGA3Down6 What's off to the side in a selfieARM3Down7 Demanding attentionNEEDY5Down8 Waits onSERVES6Down9 Watson and Deep Blue, for twoIBMS4Down10 Grp. aptly hidden in "special ops"CIA3Down11 "We're head over heels!"ITSLOVE7Down12 Prima ballerinasETOILES7Down13 Melt downRENDER6Down14 ___ can, item first made and patented in Britain in 1810TIN3Down22 Turns the page, sayREADSON7Down24 Up toTIL3Down26 Take leave of each otherPART4Down27 Just saying?ADAGE5Down28 Taste tests, e.g.COMPARISONS11Down29 BootHEAVEHO7Down31 Pronoun repeated in "___ do ___"YOU3Down33 GrazeTOUCH5Down36 High on the Scoville scaleHOT3Down39 Lake that's home to Kelleys IslandERIE4Down40 Best candidates for permanent relationshipsKEEPERS7Down41 Callable, sayINRANGE7Down42 Gestured to keep movingWAVEDON7Down45 Some retired facultyEMERITI7Down46 ___ es SalaamDAR3Down47 TapSPIGOT6Down48 Certain mattressesSERTAS6Down49 Name that means "my God" in HebrewELI3Down51 Bit of hybrid field hockey attireSKORT5Down54 Criticize wittilyZING4Down57 DistrictWARD4Down58 Holm or McKellen of "The Hobbit"IAN3Down60 Wizards' org.NBA3Down62 Over thereYON3Down63 MeshNET3Down65

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, August 21, 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.