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New York Times Crossword August 23 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword August 23 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 72 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#
Relative of upward dog, to 50-DownCOBRAPOSE9Across1 Many Intuit employees, for shortCPAS4Across10 Noted line in BuddhismDALAILAMAS10Across14 International grocery chain founded in GermanyALDI4Across15 Galaxy program, e.g.ANDROIDAPP10Across16 BreakREST4Across17 Rapper whose father is the jazz musician Olu DaraNAS3Across18 Certain tray's contentsASH3Across19 Country whose name is an anagram of a common means of getting thereNEPAL5Across20 Makes rapidly, with "out"CRANKS6Across22 Mutually acceptsAGREESON8Across25 M.L.B. All-Star closer ___ DíazEDWIN5Across28 Staple at a car washRAG3Across29 One might be fragileEGO3Across30 Product pitched by a pitcherKOOLAID7Across31 Drew Carey once called it "crossword puzzle cheese" on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"EDAM4Across35 "I've helped all I can"MYJOBHEREISDONE15Across36 Steven ___, Best Actor nominee for 2020's "Minari"YEUN4Across40 Field goal announcementITSGOOD7Across41 ___ HillSAM3Across42 Bit of drag attireBOA3Across43 Hands, humorouslyMITTS5Across44 Hit listTOPFORTY8Across48 Eye up and downLEERAT6Across51 Japanese healing techniqueREIKI5Across52 Medical lead-in to -scopeOTO3Across53 Type of alcoholic beverage that originated in the U.K., despite its nameIPA3Across55 OverturnUNDO4Across56 Plant-based meat alternative that sizzlesVEGANBACON10Across57 One's primary character, in video game lingoMAIN4Across61 Criminal mastermindEVILGENIUS10Across62 Very vocal avianMYNA4Across63 Purr-fect adopteeRESCUECAT9Across64

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Unfounded rumorCANARD6Down1 Tired expressionOLDSAW6Down2 Something that can be raised or passedBAR3Down3 Mexico's ___ ConchosRIO3Down4 Literally, "at another time"ALIAS5Down5 Artificially inflatesPADS4Down6 City where the Men's College World Series takes placeOMAHA5Down7 Stuff boiled in sugar shacksSAP3Down8 Place to hear game results and analysisESPNRADIO9Down9 "___ noctem" (motto meaning "go enjoy the night")CARPE5Down10 "By all means, go ahead!"PLEASEDO8Down11 Jingle accompanimentADSLOGAN8Down12 Remain untouchedSIT3Down13 Take a series of steps?DANCE5Down14 Hosp. testEEG3Down21 Japanese company whose products click with customersNIKON5Down23 Dresser partKNOB4Down24 Composer of "In the Hall of the Mountain King"GRIEG5Down26 Destination of an annual race since 1973NOME4Down27 It's formed in PittsburghOHIORIVER9Down32 Allowed to strikeLETAT5Down33 Horace's "___ Poetica"ARS3Down34 Boy on "The Munsters"EDDIE5Down35 Island in a classic video gameMYST4Down36 "What's your decision?"YEAORNAY8Down37 Joined enthusiasticallyJUMPEDIN8Down38 Word before how or where, but not whoSOME4Down39 ___ choyBOK3Down43 White House daughter of the 1960s-'70sTRICIA6Down45 Have no more money to betTAPOUT6Down46 Is really into, in slangSTANS5Down47 Animated princess of filmFIONA5Down49 1-Across teachersYOGIS5Down50 Cute sound?LONGU5Down51 Mineral with a Mohs hardness of 1TALC4Down54 "Lemme think ..."UMM3Down56 Night to remember, perhapsEVE3Down58 Busy ___BEE3Down59 Anti-apartheid party, in briefANC3Down60

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, August 23, 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.