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New York Times Crossword August 29 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword August 29 2025 answers. The Friday 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#
Coaster, usuallyDISC4Across1 Start of some temple namesBNAI4Across5 Bug spray ingredientDEET4Across9 Kind of roverLUNAR5Across13 Figure with two tailsBELLCURVE9Across14 HabitationABODE5Across16 Queen's guard?KILLERBEE9Across17 Language whose name consists of four consecutive U.S. state postal abbreviationsMANDARIN8Across18 Genre for 5-DownBLUES5Across20 Certain graph shapePIE3Across21 Word with Man or canTIN3Across22 Per ___DIEM4Across23 Places where it's OK to push someone at schoolSWINGSETS9Across24 Evidence of a fireASH3Across27 Christmas story villainHEROD5Across30 Plot device in many a rom-comMEETCUTE8Across31 Samurai with no masterRONIN5Across33 Big bustDUD3Across34 Little piecesIOTAS5Across35 Welcome sight for a businessCUSTOMER8Across36 What fan fiction is notCANON5Across38 "Odds" followerARE3Across39 Loaded with excitementFUNFILLED9Across40 Blow off steam, sayRANT4Across42 Start to do?DEE3Across43 Some Slack convosIMS3Across44 Happiness and excitement, for twoMOODS5Across47 Four-star review, sayILOVEDIT8Across49 Spitting contest?RAPBATTLE9Across51 Manage to loseEVADE5Across53 Some workplace perksFREEMEALS9Across54 "Seriously!," in slangNOCAP5Across55 Fighters on the beach in 2023's "Barbie"KENS4Across56 Old car concernRUST4Across57 Preschoolers, e.g.TOTS4Across58

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Home to the torus-shaped Museum of the FutureDUBAI5Down1 By some measureINONESENSE10Down2 Safety org. for young peopleSADD4Down3 Painting on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, with "The"CREATIONOFADAM14Down4 "The Thrill Is Gone" musician, 1970BBKING6Down5 Kant's "no"NEIN4Down6 Even more than mostALL3Down7 "OK, now you've got me intrigued ..."ILLBITE7Down8 Macaroni wheatDURUM5Down9 Kathryn of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"ERBE4Down10 Anticipatory timesEVES4Down11 Anger, with "off"TEE3Down12 Lantern, e.g.LAMP4Down13 Eclipse, for oneCELESTIALEVENT14Down15 PeelRIND4Down19 Proof of a plotDEED4Down23 Order in the courtWRIT4Down25 1980s cartoon foe of GargamelSMURF5Down26 Library regular, perhapsAUTODIDACT10Down27 Eminem song that samples DidoSTAN4Down28 "___ a real nowhere man ..."HES3Down29 Billing unitHOUR4Down30 Dog's post-op wearCONE4Down32 Label that sold the first 33 1/3 r.p.m. recordsRCA3Down33 Make an impression onDENT4Down34 Member of a 1960s TV familyMUNSTER7Down37 Geppetto's pet goldfish in Disney's "Pinocchio"CLEO4Down38 Least activeIDLEST6Down41 They might hang out in a hotel roomROBES5Down42 Big name in mufflersMIDAS5Down45 Bit of a how-toSTEP4Down46 Stable mateMARE4Down47 Move the first pawn, sayOPEN4Down48 TroublesILLS4Down49 High-quality flavoring for salad dressings, in briefEVOO4Down50 Inits. of the statesman who said "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly"RFK3Down51 Time constant symbol in physicsTAU3Down52

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, August 29, 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.