New York Times Crossword August 31 2025 Answers

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Below are all 140 clues from the New York Times Crossword for August 31 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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Maximum extent, in an idiom41 AcrossReveal answer → "Suitable, I guess"65 AcrossReveal answer → Small storage unit411 AcrossReveal answer → "___ News Central" (daily program)315 AcrossReveal answer → Sea adventure novel by Herman Melville418 AcrossReveal answer → Rump619 AcrossReveal answer → Sounds of amazement420 AcrossReveal answer → Spoils421 AcrossReveal answer → "Don't flick that cigarette over here!"1122 AcrossReveal answer → "Incredible! This mosquito net didn't let in even one bug!"924 AcrossReveal answer → Greatest potential accomplishment, metaphorically726 AcrossReveal answer → Non-free-range farm fixture727 AcrossReveal answer → Container weight429 AcrossReveal answer → Pick up at school530 AcrossReveal answer → Actor Pascal531 AcrossReveal answer → Kiss632 AcrossReveal answer → Celestial sphere334 AcrossReveal answer → Went from 0 to 60, say435 AcrossReveal answer → Nipsey Russell's role in 1978's "The Wiz"637 AcrossReveal answer → "___ America (And So Can You!)" (Stephen Colbert best seller)340 AcrossReveal answer → Device for cutting bangs?842 AcrossReveal answer → More in need of a sticky roller745 AcrossReveal answer → Zealous447 AcrossReveal answer → Guide for writing a perfect letter748 AcrossReveal answer → Adorn649 AcrossReveal answer → Some skin care products650 AcrossReveal answer → "Dear Lord! His Majesty's beard is out of control!"1552 AcrossReveal answer → Comics cry of dismay355 AcrossReveal answer → ___ code458 AcrossReveal answer → Tiny and scurrying, perhaps759 AcrossReveal answer → "Just dropped off some of your newly buffed knight's protection!"2163 AcrossReveal answer → Green gemstone771 AcrossReveal answer → Brand of bubbly, informally472 AcrossReveal answer → ___ de vie373 AcrossReveal answer → "Might you give me a bigger boat?"1574 AcrossReveal answer → Composure under pressure682 AcrossReveal answer → Firmly planted685 AcrossReveal answer → Sizable wine orders786 AcrossReveal answer → Zest490 AcrossReveal answer → Hero's partner in myth791 AcrossReveal answer → Real ladies' man893 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of work394 AcrossReveal answer → It's always getting into hot water695 AcrossReveal answer → Theatrical constructions496 AcrossReveal answer → Unburden397 AcrossReveal answer → Computer shortcuts698 AcrossReveal answer → Muse of love poetry5100 AcrossReveal answer → "You can't win ___"5103 AcrossReveal answer → Writer ___ Stanley Gardner4105 AcrossReveal answer → "Is that a certainty?"7106 AcrossReveal answer → Unruly, as a beard7109 AcrossReveal answer → Secret agent first introduced in 19539111 AcrossReveal answer → Classic 111-Across portrayer, whose iconic accent is suggested by the answers to the italicized clues11113 AcrossReveal answer → Langston Hughes poem4115 AcrossReveal answer → Aston Martin, e.g.4116 AcrossReveal answer → Charm6117 AcrossReveal answer → Member of a watery quintet4118 AcrossReveal answer → Adriatique, e.g.3119 AcrossReveal answer → School attended by both 111-Across and his creator4120 AcrossReveal answer → Debate-ending reply6121 AcrossReveal answer → Figs. most people have memorized4122 AcrossReveal answer →

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Win for an away team81 DownReveal answer → "That doesn't bother me anymore"82 DownReveal answer → Winsome83 DownReveal answer → It's human, in a saying54 DownReveal answer → Big events on Wall St.45 DownReveal answer → Full of tension46 DownReveal answer → Abbr. on a paper tray37 DownReveal answer → Whiled away the hours68 DownReveal answer → Gave medicine59 DownReveal answer → Different510 DownReveal answer → Poke ___411 DownReveal answer → Start of a pirate chant412 DownReveal answer → "There I am in the photo"713 DownReveal answer → Winter hours in Conn.314 DownReveal answer → Exhibiting some force815 DownReveal answer → Part of a personal air filtration system816 DownReveal answer → Degree in math?317 DownReveal answer → ["Ha ha 2 funny!!!!]421 DownReveal answer → Thirst323 DownReveal answer → Lots and lots425 DownReveal answer → Certain URL ending628 DownReveal answer → A pop331 DownReveal answer → Favorite drink of 111-Across733 DownReveal answer → What wine or citrus adds to a sauce435 DownReveal answer → Hairstyle helpers436 DownReveal answer → Allergic reaction438 DownReveal answer → Company originally named Blue Ribbon Sports439 DownReveal answer → E.R. V.I.P.s341 DownReveal answer → High school subj.343 DownReveal answer → Base figure, for short344 DownReveal answer → Bank security feature545 DownReveal answer → Perfect match946 DownReveal answer → It's right on a square547 DownReveal answer → Port on the Adriatic449 DownReveal answer → Airing451 DownReveal answer → Shout of triumph353 DownReveal answer → ___-El (Superman's birth name)354 DownReveal answer → Relative of an adder355 DownReveal answer → "Evita" role for Antonio Banderas356 DownReveal answer → ___ royale (cocktail)357 DownReveal answer → Indignation360 DownReveal answer → New Zealand parrot that can solve logic puzzles361 DownReveal answer → End of an academic address362 DownReveal answer → Williamson who played Merlin in "Excalibur"564 DownReveal answer → Biblical kingdom near the Dead Sea465 DownReveal answer → Feature of this puzzle's circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-Across766 DownReveal answer → Stitching on a Cardinal's cap367 DownReveal answer → Mid-Atlantic state capital568 DownReveal answer → A good one might generate good karma469 DownReveal answer → J.F.K. prediction370 DownReveal answer → Far from bright475 DownReveal answer → University in New Rochelle, N.Y.476 DownReveal answer → Obergefell v. ___, milestone case for marriage equality677 DownReveal answer → Improvise à la Ella Fitzgerald478 DownReveal answer → Avocado variety479 DownReveal answer → Portfolio holding, for short380 DownReveal answer → Give a bad review381 DownReveal answer → Imitate382 DownReveal answer → Spread throughout883 DownReveal answer → Greaves and cuisses, but not gauntlets and helmets884 DownReveal answer → Those who hunt and gather887 DownReveal answer → Feature of many a gloating movie villain888 DownReveal answer → "Alas, it is true"889 DownReveal answer → Grounder to second, often792 DownReveal answer → Corp. bigwig393 DownReveal answer → ___ leches cake495 DownReveal answer → Beau696 DownReveal answer → Late jazz singer ___ Laine499 DownReveal answer → Sly schemes5101 DownReveal answer → Paris's Dôme de Paris, e.g.5102 DownReveal answer → Sea eagle3103 DownReveal answer → Zebra features that mirror their body stripes5104 DownReveal answer → "You're ___ something"4107 DownReveal answer → Japanese noodle4108 DownReveal answer → Many a get-rich-quick offer4109 DownReveal answer → Heart4110 DownReveal answer → Beam on a bottle3111 DownReveal answer → Modern pet name3112 DownReveal answer → Platform for Super Mario Bros., for short3114 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, August 31, 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.