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New York Times Crossword August 8 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 70 clues from the New York Times Crossword for August 8 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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Who wrote in an 1852 novel “Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good”51 AcrossReveal answer → Stick around camp?86 AcrossReveal answer → Synthetic fabric sometimes called "elastane"514 AcrossReveal answer → Competition conducted in rounds over rounds915 AcrossReveal answer → Microscope component516 AcrossReveal answer → Establishments with many green rooms917 AcrossReveal answer → "Aw, that's so nice of you!"918 AcrossReveal answer → Toadlike520 AcrossReveal answer → Stuff421 AcrossReveal answer → Some fridges322 AcrossReveal answer → Way to the left?423 AcrossReveal answer → Rum-soaked cake424 AcrossReveal answer → Frameable frame326 AcrossReveal answer → Anytown, ___327 AcrossReveal answer → Many an I.R.S. public service announcement930 AcrossReveal answer → Heart433 AcrossReveal answer → Reassuring words when help is needed1534 AcrossReveal answer → Means of defense for an elephant436 AcrossReveal answer → "That would make the most sense to me"937 AcrossReveal answer → Some residents: Abbr.338 AcrossReveal answer → Blubber339 AcrossReveal answer → Like Antarctica, notably440 AcrossReveal answer → Disaccustom441 AcrossReveal answer → Their tracks diffract light into rainbows343 AcrossReveal answer → Tricky situation444 AcrossReveal answer → Eurasian ermine548 AcrossReveal answer → Surfaces for making cookies950 AcrossReveal answer → Guiding principle, metaphorically952 AcrossReveal answer → 2023 title role for Timothée Chalamet554 AcrossReveal answer → Events akin to streaks955 AcrossReveal answer → Opposite of entropy556 AcrossReveal answer → "Don't give up"857 AcrossReveal answer → Corset supports558 AcrossReveal answer →

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Tedious trials51 DownReveal answer → Ambitious and uncompromising, say52 DownReveal answer → The planets, since 200653 DownReveal answer → Follow to the letter?94 DownReveal answer → Grocery pricing term45 DownReveal answer → Sailing maneuvers56 DownReveal answer → Freudian drive to survive47 DownReveal answer → High degree38 DownReveal answer → Part of a masonry kit69 DownReveal answer → Breads that may be used as scoops510 DownReveal answer → Nullifies911 DownReveal answer → Pleasing cadence412 DownReveal answer → "Don't stress yourself"413 DownReveal answer → Hybrid feline whose coat may feature rosettes915 DownReveal answer → One of two official languages of Kosovo819 DownReveal answer → Caregiver known as a "nutrix" in ancient Rome823 DownReveal answer → Org. with a serpent in its logo325 DownReveal answer → Warriors for a cause926 DownReveal answer → Bouts held in a dohyo428 DownReveal answer → Medieval warrior's weapon329 DownReveal answer → Turned430 DownReveal answer → #@$% and &?*!, by implication931 DownReveal answer → Sister of Helios332 DownReveal answer → Table tennis or beach volleyball933 DownReveal answer → Abbr. on a pay stub334 DownReveal answer → Letters said out of embarrassment335 DownReveal answer → Pops639 DownReveal answer → Face-plant, so to speak542 DownReveal answer → Iris ___, author of "The Chinese in America"543 DownReveal answer → Animal that's mostly white, helping it hide in its natural habitat545 DownReveal answer → Pitch-perfect546 DownReveal answer → Alexis, Feodor and Peter, among others547 DownReveal answer → Slight448 DownReveal answer → What's hard to read in a text449 DownReveal answer → Floor450 DownReveal answer → Rare bills and dice rolls451 DownReveal answer → Sign of a sellout353 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, August 8, 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.