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New York Times Crossword August 8 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword August 8 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 70 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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Who wrote in an 1852 novel “Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good”STOWE5Across1 Stick around camp?TENTPOLE8Across6 Synthetic fabric sometimes called "elastane"LYCRA5Across14 Competition conducted in rounds over roundsBARTRIVIA9Across15 Microscope componentOPTIC5Across16 Establishments with many green roomsECOHOTELS9Across17 "Aw, that's so nice of you!"GEETHANKS9Across18 ToadlikeWARTY5Across20 StuffSATE4Across21 Some fridgesLGS3Across22 Way to the left?WEST4Across23 Rum-soaked cakeBABA4Across24 Frameable frameCEL3Across26 Anytown, ___USA3Across27 Many an I.R.S. public service announcementSCAMALERT9Across30 HeartCRUX4Across33 Reassuring words when help is neededYOUCANCOUNTONME15Across34 Means of defense for an elephantTUSK4Across36 "That would make the most sense to me"IASSUMESO9Across37 Some residents: Abbr.DRS3Across38 BlubberFAT3Across39 Like Antarctica, notablyARID4Across40 DisaccustomWEAN4Across41 Their tracks diffract light into rainbowsCDS3Across43 Tricky situationSPOT4Across44 Eurasian ermineSTOAT5Across48 Surfaces for making cookiesSHEETPANS9Across50 Guiding principle, metaphoricallyNORTHSTAR9Across52 2023 title role for Timothée ChalametWONKA5Across54 Events akin to streaksUNDIERUNS9Across55 Opposite of entropyORDER5Across56 "Don't give up"BESTRONG8Across57 Corset supportsSTAYS5Across58

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Tedious trialsSLOGS5Down1 Ambitious and uncompromising, sayTYPEA5Down2 The planets, since 2006OCTET5Down3 Follow to the letter?WRITEBACK9Down4 Grocery pricing termEACH4Down5 Sailing maneuversTACKS5Down6 Freudian drive to surviveEROS4Down7 High degreeNTH3Down8 Part of a masonry kitTROWEL6Down9 Breads that may be used as scoopsPITAS5Down10 NullifiesOVERTURNS9Down11 Pleasing cadenceLILT4Down12 "Don't stress yourself"EASY4Down13 Hybrid feline whose coat may feature rosettesBENGALCAT9Down15 One of two official languages of KosovoALBANIAN8Down19 Caregiver known as a "nutrix" in ancient RomeWETNURSE8Down23 Org. with a serpent in its logoAMA3Down25 Warriors for a causeCRUSADERS9Down26 Bouts held in a dohyoSUMO4Down28 Medieval warrior's weaponAXE3Down29 TurnedSOUR4Down30 #@$% and &?*!, by implicationCUSSWORDS9Down31 Sister of HeliosEOS3Down32 Table tennis or beach volleyballCOEDSPORT9Down33 Abbr. on a pay stubYTD3Down34 Letters said out of embarrassmentTMI3Down35 PopsFATHER6Down39 Face-plant, so to speakEATIT5Down42 Iris ___, author of "The Chinese in America"CHANG5Down43 Animal that's mostly white, helping it hide in its natural habitatPANDA5Down45 Pitch-perfectONKEY5Down46 Alexis, Feodor and Peter, among othersTSARS5Down47 SlightSNUB4Down48 What's hard to read in a textTONE4Down49 FloorSTUN4Down50 Rare bills and dice rollsTWOS4Down51 Sign of a selloutSRO3Down53

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