NYT Crossword August 17 2025 Answers (8/17/25)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for August 17 2025 to help you finish it up!
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Our NYT Crossword August 17, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of The New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword August 17, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 8/17/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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# Clue
1A Sign off on
8A Feel the pain
14A One of music's Three B's
18A They're paving the way
20A Island with ferries to Ibiza
21A Tangent line?
22A One of the better morning beverages?
24A Zoom background option
25A Hrs. for Augusta in August
26A "___ Q" (1968 hit)
27A Styling substance
28A "C'mon, the car door's open!"
29A Avoid ___ (GPS option)
32A Slice of the economy
35A First non-English-language film to win Best Picture
37A Just one inning left after this?
40A Annual gala locale, with "the"
41A Meat sauce in Italian cooking
42A Go-getter sorts
43A Trifling
45A View from the Quai d'Orsay
47A Character with a Jamaican accent in Disney's "The Little Mermaid"
51A How a mountain road may rise or fall
54A Threads, e.g.
57A Query of worry
59A Units on a multimeter
60A Seasoning preference when eating Maryland blue crab?
64A Berry plant related to a hawthorn
65A The lion in summer?
66A "So here's my question ..."
67A Humorous ending with hater
68A Sephora competitor
70A Two-pound tomahawk steak, for instance?
74A Underwater respirator
75A Home on the internet, perhaps
77A Prescriptions, for short
78A Arouses
80A Slimy scheme for profit
83A Listing that might include an explanation of benefits
84A Anchors provide this
85A Casual shoe
89A New Jersey?
91A A.C.C. school
93A "Do I *really* wanna start an online bidding war? Hmm ..."?
99A Czech brew
101A Move (over)
102A Michael of R.E.M.
103A The government, at times
104A What Pomeranians do
106A The (middle) sound of "silence"
108A "___ but a scratch"
109A Creature in Magic: The Gathering
110A Give an extra perk to a cigarette smoker?
115A Finish filming
116A ___ Attucks, Revolutionary War casualty who posthumously became an abolitionist symbol
117A Cherish
118A No side
119A Become gooey over, as cheese atop a hot burger
120A They're usually found to the left of Q's
1D Actor Will of "BoJack Horseman"
2D British cry of approval
3D Scary snake
4D Joseph who co-invented rocky road ice cream
5D Obstruction to teamwork, maybe
6D Greek crosses
7D Sudden surge
8D Round Table title
9D "___ cerveza, por favor"
10D Phileas in "Around the World in Eighty Days"
11D The power of social media from a marketing standpoint, informally
12D Bit of green legislation
13D Hindi for "reign"
14D Sweethearts
15D One of the best coffee beverages ever?
16D Top execs, collectively
17D Charlotte N.B.A. player
19D Montreal newspaper continuously published since 1778, with "The"
20D Get-together
23D French city from which a soup gets its name
28D Merriment, in one spelling
30D Doesn't own, say
31D Largest college fraternity in the U.S., familiarly
33D No U.S. area code starts with this
34D Nutrition figs.
36D Minnesota county whose seat is St. Paul
38D Artfulness
39D Suffix with journal
44D Some natural borders en México
46D Greek goddess of the night
48D Emperor who founded the Mughal Empire
49D Palindromic constellation
50D Noggin
51D Latin for "only"
52D What fugitives are on
53D What might confirm the worst for an athlete's injury?
54D Many a Bahraini
55D Old El ___ (Tex-Mex brand)
56D Game with an annual World Series since 1970
58D Collapses, with "over"
61D Smartphone clock function
62D A bobcat is one, technically
63D ...
69D Actress Bancroft
70D Many-time N.B.A. All-Star Tatum
71D Boot out of Australia?
72D Creature with flat, transparent larvae called "leptocephali"
73D ___ change
74D Vodka-and-lime cocktail
76D Metal material used for dishware before porcelain became popular
79D Ta-tas
81D In the style of
82D School bathroom sign
83D Spin a yarn, perhaps?
86D Progressive inits. in the U.S. Congress
87D Puts icing on
88D Methuselah's father
90D Paramount+ docuseries with real-life crime stories
91D Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s?
92D Cialis alternative
94D Long-eared pal of Pooh
95D Country whose name Americans spell with a "z"
96D Stymie
97D Abode that's abuzz
98D "Ah, that's right!"
100D Trickles
105D Vowelless attention-getter
107D Traveling in waves, say
110D Vintage film channel
111D Milestone for a start-up, for short
112D Sister figure
113D Pre-___ (exercise program in advance of surgery)
114D Vowelless rebuke

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

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The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

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Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.

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Christine Mielke

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