NYT Crossword August 4 2025 Answers (8/4/25)

Our NYT Crossword August 4, 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 4, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 8/4/25, 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	Letters on a radio switch
5A	"Cómo está ___?" ("How are you?," in Spanish)
10A	Indian tourist city on the Taj Express route
14A	Garment seen in Hindi cinema
15A	Glistened
16A	Like a grade of B+, say
17A	Seed covering
18A	Yankees slugger who hit a record-setting 62 home runs in 2022
20A	Rotary phone feature
21A	Garment from Playtex or Maidenform
22A	"Meet the Press" group
23A	Image from a drone
27A	Metal from a mine
28A	Bills with George Washington's face
29A	Small dish served in Spain
31A	Accra's country
34A	Path of a baseball pop-up
35A	Doozy
39A	"Keep dreaming!"
43A	Opposite of "nope"
44A	"Star Wars" saga heroine
45A	Desert plants
46A	Home of the New York Mets until 2008
48A	College mil. program
50A	"___, amas, amat …" (Latin 101 conjugation)
53A	Outlet from the heart's left ventricle
58A	Dance to "The Blue Danube," e.g.
60A	E.P.A.-banned pesticide
61A	Get an F
62A	Poet with the essay collection "Sister Outsider"
65A	Home services app that lists local vendors
66A	Jumping-off point for an inventor
67A	Grown-up
68A	Pest control brand
69A	Four years, for a U.S. president
70A	Trait transmitters
71A	One of 26, approximately, in a marathon
1D	Carne ___ (grilled meat dish)
2D	Decluttering maven Kondo
3D	Monastery resident
4D	Very, very small fractions
5D	In working order
6D	Musical counterparts of flats
7D	Bat mitzvah reading
8D	Musician Brian who has an asteroid named after him
9D	TV room
10D	H2O, in Mexico
11D	Emphatic rejection
12D	Slugger Maris
13D	"Skyfall" singer
19D	Music genre from Tokyo
24D	Scrambled word: Abbr.
25D	Other: Sp.
26D	R.p.m. indicator
30D	Wool-producing ranch
31D	Merry
32D	Go quickly, quaintly
33D	Actress de Armas
34D	___ port in a storm
36D	Short lines at the register?
37D	Permit
38D	Prefix with cycle or code
40D	Black-and-white cookie
41D	In the neighborhood
42D	When Hamlet duels with Laertes in "Hamlet"
47D	Smog, e.g.
48D	Enigma
49D	Groups of eight musicians
50D	Hang around for
51D	"Harold and ___" (1971 black comedy)
52D	From further in the past
54D	Successful dash to the end zone, in brief
55D	Hawaiian porch
56D	Prayer ___
57D	Skip over, as the "i" in "family"
59D	Transit option to N.Y.C.'s Roosevelt Island
63D	Fall behind
64D	Beethoven's "___ to Joy"

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.

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.

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.