NYT Crossword August 16, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Beauty lounge, of a sort 10 11A Calm 4 15A Mexico's Chamber of Deputies or France's National Assembly, for example 10 16A Cash on hand? 4 17A French kiss kissers 10 18A Pull 4 19A Leading counsel? 10 20A Parting word 4 21A One of the First Nations 4 22A Tied up 7 24A Évariste ___, 19th-century French math prodigy for whom a differential theory is named 6 27A Melancholy 1964 #1 hit for Bobby Vinton 8 28A Sponge brand originally spelled with two hyphens 5 29A Spots 5 30A N.B.A. stat: Abbr. 3 31A Slightly 4 32A Practitioner of black magic 5 33A Kind of box for media watchers 4 34A "___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift holiday song) 3 35A Machine for a highway crew 5 36A Like bismuth and bitcoin 5 37A Swimwear that can be worn as shorts 8 39A Full of snickers 6 40A Try to break, as a bad habit 7 41A Curve that's high and outside? 4 42A Abbreviated first name found three times on the signed Declaration of Independence 4 43A 1990 novelty dance inspired by a comics superhero 10 48A Staple of an outdoor reception 4 49A Became a marquee name, say 10 50A Logical connective 4 51A Lovers of "Emma" and "Persuasion" 10 52A Equine color 4 53A Way to begin gaming, say 10

Down

1D Appearance of the marine creature called "by-the-wind sailor" 4 2D Run easily 4 3D Hasn't settled up 4 4D Foundered, as an investigation 8 5D Nintendo title character with a head mirror 7 6D Largest of the Dodecanese Islands 6 7D "___ changed" 5 8D "___ disagree" 4 9D Barack Obama's final secretary of defense (2015-17) 9 10D One who profits from eBay, say 8 11D Expedite 6 12D Rock solid 10 13D Where the 10th Amendment leaves many issues 10 14D Call to whomever 10 23D ___ Alamitos, Calif. 3 24D Dairy spread in a health food store 10 25D Bond classification 10 26D Tony-winning actress who provided the singing voice for the Disney princesses Jasmine and Mulan 10 27D Is a social butterfly 5 29D Like a typical flight from New York to London 9 32D Shower drain protector 8 33D Property of a wet suit or shapewear 8 35D Smack in the middle of a crowd, in brief? 3 36D Units for measuring bacteria and dust 7 38D Surmount 6 39D Hazards for high heels 6 41D Provides job assistance? 5 44D To be, to Brutus 4 45D ___ Hari 4 46D Part of A.S.L.: Abbr. 4 47D Group of spies, say 4