NYT Crossword August 20, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Tycoon 5 6A "Famously friendly" pooch, per the American Kennel Club 3 9A Mystery author Josephine 3 12A Moody hip-hop subgenre 6 14A Electronic setting on a floor model 8 16A Switch to a newsperson on the scene, say 6 17A Common sushi go-with 8 18A Hair goop 3 19A Marijuana component, for short 3 21A Like many a coffee order 4 22A Only U.S. prez born in Kentucky 3 23A Letters for a sellout 3 24A Whistle blower 3 25A "I had something come up," maybe 3 28A Square root 7 30A 2003 Will Ferrell film 3 31A Org. that prohibits Magic 8 Balls and baseball bats 3 32A Custom in Japanese food service 6 34A Went letter by letter, to Brits 5 36A Brief verse from Japan / With seventeen syllables / Illustrated here 5 39A Item seen rolling through this puzzle 3 40A Fixes, as a piano 5 41A Freddy Krueger's locale: Abbr. 5 42A Evolutionary "missing link" 6 44A U.F.C. fighting style 3 45A Mole, e.g. 3 47A Slobbery smooch 7 51A First receptionist on "The Office" 3 52A Delivers, as a baby 3 53A Before, poetically 3 54A T. rex fossil named after its discoverer 3 55A Distinctive feature of the durian fruit 4 57A The Big Apple's ___ Drive 3 58A Singer DiFranco 3 59A Frenemy of Betty in comics 8 62A Classic Asimov collection 6 65A Boosted 8 66A Five Nations tribe 6 67A ___ Marino 3 68A Patty melt bread 3 69A Start of many emoticons 5

Down

1D Change seeker 6 2D Shape-shifting organism 6 3D Like some oats 6 4D "... ___ quit!" 3 5D Sat ___ (GPS, to Brits) 3 6D Perishable bit of apparel 3 7D Dutch bier 6 8D Expel with jeers 11 9D More than one would like 8 10D Collegiate domain? 3 11D "Uh-huh" 3 13D Scabbers, to Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter books 6 14D Hip-hop's Run-___ 3 15D Flavoring in some fast food, for short 3 20D January and November have the most federal ones 8 23D "No lie!" 11 24D Adjusted the rankings of, as a tournament 8 26D Michigan's ___ Royale National Park 4 27D Cave dwellers 4 29D Tats (up) 4 33D What every "O" in this grid represents 3 35D The Ramones' genre 4 36D Material in some eco-friendly clothing 4 37D Liberal arts college in Michigan 4 38D Remark accompanied by a facepalm 8 43D Actor Lamorne of Fox's "New Girl" 6 46D Sameness 6 48D Writer Allende 6 49D Gas brand that sponsors NASCAR 6 50D Wheat-based meat alternative 6 56D Benedictine's title 3 57D It's all the rage 3 59D Air Force Two passengers, in brief 3 60D "Fearless" or "1989," for Taylor Swift 3 61D Middling grade 3 63D Lead-in to center or room 3 64D Musician Yoko 3