NYT Crossword August 24, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Swanky 4 5A Bluffer's declaration 6 11A Educational advertisement, for short 3 14A Farm-related prefix 4 18A Ding-dong ditch, e.g. 5 20A Bitter Italian digestif 6 21A Close of business? 3 22A Spanish province WSW of Bilbao 4 23A If HOSTESS & PETCO merged and became a medical supply company, they would sell ___ 12 25A Small fry? 8 27A It can be a pain in the neck 6 28A ___ Lingus 3 29A One of 200+ stations for NBC, e.g. 9 30A Fitting 3 31A If NEUTROGENA, BIC & VANS merged and opened a winery, they would sell ___ 17 35A Jane ___, longtime writer for The New Yorker 5 36A Author Roald 4 37A Cursor icon for clickable links 4 38A Snack with a Mega Stuf variety 4 41A Sit tight 4 44A Tickle 7 48A If IBM, DANNON & ACER merged and started a bakery, they would sell ___ 13 52A Sallie ___ (student loan program) 3 53A King in a 1978 novelty hit 3 56A Made sense 7 57A Provides assistance 4 58A Working on one's own well-being 8 60A Russian "no" 4 61A Las Vegas's W.N.B.A. team 4 62A October birthstone 4 63A Org. for Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko 4 64A If POST & SCHICK merged and became a kitchenware company, they would sell ___ 10 67A If EPSON & CHASE merged and became an electronics accessories company, they would sell ___ 10 69A French filmmaker Jacques 4 70A Some train depot figs. 4 71A Gent from Kent 4 72A Injudicious 4 73A Debater's skill 8 75A Golden arrow-shooting deity 4 76A Lets breathe 7 79A "___ Meninas" (Velázquez masterpiece) 3 80A Big name in the ice cream aisle 3 81A If FORD & WALGREENS merged and became a landscaping company, they would sell ___ 13 83A Like a bicycle or a horse 7 85A Movie princess who wields a blaster pistol 4 86A Winter Olympics setting in 1972, 1998, 2018 and 2022 4 87A Actress Skye 4 90A German article 4 92A Atomic number of neodymium 5 95A If GMC, PETSMART & LENOVO merged and became an auto parts company, they would sell ___ 17 101A West Coast airport code 3 104A Like a column starting a row, perhaps 9 105A Narrow inlet 3 106A Buckwheat, for one 6 108A Time-shares? 8 109A If MERCK, MARS & AIG merged and became an art supplies company, they would sell ___ 12 112A Most Vermeer works 4 113A Fair ___ (copyright doctrine) 3 114A Verdi opera that becomes the name of a board game when an "H" is inserted 6 115A Scorch 5 116A Old-fashioned invitation enclosure, in brief 4 117A Ayo Edebiri's character on "The Bear," familiarly 3 118A Analyzed grammatically 6 119A Element of many signs 4

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1D Corkscrews and such 5 2D In the #1 position 5 3D Inner tube? 5 4D Billboard chart listings 4 5D Hypotheticals 3 6D Suggestion, casually 3 7D Cheering loudly 5 8D Like a "wet" signature 5 9D Be furious 6 10D Visitors from afar, in brief 3 11D Hazard for the unwary 7 12D Hot mess 5 13D When Ophelia dies in "Hamlet" 5 14D 2015 Kendrick Lamar anthem that won two Grammys 7 15D Ace the test 6 16D Cheer for 6 17D Mean 6 19D Spanish girl 5 24D Skin-care brand with the slogan "Face Anything" 4 26D ___ Lilly and Company 3 29D Tapped, as a cigarette 5 32D Jazz style 5 33D "___, Oh ___" (Thomas Moore poem) 4 34D Magicians' flourishes 5 35D What a fixer-upper might become, pessimistically 8 38D South American tuber 3 39D Relieved (of) 3 40D Supplementary data and suggestions for further reading, maybe 8 42D Rival of the Dodgers and Rockies, informally 6 43D Great Lakes natives 5 45D Precursor to a clarifying remark 5 46D Fancy shopping mall 8 47D Playboy's founder, in brief 3 49D Fruit drinks 4 50D Complained under one's breath 8 51D Ones making margin calls, for short? 3 53D Purchases that come with metal plates 8 54D Craving 4 55D Bags with black and green varieties 4 58D Lend, as money 4 59D Celebration for seniors 8 61D "Highway to Hell" band 4 62D "Aha, got it!" 6 64D Key near Fn 4 65D Response to a routine delivery? 4 66D 1986 rock autobiography 5 67D Be on the hunt 5 68D Baker v. ___ (landmark voting rights case) 4 71D Fratty type 3 74D Kimono sash 3 75D Novelist Ferrante 5 76D From the top 5 77D Sea urchin, on a sushi menu 3 78D Govt. agency whose busiest days usually precede major holidays 3 81D Some gymnastics moves 5 82D Go up 4 83D "R" in a car 7 84D Puzzled 7 87D Cool places to live? 6 88D Singer Rodrigo 6 89D Awards partially bestowed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 6 91D List of mistakes 6 93D Pibb ___ (soft drink) 4 94D Ruling Romanovs, e.g. 5 96D Bend in a pipe 3 97D Santa ___ 5 98D "Clumsy me!" 5 99D University of Memphis athlete 5 100D Sends off 5 101D Spectacle 5 102D Hit 1996 movie billed as a "homespun murder story" 5 103D "Love & Death" actress Elizabeth 5 107D Pelt 4 109D Janitorial implement 3 110D The Guardians, on sports tickers 3 111D Hip 3