NYT Crossword August 25, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Trendy 3 4A Remove, as pencil marks 5 9A Goes past 21 in blackjack 5 14A Commotion 3 15A "___ Mia!" (2008 film) 5 16A How ballerinas perform 5 17A Fish commonly caught in the Upper Midwest 9 19A Squandered, as a big lead 5 20A Now and ___ 4 21A Goof 3 22A Spooks 6 23A Arrange numerically, perhaps 4 24A Player protecting a QB's blind side, often 10 26A Cafeteria carrier 4 28A Despise 4 29A Follows orders 5 31A Second-largest island in Hawaii 4 33A Govt.-issued identifiers 4 37A Saudi Arabian export 3 38A Household chore traditionally done on Mondays 7 41A Dessert often filled with fruit 3 42A Spanish greeting 4 44A Certain arm muscles, for short 4 45A Make into law 5 47A "The Lion King" lion 4 49A Word after root or draft 4 50A Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact 10 55A Banned substances in sports, for short 4 58A Tips off 6 59A Kitchenware brand 3 60A Focus of J. Robert Oppenheimer 4 61A YouTube medium 5 62A At stake ... or where you may find 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across 9 64A Water brand whose natural spring was discovered by a French nobleman 5 65A Many a summer TV airing 5 66A Modern vaccine component 3 67A Slow on the uptake 5 68A Boasts 5 69A Unit of corn 3

Down

1D Stops 5 2D State whose panhandle touches British Columbia 5 3D A smile, perhaps 9 4D Ambulance worker, for short 3 5D Only once in a while 6 6D Love, in Italy 5 7D Blue creature of kids' movies 5 8D Put away, as dinner 3 9D Ohio University athlete 6 10D Loosens, as a shoe 7 11D Baby deliverer, in folklore 5 12D Dry (off) 5 13D Have a feeling 5 18D ___-level job 5 22D Part of a flight 5 25D Sounds of heavy things hitting the ground 5 27D Silent way to communicate, in brief 3 29D "___-la-la!" 3 30D Science class, for short 3 31D Many a public artwork 5 32D Singer DiFranco 3 34D Fifth wheel 9 35D Actor Cage, informally 3 36D Part of a tennis match 3 39D Mythological Titan who bore the weight of the heavens on his shoulders 5 40D "___-haw!" 3 43D San ___ Fault 7 46D Country holding one side of Mount Everest 5 48D Start of a play 6 49D Greeting between buddies 6 50D Capitulated in negotiations 5 51D Shade of green 5 52D Opposite of ushered out 5 53D Unsociable type 5 54D When repeated, an old newsboy's cry 5 56D Prima ___ 5 57D Mascara mishap 5 62D Sphere 3 63D Nav. rank 3