NYT Crossword August 26, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Something tapped at a bar 3 4A ___ monster (only venomous lizard native to the U.S.) 4 8A Go caroling, say 4 12A British weekly on business, politics and culture, with "The" 9 15A Devils' center, appropriately 4 16A Ones taking baby pictures in the delivery room, maybe 10 18A Stead 4 19A University just north of Harvard 5 20A Overall impact 9 22A Like drone photography 6 23A "Look here …" 3 24A Study of the mind, for short 6 29A Tavern owner who's often prank-called by Bart Simpson 3 31A Attire for a contemporary dancer 7 33A Source of a certain essential oil 7 37A R, as in a Rolls-Royce? 7 38A Hush-hush 7 39A What the shepherd heard, perhaps 5 40A Highest level of minor-league baseball 3 42A They spike during the holidays 5 43A Apt name for a socialite? 3 45A Some pre-streaming music purchases 3 47A Goose of Hawaii 4 48A Global movement to end violence against women 4 51A That's unbelievable! 3 53A "That's unbelievable!" 4 55A Fish that can burrow into the seabed 3 56A Subtle acknowledgment 3 57A Carpenter or plumber's kit 7 60A Fruit traditionally eaten with the fish it's named for 11 63A Toilette water 3 64A Like goods bought before they hit the shelves 10 65A Alternative to AOL 3 66A Unusual feature of this puzzle … or, when parsed as two words (1,8), another unusual feature of this puzzle 9 67A When a plane is due in, in brief 3

Down

1D Didn't tell, as a secret 4 2D Light beige 4 3D Blooper 4 4D Combatants in the Titanomachy 4 5D Teacher's pest 3 6D Former NPR host Hansen 5 7D In line with 5 8D Beginning of consciousness? 4 9D Group of elite colleges 5 10D Mother's daughter's daughter, perhaps 5 11D Largest human muscle, informally 5 13D Little fastener 3 14D Comic actor Jacques 4 17D Sailors 6 21D A&W specialties 6 22D Broadcasts 4 24D Where the sidewalk ends 4 25D First-year legal student, informally 4 26D Donate 4 27D Like a good sharpshooter's hand 6 28D À la ___ 5 30D Renewable gasoline additive 7 32D Anti-trafficking org. 3 33D ___ Hall ("The Wind in the Willows" residence) 4 34D Cry to a captor 9 35D Idyllic spot 4 36D Ultimatum word 4 41D ___ in the hole 3 44D Marilyn Monroe or Britney Spears 6 46D Cutlass, e.g. 5 48D Italian scooter brand 5 49D Darlings 5 50D Spot for cats and rats 5 52D "My gut says …" 5 54D Today, in Tijuana 3 56D What you'd expect when you're expecting? 4 57D Shot that made its N.B.A. debut in 1979, slangily 4 58D Big ___ (college conference) 4 59D Common sushi fish 4 61D Certain parent 3 62D Make a typo, say 3