NYT Crossword August 28, 2025 Answers

Across

1A "Table" for one's TV dinner, perhaps 3 4A Messy abode 6 10A Texting format, in brief 3 13A Period that begins with a day of pranks: Abbr. 3 14A Weakness 6 15A ___ Highway (Maui tourist attraction) 4 17A Recently dated 10 19A Many a citizen of Abu Dhabi 4 20A It's used for wrapping up a film 5 21A Gained a wider following 4 22A Riddled (with) 4 23A Top up 4 25A No guts 8 27A Where someone might ask for a screwdriver 3 29A Early tech giant 3 31A Fair Deal prez 3 32A Like Frodo at the end of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy 4 34A Chaps 4 37A Poem that's typically unrhymed 5 41A Battle carriers 15 44A Mythological beast able to regenerate its heads 5 45A Commuter option 4 46A Non-fruit ingredient in a green smoothie 4 47A One of three in the Domino's logo 3 49A Syllable akin to "Tsk!" 3 51A Audiophile's collection, for short 3 52A Packed lunch 8 57A Wail 4 59A Shade in a picturesque island scene, maybe 4 60A Follower of Joel 4 62A Here's the scoop! 5 65A Colossally bad consequence, as with finances 4 66A Feature of the clues for 17-, 25-, 41- and 52-Across 10 68A Wizard 4 69A Some underground networks 6 70A "Kapow!" 3 71A Fleur-de-___ 3 72A Follow, with "to" 6 73A "Come ___?" (Italian for "How are you?") 3

Down

1D Problems with a livestream, maybe 4 2D For one 4 3D Mark one's words? 9 4D Rice dish seasoned with saffron 6 5D Stop for the night, say 3 6D Social studies subj. 4 7D Resident of a hidden mushroom village 5 8D Go-getter 5 9D Hebrew name for God 6 10D Reality show whose contestants give pitches 9 11D Red-clad brother of 54-Down 5 12D Major mess 5 16D Provide support for something crooked? 4 18D "___ ever!" 3 24D Take it easy 4 26D First Black male tennis player to be ranked #1 globally 4 27D ___ party (pre-wedding activity, informally) 4 28D Ghostly in appearance 4 30D The Batcave, for one 4 33D They might have their noses turned up 9 35D Basis for how you're wired, so to speak 3 36D Bit of camp entertainment 4 38D "That one's mine!" 9 39D Member of a marine "forest" 4 40D Functions 4 42D Innocent sort 4 43D Mess up 4 48D Kind of TV 6 50D Gay ___, author of "Honor Thy Father" 6 52D Stable environment? 4 53D Like 4! and 24 5 54D Green-clad brother of 11-Down 5 55D Psyched 5 56D John Lennon had one that sold for more than $31,000 at a 2011 auction (fittingly, to a dentist!) 5 58D Word with price or proxy 3 61D Ticked off 4 63D It's partly an assessment of logical reasoning, for short 4 64D ___ D'Arcy, co-star of HBO's "House of the Dragon" 4 67D Conjunction used in logic 3