NYT Crossword August 30, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Title typically abbreviated to its first and last letters 5 6A Storied stargazers 4 10A Another name for ESPN8, with "the" 4 14A ___ Perry, award-winning author of 2022's "South to America" 5 15A ___ the Holy, canonized Norwegian king 4 16A Way out, say 4 17A Little dippers? 10 19A Targets for bark beetles 4 20A A&W or L&M 9 21A Botanical joint 4 22A Jerk 3 23A Cell service inits. 3 24A Neighbor of Baja California 6 26A "Funny how that works" 3 27A Heat setting, perhaps 4 29A "The Santa Clause" or "Legally Blonde" 3 30A Wind up in ruin 13 33A Classic warning to a knight 13 34A Kick-starter program? 13 35A "To All the Boys ___ Loved Before" (best-selling young adult novel) 3 36A Campus building 4 37A "Big" digit 3 38A Not say something in jest 6 40A "Toy Story" bully 3 41A ___ tov (Jewish holiday) 3 44A "I'm afraid ..." 4 45A Noted resident of "Little Lhasa" in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh 9 48A Library catalog ID 4 49A What dilapidated buildings and rampant graffiti may be a sign of 10 50A Director Johnson 4 51A Veteran of the seas 4 52A Prefix with musicology or linguistics 5 53A Moving well over 60, perhaps? 4 54A Leaves speechless 4 55A Moving 5

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1D Swahili for "lion" 5 2D Heads of state in Qatar and Kuwait 5 3D Grams 5 4D "Come ___!" 4 5D Lead-in to a puzzling question 12 6D Janelle of "Hidden Figures" 5 7D '22 or '23 4 8D Stadium sales 4 9D They may or may not happen 3 10D Classical theater 5 11D Sketches that end with "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!" 9 12D Major successes, so to speak 8 13D Spots for scrubs, for short 3 18D Patrolling a neighborhood 9 21D "I'd avoid that" 12 24D Viola's twin brother in "Twelfth Night" 9 25D "Soooo …?" 3 26D Wedding reception highlight, maybe 4 27D Fashion plate, maybe 5 28D Old-fashioned TV antenna, jocularly 4 30D On-the-go breakfast option 9 31D Giveaway 4 32D ___ deal 4 33D Tasteful invitation? 8 34D Family name of three BTS members 3 39D One tending kids 5 40D Bits of wood paneling 5 41D Vessel with two silent letters 5 42D Like the Mideast's Bahla Fort 5 43D Head to town? 5 45D Capture the attention of 4 46D Free (to) 4 47D "Count me in!" 4 48D Org. concerned with reporting 3 49D Host nation of the 2028 Olympics 3