NYT Crossword August 7, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Speeding check 4 5A Vocally 5 10A Source for some bubbly 4 14A Where the Magi journeyed from 4 15A "Over my dead body!" 5 16A One may be in default 4 17A Mixtures in copier cartridges 10 19A Target of an exfoliator 4 20A Birthplace of Madeleine Albright and Vaclav Havel 6 21A Drink made with an artisanal flourish, maybe 5 22A Begins dealing with 5 25A Chatted online, in brief 9 27A Risk-___ 6 29A Sporting great who said "Tennis uses the language of life" 6 30A School that's a rival of 37-Down 4 31A P.R. piece? 6 35A Stat used to calculate a QB's passer rating 3 36A In vain ... or how to read the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across 11 39A Org. that monitors on-air obscenity 3 41A Matter in a neon sign 6 42A Subjects of some European fishing bans 4 45A Start of a lovelorn soliloquy 6 47A Bridges in Baghdad cross it 6 49A Some fishing gear 9 53A Level in a social hierarchy 5 54A Street urchin 5 55A Less merry 6 57A Abbr. standing in for co-authors 4 58A Investigate in detail 10 62A Pitchfork point 4 63A Rivian competitor 5 64A Gemstone found in hot springs 4 65A Org. promoting sober motoring 4 66A Half-___ (desultory) 5 67A Winter sports venue 4

Down

1D Be up 3 2D What arrives in the film "Arrival" 3 3D Dash display in some cars 3 4D Tax ___ 8 5D Tourist destination outside of Delhi 4 6D Nighttime sound? 5 7D Classical performance space 5 8D One with diplomatic plates in N.Y.C. 5 9D "Mesa para ___" (request at a Spanish restaurant) 3 10D Wool source 6 11D Futures experts? 11 12D Most pucker-inducing 7 13D "Gimme!" 7 18D Culture vulture's concerns 4 21D Financial center of West Africa 5 22D Kind of "fever" that's not actually a fever, and is typically caused by pollen 3 23D Director DuVernay 3 24D It's needed to stay calm 11 26D Rankles no end 6 28D Prose postscript 6 32D ___ Hagen, Tony-winning actress and theater practitioner 3 33D Trains for the Chicago White Sox? 3 34D Dreamily named rock group? 3 37D School that's a rival of 30-Across, informally 5 38D Part of a jouster's protection 8 39D Thinks nothing of 7 40D European land where much of "Game of Thrones" was filmed 7 43D On fire 3 44D Seattle-to-Mount Rainier dir. 3 46D On its way, in a way 6 48D Drink that might turn your tongue blue 4 50D Fiends of folklore 5 51D Useless leftovers 5 52D Fur once favored by Russian royalty 5 56D Baseball Hall-of-Famer Guerrero, to fans 4 58D Org. that might sponsor a read-a-thon, in brief 3 59D Mani-pedi brand 3 60D Grammy, in the U.K. 3 61D Creature on the state flags of Michigan and Idaho 3