NYT Crossword Answers 08/18/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Job for Sherlock CASE
• 5 Breakfast chain that punnily used a kangaroo in its early commercials IHOP
• 9 Each, informally APOP
• 13 “Well, ___ you special?” ARENT
• 15 Vegetarian protein TOFU
• 16 Taboo NONO
• 17 New parents’ celebration BIRTH
• 18 “You’re despicable!” speaker voiced by Mel Blanc DAFFYDUCK
• 20 Fashion designer Ralph LAUREN
• 22 Better deal on a mortgage, in brief REFI
• 23 Born, in marriage announcements NEE
• 24 “I’m hunting wabbits” speaker voiced by Mel Blanc ELMERFUDD
• 26 Degree for many a prof PHD
• 28 Mont Blanc, e.g. ALP
• 29 Small piece of china ? or small dog size TEACUP
• 32 Helmet attachment STRAP
• 36 Neighbor of a Cambodian THAI
• 39 “Toodles” TATA
• 40 “Ha-ha-ha-HA-ha!” speaker voiced by Mel Blanc WOODYWOODPECKER
• 43 Garden of Eden man ADAM
• 44 Newspaper opinion piece OPED
• 45 Place to put a stethoscope CHEST
• 46 “Ain’t gonna happen!” NODICE
• 48 Strange sighting in the night sky UFO
• 50 “Weekend Update” show, in brief SNL
• 51 “I am ze locksmith of love, no?” speaker voiced by Mel Blanc PEPELEPEW
• 57 Chum, in Chartres AMI
• 59 Lyft competitor UBER
• 61 Question that might precede “Try me!” WOULDI
• 62 “What’s up, Doc?” speaker voiced by Mel Blanc BUGSBUNNY
• 65 Not a child anymore GROWN
• 66 Inner arm bone ULNA
• 67 Zap, in a way LASE
• 68 “That hurts!” YOWIE
• 69 Exam TEST
• 70 Crunchy deli sandwiches BLTS
• 71 Employee IDs SSNS

Vertical Clues

• 1 Kind of car San Francisco is famous for CABLE
• 2 Common typeface ARIAL
• 3 Clear component of blood SERUM
• 4 ___ nous ENTRE
• 5 “___ be an honor” ITD
• 6 Stow away, big-time HOARD
• 7 Killed, mob-style OFFED
• 8 Magic dragon’s name, in song PUFF
• 9 Furthermore AND
• 10 Baked item whose name suggests how much of each ingredient to use POUNDCAKE
• 11 Fairy tale’s first word ONCE
• 12 Bother, as a bear POKE
• 14 Rehab treatment THERAPY
• 19 Pained cry YIPE
• 21 Falcons’ and Eagles’ org. NFL
• 25 “Give me five!” UPTOP
• 27 Dream up, as a plan HATCH
• 29 Good thing that comes to those who wait? TIP
• 30 Colorado Plateau natives UTES
• 31 Role to play PART
• 32 Long-necked bird with a “knob” on its beak SWAN
• 33 Brouhaha TODO
• 34 Stop and No Passing, for two ROADSIGNS
• 35 Forum manager, for short ADMIN
• 37 Ground-breaking garden tool HOE
• 38 Do a tally of ADDUP
• 41 “___ is me!” WOE
• 42 Green science ECOLOGY
• 47 Word after golf or before sandwich CLUB
• 49 Hardly any FEW
• 51 Kind of colony in the film “Papillon” PENAL
• 52 Dadaist Max ERNST
• 53 ??? EUROS
• 54 Post-snowfall vehicles PLOWS
• 55 Dickens’s “The Mystery of ___ Drood” EDWIN
• 56 Sommelier’s stock WINES
• 57 Share a border ABUT
• 58 Stubborn farm animal MULE
• 60 Lamp insert BULB
• 63 Plopped down SAT
• 64 “You got it!” YES