NYT Crossword Answers 08/20/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Tycoon BARON
• 6 “Famously friendly” pooch, per the American Kennel Club LAB
• 9 Mystery author Josephine TEY
• 12 Moody hip-hop subgenre EMORAP
• 14 Electronic setting on a floor model DEMOMODE
• 16 Switch to a newsperson on the scene, say GOLIVE
• 17 Common sushi go-with MISOSOUP
• 18 Hair goop GEL
• 19 Marijuana component, for short THC
• 21 Like many a coffee order TOGO
• 22 Only U.S. prez born in Kentucky ABE
• 23 Letters for a sellout SRO
• 24 Whistle blower REF
• 25 “I had something come up,” maybe FIB
• 28 Square root RADICAL
• 30 2003 Will Ferrell film ELF
• 31 Org. that prohibits Magic 8 Balls and baseball bats TSA
• 32 Custom in Japanese food service NOTIPS
• 34 Went letter by letter, to Brits SPELT
• 36 Brief verse from Japan / With seventeen syllables / Illustrated here HAIKU
• 39 Item seen rolling through this puzzle DIE
• 40 Fixes, as a piano TUNES
• 41 Freddy Krueger’s locale: Abbr. ELMST
• 42 Evolutionary “missing link” APEMAN
• 44 U.F.C. fighting style MMA
• 45 Mole, e.g. SPY
• 47 Slobbery smooch DOGKISS
• 51 First receptionist on “The Office” PAM
• 52 Delivers, as a baby HAS
• 53 Before, poetically ERE
• 54 T. rex fossil named after its discoverer SUE
• 55 Distinctive feature of the durian fruit ODOR
• 57 The Big Apple’s ___ Drive FDR
• 58 Singer DiFranco ANI
• 59 Frenemy of Betty in comics VERONICA
• 62 Classic Asimov collection IROBOT
• 65 Boosted PROMOTED
• 66 Five Nations tribe SENECA
• 67 ___ Marino SAN
• 68 Patty melt bread RYE
• 69 Start of many emoticons COLON

Vertical Clues

• 1 Change seeker BEGGAR
• 2 Shape-shifting organism AMOEBA
• 3 Like some oats ROLLED
• 4 “… ___ quit!” ORI
• 5 Sat ___ (GPS, to Brits) NAV
• 6 Perishable bit of apparel LEI
• 7 Dutch bier AMSTEL
• 8 Expel with jeers BOOOFFSTAGE
• 9 More than one would like TOOOFTEN
• 10 Collegiate domain? EDU
• 11 “Uh-huh” YEP
• 13 Scabbers, to Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter books PETRAT
• 14 Hip-hop’s Run-___ DMC
• 15 Flavoring in some fast food, for short MSG
• 20 January and November have the most federal ones HOLIDAYS
• 23 “No lie!” SCOUTSHONOR
• 24 Adjusted the rankings of, as a tournament RESEEDED
• 26 Michigan’s ___ Royale National Park ISLE
• 27 Cave dwellers BATS
• 29 Tats (up) INKS
• 33 What every “O” in this grid represents PIP
• 35 The Ramones’ genre PUNK
• 36 Material in some eco-friendly clothing HEMP
• 37 Liberal arts college in Michigan ALMA
• 38 Remark accompanied by a facepalm IMAMORON
• 43 Actor Lamorne of Fox’s “New Girl” MORRIS
• 46 Sameness PARITY
• 48 Writer Allende ISABEL
• 49 Gas brand that sponsors NASCAR SUNOCO
• 50 Wheat-based meat alternative SEITAN
• 56 Benedictine’s title DOM
• 57 It’s all the rage FAD
• 59 Air Force Two passengers, in brief VPS
• 60 “Fearless” or “1989,” for Taylor Swift ERA
• 61 Middling grade CEE
• 63 Lead-in to center or room REC
• 64 Musician Yoko ONO