NYT Crossword Answers 08/25/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Trendy HIP
• 4 Remove, as pencil marks ERASE
• 9 Goes past 21 in blackjack BUSTS
• 14 Commotion ADO
• 15 “___ Mia!” (2008 film) MAMMA
• 16 How ballerinas perform ONTOE
• 17 Fish commonly caught in the Upper Midwest LAKETROUT
• 19 Squandered, as a big lead BLOWN
• 20 Now and ___ THEN
• 21 Goof ERR
• 22 Spooks SCARES
• 23 Arrange numerically, perhaps SORT
• 24 Player protecting a QB’s blind side, often LEFTTACKLE
• 26 Cafeteria carrier TRAY
• 28 Despise HATE
• 29 Follows orders OBEYS
• 31 Second-largest island in Hawaii MAUI
• 33 Govt.-issued identifiers SSNS
• 37 Saudi Arabian export OIL
• 38 Household chore traditionally done on Mondays LAUNDRY
• 41 Dessert often filled with fruit PIE
• 42 Spanish greeting HOLA
• 44 Certain arm muscles, for short TRIS
• 45 Make into law ENACT
• 47 “The Lion King” lion NALA
• 49 Word after root or draft BEER
• 50 Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact COLDCALLER
• 55 Banned substances in sports, for short PEDS
• 58 Tips off ALERTS
• 59 Kitchenware brand OXO
• 60 Focus of J. Robert Oppenheimer ATOM
• 61 YouTube medium VIDEO
• 62 At stake … or where you may find 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across ONTHELINE
• 64 Water brand whose natural spring was discovered by a French nobleman EVIAN
• 65 Many a summer TV airing RERUN
• 66 Modern vaccine component RNA
• 67 Slow on the uptake DENSE
• 68 Boasts BRAGS
• 69 Unit of corn EAR

Vertical Clues

• 1 Stops HALTS
• 2 State whose panhandle touches British Columbia IDAHO
• 3 A smile, perhaps POKERTELL
• 4 Ambulance worker, for short EMT
• 5 Only once in a while RARELY
• 6 Love, in Italy AMORE
• 7 Blue creature of kids’ movies SMURF
• 8 Put away, as dinner EAT
• 9 Ohio University athlete BOBCAT
• 10 Loosens, as a shoe UNLACES
• 11 Baby deliverer, in folklore STORK
• 12 Dry (off) TOWEL
• 13 Have a feeling SENSE
• 18 ___-level job ENTRY
• 22 Part of a flight STAIR
• 25 Sounds of heavy things hitting the ground THUDS
• 27 Silent way to communicate, in brief ASL
• 29 “___-la-la!” OOH
• 30 Science class, for short BIO
• 31 Many a public artwork MURAL
• 32 Singer DiFranco ANI
• 34 Fifth wheel SPARETIRE
• 35 Actor Cage, informally NIC
• 36 Part of a tennis match SET
• 39 Mythological Titan who bore the weight of the heavens on his shoulders ATLAS
• 40 “___-haw!” YEE
• 43 San ___ Fault ANDREAS
• 46 Country holding one side of Mount Everest NEPAL
• 48 Start of a play ACTONE
• 49 Greeting between buddies BROHUG
• 50 Capitulated in negotiations CAVED
• 51 Shade of green OLIVE
• 52 Opposite of ushered out LEDIN
• 53 Unsociable type LONER
• 54 When repeated, an old newsboy’s cry EXTRA
• 56 Prima ___ DONNA
• 57 Mascara mishap SMEAR
• 62 Sphere ORB
• 63 Nav. rank ENS