NYT Crossword Answers 08/02/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Like baseballs and some eyelashes BATTED
• 7 Moored ATANCHOR
• 15 Not come unglued ADHERE
• 16 Flugelhorn player on the 1978 instrumental hit “Feels So Good” MANGIONE
• 17 Philadelphia university known for its professional co-op program DREXEL
• 18 Statement of resignation IMDOOMED
• 19 Brother Joe, Kevin or Nick of pop JONAS
• 20 Genealogists’ handiwork TREES
• 21 Alternative music genre since the mid-1980s EMO
• 22 Word before air or fire OPEN
• 23 Eyebrow makeup HAIRS
• 24 “___, man!” CMON
• 25 Ball-shaped cereal KIX
• 26 Garb for athletes in the Highland Games KILTS
• 27 Fault BLAME
• 28 Way in ENTRANCE
• 30 It’s most beautiful when broken GEODE
• 31 Vacation isle for many a Francophile, familiarly STBARTS
• 32 Foil PREVENT
• 34 Stashes HIDES
• 35 1, 2 and 3, in that order TRIFECTA
• 36 Get the ball rolling BEGIN
• 37 Verb that appears the same when rotated 180º SWIMS
• 38 Choice word? OPT
• 39 Cousin of naan ROTI
• 40 More of this? THESE
• 41 Founder of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company in 1901 DOLE
• 42 Saxon’s “Aargh!” ACH
• 43 Sacred space for female family members, in the Muslim tradition HAREM
• 44 Roll producer BAKER
• 45 European brewer with over 170 brands HEINEKEN
• 47 It can tie up your stock LARIAT
• 48 Common wedding day prep MANIPEDI
• 49 Demonstrative words LIKESO
• 50 Crème ___ (custard sauce) ANGLAISE
• 51 What goes on goes here CLOSET

Vertical Clues

• 1 Groaners BADJOKES
• 2 The most infinitesimal amount ADROPINTHEOCEAN
• 3 Silicon Valley’s holy grail THENEXTBIGTHING
• 4 Beyoncé or Selena, e.g. TEXAN
• 5 “You are,” in Spain ERES
• 6 Key for getting rid of your work, in brief? DEL
• 7 “Agreed?” AMIRITE
• 8 Certain circus performers TAMERS
• 9 Mountain range that spans 67º of latitude ANDES
• 10 Many foreign aid grps. NGOS
• 11 Corporate data manager, for short CIO
• 12 Bake sale offerings HOMEMADECOOKIES
• 13 “Hold on, I’ll be right with you” ONEMOMENTPLEASE
• 14 Spiffed up, say REDONE
• 20 Rash guards? TALCS
• 23 Whiffs HINTS
• 24 It can spice up your holidays CLOVE
• 26 Mayor Bass of Los Angeles KAREN
• 27 Interpersonal “issues” BEEFS
• 29 They’re all equal in a circle RADII
• 30 Dirty coat GRIME
• 32 Device featured in Newton’s “Opticks” PRISM
• 33 Fry alternative TATERTOT
• 35 Preadolescent, informally TWEENIE
• 36 Destroyer : Shiva :: Creator : ___ BRAHMA
• 37 Nails the halfpipe, in snowboarding jargon SHREDS
• 40 George with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame TAKEI
• 41 Title character of a Jake Gyllenhaal cult classic DARKO
• 43 Big acronym in purifying filters HEPA
• 44 Call off plans abruptly BAIL
• 46 Love, on the pitch NIL
• 47 Closing for business? LLC