NYT Crossword Answers 08/09/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Approach boldly ACCOST
• 7 Word with fixed or net ASSETS
• 13 Purple-hatted Nintendo character WALUIGI
• 15 Mildew, e.g. BLIGHT
• 16 Little Italian toasts CROSTINI
• 18 One choice at a dry cleaner HANGER
• 19 Say but not really mean MOUTH
• 20 English town known for its mineral water EPSOM
• 22 Historical event that acquired its name almost two decades after it ended, in brief WWI
• 23 Car once promoted with the slogan “It’s Your Money ? Demand Better,” informally OLDS
• 24 Joy of television BEHAR
• 25 Windjammer, e.g. SHIP
• 26 33-Down platform, for short NES
• 27 Deceived, maybe LEDON
• 28 Retreats LAIRS
• 29 Move around from here to there CUTANDPASTE
• 31 Unhelpful response to “Why?” JUSTBECAUSE
• 32 Rabbit food? EASTERCANDY
• 33 Pats (down) TAMPS
• 34 Progresses slowly EASES
• 35 Something chewed over CUD
• 38 Sections of history ERAS
• 39 Has legs LASTS
• 40 Something to climb in a WWE match ROPE
• 41 “Stop! We get it!” TMI
• 42 Rube YOKEL
• 43 Literature Nobelist who wrote “Siddhartha” HESSE
• 44 People whose flag depicts the Lion of Judah RASTAS
• 46 Animal that sleeps while floating on its back SEAOTTER
• 48 University of California campus locale IRVINE
• 49 “The Ultimate Trivia Destination,” per its website SPORCLE
• 50 Moves in the shadows SKULKS
• 51 Parts of cassette players SPOOLS

Vertical Clues

• 1 “Really, now!” AWCMON
• 2 Actress Lombard of classic Hollywood CAROLE
• 3 “Above the ___, as high as heaven itself?”: Shak. CLOUDS
• 4 Ejects OUSTS
• 5 Villainous group of science fiction SITH
• 6 ___ Fridays TGI
• 7 Can’t stand ABHOR
• 8 Dis SLAM
• 9 “The only ___ is mediocrity”: Martha Graham SIN
• 10 Ingredient in meringue cookies EGGWHITE
• 11 #1 on BBC’s list of greatest 21st-century TV series THEWIRE
• 12 Comics STRIPS
• 14 “This work is getting to be too much” INEEDABREAK
• 17 Apple skins? IPHONECASES
• 21 Buildings that aren’t water-resistant SANDCASTLES
• 24 “La Cousine ___” (Balzac novel) BETTE
• 25 Overly wise, say SASSY
• 27 Feels thirsty LUSTS
• 28 Gives accolades LAUDS
• 29 Edges CUSPS
• 30 You can see right through them PANES
• 31 Phenomenon of experiencing something as strangely new even though one has experienced it before JAMAISVU
• 32 Designate, as funds EARMARK
• 33 Series of mental blocks? TETRIS
• 35 Retail giant that opened its first store in Seattle in 1983 COSTCO
• 36 Persuade to pay more than originally intended UPSELL
• 37 Popular farm vehicles DEERES
• 39 Falls short, say LOSES
• 40 Lead-in to active RETRO
• 42 American in Paris? YANK
• 43 Certain earring HOOP
• 45 Poetic contraction TIL
• 47 Some courses for honor students, for short APS