NYT Crossword Answers 08/17/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Sign off on AGREETO
• 8 Feel the pain SUFFER
• 14 One of music’s Three B’s BACH
• 18 They’re paving the way ROADGANG
• 20 Island with ferries to Ibiza MINORCA
• 21 Tangent line? ALSO
• 22 One of the better morning beverages? NOTYOURAVERAGEOJ
• 24 Zoom background option BLUR
• 25 Hrs. for Augusta in August EDT
• 26 “___ Q” (1968 hit) SUZIE
• 27 Styling substance GEL
• 28 “C’mon, the car door’s open!” GETIN
• 29 Avoid ___ (GPS option) TOLLS
• 32 Slice of the economy SECTOR
• 35 First non-English-language film to win Best Picture PARASITE
• 37 Just one inning left after this? THEEIGHTHUNDERWAY
• 40 Annual gala locale, with “the” MET
• 41 Meat sauce in Italian cooking RAGU
• 42 Go-getter sorts TYPEAS
• 43 Trifling MERE
• 45 View from the Quai d’Orsay SEINE
• 47 Character with a Jamaican accent in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” SEBASTIAN
• 51 How a mountain road may rise or fall STEEPLY
• 54 Threads, e.g. APP
• 57 Query of worry AREYOUOK
• 59 Units on a multimeter OHMS
• 60 Seasoning preference when eating Maryland blue crab? EXTRAOLDBAY
• 64 Berry plant related to a hawthorn SLOE
• 65 The lion in summer? LEO
• 66 “So here’s my question …” IASKYOU
• 67 Humorous ending with hater ADE
• 68 Sephora competitor ULTA
• 70 Two-pound tomahawk steak, for instance? JUMBOENTREE
• 74 Underwater respirator GILL
• 75 Home on the internet, perhaps MAINPAGE
• 77 Prescriptions, for short RXS
• 78 Arouses EXCITES
• 80 Slimy scheme for profit MONEYGRAB
• 83 Listing that might include an explanation of benefits CLAIM
• 84 Anchors provide this NEWS
• 85 Casual shoe LOAFER
• 89 New Jersey? CALF
• 91 A.C.C. school UVA
• 93 “Do I *really* wanna start an online bidding war? Hmm …”? TOEBAYORNOTTOEBAY
• 99 Czech brew PILSENER
• 101 Move (over) SCOOCH
• 102 Michael of R.E.M. STIPE
• 103 The government, at times TAXER
• 104 What Pomeranians do YAP
• 106 The (middle) sound of “silence” SCHWA
• 108 “___ but a scratch” TIS
• 109 Creature in Magic: The Gathering OGRE
• 110 Give an extra perk to a cigarette smoker? TOSSINTHEASHTRAY
• 115 Finish filming WRAP
• 116 ___ Attucks, Revolutionary War casualty who posthumously became an abolitionist symbol CRISPUS
• 117 Cherish TREASURE
• 118 No side NAYS
• 119 Become gooey over, as cheese atop a hot burger MELTON
• 120 They’re usually found to the left of Q’s TABKEYS

Vertical Clues

• 1 Actor Will of “BoJack Horseman” ARNETT
• 2 British cry of approval GOODOH
• 3 Scary snake RATTLER
• 4 Joseph who co-invented rocky road ice cream EDY
• 5 Obstruction to teamwork, maybe EGO
• 6 Greek crosses TAUS
• 7 Sudden surge ONRUSH
• 8 Round Table title SIR
• 9 “___ cerveza, por favor” UNA
• 10 Phileas in “Around the World in Eighty Days” FOGG
• 11 The power of social media from a marketing standpoint, informally FREEPR
• 12 Bit of green legislation ECOLAW
• 13 Hindi for “reign” RAJ
• 14 Sweethearts BABES
• 15 One of the best coffee beverages ever? ALLTIMEAULAIT
• 16 Top execs, collectively CSUITE
• 17 Charlotte N.B.A. player HORNET
• 19 Montreal newspaper continuously published since 1778, with “The” GAZETTE
• 20 Get-together MEETUP
• 23 French city from which a soup gets its name VICHY
• 28 Merriment, in one spelling GAYETY
• 30 Doesn’t own, say LEASES
• 31 Largest college fraternity in the U.S., familiarly SIGEP
• 33 No U.S. area code starts with this ONE
• 34 Nutrition figs. RDAS
• 36 Minnesota county whose seat is St. Paul RAMSEY
• 38 Artfulness GUILE
• 39 Suffix with journal ESE
• 44 Some natural borders en México RIOS
• 46 Greek goddess of the night NYX
• 48 Emperor who founded the Mughal Empire BABUR
• 49 Palindromic constellation ARA
• 50 Noggin NOODLE
• 51 Latin for “only” SOLUM
• 52 What fugitives are on THELAM
• 53 What might confirm the worst for an athlete’s injury? EMOTIONALXRAY
• 54 Many a Bahraini ARAB
• 55 Old El ___ (Tex-Mex brand) PASO
• 56 Game with an annual World Series since 1970 POKER
• 58 Collapses, with “over” KEELS
• 61 Smartphone clock function TIMER
• 62 A bobcat is one, technically LYNX
• 63 … DOTS
• 69 Actress Bancroft ANNE
• 70 Many-time N.B.A. All-Star Tatum JAYSON
• 71 Boot out of Australia? UGG
• 72 Creature with flat, transparent larvae called “leptocephali” EEL
• 73 ___ change EXACT
• 74 Vodka-and-lime cocktail GIMLET
• 76 Metal material used for dishware before porcelain became popular PEWTER
• 79 Ta-tas CIAOS
• 81 In the style of ALA
• 82 School bathroom sign BOYS
• 83 Spin a yarn, perhaps? CROCHET
• 86 Progressive inits. in the U.S. Congress AOC
• 87 Puts icing on FROSTS
• 88 Methuselah’s father ENOCH
• 90 Paramount+ docuseries with real-life crime stories FBITRUE
• 91 Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s? UPTOWN
• 92 Cialis alternative VIAGRA
• 94 Long-eared pal of Pooh EEYORE
• 95 Country whose name Americans spell with a “z” BRASIL
• 96 Stymie THWART
• 97 Abode that’s abuzz APIARY
• 98 “Ah, that’s right!” YESYES
• 100 Trickles SEEPS
• 105 Vowelless attention-getter PSST
• 107 Traveling in waves, say ASEA
• 110 Vintage film channel TCM
• 111 Milestone for a start-up, for short IPO
• 112 Sister figure NUN
• 113 Pre-___ (exercise program in advance of surgery) HAB
• 114 Vowelless rebuke TSK