The full solution for the NY Times August 25 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Bryan Kaproth-Gerecht and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Sharpened point of a quill pen NIB
- 4A One-named Senegalese American singer with the #1 hits “I Wanna Love You” and “Don’t Matter” AKON
- 8A South Asian royals RAJAS
- 13A Actress Longoria EVA
- 14A Free-spirited style, informally BOHO
- 15A *6th SATURN
- 16A Summer meteor shower named for a mythological hero PERSEIDS
- 18A Paradise UTOPIA
- 19A Musical flutter TRILL
- 20A Billion years, astronomically AEON
- 22A ___ skirt MIDI
- 23A “Miracle on Ice” foe, for short USSR
- 24A Smart set MENSA
- 26A To, informally TIL
- 27A “___ it!” (shout in a game of tag) NOT
- 28A *2nd VENUS
- 30A Arouses, as an appetite WHETS
- 32A Captivate ENAMOR
- 34A *1st MERCURY
- 36A Settled on the ground, say ALIT
- 38A Something told with two hands? TIME
- 39A Bluish-silver Christmas trees, maybe SPRUCES
- 42A Hosp. recovery area POSTOP
- 46A Great divide CHASM
- 47A Moon believed to have a subsurface ocean TITAN
- 49A Gamer’s “off-line” IRL
- 50A Kool-Aid competitor HIC
- 51A *3rd EARTH
- 53A McEntire of country music REBA
- 54A Some Monopoly properties: Abbr. AVES
- 56A Drink in a sippy cup, to a toddler WAWA
- 57A Commence BEGIN
- 58A Mexican beer brand TECATE
- 60A “I’d love to go” ITSADATE
- 62A *7th URANUS
- 63A Bygone Russian leader TSAR
- 64A Pad MAT
- 65A Baker’s glassware brand PYREX
- 66A “Thing with feathers that perches in the soul,” per Emily Dickinson HOPE
- 67A “Y”-sounding pair of letters, in Spanish ELS
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D *8th NEPTUNE
- 2D Allen who was the 2001 N.B.A. M.V.P. IVERSON
- 3D One known for the morning grind? BARISTA
- 4D Second-born son in the Bible ABEL
- 5D ___ pond KOI
- 6D “Wowza!” OHDAMN
- 7D Tiny biting insect NOSEEUM
- 8D Creature sometimes trained for bomb detection RAT
- 9D Focus of some physicists ATOM
- 10D *5th JUPITER
- 11D Desert quality ARIDITY
- 12D Epitomes of slowness SNAILS
- 15D Symbols of fair weather SUNS
- 17D Mirror-and-prism camera, for short SLR
- 21D Arrival of symptoms ONSET
- 25D “Man, that’s hardly fair!” AWCMON
- 28D Fullness, in hairstyling VOLUME
- 29D “The Little Mermaid” prince ERIC
- 31D Shades HUES
- 33D *4th MARS
- 35D Kelly of morning TV RIPA
- 37D Neon ___ (aquarium fish) TETRA
- 39D Like someone emerging from freezing cold water, typically SHIVERY
- 40D Raceway speed setter PACECAR
- 41D Mull over SITWITH
- 43D Reason to go into penalty kicks TIEGAME
- 44D Like the paths of 45-Down, as visually depicted in this puzzle ORBITAL
- 45D Celestial “wanderers” … or what this puzzle’s circled letters represent PLANETS
- 46D Flirt with, in a way CHATUP
- 48D “Are you sure?” THATSO
- 52D Spellbinds AWES
- 53D Sunburned, perhaps RED
- 55D Reasonable SANE
- 57D Reveal BARE
- 59D Black-and-white wedding rental TUX
- 61D Gullible sort SAP
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