NYT Crossword Answers 08/26/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Something tapped at a bar KEG
• 4 ___ monster (only venomous lizard native to the U.S.) GILA
• 8 Go caroling, say SING
• 12 British weekly on business, politics and culture, with “The” ECONOMIST
• 15 Devils’ center, appropriately EVIL
• 16 Ones taking baby pictures in the delivery room, maybe PROUDPAPAS
• 18 Stead LIEU
• 19 University just north of Harvard TUFTS
• 20 Overall impact NETEFFECT
• 22 Like drone photography AERIAL
• 23 “Look here ?” SEE
• 24 Study of the mind, for short COGSCI
• 29 Tavern owner who’s often prank-called by Bart Simpson MOE
• 31 Attire for a contemporary dancer UNITARD
• 33 Source of a certain essential oil TEATREE
• 37 R, as in a Rolls-Royce? REVERSE
• 38 Hush-hush ONTHEDL
• 39 What the shepherd heard, perhaps BLEAT
• 40 Highest level of minor-league baseball AAA
• 42 They spike during the holidays SALES
• 43 Apt name for a socialite? DEB
• 45 Some pre-streaming music purchases CDS
• 47 Goose of Hawaii NENE
• 48 Global movement to end violence against women VDAY
• 51 That’s unbelievable! LIE
• 53 “That’s unbelievable!” WHOA
• 55 Fish that can burrow into the seabed EEL
• 56 Subtle acknowledgment NOD
• 57 Carpenter or plumber’s kit TOOLSET
• 60 Fruit traditionally eaten with the fish it’s named for SALMONBERRY
• 63 Toilette water EAU
• 64 Like goods bought before they hit the shelves PREORDERED
• 65 Alternative to AOL MSN
• 66 Unusual feature of this puzzle ? or, when parsed as two words (1,8), another unusual feature of this puzzle ASYMMETRY
• 67 When a plane is due in, in brief ETA

Vertical Clues

• 1 Didn’t tell, as a secret KEPT
• 2 Light beige ECRU
• 3 Blooper GOOF
• 4 Combatants in the Titanomachy GODS
• 5 Teacher’s pest IMP
• 6 Former NPR host Hansen LIANE
• 7 In line with ASPER
• 8 Beginning of consciousness? SELF
• 9 Group of elite colleges IVIES
• 10 Mother’s daughter’s daughter, perhaps NIECE
• 11 Largest human muscle, informally GLUTE
• 13 Little fastener NUT
• 14 Comic actor Jacques TATI
• 17 Sailors SEAMEN
• 21 A&W specialties FLOATS
• 22 Broadcasts AIRS
• 24 Where the sidewalk ends CURB
• 25 First-year legal student, informally ONEL
• 26 Donate GIVE
• 27 Like a good sharpshooter’s hand STEADY
• 28 À la ___ CARTE
• 30 Renewable gasoline additive ETHANOL
• 32 Anti-trafficking org. DEA
• 33 ___ Hall (“The Wind in the Willows” residence) TOAD
• 34 Cry to a captor RELEASEME
• 35 Idyllic spot EDEN
• 36 Ultimatum word ELSE
• 41 ___ in the hole ACE
• 44 Marilyn Monroe or Britney Spears BLONDE
• 46 Cutlass, e.g. SWORD
• 48 Italian scooter brand VESPA
• 49 Darlings DEARS
• 50 Spot for cats and rats ALLEY
• 52 “My gut says ?” IDBET
• 54 Today, in Tijuana HOY
• 56 What you’d expect when you’re expecting? NORM
• 57 Shot that made its N.B.A. debut in 1979, slangily TREY
• 58 Big ___ (college conference) EAST
• 59 Common sushi fish TUNA
• 61 Certain parent MOM
• 62 Make a typo, say ERR