NYT Crossword Answers 08/30/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Title typically abbreviated to its first and last letters SENOR
• 6 Storied stargazers MAGI
• 10 Another name for ESPN8, with “the” OCHO
• 14 ___ Perry, award-winning author of 2022’s “South to America” IMANI
• 15 ___ the Holy, canonized Norwegian king OLAF
• 16 Way out, say DOOR
• 17 Little dippers? MINIDONUTS
• 19 Targets for bark beetles ELMS
• 20 A&W or L&M BRANDNAME
• 21 Botanical joint NODE
• 22 Jerk ASS
• 23 Cell service inits. LTE
• 24 Neighbor of Baja California SONORA
• 26 “Funny how that works” HEH
• 27 Heat setting, perhaps MEET
• 29 “The Santa Clause” or “Legally Blonde” PUN
• 30 Wind up in ruin COMETOABADEND
• 33 Classic warning to a knight HEREBEDRAGONS
• 34 Kick-starter program? KARATELESSONS
• 35 “To All the Boys ___ Loved Before” (best-selling young adult novel) IVE
• 36 Campus building HALL
• 37 “Big” digit TOE
• 38 Not say something in jest MEANIT
• 40 “Toy Story” bully SID
• 41 ___ tov (Jewish holiday) YOM
• 44 “I’m afraid …” ALAS
• 45 Noted resident of “Little Lhasa” in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh DALAILAMA
• 48 Library catalog ID ISBN
• 49 What dilapidated buildings and rampant graffiti may be a sign of URBANDECAY
• 50 Director Johnson RIAN
• 51 Veteran of the seas SALT
• 52 Prefix with musicology or linguistics ETHNO
• 53 Moving well over 60, perhaps? SPRY
• 54 Leaves speechless AWES
• 55 Moving ASTIR

Vertical Clues

• 1 Swahili for “lion” SIMBA
• 2 Heads of state in Qatar and Kuwait EMIRS
• 3 Grams NANAS
• 4 “Come ___!” ONIN
• 5 Lead-in to a puzzling question RIDDLEMETHIS
• 6 Janelle of “Hidden Figures” MONAE
• 7 ’22 or ’23 ALUM
• 8 Stadium sales GATE
• 9 They may or may not happen IFS
• 10 Classical theater ODEON
• 11 Sketches that end with “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!” COLDOPENS
• 12 Major successes, so to speak HOMERUNS
• 13 Spots for scrubs, for short ORS
• 18 Patrolling a neighborhood ONTHEBEAT
• 21 “I’d avoid that” NOTAGOODIDEA
• 24 Viola’s twin brother in “Twelfth Night” SEBASTIAN
• 25 “Soooo ??” AND
• 26 Wedding reception highlight, maybe HORA
• 27 Fashion plate, maybe MODEL
• 28 Old-fashioned TV antenna, jocularly EARS
• 30 On-the-go breakfast option CEREALBAR
• 31 Giveaway TELL
• 32 ___ deal DONE
• 33 Tasteful invitation? HAVEASIP
• 34 Family name of three BTS members KIM
• 39 One tending kids NANNY
• 40 Bits of wood paneling SLATS
• 41 Vessel with two silent letters YACHT
• 42 Like the Mideast’s Bahla Fort OMANI
• 43 Head to town? MAYOR
• 45 Capture the attention of DRAW
• 46 Free (to) ABLE
• 47 “Count me in!” LETS
• 48 Org. concerned with reporting IRS
• 49 Host nation of the 2028 Olympics USA