Here are the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, August 3, 2025 — every solution for that day's 15×15 (21×21 on Sunday) puzzle, listed at the top of this page. Whether you're catching up on a puzzle you missed, settling a “what was the answer on August 3?” question, or checking a grid you finished that day, the complete clue-by-clue solution is right here. Looking for today's puzzle instead? Head to our live NYT Crossword answers page.
NYT Crossword answers for August 3, 2025
The full solution for the August 3 NYT Crossword is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Each answer is listed separately, so you can check just the clue you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Sunday, August 3.
Full NYT Crossword answer list for August 3, 2025
Every clue from the August 3 grid next to its solution — the same answers as the board above, in one plain list you can scan without tapping.
Across
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Final act of a play? | BOW |
| 4 | Iconic sci-fi setting spelled out in this puzzle's shaded squares | THEE |
| 8 | Skyrocket | RISE |
| 12 | "Reckon so!" | YUP |
| 15 | Working without ___ | ANET |
| 17 | Seemingly forever | AEONS |
| 19 | Some spa jobs, in brief | PEDIS |
| 20 | Manner of speaking | TONE |
| 21 | Like used BBQ pits | ASHY |
| 22 | Member of this puzzle's shaded squares who might say "I cannot change the laws of physics, Captain!" | MISTERSCOTT |
| 24 | Like being late or cutting in line | RUDE |
| 25 | Something clicked to add an attachment | STAPLER |
| 27 | Take up space | EXIST |
| 28 | Kind of protagonist in "Lethal Weapon" or "Die Hard" | HEROCOP |
| 30 | Swear | AVOW |
| 31 | Digital investment choices, informally | CRYPTOS |
| 33 | Not much, as of wasabi | ADAB |
| 34 | Narrowly get (by) | EKE |
| 35 | "Now that we're all here, please proceed" | OKGO |
| 38 | Lab reports? | ARFS |
| 41 | Overzealous sort | NUT |
| 43 | Got acquainted | MET |
| 44 | D.M.V.-issued card authenticated by airport security | REALID |
| 47 | Build a stockpile | SAVEUP |
| 49 | Didn't go fast? | ATE |
| 50 | Employee's status meaning "I'm currently away" | OOO |
| 51 | Take down a notch | DEMOTE |
| 52 | Purveyors of provocative posts | TROLLS |
| 53 | 8.5" x 11": Abbr. | LTR |
| 54 | Kris Kross #1 hit with the lyric "How high? Real high, 'cause I'm just so fly" | JUMP |
| 56 | El presidente ousted in a 1955 coup | PERON |
| 57 | Danger | PERIL |
| 58 | Cry from a victor | IWON |
| 59 | Type that tends to be right-leaning | ITALICS |
| 61 | Like quality vocals | ONKEY |
| 63 | Looks inside? | CTSCANS |
| 65 | Drug-busting unit | KILO |
| 66 | City whose Fushimi Inari shrine features 10,000+ red torii gates | KYOTO |
| 67 | Brother of Disney's Louie and Dewey Duck | HUEY |
| 68 | Something hit to get fit | THEGYM |
| 70 | Hands-on professional? | MASSEUR |
| 72 | Baseball team whose mascot is Wally the Green Monster | REDSOX |
| 75 | Seeing romantically | WITH |
| 76 | Humble hold 'em holding | PAIR |
| 78 | "The Bear" streamer | HULU |
| 80 | Cold War weapon inits. | ICBM |
| 81 | Beethoven's No. 8? | ACHT |
| 82 | Line of luxury hotels | OMNIS |
| 84 | Takes to school, in a way | BUSES |
| 85 | Cosmic explosion | NOVA |
| 86 | It goes on the run | SKI |
| 87 | Be a wingman, e.g. | ASSIST |
| 88 | False | ERSATZ |
| 90 | Inits. for this puzzle's shaded squares | USS |
| 91 | Move like a supermodel | STRUT |
| 93 | Unit of purity | KARAT |
| 95 | Lower oneself | DEIGN |
| 97 | They study how knights move | SQUIRES |
| 99 | Canyon's edge | RIM |
| 100 | On the ___ (raging) | WARPATH |
| 102 | Gone skinny-dipping, e.g. | SWUM |
| 103 | Significant stretch | ERA |
| 104 | Mr. Turkey | TOM |
| 105 | Some window installations, informally | ACS |
| 106 | Warp-driven device | LOOM |
| 108 | Major exporter of mangoes | HAITI |
| 110 | One giving the highlights? | DYER |
| 112 | By dawn's early light? | EAST |
| 114 | Intending to, casually | GONNA |
| 115 | Bring upon oneself | INCUR |
| 116 | Wordlessly indicate "Please give me a hand" | ANTE |
| 117 | "___ a broken heart" (Emily Dickinson poem) | UNTO |
| 118 | Iron Man's suit, e.g. | ARMOR |
| 119 | "Fire away!" | ASKME |
| 120 | False | MOCK |
| 121 | Docking station | PIER |
| 122 | Some draft picks | BEERS |
Down
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Some farm sounds | BAAS |
| 2 | Camped nearby and surveilling, in police jargon | ONSTAKEOUT |
| 3 | "Our window is closing for escape w-elocity!," as [circled letters] might say | WEHAVETOMAKETHISQUICK |
| 4 | Hardly spicy | TAME |
| 5 | Next in line | HEIR |
| 6 | Goddess of daybreak | EOS |
| 7 | Fill in | ENTER |
| 8 | Direct opposite of verso (found hidden in this clue!) | RECTO |
| 9 | It's a promise | IDO |
| 10 | Enemy of the Jedi | SITH |
| 11 | By Juan's early light? | ESTE |
| 12 | "Any time! I'm a doctor, not a do-nothing!," as [circled letters] might say | YOUCANALWAYSCOUNTONME |
| 13 | Way back? | UNDOBUTTON |
| 14 | Slight gripe, so to speak | PEEP |
| 16 | Slip of the pen | TYPO |
| 18 | Tantalizing | SEXY |
| 19 | A low "Yo!" | PSST |
| 20 | Trampled (on) | TROD |
| 23 | Sound of a wardrobe malfunction | RIP |
| 26 | Euphemistic expression of commitment | LWORD |
| 29 | Speaks roughly | RASPS |
| 31 | Cherry or lime | COLOR |
| 32 | Bask in | SAVOR |
| 34 | Reaction to a social media post, maybe | EMOJI |
| 36 | "Logic dictates that you control your emotions," as [circled letters] might say | KEEPCOMPOSURE |
| 37 | Sneakily exploits | GAMES |
| 39 | Thing of the past | RELIC |
| 40 | "Stepping on the gas, Captain!," as [circled letters] might say | FULLTHRUSTERS |
| 42 | Seaside flock | TERNS |
| 45 | "To protect my crew, the gamble was necessary," as [circled letters] might say | ITOOKARISK |
| 46 | IHOP rival | DENNYS |
| 47 | Florida beach town, informally | STPETE |
| 48 | "We received a distress signal. Any injuries?," as [circled letters] might say | AREYOUHURT |
| 55 | Tough spot | PLIGHT |
| 58 | Stranded during a winter storm, say | ICEDIN |
| 60 | Texter's sweet sentiment | ILY |
| 62 | Big hits, in brief | KOS |
| 64 | Make a case against? | SUE |
| 68 | Old-fashioned contraction | TWAS |
| 69 | Backwoods bumpkin | HICK |
| 70 | Bite-size | MINI |
| 71 | Former Wisconsin senator Feingold | RUSS |
| 73 | "Clearly!," in textspeak | OBVS |
| 74 | Major e-tailing season | XMAS |
| 77 | World capital with 400 kilometers of bike lanes | AMSTERDAM |
| 79 | He might be carrying a big picture | LEADACTOR |
| 83 | This puzzle's theme | STARTREK |
| 84 | "I want to come back to the ship," as everyone circled in this puzzle seems to have said to 22-Across | BEAMMEUP |
| 87 | NPR journalist Shapiro | ARI |
| 89 | Punch | ZIP |
| 92 | Belly, in kidspeak | TUMTUM |
| 94 | Carnival-themed Vegas hotel | RIO |
| 96 | In spades | GALORE |
| 97 | Symbols of grace | SWANS |
| 98 | Object | SAYNO |
| 100 | Garbage | WASTE |
| 101 | "___ is more important than life" (Klingon proverb) | HONOR |
| 102 | "Transformers" actor ___ LaBeouf | SHIA |
| 107 | 2004 landing site for Spirit | MARS |
| 109 | Land west of Eng. | IRE |
| 111 | "You get the gist": Abbr. | ETC |
| 113 | Alt-rocker DiFranco | ANI |
| 114 | Chinwag | GAB |
Hints for the August 3 puzzle
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