Here are the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, August 24, 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 24?” 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 24, 2025
The full solution for the August 24 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 24.
Full NYT Crossword answer list for August 24, 2025
Every clue from the August 24 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 | Swanky | POSH |
| 5 | Bluffer's declaration | IRAISE |
| 11 | Educational advertisement, for short | PSA |
| 14 | Farm-related prefix | AGRI |
| 18 | Ding-dong ditch, e.g. | ANTIC |
| 20 | Bitter Italian digestif | FERNET |
| 21 | Close of business? | INC |
| 22 | Spanish province WSW of Bilbao | LEON |
| 23 | If HOSTESS & PETCO merged and became a medical supply company, they would sell ___ | STETHOSCOPES |
| 25 | Small fry? | TATERTOT |
| 27 | It can be a pain in the neck | TONSIL |
| 28 | ___ Lingus | AER |
| 29 | One of 200+ stations for NBC, e.g. | AFFILIATE |
| 30 | Fitting | APT |
| 31 | If NEUTROGENA, BIC & VANS merged and opened a winery, they would sell ___ | CABERNETSAUVIGNON |
| 35 | Jane ___, longtime writer for The New Yorker | MAYER |
| 36 | Author Roald | DAHL |
| 37 | Cursor icon for clickable links | HAND |
| 38 | Snack with a Mega Stuf variety | OREO |
| 41 | Sit tight | BIDE |
| 44 | Tickle | DELIGHT |
| 48 | If IBM, DANNON & ACER merged and started a bakery, they would sell ___ | CINNAMONBREAD |
| 52 | Sallie ___ (student loan program) | MAE |
| 53 | King in a 1978 novelty hit | TUT |
| 56 | Made sense | ADDEDUP |
| 57 | Provides assistance | AIDS |
| 58 | Working on one's own well-being | SELFCARE |
| 60 | Russian "no" | NYET |
| 61 | Las Vegas's W.N.B.A. team | ACES |
| 62 | October birthstone | OPAL |
| 63 | Org. for Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko | LPGA |
| 64 | If POST & SCHICK merged and became a kitchenware company, they would sell ___ | CHOPSTICKS |
| 67 | If EPSON & CHASE merged and became an electronics accessories company, they would sell ___ | PHONECASES |
| 69 | French filmmaker Jacques | TATI |
| 70 | Some train depot figs. | ETDS |
| 71 | Gent from Kent | BRIT |
| 72 | Injudicious | RASH |
| 73 | Debater's skill | RHETORIC |
| 75 | Golden arrow-shooting deity | EROS |
| 76 | Lets breathe | AIRSOUT |
| 79 | "___ Meninas" (Velázquez masterpiece) | LAS |
| 80 | Big name in the ice cream aisle | BEN |
| 81 | If FORD & WALGREENS merged and became a landscaping company, they would sell ___ | FLOWERGARDENS |
| 83 | Like a bicycle or a horse | RIDABLE |
| 85 | Movie princess who wields a blaster pistol | LEIA |
| 86 | Winter Olympics setting in 1972, 1998, 2018 and 2022 | ASIA |
| 87 | Actress Skye | IONE |
| 90 | German article | EINE |
| 92 | Atomic number of neodymium | SIXTY |
| 95 | If GMC, PETSMART & LENOVO merged and became an auto parts company, they would sell ___ | GLOVECOMPARTMENTS |
| 101 | West Coast airport code | SFO |
| 104 | Like a column starting a row, perhaps | LIBELLOUS |
| 105 | Narrow inlet | RIA |
| 106 | Buckwheat, for one | RASCAL |
| 108 | Time-shares? | OVERLAPS |
| 109 | If MERCK, MARS & AIG merged and became an art supplies company, they would sell ___ | MAGICMARKERS |
| 112 | Most Vermeer works | OILS |
| 113 | Fair ___ (copyright doctrine) | USE |
| 114 | Verdi opera that becomes the name of a board game when an "H" is inserted | OTELLO |
| 115 | Scorch | SINGE |
| 116 | Old-fashioned invitation enclosure, in brief | SASE |
| 117 | Ayo Edebiri's character on "The Bear," familiarly | SYD |
| 118 | Analyzed grammatically | PARSED |
| 119 | Element of many signs | NEON |
Down
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Corkscrews and such | PASTA |
| 2 | In the #1 position | ONTOP |
| 3 | Inner tube? | STENT |
| 4 | Billboard chart listings | HITS |
| 5 | Hypotheticals | IFS |
| 6 | Suggestion, casually | REC |
| 7 | Cheering loudly | AROAR |
| 8 | Like a "wet" signature | INPEN |
| 9 | Be furious | SEERED |
| 10 | Visitors from afar, in brief | ETS |
| 11 | Hazard for the unwary | PITFALL |
| 12 | Hot mess | SNAFU |
| 13 | When Ophelia dies in "Hamlet" | ACTIV |
| 14 | 2015 Kendrick Lamar anthem that won two Grammys | ALRIGHT |
| 15 | Ace the test | GETANA |
| 16 | Cheer for | ROOTON |
| 17 | Mean | INTEND |
| 19 | Spanish girl | CHICA |
| 24 | Skin-care brand with the slogan "Face Anything" | OLAY |
| 26 | ___ Lilly and Company | ELI |
| 29 | Tapped, as a cigarette | ASHED |
| 32 | Jazz style | BEBOP |
| 33 | "___, Oh ___" (Thomas Moore poem) | ERIN |
| 34 | Magicians' flourishes | TADAS |
| 35 | What a fixer-upper might become, pessimistically | MONEYPIT |
| 38 | South American tuber | OCA |
| 39 | Relieved (of) | RID |
| 40 | Supplementary data and suggestions for further reading, maybe | ENDNOTES |
| 42 | Rival of the Dodgers and Rockies, informally | DBACKS |
| 43 | Great Lakes natives | ERIES |
| 45 | Precursor to a clarifying remark | IMEAN |
| 46 | Fancy shopping mall | GALLERIA |
| 47 | Playboy's founder, in brief | HEF |
| 49 | Fruit drinks | ADES |
| 50 | Complained under one's breath | MUTTERED |
| 51 | Ones making margin calls, for short? | EDS |
| 53 | Purchases that come with metal plates | TAPSHOES |
| 54 | Craving | URGE |
| 55 | Bags with black and green varieties | TEAS |
| 58 | Lend, as money | SPOT |
| 59 | Celebration for seniors | CLASSDAY |
| 61 | "Highway to Hell" band | ACDC |
| 62 | "Aha, got it!" | OHISEE |
| 64 | Key near Fn | CTRL |
| 65 | Response to a routine delivery? | HAHA |
| 66 | 1986 rock autobiography | ITINA |
| 67 | Be on the hunt | PROWL |
| 68 | Baker v. ___ (landmark voting rights case) | CARR |
| 71 | Fratty type | BRO |
| 74 | Kimono sash | OBI |
| 75 | Novelist Ferrante | ELENA |
| 76 | From the top | AGAIN |
| 77 | Sea urchin, on a sushi menu | UNI |
| 78 | Govt. agency whose busiest days usually precede major holidays | TSA |
| 81 | Some gymnastics moves | FLIPS |
| 82 | Go up | RISE |
| 83 | "R" in a car | REVERSE |
| 84 | Puzzled | BEMUSED |
| 87 | Cool places to live? | IGLOOS |
| 88 | Singer Rodrigo | OLIVIA |
| 89 | Awards partially bestowed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | NOBELS |
| 91 | List of mistakes | ERRATA |
| 93 | Pibb ___ (soft drink) | XTRA |
| 94 | Ruling Romanovs, e.g. | TSARS |
| 96 | Bend in a pipe | ELL |
| 97 | Santa ___ | CLAUS |
| 98 | "Clumsy me!" | OOPSY |
| 99 | University of Memphis athlete | TIGER |
| 100 | Sends off | MAILS |
| 101 | Spectacle | SCENE |
| 102 | Hit 1996 movie billed as a "homespun murder story" | FARGO |
| 103 | "Love & Death" actress Elizabeth | OLSEN |
| 107 | Pelt | SKIN |
| 109 | Janitorial implement | MOP |
| 110 | The Guardians, on sports tickers | CLE |
| 111 | Hip | MOD |
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