Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact
Crossword Answer — August 25, 2025
NYT Crossword
Monday, August 25, 2025
By Ryan Mathiason
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Trendy — Answer: HIP. Hint: Think of the cool kids setting the style standard! 😎
- 4. Remove, as pencil marks — Answer: ERASE
- 9. Goes past 21 in blackjack — Answer: BUSTS
- 14. Commotion — Answer: ADO
- 15. "___ Mia!" (2008 film) — Answer: MAMMA
- 16. How ballerinas perform — Answer: ONTOE
- 17. Fish commonly caught in the Upper Midwest — Answer: LAKETROUT
- 19. Squandered, as a big lead — Answer: BLOWN
- 20. Now and ___ — Answer: THEN
- 21. Goof — Answer: ERR. Hint: Sometimes, we all make a little mistake! 😅
- 22. Spooks — Answer: SCARES
- 23. Arrange numerically, perhaps — Answer: SORT
- 24. Player protecting a QB's blind side, often — Answer: LEFTTACKLE
- 26. Cafeteria carrier — Answer: TRAY
- 28. Despise — Answer: HATE
- 29. Follows orders — Answer: OBEYS
- 31. Second-largest island in Hawaii — Answer: MAUI
- 33. Govt.-issued identifiers — Answer: SSNS
- 37. Saudi Arabian export — Answer: OIL
- 38. Household chore traditionally done on Mondays — Answer: LAUNDRY
- 41. Dessert often filled with fruit — Answer: PIE
- 42. Spanish greeting — Answer: HOLA
- 44. Certain arm muscles, for short — Answer: TRIS
- 45. Make into law — Answer: ENACT
- 47. "The Lion King" lion — Answer: NALA
- 49. Word after root or draft — Answer: BEER
- 50. Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact — Answer: COLDCALLER
- 55. Banned substances in sports, for short — Answer: PEDS
- 58. Tips off — Answer: ALERTS
- 59. Kitchenware brand — Answer: OXO
- 60. Focus of J. Robert Oppenheimer — Answer: ATOM
- 61. YouTube medium — Answer: VIDEO
- 62. At stake ... or where you may find 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across — Answer: ONTHELINE
- 64. Water brand whose natural spring was discovered by a French nobleman — Answer: EVIAN
- 65. Many a summer TV airing — Answer: RERUN
- 66. Modern vaccine component — Answer: RNA. Hint: Think about the genetic instructions that help produce proteins in your body! 🧬
- 67. Slow on the uptake — Answer: DENSE
- 68. Boasts — Answer: BRAGS
- 69. Unit of corn — Answer: EAR
Down
- 1. Stops — Answer: HALTS
- 2. State whose panhandle touches British Columbia — Answer: IDAHO
- 3. A smile, perhaps — Answer: POKERTELL
- 4. Ambulance worker, for short — Answer: EMT
- 5. Only once in a while — Answer: RARELY
- 6. Love, in Italy — Answer: AMORE
- 7. Blue creature of kids' movies — Answer: SMURF
- 8. Put away, as dinner — Answer: EAT
- 9. Ohio University athlete — Answer: BOBCAT
- 10. Loosens, as a shoe — Answer: UNLACES
- 11. Baby deliverer, in folklore — Answer: STORK
- 12. Dry (off) — Answer: TOWEL
- 13. Have a feeling — Answer: SENSE
- 18. ___-level job — Answer: ENTRY
- 22. Part of a flight — Answer: STAIR
- 25. Sounds of heavy things hitting the ground — Answer: THUDS
- 27. Silent way to communicate, in brief — Answer: ASL
- 29. "___-la-la!" — Answer: OOH
- 30. Science class, for short — Answer: BIO
- 31. Many a public artwork — Answer: MURAL
- 32. Singer DiFranco — Answer: ANI
- 34. Fifth wheel — Answer: SPARETIRE
- 35. Actor Cage, informally — Answer: NIC
- 36. Part of a tennis match — Answer: SET
- 39. Mythological Titan who bore the weight of the heavens on his shoulders — Answer: ATLAS
- 40. "___-haw!" — Answer: YEE
- 43. San ___ Fault — Answer: ANDREAS
- 46. Country holding one side of Mount Everest — Answer: NEPAL
- 48. Start of a play — Answer: ACTONE
- 49. Greeting between buddies — Answer: BROHUG
- 50. Capitulated in negotiations — Answer: CAVED
- 51. Shade of green — Answer: OLIVE
- 52. Opposite of ushered out — Answer: LEDIN
- 53. Unsociable type — Answer: LONER
- 54. When repeated, an old newsboy's cry — Answer: EXTRA
- 56. Prima ___ — Answer: DONNA
- 57. Mascara mishap — Answer: SMEAR
- 62. Sphere — Answer: ORB
- 63. Nav. rank — Answer: ENS
The answer to “Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact” in the New York Times crossword is COLDCALLER — a 10-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on August 25, 2025, a Monday puzzle, at 50-Across. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.
“Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact” answer
COLDCALLER (10 letters)
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Why the answer is COLDCALLER
COLDCALLER is the 10-letter solution that fits "Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact" in the NYT Crossword crossword on August 25, 2025 (50-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact” appeared?
New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up before, and what the answer was each time — handy if you landed here from a puzzle on another date.
August 25, 2025 (this puzzle) → COLDCALLER. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on August 25, 2025
Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.
- Many a public artwork → MURAL
- Mythological Titan who bore the weight of the heavens on his shoulders → ATLAS
- San ___ Fault → ANDREAS
- Start of a play → ACTONE
- Greeting between buddies → BROHUG
- Capitulated in negotiations → CAVED
- Shade of green → OLIVE
- Opposite of ushered out → LEDIN
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for August 25, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.
About the NYT Crossword
The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Monday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.
Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact”?
The answer is COLDCALLER, a 10-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 25, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact”?
10 letters: COLDCALLER.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on August 25, 2025 (a Monday puzzle), at 50-Across.
Can “Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact” have a different answer?
Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.
Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?
The full grid for August 25, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.