Bits of wood paneling
Crossword Answer — August 30, 2025
NYT Crossword
Saturday, August 30, 2025
By Maddy Ziegler
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Title typically abbreviated to its first and last letters — Answer: SENOR
- 6. Storied stargazers — Answer: MAGI
- 10. Another name for ESPN8, with "the" — Answer: OCHO
- 14. ___ Perry, award-winning author of 2022's "South to America" — Answer: IMANI
- 15. ___ the Holy, canonized Norwegian king — Answer: OLAF
- 16. Way out, say — Answer: DOOR
- 17. Little dippers? — Answer: MINIDONUTS
- 19. Targets for bark beetles — Answer: ELMS
- 20. A&W; or LM — Answer: BRANDNAME
- 21. Botanical joint — Answer: NODE
- 22. Jerk — Answer: ASS. Hint: Sometimes you might call someone a real pain in the neck! 😏
- 23. Cell service inits. — Answer: LTE
- 24. Neighbor of Baja California — Answer: SONORA
- 26. "Funny how that works" — Answer: HEH
- 27. Heat setting, perhaps — Answer: MEET
- 29. "The Santa Clause" or "Legally Blonde" — Answer: PUN
- 30. Wind up in ruin — Answer: COMETOABADEND
- 33. Classic warning to a knight — Answer: HEREBEDRAGONS
- 34. Kick-starter program? — Answer: KARATELESSONS
- 35. "To All the Boys ___ Loved Before" (best-selling young adult novel) — Answer: IVE
- 36. Campus building — Answer: HALL. Hint: This is where many gatherings and classes take place on campus! 🏛️
- 37. "Big" digit — Answer: TOE
- 38. Not say something in jest — Answer: MEANIT
- 40. "Toy Story" bully — Answer: SID
- 41. ___ tov (Jewish holiday) — Answer: YOM
- 44. "I'm afraid ..." — Answer: ALAS
- 45. Noted resident of "Little Lhasa" in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh — Answer: DALAILAMA
- 48. Library catalog ID — Answer: ISBN
- 49. What dilapidated buildings and rampant graffiti may be a sign of — Answer: URBANDECAY
- 50. Director Johnson — Answer: RIAN
- 51. Veteran of the seas — Answer: SALT
- 52. Prefix with musicology or linguistics — Answer: ETHNO
- 53. Moving well over 60, perhaps? — Answer: SPRY
- 54. Leaves speechless — Answer: AWES
- 55. Moving — Answer: ASTIR
Down
- 1. Swahili for "lion" — Answer: SIMBA
- 2. Heads of state in Qatar and Kuwait — Answer: EMIRS
- 3. Grams — Answer: NANAS
- 4. "Come ___!" — Answer: ONIN
- 5. Lead-in to a puzzling question — Answer: RIDDLEMETHIS
- 6. Janelle of "Hidden Figures" — Answer: MONAE
- 7. '22 or '23 — Answer: ALUM
- 8. Stadium sales — Answer: GATE
- 9. They may or may not happen — Answer: IFS
- 10. Classical theater — Answer: ODEON
- 11. Sketches that end with "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!" — Answer: COLDOPENS
- 12. Major successes, so to speak — Answer: HOMERUNS
- 13. Spots for scrubs, for short — Answer: ORS
- 18. Patrolling a neighborhood — Answer: ONTHEBEAT
- 21. "I'd avoid that" — Answer: NOTAGOODIDEA
- 24. Viola's twin brother in "Twelfth Night" — Answer: SEBASTIAN
- 25. "Soooo ...?" — Answer: AND
- 26. Wedding reception highlight, maybe — Answer: HORA
- 27. Fashion plate, maybe — Answer: MODEL
- 28. Old-fashioned TV antenna, jocularly — Answer: EARS
- 30. On-the-go breakfast option — Answer: CEREALBAR
- 31. Giveaway — Answer: TELL
- 32. ___ deal — Answer: DONE
- 33. Tasteful invitation? — Answer: HAVEASIP
- 34. Family name of three BTS members — Answer: KIM
- 39. One tending kids — Answer: NANNY
- 40. Bits of wood paneling — Answer: SLATS
- 41. Vessel with two silent letters — Answer: YACHT
- 42. Like the Mideast's Bahla Fort — Answer: OMANI
- 43. Head to town? — Answer: MAYOR
- 45. Capture the attention of — Answer: DRAW
- 46. Free (to) — Answer: ABLE
- 47. "Count me in!" — Answer: LETS
- 48. Org. concerned with reporting — Answer: IRS
- 49. Host nation of the 2028 Olympics — Answer: USA
The answer to “Bits of wood paneling” in the New York Times crossword is SLATS — a 5-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on August 30, 2025, a Saturday puzzle, at 40-Down. 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.
“Bits of wood paneling” answer
SLATS (5 letters)
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Why the answer is SLATS
SLATS is the 5-letter solution that fits "Bits of wood paneling" in the NYT Crossword crossword on August 30, 2025 (40-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “Bits of wood paneling” 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 30, 2025 (this puzzle) → SLATS. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on August 30, 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.
- "Toy Story" bully → SID
- Noted resident of "Little Lhasa" in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh → DALAILAMA
- What dilapidated buildings and rampant graffiti may be a sign of → URBANDECAY
- Veteran of the seas → SALT
- Leaves speechless → AWES
- ___ tov (Jewish holiday) → YOM
- One tending kids → NANNY
- Vessel with two silent letters → YACHT
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for August 30, 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 Saturday 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 “Bits of wood paneling”?
The answer is SLATS, a 5-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on August 30, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Bits of wood paneling”?
5 letters: SLATS.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on August 30, 2025 (a Saturday puzzle), at 40-Down.
Can “Bits of wood paneling” 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 30, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.