It’s Friday night, or Saturday, depending on when you see this. And I know you probably want to just rest during the weekend, but we’ve gotta maintain our NYT Crossword streak! If you also play some of the NYT’s other games, then don’t forget to do them as well!
As for me, the Crossword has become one of my favorites. If you’ve never done the crossword before, you can check out the NYT Crossword here. Now, here are all the NYT Crossword answers for August 23, 2025. Do note that you’ll need an NYT subscription to do the crossword.
NYT Crossword Solution For August 23, 2025
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1 Relative of upward dog, to 50-Down – COBRA POSE
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10 Many Intuit employees, for short – CPAS
14 Noted line in Buddhism – DALAI LAMAS
15 International grocery chain founded in Germany – ALDI
16 Galaxy program, e.g. – ANDROID APP
17 Break – REST
18 Rapper whose father is the jazz musician Olu Dara – NAS
19 Certain tray’s contents – ASH
20 Country whose name is an anagram of a common means of getting there – NEPAL
22 Makes rapidly, with “out” – CRANKS
25 Mutually accepts – AGREES ON
28 M.L.B. All-Star closer ___ Díaz – EDWIN
29 Staple at a car wash – RAG
30 One might be fragile – EGO
31 Product pitched by a pitcher – KOOL-AID
35 Drew Carey once called it “crossword puzzle cheese” on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” – EDAM
36 “I’ve helped all I can” – MY JOB HERE IS DONE
40 Steven ___, Best Actor nominee for 2020’s Minari – YEUN
41 Field goal announcement – IT’S GOOD
42 ___ Hill – SAM
43 Bit of drag attire – BOA
44 Hands, humorously – MITTS
48 Hit list – TOP FORTY
51 Eye up and down – LEER AT
52 Japanese healing technique – REIKI
53 Medical lead-in to -scope – OTO
55 Type of alcoholic beverage that originated in the U.K., despite its name – IPA
56 Overturn – UNDO
57 Plant-based meat alternative that sizzles – VEGAN BACON
61 One’s primary character, in video game lingo – MAIN
62 Criminal mastermind – EVIL GENIUS
63 Very vocal avian – MYNA
64 Purr-fect adoptee – RESCUE CAT
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1 Unfounded rumor – CANARD
2 Tired expression – OLD SAW
3 Something that can be raised or passed – BAR
4 Mexico’s ___ Conchos – RIO
5 Literally, “at another time” – ALIAS
6 Artificially inflates – PADS
7 City where the Men’s College World Series takes place – OMAHA
8 Stuff boiled in sugar shacks – SAP
9 Place to hear game results and analysis – ESPN RADIO
10 “___ noctem” (motto meaning “go enjoy the night”) – CARPE
11 “By all means, go ahead!” – PLEASE DO
12 Jingle accompaniment – AD SLOGAN
13 Remain untouched – SIT
14 Take a series of steps? – DANCE
21 Hosp. test – EEG
23 Japanese company whose products click with customers – NIKON
24 Dresser part – KNOB
26 Composer of In the Hall of the Mountain King – GRIEG
27 Destination of an annual race since 1973 – NOME
32 It’s formed in Pittsburgh – OHIO RIVER
33 Allowed to strike – LET AT
34 Horace’s “___ Poetica” – ARS
35 Boy on The Munsters – EDDIE
36 Island in a classic video game – MIST
37 “What’s your decision?” – YEA OR NAY
38 Joined enthusiastically – JUMPED IN
39 Word before how or where, but not who – SOME
43 ___ choy – BOK
45 White House daughter of the 1960s-’70s – TRICIA
46 Have no more money to bet – TAP OUT
47 Is really into, in slang – STANS
49 Animated princess of film – FIONA
50 1-Across teachers – YOGIS
51 Cute sound? – LONGU
54 Mineral with a Mohs hardness of 1 – TALC
56 “Lemme think …” – UMM
58 Night to remember, perhaps – EVE
59 Busy ___ – BEE
60 Anti-apartheid party, in brief – ANC
And those are the solutions for the NYT’s The Crossword today. Did you get them all right? Let us know how you did in the comments!
