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NYT Crossword — August 12, 2025

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

1Take to the slopes

4Abolitionist Tubman

11Shade of gray or blond

14"That's rough!"

16Dubai's country, for short

17Pales in comparison

20Greeting in Oahu

21French article

23After the buzzer

24Typical People cover subject, informally

26Pharmacy bottlefuls, informally

27Edible Christmas ornament

30Planet with the most moons (274)

33Not out of the ordinary

37Container for oranges

38Certain significant others, informally

412016 Disney movie

42King, in Latin

43Visual features of a 27-Across

46U.S. soldiers

49___ cart (type of food stand)

50University in western Pennsylvania, familiarly

51Chicana, for example

54Bad news for vegetation

551990s-’00s sitcom starring Brandy

56Rapper ___ Wayne

57Conscience-stricken

62Time to look ahead

63Birds phonetically suggested by a feature of 17-, 27- and 51-Across

64Fútbol cheer

66Prepared to pray

67Partner of "ty"

Down

37 clues

2Eucalyptus eater

3"Otherwise ..."

4"Serves you right!"

5"Te ___" ("I love you," in Spanish)

6Like some R's and oats

7"As I was saying before I was so ___ interrupted ..."

9And the like, for short

10Russian ruler of old

11Lorde who wrote "Sister Outsider"

12Partner of soup

13What the Beyoncé title "6 Inch" refers to

18Online publication of Vox Media

19Tres o cuatro

24"Have I Got News for You" channel

28Greek war god

29Chances at awards, informally

30Like this: ESMCLDRBA

31"Has our broadcast started?"

32People living abroad for financial reasons

34Business selling trick coins and marked decks

35Law professor played by Kerry Washington in 2016's "Confirmation"

36Things alphabetized in telephone books

39Sneaker brand

40A dispiritingly large percentage of phone calls

45He or I, but not she

48Like, informally

50Dessert with a shell

52Casual conversation

53Cones' counterparts in the eye

58Follower of Attila

60Opposite of bien

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Aug 12, 2025

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 12, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorErik Agard

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 37 down

Longest entries

17APales in comparison15 ltrs 51AChicana, for example15 ltrs 27AEdible Christmas ornament9 ltrs 30DLike this: ESMCLDRBA9 ltrs 31D"Has our broadcast started?"9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.