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NYT Crossword — August 17, 2025

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 132 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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59 clues

14One of music's Three B's

18They're paving the way

20Island with ferries to Ibiza

21Tangent line?

22One of the better morning beverages?

24Zoom background option

25Hrs. for Augusta in August

26"___ Q" (1968 hit)

27Styling substance

28"C'mon, the car door's open!"

29Avoid ___ (GPS option)

32Slice of the economy

35First non-English-language film to win Best Picture

37Just one inning left after this?

40Annual gala locale, with "the"

41Meat sauce in Italian cooking

42Go-getter sorts

45View from the Quai d'Orsay

47Character with a Jamaican accent in Disney's "The Little Mermaid"

51How a mountain road may rise or fall

54Threads, e.g.

57Query of worry

59Units on a multimeter

60Seasoning preference when eating Maryland blue crab?

64Berry plant related to a hawthorn

65The lion in summer?

66"So here's my question ..."

67Humorous ending with hater

68Sephora competitor

70Two-pound tomahawk steak, for instance?

74Underwater respirator

75Home on the internet, perhaps

77Prescriptions, for short

80Slimy scheme for profit

83Listing that might include an explanation of benefits

84Anchors provide this

91A.C.C. school

93"Do I *really* wanna start an online bidding war? Hmm ..."?

102Michael of R.E.M.

103The government, at times

104What Pomeranians do

106The (middle) sound of "silence"

108"___ but a scratch"

109Creature in Magic: The Gathering

110Give an extra perk to a cigarette smoker?

115Finish filming

116___ Attucks, Revolutionary War casualty who posthumously became an abolitionist symbol

119Become gooey over, as cheese atop a hot burger

120They're usually found to the left of Q's

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73 clues

1Actor Will of "BoJack Horseman"

2British cry of approval

4Joseph who co-invented rocky road ice cream

5Obstruction to teamwork, maybe

8Round Table title

9"___ cerveza, por favor"

10Phileas in "Around the World in Eighty Days"

11The power of social media from a marketing standpoint, informally

12Bit of green legislation

13Hindi for "reign"

15One of the best coffee beverages ever?

16Top execs, collectively

17Charlotte N.B.A. player

19Montreal newspaper continuously published since 1778, with "The"

23French city from which a soup gets its name

28Merriment, in one spelling

30Doesn't own, say

31Largest college fraternity in the U.S., familiarly

33No U.S. area code starts with this

34Nutrition figs.

36Minnesota county whose seat is St. Paul

39Suffix with journal

44Some natural borders en México

46Greek goddess of the night

48Emperor who founded the Mughal Empire

49Palindromic constellation

51Latin for "only"

52What fugitives are on

53What might confirm the worst for an athlete's injury?

54Many a Bahraini

55Old El ___ (Tex-Mex brand)

56Game with an annual World Series since 1970

58Collapses, with "over"

61Smartphone clock function

62A bobcat is one, technically

69Actress Bancroft

70Many-time N.B.A. All-Star Tatum

71Boot out of Australia?

72Creature with flat, transparent larvae called "leptocephali"

74Vodka-and-lime cocktail

76Metal material used for dishware before porcelain became popular

81In the style of

82School bathroom sign

83Spin a yarn, perhaps?

86Progressive inits. in the U.S. Congress

87Puts icing on

88Methuselah's father

90Paramount+ docuseries with real-life crime stories

91Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s?

92Cialis alternative

94Long-eared pal of Pooh

95Country whose name Americans spell with a "z"

97Abode that's abuzz

98"Ah, that's right!"

105Vowelless attention-getter

107Traveling in waves, say

110Vintage film channel

111Milestone for a start-up, for short

112Sister figure

113Pre-___ (exercise program in advance of surgery)

114Vowelless rebuke

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Stats & info

Sunday, Aug 17, 2025

21×21

Grid size

132

Total entries

76/365

Black / letter cells

5.5

Avg entry length

17 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 17, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeIxnay That!

ConstructorAmsay Ezersky

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split59 across · 73 down

Longest entries

37AJust one inning left after this?17 ltrs 93A"Do I *really* wanna start an online bidding war? Hmm ..."?17 ltrs 22AOne of the better morning beverages?16 ltrs 110AGive an extra perk to a cigarette smoker?16 ltrs 15DOne of the best coffee beverages ever?13 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 76 black squares and averages 5.5 letters per entry.