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NYT Crossword — August 19, 2025

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

35 clues

1Biting comment

9Bottom of the food chain, say

13That, in Spanish

14Easier to get along with

15Job perk that might accumulate

16Catchalls of the insurance industry

19Edgar Allan Poe writing

20Reine's counterpart

21Country that produces surprisingly little Muscat wine

22Uses scissors on

24Really giving an earful

30Bit of body art, informally

32Paradise on earth

35Where you might have to exchange tickets for food

36Reptile that can reach up to 10 feet in length

40Got carried along by

42Story extender

43Pose a question

45Deluges with emails

48Play Store purchase

52Series of steps

54Part of a pot

57Sitting on the bench, say

58Catchphrase of a classic MTV show … or a hint for the starts of 16-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across

62Book of legends

63Unit of engine capacity

65Largest loch in Scotland by volume

66Many ___ (a long time)

67"___ Auto" (Volkswagen slogan)

Down

41 clues

1Net worth negatives

2Setting for the game Myst

4___ saver (printing option for a crossword)

6Person who may have to deal with long lines

7Color whose name comes from the Greek word for "cuttlefish"

8Sign of a packed house

9Praline nugget

10Galoshes and umbrellas

11Noted wearer of a fig leaf

12What a bobbing fist indicates in American Sign Language

17Only planet in the solar system not visible to the naked eye

181970 classic by the Kinks

23Org. concerned with life beyond Earth

25Winner of four World Cups

26Like much of Utah

27Road crew goo

29Start to attract fruit flies, perhaps

33Dance performed in Smetana's "The Bartered Bride"

34Apt name for a financial adviser?

35Huge supporter

36"The kissing disease," for short

38Some Gmail convos

39Throws in the microwave

43Singers with a range from F3 to F5

46City that's home to el Museo del Prado

47___ gel (moisture-absorbing stuff marked "Do not eat")

49Residents of the Realm of the Four Parts

50Barbecue setting, often

53An eye for an I?

58Lacking color

59Shorts season in Strasbourg

60Tree with serrated leaves

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Aug 19, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

40/185

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 19, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorEric Rollfing

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 41 down

Longest entries

16ACatchalls of the insurance industry15 ltrs 58ACatchphrase of a classic MTV show … or a hint for the starts of 16-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across15 ltrs 36AReptile that can reach up to 10 feet in length13 ltrs 24AReally giving an earful9 ltrs 48APlay Store purchase9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 40 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.