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NYT Crossword — August 2, 2025

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 68 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

36 clues

1Like baseballs and some eyelashes

15Not come unglued

16Flugelhorn player on the 1978 instrumental hit "Feels So Good"

17Philadelphia university known for its professional co-op program

18Statement of resignation

19Brother Joe, Kevin or Nick of pop

20Genealogists' handiwork

21Alternative music genre since the mid-1980s

22Word before air or fire

23Eyebrow makeup

25Ball-shaped cereal

26Garb for athletes in the Highland Games

30It's most beautiful when broken

31Vacation isle for many a Francophile, familiarly

351, 2 and 3, in that order

36Get the ball rolling

37Verb that appears the same when rotated 180º

39Cousin of naan

40More of this?

41Founder of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company in 1901

42Saxon's "Aargh!"

43Sacred space for female family members, in the Muslim tradition

44Roll producer

45European brewer with over 170 brands

47It can tie up your stock

48Common wedding day prep

49Demonstrative words

50Crème ___ (custard sauce)

51What goes on goes here

Down

32 clues

2The most infinitesimal amount

3Silicon Valley's holy grail

4Beyoncé or Selena, e.g.

5"You are," in Spain

6Key for getting rid of your work, in brief?

8Certain circus performers

9Mountain range that spans 67º of latitude

10Many foreign aid grps.

11Corporate data manager, for short

12Bake sale offerings

13"Hold on, I'll be right with you"

14Spiffed up, say

24It can spice up your holidays

26Mayor Bass of Los Angeles

27Interpersonal "issues"

29They're all equal in a circle

32Device featured in Newton's "Opticks"

33Fry alternative

35Preadolescent, informally

36Destroyer : Shiva :: Creator : ___

37Nails the halfpipe, in snowboarding jargon

40George with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

41Title character of a Jake Gyllenhaal cult classic

43Big acronym in purifying filters

44Call off plans abruptly

46Love, on the pitch

47Closing for business?

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Stats & info

Saturday, Aug 2, 2025

15×15

Grid size

68

Total entries

23/202

Black / letter cells

5.9

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 2, 2025

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorRobert Logan

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split36 across · 32 down

Longest entries

2DThe most infinitesimal amount15 ltrs 3DSilicon Valley's holy grail15 ltrs 12DBake sale offerings15 ltrs 13D"Hold on, I'll be right with you"15 ltrs 7AMoored8 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 23 black squares and averages 5.9 letters per entry.