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NYT Crossword — August 22, 2025

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

0 of 68 revealed

1A

2D

3A

4P

5T

6O

7R

8C

9A

10B

11E

12L

13L

14O

15R

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V

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16E

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G

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17F

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Y

T

A

L

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D

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18S

L

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19E

D

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20G

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Y

21A

22U

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23S

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24L

25O

26G

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27G

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28S

29A

30T

31A

M

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32E

M

M

A

33P

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34R

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35H

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36T

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37A

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38V

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39E

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40M

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41S

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42C

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43H

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44N

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C

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45H

46A

47S

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48R

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H

49R

50O

51M

52P

53T

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54T

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55L

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56T

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57P

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58P

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Across

29 clues

1Accessory for overseas travel

8Camila with the hit 2022 album "Familia"

15Disassemble in order to understand

17Ideal resolution

18Bit of a blind

19Button added to iPhone messages in 2022

20Like challenging kite-flying weather

21Becky on "Full House" and Esther on "Sanford and Son"

23A little "Help here!"?

24Access, in a way

27Regards with astonishment

31___ Gorman, "The Hill We Climb" poet

32Stone to cast?

37One might walk right into a trap

38Baroque stringed instrument

39Plaza resident of fiction

40Apollo 13, for one

42Made funny faces, say

43Solo in space

44Inlay material on some guitars

48Alternative to 53-Across

53Some nest eggs

57Brothers-to-be

58Beloved kid on one's farm, maybe

Down

39 clues

3Brand of athletic shoes

5Cause headaches for

6Peacock's display

7Entertain at bedtime, maybe

8Website whose contributors might write about mice

9Dating app filter

10Where many gather to form a line?

11Ultimate function

12Attire for hula dancers

13Time of abstinence

14Not-so-conservative party?

16Clinton and Bush, for two

23Founding father who is the only Supreme Court justice to have ever been impeached

24Super Bowl LVI winner, in brief

25Resident of the Arab world's oldest continuously independent state

26Equestrian's choices

27Sierra or Yukon

28Its national anthem has no words

32Unakyu roll ingredient

36Very, very tall

41Not directly in the sun

42Something very attractive

44Former queen of Jordan

46___ Sea, body of water nowadays divided into "North" and "South"

47Drink served hot or cold

48Criticizes viciously

50___ cow (black bovine with a white belt around its middle)

51Kate of "Fantastic Four"

52Whisper in a classroom, maybe

54"Little piggy"

55Studio locale

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Stats & info

Friday, Aug 22, 2025

15×15

Grid size

68

Total entries

26/199

Black / letter cells

5.9

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 22, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorGia Bosko

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split29 across · 39 down

Longest entries

15ADisassemble in order to understand15 ltrs 17AIdeal resolution15 ltrs 34AReveal all15 ltrs 53ASome nest eggs15 ltrs 56ABe ruthless15 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 26 black squares and averages 5.9 letters per entry.