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NYT Crossword — August 25, 2025

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 78 revealed

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2I

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5R

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19B

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20T

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21E

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59O

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67D

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Across

39 clues

4Remove, as pencil marks

9Goes past 21 in blackjack

15"___ Mia!" (2008 film)

16How ballerinas perform

17Fish commonly caught in the Upper Midwest

19Squandered, as a big lead

23Arrange numerically, perhaps

24Player protecting a QB's blind side, often

26Cafeteria carrier

29Follows orders

31Second-largest island in Hawaii

33Govt.-issued identifiers

37Saudi Arabian export

38Household chore traditionally done on Mondays

41Dessert often filled with fruit

42Spanish greeting

44Certain arm muscles, for short

45Make into law

47"The Lion King" lion

49Word after root or draft

50Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact

55Banned substances in sports, for short

59Kitchenware brand

60Focus of J. Robert Oppenheimer

61YouTube medium

62At stake ... or where you may find 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across

64Water brand whose natural spring was discovered by a French nobleman

65Many a summer TV airing

66Modern vaccine component

67Slow on the uptake

Down

39 clues

2State whose panhandle touches British Columbia

3A smile, perhaps

4Ambulance worker, for short

5Only once in a while

6Love, in Italy

7Blue creature of kids' movies

8Put away, as dinner

9Ohio University athlete

10Loosens, as a shoe

11Baby deliverer, in folklore

13Have a feeling

18___-level job

22Part of a flight

25Sounds of heavy things hitting the ground

27Silent way to communicate, in brief

30Science class, for short

31Many a public artwork

32Singer DiFranco

35Actor Cage, informally

36Part of a tennis match

39Mythological Titan who bore the weight of the heavens on his shoulders

43San ___ Fault

46Country holding one side of Mount Everest

48Start of a play

49Greeting between buddies

50Capitulated in negotiations

51Shade of green

52Opposite of ushered out

53Unsociable type

54When repeated, an old newsboy's cry

57Mascara mishap

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Stats & info

Monday, Aug 25, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 25, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorRyan Mathiason

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 39 down

Longest entries

24APlayer protecting a QB's blind side, often10 ltrs 50ASalesperson making unsolicited phone contact10 ltrs 17AFish commonly caught in the Upper Midwest9 ltrs 62AAt stake ... or where you may find 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across9 ltrs 3DA smile, perhaps9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.