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NYT Crossword — August 28, 2025

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

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Across

39 clues

1"Table" for one's TV dinner, perhaps

10Texting format, in brief

13Period that begins with a day of pranks: Abbr.

15___ Highway (Maui tourist attraction)

17Recently dated

19Many a citizen of Abu Dhabi

20It's used for wrapping up a film

21Gained a wider following

22Riddled (with)

27Where someone might ask for a screwdriver

29Early tech giant

31Fair Deal prez

32Like Frodo at the end of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy

37Poem that's typically unrhymed

41Battle carriers

44Mythological beast able to regenerate its heads

45Commuter option

46Non-fruit ingredient in a green smoothie

47One of three in the Domino's logo

49Syllable akin to "Tsk!"

51Audiophile's collection, for short

59Shade in a picturesque island scene, maybe

60Follower of Joel

62Here's the scoop!

65Colossally bad consequence, as with finances

66Feature of the clues for 17-, 25-, 41- and 52-Across

69Some underground networks

72Follow, with "to"

73"Come ___?" (Italian for "How are you?")

Down

39 clues

1Problems with a livestream, maybe

3Mark one's words?

4Rice dish seasoned with saffron

5Stop for the night, say

6Social studies subj.

7Resident of a hidden mushroom village

9Hebrew name for God

10Reality show whose contestants give pitches

11Red-clad brother of 54-Down

16Provide support for something crooked?

26First Black male tennis player to be ranked #1 globally

27___ party (pre-wedding activity, informally)

28Ghostly in appearance

30The Batcave, for one

33They might have their noses turned up

35Basis for how you're wired, so to speak

36Bit of camp entertainment

38"That one's mine!"

39Member of a marine "forest"

42Innocent sort

50Gay ___, author of "Honor Thy Father"

52Stable environment?

53Like 4! and 24

54Green-clad brother of 11-Down

56John Lennon had one that sold for more than $31,000 at a 2011 auction (fittingly, to a dentist!)

58Word with price or proxy

63It's partly an assessment of logical reasoning, for short

64___ D'Arcy, co-star of HBO's "House of the Dragon"

67Conjunction used in logic

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Stats & info

Thursday, Aug 28, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 28, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJoel Woodford

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 39 down

Longest entries

41ABattle carriers15 ltrs 17ARecently dated10 ltrs 66AFeature of the clues for 17-, 25-, 41- and 52-Across10 ltrs 3DMark one's words?9 ltrs 10DReality show whose contestants give pitches9 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.