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NYT Crossword — August 3, 2025

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 140 revealed

1B

2O

3W

4T

5H

6E

7E

8R

9I

10S

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12Y

13U

14P

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N

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16T

17A

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18S

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D

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21A

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H

Y

22M

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25S

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26L

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B

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K

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35O

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37G

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55P

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58I

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60I

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61O

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62K

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63C

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65K

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67H

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68T

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M

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71R

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73O

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79L

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89Z

90U

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91S

92T

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93K

A

94R

A

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95D

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96G

N

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102S

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106L

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107M

108H

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109I

110D

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113A

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114G

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115I

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118A

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119A

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120M

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121P

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122B

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Across

77 clues

1Final act of a play?

4Iconic sci-fi setting spelled out in this puzzle's shaded squares

15Working without ___

17Seemingly forever

19Some spa jobs, in brief

20Manner of speaking

21Like used BBQ pits

22Member of this puzzle's shaded squares who might say "I cannot change the laws of physics, Captain!"

24Like being late or cutting in line

25Something clicked to add an attachment

27Take up space

28Kind of protagonist in "Lethal Weapon" or "Die Hard"

31Digital investment choices, informally

33Not much, as of wasabi

34Narrowly get (by)

35"Now that we're all here, please proceed"

41Overzealous sort

43Got acquainted

44D.M.V.-issued card authenticated by airport security

47Build a stockpile

49Didn't go fast?

50Employee's status meaning "I'm currently away"

51Take down a notch

52Purveyors of provocative posts

538.5" x 11": Abbr.

54Kris Kross #1 hit with the lyric "How high? Real high, 'cause I'm just so fly"

56El presidente ousted in a 1955 coup

58Cry from a victor

59Type that tends to be right-leaning

61Like quality vocals

63Looks inside?

65Drug-busting unit

66City whose Fushimi Inari shrine features 10,000+ red torii gates

67Brother of Disney's Louie and Dewey Duck

68Something hit to get fit

70Hands-on professional?

72Baseball team whose mascot is Wally the Green Monster

75Seeing romantically

76Humble hold 'em holding

78"The Bear" streamer

80Cold War weapon inits.

81Beethoven's No. 8?

82Line of luxury hotels

84Takes to school, in a way

85Cosmic explosion

86It goes on the run

87Be a wingman, e.g.

90Inits. for this puzzle's shaded squares

91Move like a supermodel

93Unit of purity

95Lower oneself

97They study how knights move

99Canyon's edge

100On the ___ (raging)

102Gone skinny-dipping, e.g.

103Significant stretch

105Some window installations, informally

106Warp-driven device

108Major exporter of mangoes

110One giving the highlights?

112By dawn's early light?

114Intending to, casually

115Bring upon oneself

116Wordlessly indicate "Please give me a hand"

117"___ a broken heart" (Emily Dickinson poem)

118Iron Man's suit, e.g.

119"Fire away!"

121Docking station

122Some draft picks

Down

63 clues

1Some farm sounds

2Camped nearby and surveilling, in police jargon

3"Our window is closing for escape w-elocity!," as [circled letters] might say

6Goddess of daybreak

8Direct opposite of verso (found hidden in this clue!)

9It's a promise

10Enemy of the Jedi

11By Juan's early light?

12"Any time! I'm a doctor, not a do-nothing!," as [circled letters] might say

14Slight gripe, so to speak

16Slip of the pen

20Trampled (on)

23Sound of a wardrobe malfunction

26Euphemistic expression of commitment

29Speaks roughly

31Cherry or lime

34Reaction to a social media post, maybe

36"Logic dictates that you control your emotions," as [circled letters] might say

37Sneakily exploits

39Thing of the past

40"Stepping on the gas, Captain!," as [circled letters] might say

42Seaside flock

45"To protect my crew, the gamble was necessary," as [circled letters] might say

47Florida beach town, informally

48"We received a distress signal. Any injuries?," as [circled letters] might say

58Stranded during a winter storm, say

60Texter's sweet sentiment

62Big hits, in brief

64Make a case against?

68Old-fashioned contraction

69Backwoods bumpkin

71Former Wisconsin senator Feingold

73"Clearly!," in textspeak

74Major e-tailing season

77World capital with 400 kilometers of bike lanes

79He might be carrying a big picture

83This puzzle's theme

84"I want to come back to the ship," as everyone circled in this puzzle seems to have said to 22-Across

87NPR journalist Shapiro

92Belly, in kidspeak

94Carnival-themed Vegas hotel

97Symbols of grace

101"___ is more important than life" (Klingon proverb)

102"Transformers" actor ___ LaBeouf

1072004 landing site for Spirit

109Land west of Eng.

111"You get the gist": Abbr.

113Alt-rocker DiFranco

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Stats & info

Sunday, Aug 3, 2025

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

82/359

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

21 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 3, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeHeavenly Voices

ConstructorJeremy Newton

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split77 across · 63 down

Longest entries

3D"Our window is closing for escape w-elocity!," as [circled letters] might say21 ltrs 12D"Any time! I'm a doctor, not a do-nothing!," as [circled letters] might say21 ltrs 36D"Logic dictates that you control your emotions," as [circled letters] might say13 ltrs 40D"Stepping on the gas, Captain!," as [circled letters] might say13 ltrs 22AMember of this puzzle's shaded squares who might say "I cannot change the laws of physics, Captain!"11 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 82 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.