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NYT Crossword — August 5, 2025

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

35 clues

1Leftover part of a ticket

5Church assembly

10Support to which drywall is attached

14Zap, in a way

15Broadcast again

16Janis's spouse in the funny pages

17Adorable perspective on things?

19Plant with tendrils

21Longest key on a keyboard

23Driving force

26"Famous" cookie maker

27Carrier to Sweden

28Axe or Old Spice?

34Satchel in Cooperstown

35Something an employee wouldn't want to be given

38Mascara mishap

42Competition that offers a lot of bucks?

44"You're getting warmer!"

46Major newsmagazine's C.E.O.?

49Messy class for kindergartners

53Member of the myrtle family that's the source of an essential oil

55Funny outtake compilations

60Cookie that's readily stackable

61Taco tortilla option?

64Fred Flintstone's pet

66"I'm buying this round"

67Come across as

68Nose-in-the-air type

69Website whose sellers are crafty

Down

41 clues

2City that shares an international airport with Seattle

3Seizes, as control

4___ Midler a.k.a. "The Divine Miss M"

5Spanish woman's title: Abbr.

7Gives orders yet again, say

8Bottom of a crankcase

10Maintains one's dignity

11Chicago paper, for short

12Arm bone on the pinkie finger side

18Bother immensely

22Certain apartment (with a hyphen) or farm housing (without one)

25Deal that's too good to be true, often

30First modular space station

31Let develop over time

33Spot to sit and sweat

35Garment with cups

36"That's so interesting!"

37Poetic tribute

39Came down to the ground

40World capital that's home to the Spanish Steps

43"Garfield" pooch

47About 71% of the earth's surface

48Bird with exceptional vision

51Brand for a cuppa

54Chevy model whose name references a body of water

55Mercury and Mars, for instance

56Singer India.___

57Good name for a biomedical researcher?

58How Slovenia's Benka Pulko motorcycled over 111,800 miles, according to Guinness

62Kia model whose name references a body of water

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Aug 5, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedAug 5, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorGary Larson and Amy Ensz

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 41 down

Longest entries

28AAxe or Old Spice?11 ltrs 46AMajor newsmagazine's C.E.O.?11 ltrs 17AAdorable perspective on things?10 ltrs 61ATaco tortilla option?10 ltrs 10DMaintains one's dignity9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.