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NYT Crossword — August 6, 2025

Wednesday’s 15 × 14 puzzle, 73 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

36 clues
1Cursed look
8Kia sedan renamed the K5 in 2020
14Typically the biggest players on a football team
15Major arteries
16Convertible living room pieces
18Dances to a Chubby Checker song, say
19"You ready to do this?"
20Display container
22Bit of gear for an entomologist
23___ Lingus
24"Please turn up the thermostat!"
25City at the center of "Moonraker," informally
27Winners of Super Bowl III (and no other Super Bowls since then)
29Paired number
30Tally mark
33Team ___
34It may be struck for a camera
35Part of the Disney logo
36Gently touches
38___ tide
40Green eggs go-with
41Lubricate
42Provide backup for, as a weightlifter or gymnast
43Suckers
44December 31, notably
45Chewie's "Star Wars" buddy
46One of just two original Monopoly tokens still made today
47"When I ___, you ___, we ___" (lyric from a Freak Nasty hit)
49Some whiskeys
51Stopped bringing up
54Beethoven's Third
56Most terrifying
58Find in the dictionary
59Lose one's shirt, say
60Fjords and firths
61Regular fixed compensation

Down

37 clues
1"Frozen" queen
2Six-stringed instrument similar to a cello
3Item that has to be blown up before being filled with water
4Occupancy agreements
5Smoldering remnant
6Hurl, in modern lingo
7Conclude
8Quaker ___
9Rejuvenating break
10Lead-in to -umvirate
11"You're overthinking this" ... or what might be said about 3-, 9-, 17- and 34-Down?
12Fellow Down Under
13No. 2: Abbr.
17Quick throw in football
21Class that may not have written tests
24Peter Pan transport
26Apple mobile platform
27Japanese martial art
28Actor Morales of "Ozark"
29It separates the dollars and cents
31Applaud
32Tailor's edges
34Minor office injury
35Animal on a "Hang in there!" inspirational poster
37Tahoe or Cherokee, in brief
39Proterozoic, for one
42That woman
43Biting piece
46Cowboys' charges
47Sub location
48Original Monopoly token discontinued in 2013
50Goes on and on and on
51Singer Del Rey
52Actress Rae of "American Fiction"
53Online seller of handcrafted items
55"I Like ___"
57Baby grizzly

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025
15×14
Grid size
73
Total entries
34/176
Black / letter cells
4.8
Avg entry length
14 ltrs
Longest entry
Medium
Wednesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedAug 6, 2025
DayWednesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorHanh Huynh
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split36 across · 37 down
Longest entries
3DItem that has to be blown up before being filled with water14 ltrs11D"You're overthinking this" ... or what might be said about 3-, 9-, 17- and 34-Down?14 ltrs17DQuick throw in football10 ltrs16AConvertible living room pieces8 ltrs56AMost terrifying8 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.