NYT Crossword Hints and Solutions for 25. August, 2026
The Crossword #24345 for Tuesday, August 25, 2026 is a 15x15 grid with 76 clues (40 Across, 36 Down), starting with 1-Across: “Sharpened point of a quill pen”. Every answer stays hidden until you reveal it.
Across
4 Across: One-named Senegalese American singer with the #1 hits "I Wanna Love You" and "Don't Matter"
8 Across: South Asian royals
13 Across: Actress Longoria
14 Across: Free-spirited style, informally
15 Across: *6th
16 Across: Summer meteor shower named for a mythological hero
18 Across: Paradise
19 Across: Musical flutter
20 Across: Billion years, astronomically
22 Across: ___ skirt
23 Across: "Miracle on Ice" foe, for short
24 Across: Smart set
26 Across: To, informally
27 Across: "___ it!" (shout in a game of tag)
28 Across: *2nd
30 Across: Arouses, as an appetite
32 Across: Captivate
34 Across: *1st
36 Across: Settled on the ground, say
38 Across: Something told with two hands?
39 Across: Bluish-silver Christmas trees, maybe
42 Across: Hosp. recovery area
46 Across: Great divide
47 Across: Moon believed to have a subsurface ocean
49 Across: Gamer's "off-line"
50 Across: Kool-Aid competitor
51 Across: *3rd
53 Across: McEntire of country music
54 Across: Some Monopoly properties: Abbr.
56 Across: Drink in a sippy cup, to a toddler
57 Across: Commence
58 Across: Mexican beer brand
60 Across: "I'd love to go"
62 Across: *7th
63 Across: Bygone Russian leader
64 Across: Pad
65 Across: Baker's glassware brand
66 Across: "Thing with feathers that perches in the soul," per Emily Dickinson
67 Across: "Y"-sounding pair of letters, in Spanish
Down
1 Down: *8th
2 Down: Allen who was the 2001 N.B.A. M.V.P.
3 Down: One known for the morning grind?
4 Down: Second-born son in the Bible
5 Down: ___ pond
6 Down: "Wowza!"
7 Down: Tiny biting insect
8 Down: Creature sometimes trained for bomb detection
9 Down: Focus of some physicists
10 Down: *5th
11 Down: Desert quality
12 Down: Epitomes of slowness
15 Down: Symbols of fair weather
17 Down: Mirror-and-prism camera, for short
21 Down: Arrival of symptoms
25 Down: "Man, that's hardly fair!"
28 Down: Fullness, in hairstyling
29 Down: "The Little Mermaid" prince
31 Down: Shades
33 Down: *4th
35 Down: Kelly of morning TV
37 Down: Neon ___ (aquarium fish)
39 Down: Like someone emerging from freezing cold water, typically
40 Down: Raceway speed setter
41 Down: Mull over
43 Down: Reason to go into penalty kicks
44 Down: Like the paths of 45-Down, as visually depicted in this puzzle
45 Down: Celestial "wanderers" ... or what this puzzle's circled letters represent
46 Down: Flirt with, in a way
48 Down: "Are you sure?"
52 Down: Spellbinds
53 Down: Sunburned, perhaps
55 Down: Reasonable
57 Down: Reveal
59 Down: Black-and-white wedding rental
61 Down: Gullible sort
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Today's NYT Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in today's NYT Crossword crossword?
Today's Crossword (#24345, 2026-08-25) has 76 clues — 40 Across and 36 Down.
What size is today's Crossword grid?
A 15x15 grid.
What's the longest answer today?
8 letters — no spoilers, but that's your longest foothold if you're stuck.