The Crossword Puzzle Answers for 08/16/2025. The August 16 2025 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a Beauty lounge, of a sortBLOWDRYBAR
- 11a CalmHUSH
- 15a Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies or France’s National Assembly, for exampleLOWERHOUSE
- 16a Cash on hand?ANTE
- 17a French kiss kissersOPENMOUTHS
- 18a PullSWAY
- 19a Leading counsel?BESTADVICE
- 20a Parting wordTATA
- 21a One of the First NationsCREE
- 22a Tied upALLEVEN
- 24a Évariste ___, 19th-century French math prodigy for whom a differential theory is namedGALOIS
- 27a Melancholy 1964 #1 hit for Bobby VintonMRLONELY
- 28a Sponge brand originally spelled with two hyphensOCELO
- 29a SpotsSITES
- 30a N.B.A. stat: Abbr.REB
- 31a SlightlyATAD
- 32a Practitioner of black magicHEXER
- 33a Kind of box for media watchersTIVO
- 34a “___ the Damn Season” (Taylor Swift holiday song)TIS
- 35a Machine for a highway crewPAVER
- 36a Like bismuth and bitcoinMINED
- 37a Swimwear that can be worn as shortsBOARDIES
- 39a Full of snickersGIGGLY
- 40a Try to break, as a bad habitUNLEARN
- 41a Curve that’s high and outside?ARCH
- 42a Abbreviated first name found three times on the signed Declaration of IndependenceTHOS
- 43a 1990 novelty dance inspired by a comics superheroTHEBARTMAN
- 48a Staple of an outdoor receptionTENT
- 49a Became a marquee name, sayROSETOFAME
- 50a Logical connectiveERGO
- 51a Lovers of “Emma” and “Persuasion”AUSTENITES
- 52a Equine colorROAN
- 53a Way to begin gaming, sayPRESSSTART
- Down
- 1d Appearance of the marine creature called “by-the-wind sailor”BLOB
- 2d Run easilyLOPE
- 3d Hasn’t settled upOWES
- 4d Foundered, as an investigationWENTCOLD
- 5d Nintendo title character with a head mirrorDRMARIO
- 6d Largest of the Dodecanese IslandsRHODES
- 7d “___ changed”YOUVE
- 8d “___ disagree”BUTI
- 9d Barack Obama’s final secretary of defense (2015-17)ASHCARTER
- 10d One who profits from eBay, sayRESELLER
- 11d ExpediteHASTEN
- 12d Rock solidUNWAVERING
- 13d Where the 10th Amendment leaves many issuesSTATELEVEL
- 14d Call to whomeverHEYANYBODY
- 23d ___ Alamitos, Calif.LOS
- 24d Dairy spread in a health food storeGOATBUTTER
- 25d Bond classificationACTIONHERO
- 26d Tony-winning actress who provided the singing voice for the Disney princesses Jasmine and MulanLEASALONGA
- 27d Is a social butterflyMIXES
- 29d Like a typical flight from New York to LondonSEVENHOUR
- 32d Shower drain protectorHAIRTRAP
- 33d Property of a wet suit or shapewearTIGHTFIT
- 35d Smack in the middle of a crowd, in brief?PDA
- 36d Units for measuring bacteria and dustMICRONS
- 38d SurmountRESTON
- 39d Hazards for high heelsGRATES
- 41d Provides job assistance?ABETS
- 44d To be, to BrutusESSE
- 45d ___ HariMATA
- 46d Part of A.S.L.: Abbr.AMER
- 47d Group of spies, sayNEST