The Crossword Puzzle Answers for 08/20/2025. The August 20 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 TycoonBARON
- 6a “Famously friendly” pooch, per the American Kennel ClubLAB
- 9a Mystery author JosephineTEY
- 12a Moody hip-hop subgenreEMORAP
- 14a Electronic setting on a floor modelDEMOMODE
- 16a Switch to a newsperson on the scene, sayGOLIVE
- 17a Common sushi go-withMISOSOUP
- 18a Hair goopGEL
- 19a Marijuana component, for shortTHC
- 21a Like many a coffee orderTOGO
- 22a Only U.S. prez born in KentuckyABE
- 23a Letters for a selloutSRO
- 24a Whistle blowerREF
- 25a “I had something come up,” maybeFIB
- 28a Square rootRADICAL
- 30a 2003 Will Ferrell filmELF
- 31a Org. that prohibits Magic 8 Balls and baseball batsTSA
- 32a Custom in Japanese food serviceNOTIPS
- 34a Went letter by letter, to BritsSPELT
- 36a Brief verse from Japan / With seventeen syllables / Illustrated hereHAIKU
- 39a Item seen rolling through this puzzleDIE
- 40a Fixes, as a pianoTUNES
- 41a Freddy Krueger’s locale: Abbr.ELMST
- 42a Evolutionary “missing link”APEMAN
- 44a U.F.C. fighting styleMMA
- 45a Mole, e.g.SPY
- 47a Slobbery smoochDOGKISS
- 51a First receptionist on “The Office”PAM
- 52a Delivers, as a babyHAS
- 53a Before, poeticallyERE
- 54a T. rex fossil named after its discovererSUE
- 55a Distinctive feature of the durian fruitODOR
- 57a The Big Apple’s ___ DriveFDR
- 58a Singer DiFrancoANI
- 59a Frenemy of Betty in comicsVERONICA
- 62a Classic Asimov collectionIROBOT
- 65a BoostedPROMOTED
- 66a Five Nations tribeSENECA
- 67a ___ MarinoSAN
- 68a Patty melt breadRYE
- 69a Start of many emoticonsCOLON
- Down
- 1d Change seekerBEGGAR
- 2d Shape-shifting organismAMOEBA
- 3d Like some oatsROLLED
- 4d “… ___ quit!”ORI
- 5d Sat ___ (GPS, to Brits)NAV
- 6d Perishable bit of apparelLEI
- 7d Dutch bierAMSTEL
- 8d Expel with jeersBOOOFFSTAGE
- 9d More than one would likeTOOOFTEN
- 10d Collegiate domain?EDU
- 11d “Uh-huh”YEP
- 13d Scabbers, to Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter booksPETRAT
- 14d Hip-hop’s Run-___DMC
- 15d Flavoring in some fast food, for shortMSG
- 20d January and November have the most federal onesHOLIDAYS
- 23d “No lie!”SCOUTSHONOR
- 24d Adjusted the rankings of, as a tournamentRESEEDED
- 26d Michigan’s ___ Royale National ParkISLE
- 27d Cave dwellersBATS
- 29d Tats (up)INKS
- 33d What every “O” in this grid representsPIP
- 35d The Ramones’ genrePUNK
- 36d Material in some eco-friendly clothingHEMP
- 37d Liberal arts college in MichiganALMA
- 38d Remark accompanied by a facepalmIMAMORON
- 43d Actor Lamorne of Fox’s “New Girl”MORRIS
- 46d SamenessPARITY
- 48d Writer AllendeISABEL
- 49d Gas brand that sponsors NASCARSUNOCO
- 50d Wheat-based meat alternativeSEITAN
- 56d Benedictine’s titleDOM
- 57d It’s all the rageFAD
- 59d Air Force Two passengers, in briefVPS
- 60d “Fearless” or “1989,” for Taylor SwiftERA
- 61d Middling gradeCEE
- 63d Lead-in to center or roomREC
- 64d Musician YokoONO