The Crossword Puzzle Answers for 08/31/2025. The August 31 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 Maximum extent, in an idiomHILT
- 5a “Suitable, I guess”ITLLDO
- 11a Small storage unitBYTE
- 15a “___ News Central” (daily program)CNN
- 18a Sea adventure novel by Herman MelvilleOMOO
- 19a RumpPATOOT
- 20a Sounds of amazementOOHS
- 21a SpoilsLOOT
- 22a “Don’t flick that cigarette over here!”MOVEYOURASH
- 24a “Incredible! This mosquito net didn’t let in even one bug!”WHATAMESH
- 26a Greatest potential accomplishment, metaphoricallyEVEREST
- 27a Non-free-range farm fixtureFEEDLOT
- 29a Container weightTARE
- 30a Pick up at schoolLEARN
- 31a Actor PascalPEDRO
- 32a KissSMOOCH
- 34a Celestial sphereORB
- 35a Went from 0 to 60, sayAGED
- 37a Nipsey Russell’s role in 1978’s “The Wiz”TINMAN
- 40a “___ America (And So Can You!)” (Stephen Colbert best seller)IAM
- 42a Device for cutting bangs?SILENCER
- 45a More in need of a sticky rollerLINTIER
- 47a ZealousAVID
- 48a Guide for writing a perfect letterSTENCIL
- 49a AdornBEDECK
- 50a Some skin care productsTONERS
- 52a “Dear Lord! His Majesty’s beard is out of control!”GODSHAVETHEKING
- 55a Comics cry of dismayACK
- 58a ___ codeAREA
- 59a Tiny and scurrying, perhapsANTLIKE
- 63a “Just dropped off some of your newly buffed knight’s protection!”SHINEDSHIELDDELIVERED
- 71a Green gemstonePERIDOT
- 72a Brand of bubbly, informallyMOET
- 73a ___ de vieEAU
- 74a “Might you give me a bigger boat?”COULDIHAVEASHIP
- 82a Composure under pressureAPLOMB
- 85a Firmly plantedROOTED
- 86a Sizable wine ordersCARAFES
- 90a ZestPEEL
- 91a Hero’s partner in mythLEANDER
- 93a Real ladies’ manCASANOVA
- 94a Bit of workERG
- 95a It’s always getting into hot waterTEABAG
- 96a Theatrical constructionsSETS
- 97a UnburdenRID
- 98a Computer shortcutsMACROS
- 100a Muse of love poetryERATO
- 103a “You can’t win ___”EMALL
- 105a Writer ___ Stanley GardnerERLE
- 106a “Is that a certainty?”YOUSURE
- 109a Unruly, as a beardSCRAGGY
- 111a Secret agent first introduced in 1953JAMESBOND
- 113a Classic 111-Across portrayer, whose iconic accent is suggested by the answers to the italicized cluesSEANCONNERY
- 115a Langston Hughes poemITOO
- 116a Aston Martin, e.g.AUTO
- 117a CharmENDEAR
- 118a Member of a watery quintetERIE
- 119a Adriatique, e.g.MER
- 120a School attended by both 111-Across and his creatorETON
- 121a Debate-ending replySAYSME
- 122a Figs. most people have memorizedSSNS
- Down
- 1d Win for an away teamHOMELOSS
- 2d “That doesn’t bother me anymore”IMOVERIT
- 3d WinsomeLOVEABLE
- 4d It’s human, in a sayingTOERR
- 5d Big events on Wall St.IPOS
- 6d Full of tensionTAUT
- 7d Abbr. on a paper trayLTR
- 8d Whiled away the hoursLOAFED
- 9d Gave medicineDOSED
- 10d DifferentOTHER
- 11d Poke ___BOWL
- 12d Start of a pirate chantYOHO
- 13d “There I am in the photo”THATSME
- 14d Winter hours in Conn.EST
- 15d Exhibiting some forceCOERCIVE
- 16d Part of a personal air filtration systemNOSEHAIR
- 17d Degree in math?NTH
- 21d [“Ha ha 2 funny!!!!]LMAO
- 23d ThirstYEN
- 25d Lots and lotsATON
- 28d Certain URL endingDOTNET
- 31d A popPER
- 33d Favorite drink of 111-AcrossMARTINI
- 35d What wine or citrus adds to a sauceACID
- 36d Hairstyle helpersGELS
- 38d Allergic reactionITCH
- 39d Company originally named Blue Ribbon SportsNIKE
- 41d E.R. V.I.P.sMDS
- 43d High school subj.ENG
- 44d Base figure, for shortNCO
- 45d Bank security featureLEVEE
- 46d Perfect matchIDEALMATE
- 47d It’s right on a squareANGLE
- 49d Port on the AdriaticBARI
- 51d AiringONTV
- 53d Shout of triumphHAH
- 54d ___-El (Superman’s birth name)KAL
- 55d Relative of an adderASP
- 56d “Evita” role for Antonio BanderasCHE
- 57d ___ royale (cocktail)KIR
- 60d IndignationIRE
- 61d New Zealand parrot that can solve logic puzzlesKEA
- 62d End of an academic addressEDU
- 64d Williamson who played Merlin in “Excalibur”NICOL
- 65d Biblical kingdom near the Dead SeaEDOM
- 66d Feature of this puzzle’s circled squares that, when connected by a single line, visually represents 111-AcrossDOUBLEO
- 67d Stitching on a Cardinal’s capSTL
- 68d Mid-Atlantic state capitalDOVER
- 69d A good one might generate good karmaDEED
- 70d J.F.K. predictionETA
- 75d Far from brightDRAB
- 76d University in New Rochelle, N.Y.IONA
- 77d Obergefell v. ___, milestone case for marriage equalityHODGES
- 78d Improvise à la Ella FitzgeraldSCAT
- 79d Avocado varietyHASS
- 80d Portfolio holding, for shortIRA
- 81d Give a bad reviewPAN
- 82d ImitateAPE
- 83d Spread throughoutPERMEATE
- 84d Greaves and cuisses, but not gauntlets and helmetsLEGARMOR
- 87d Those who hunt and gatherFORAGERS
- 88d Feature of many a gloating movie villainEVILGRIN
- 89d “Alas, it is true”SADLYYES
- 92d Grounder to second, oftenEASYOUT
- 93d Corp. bigwigCEO
- 95d ___ leches cakeTRES
- 96d BeauSTEADY
- 99d Late jazz singer ___ LaineCLEO
- 101d Sly schemesRUSES
- 102d Paris’s Dôme de Paris, e.g.ARENA
- 103d Sea eagleERN
- 104d Zebra features that mirror their body stripesMANES
- 107d “You’re ___ something”ONTO
- 108d Japanese noodleUDON
- 109d Many a get-rich-quick offerSCAM
- 110d HeartCORE
- 111d Beam on a bottleJIM
- 112d Modern pet nameBAE
- 114d Platform for Super Mario Bros., for shortNES