The Crossword Puzzle Answers for 08/09/2025. The August 09 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 Approach boldlyACCOST
- 7a Word with fixed or netASSETS
- 13a Purple-hatted Nintendo characterWALUIGI
- 15a Mildew, e.g.BLIGHT
- 16a Little Italian toastsCROSTINI
- 18a One choice at a dry cleanerHANGER
- 19a Say but not really meanMOUTH
- 20a English town known for its mineral waterEPSOM
- 22a Historical event that acquired its name almost two decades after it ended, in briefWWI
- 23a Car once promoted with the slogan “It’s Your Money ? Demand Better,” informallyOLDS
- 24a Joy of televisionBEHAR
- 25a Windjammer, e.g.SHIP
- 26a 33-Down platform, for shortNES
- 27a Deceived, maybeLEDON
- 28a RetreatsLAIRS
- 29a Move around from here to thereCUTANDPASTE
- 31a Unhelpful response to “Why?”JUSTBECAUSE
- 32a Rabbit food?EASTERCANDY
- 33a Pats (down)TAMPS
- 34a Progresses slowlyEASES
- 35a Something chewed overCUD
- 38a Sections of historyERAS
- 39a Has legsLASTS
- 40a Something to climb in a WWE matchROPE
- 41a “Stop! We get it!”TMI
- 42a RubeYOKEL
- 43a Literature Nobelist who wrote “Siddhartha”HESSE
- 44a People whose flag depicts the Lion of JudahRASTAS
- 46a Animal that sleeps while floating on its backSEAOTTER
- 48a University of California campus localeIRVINE
- 49a “The Ultimate Trivia Destination,” per its websiteSPORCLE
- 50a Moves in the shadowsSKULKS
- 51a Parts of cassette playersSPOOLS
- Down
- 1d “Really, now!”AWCMON
- 2d Actress Lombard of classic HollywoodCAROLE
- 3d “Above the ___, as high as heaven itself?”: Shak.CLOUDS
- 4d EjectsOUSTS
- 5d Villainous group of science fictionSITH
- 6d ___ FridaysTGI
- 7d Can’t standABHOR
- 8d DisSLAM
- 9d “The only ___ is mediocrity”: Martha GrahamSIN
- 10d Ingredient in meringue cookiesEGGWHITE
- 11d #1 on BBC’s list of greatest 21st-century TV seriesTHEWIRE
- 12d ComicsSTRIPS
- 14d “This work is getting to be too much”INEEDABREAK
- 17d Apple skins?IPHONECASES
- 21d Buildings that aren’t water-resistantSANDCASTLES
- 24d “La Cousine ___” (Balzac novel)BETTE
- 25d Overly wise, saySASSY
- 27d Feels thirstyLUSTS
- 28d Gives accoladesLAUDS
- 29d EdgesCUSPS
- 30d You can see right through themPANES
- 31d Phenomenon of experiencing something as strangely new even though one has experienced it beforeJAMAISVU
- 32d Designate, as fundsEARMARK
- 33d Series of mental blocks?TETRIS
- 35d Retail giant that opened its first store in Seattle in 1983COSTCO
- 36d Persuade to pay more than originally intendedUPSELL
- 37d Popular farm vehiclesDEERES
- 39d Falls short, sayLOSES
- 40d Lead-in to activeRETRO
- 42d American in Paris?YANK
- 43d Certain earringHOOP
- 45d Poetic contractionTIL
- 47d Some courses for honor students, for shortAPS