Whether you’re working through the New York Times Crossword over your morning coffee or doing a late-night solve, sometimes one clue just won’t click. This guide brings you ALL the answers for Thursday, August 14, 2025, so you can finish the grid and see how the clever wordplay connects.
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🧩 Full Across Answers
1A. ATP – Molecule that stores energy in the body, in brief
4A. JUMP – Word before rope or scare
8A. LITHE – Loose-limbed
13A. SLUR – Talk like a tippler
14A. ASEA – Far from shore
15A. ASWAN – City on the Nile … or a punny cygnet voting joke
16A. HERD – Do a collie’s work
17A. WHAT IS LOVE – “It means nothing” (Jeopardy! style)
19A. APBIO – Pre-med track precursor, in brief
21A. TIN – Cookie holder
22A. AFEW – Not many
23A. WHO’S THE BOSS – Springsteen/Armstrong/McCarthy comedy title
27A. ONS – Transistor states
28A. ACURA – Honda luxury brand
29A. THAR – Over yonder
31A. ORBS – Bubbles, e.g.
34A. LUGS – Hauls
36A. ORTHO – Muscle-and-bone doc
39A. WHAT’S UP – Animated Best Picture nominee clue (Jeopardy! style)
41A. WHO’S WHO – Abbott and Costello baseball routine clue
43A. NONET – Supreme Court justices, collectively
44A. TRIO – Charlie’s Angels, e.g.
46A. POSH – Swanky
47A. GREW – Doubled or tripled, say
49A. AMOCO – Gas brand with a torch logo
51A. GNU – Savanna prey
53A. WHAT’S THE TEA – Mary Cassatt painting clue (Jeopardy! style)
58A. RIPA – Kelly of morning TV
60A. ART – Guile
61A. ATOLL – Key ring?
62A. IN JEOPARDY – At risk / theme tie-in location
66A. IDIE – “Thus with a kiss ___”
67A. FJORD – Sea inlet surrounded by steep cliffs
68A. BARE – In one’s birthday suit
69A. COAX – Try to win over
70A. TABOO – Hasbro word game with a timer
71A. SPEW – Go like a geyser
72A. ASS – Word after kick or dumb
🧩 Full Down Answers
1D. ALEPH – Hebrew leader?
2D. TURBO – Booster for a dragster
3D. PR DISASTER – Result of a scandal going viral, in brief
4D. JAW – Prominent feature of a hippo or crocodile
5D. USH – Escort in the theater, informally
6D. MEATBAG – “Human, to a robot”
7D. PATIO – Outdoor party area
8D. LAS – ___ Palmas, capital of the Canaries
9D. ISLA – Cuba o Puerto Rico
10D. TWO FOR TWO – Winning scenario in a best-of-three
11D. HAVEN – Sanctuary
12D. ENEWS – TV show existing before online days
13D. SHAW – “Man and Superman” playwright
18D. INST – Tech sch.
20D. OTC – Like easy-to-get meds, in brief
24D. HULU – Peacock competitor
25D. ERUPT – Go off
26D. SHOO – Drive off
30D. ARS POETICA – Horatian work from ca. 18 B.C.
31D. OWN – Not rent, say
32D. RHO – Greek letter resembling “p”
33D. BANG-UP JOB – Incredible work
35D. SWIMS – Does some strokes
37D. HHS – Dept. over the FDA
38D. OOH – “Look at that!”
40D. STEW – Gumbo, for one
42D. HOOT – Terrifying sound for a mouse
45D. RAT TRAP – Terrifying device for a mouse
48D. WHAP – Larrup
50D. CHA – When repeated, a dance
51D. GRIFT – Dirty money
52D. NINJA – Symbol of stealth
54D. ARABS – Emiratis, e.g.
55D. TODOS – Some list items
56D. ELIAS – Mount St. ___ (Canada)
57D. ALEX – Trebek who once hosted the puzzle’s theme
59D. AERO – Nestlé chocolate bar
63D. ODO – Lead-in to meter
64D. DRE – Grammy-winning Dr. ___
65D. YEW – Poison source in Christie’s “A Pocket Full of Rye”
🎯 Theme Insight
This puzzle featured multiple thematic entries in Jeopardy! clue-and-answer format:
- 17A: WHAT IS LOVE
- 23A: WHO’S THE BOSS
- 39A: WHAT’S UP
- 41A: WHO’S WHO
- 53A: WHAT’S THE TEA
All tied together by 62A: IN JEOPARDY — a clever nod to the game show format and wordplay.
💡 Solving Tips
- Keep an eye out for puzzle “meta” themes — noticing the Jeopardy! link would have made multiple answers click faster.
- Use shorter clue answers like ATP, JAW, and GNU to anchor trickier, longer entries.
- Break down long answer phrases into logical chunks (“WHAT’S” + “THE TEA”) to spot them more easily.
