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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for August 6, 2025

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Wednesday, August 6, 2025. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

across

1. Leftover part of a ticket: STUB
5. Church assembly: SYNOD
10. Support to which drywall is attached: STUD
14. Zap, in a way: TASE
15. Broadcast again: REAIR
16. Janis's spouse in the funny pages: ARLO
17. Adorable perspective on things?: ACUTEANGLE
19. Plant with tendrils: VINE
20. "Kinda ___": SORTA
21. Longest key on a keyboard: SPACEBAR
23. Driving force: IMPETUS
26. "Famous" cookie maker: AMOS
27. Carrier to Sweden: SAS
28. Axe or Old Spice?: ASCENTOFMAN
33. "Lift": STEAL
34. Satchel in Cooperstown: PAIGE
35. Something an employee wouldn't want to be given: BOOT
38. Mascara mishap: SMEAR
41. Posse: CREW
42. Competition that offers a lot of bucks?: RODEO
44. "You're getting warmer!": CLOSE
46. Major newsmagazine's C.E.O.?: AHEADOFTIME
49. Messy class for kindergartners: ART
52. Flaky rock: MICA
53. Member of the myrtle family that's the source of an essential oil: TEATREE
55. Funny outtake compilations: GAGREELS
59. Angry with: MADAT
60. Cookie that's readily stackable: OREO
61. Taco tortilla option?: ACORNSHELL
64. Fred Flintstone's pet: DINO
65. "Really!": NOLIE
66. "I'm buying this round": ONME
67. Come across as: SEEM
68. Nose-in-the-air type: SNOOT
69. Website whose sellers are crafty: ETSY

down

1. Equilibrium: STASIS
2. City that shares an international airport with Seattle: TACOMA
3. Seizes, as control: USURPS
4. ___ Midler a.k.a. "The Divine Miss M": BETTE
5. Spanish woman's title: Abbr.: SRA
6. Hankering: YEN
7. Gives orders yet again, say: NAGS
8. Bottom of a crankcase: OILPAN
9. Imagined: DREAMT
10. Maintains one's dignity: SAVESFACE
11. Chicago paper, for short: TRIB
12. Arm bone on the pinkie finger side: ULNA
13. Go-getter: DOER
18. Bother immensely: EATAT
22. Certain apartment (with a hyphen) or farm housing (without one): COOP
24. Employs: USES
25. Deal that's too good to be true, often: SCAM
29. Choose: ELECT
30. First modular space station: MIR
31. Let develop over time: AGE
32. Unfamiliar: NEW
33. Spot to sit and sweat: STEAMROOM
35. Garment with cups: BRA
36. "That's so interesting!": OOH
37. Poetic tribute: ODE
39. Came down to the ground: ALIT
40. World capital that's home to the Spanish Steps: ROME
43. "Garfield" pooch: ODIE
45. Sewer lines?: SEAMS
47. About 71% of the earth's surface: OCEANS
48. Bird with exceptional vision: FALCON
49. Gung-ho: ARDENT
50. Kingdoms: REALMS
51. Brand for a cuppa: TETLEY
54. Chevy model whose name references a body of water: TAHOE
55. Mercury and Mars, for instance: GODS
56. Singer India.___: ARIE
57. Good name for a biomedical researcher?: GENE
58. How Slovenia's Benka Pulko motorcycled over 111,800 miles, according to Guinness: SOLO
62. Kia model whose name references a body of water: RIO
63. Bring home: NET

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How the week is built

Monday and Tuesday: straightforward definitions and familiar answers. These are the best days to learn.
Wednesday: a step up, often with a playful theme.
Thursday: the trick day, with rebus squares (several letters in one square) and answers that turn corners or skip squares.
Friday and Saturday: themeless and tough, with sly clues and long open sections.
Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

Crossword-solving habits worth building

Learn the common fill. Short vowel-heavy words such as ERA, OREO, ALOE and ETNA appear constantly because they help constructors connect sections.
Read clue signals. "?" means wordplay, "Abbr." means an abbreviation, "e.g." means an example of a category, and a foreign word in the clue hints at a foreign answer.
Find the theme. The longest answers usually share a gimmick; the title (on Sundays) or a "revealer" clue explains it.
Erase without fear. When crossings don't work, the wrong letter is usually in the answer you were most confident about.
Use targeted help. Reveal one letter here, or try our crossword solver with a pattern like ?R?S?.

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What is a rebus square?

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Which day is the hardest?

Saturday is generally the hardest, followed by Friday. Sunday is larger but closer to midweek difficulty.

Can I see past crossword answers?

Yes. Each date we have covered is in the crossword archive.