NYT Daily Crossword for August 3, 2025

5 Down: Next in line 19 Across: Some spa jobs, in brief 1 Across: Final act of a play?4 Across: Iconic sci-fi setting spelled out in this puzzle's shaded squares 8 Across: Skyrocket 12 Across: "Reckon so!"15 Across: Working without ___17 Across: Seemingly forever 20 Across: Manner of speaking 21 Across: Like used BBQ pits 22 Across: Member of this puzzle's shaded squares who might say "I cannot change the laws of physics, Captain!"24 Across: Like being late or cutting in line 25 Across: Something clicked to add an attachment 27 Across: Take up space 28 Across: Kind of protagonist in "Lethal Weapon" or "Die Hard"30 Across: Swear 31 Across: Digital investment choices, informally 33 Across: Not much, as of wasabi 34 Across: Narrowly get (by)35 Across: "Now that we're all here, please proceed"38 Across: Lab reports?41 Across: Overzealous sort 43 Across: Got acquainted 44 Across: D.M.V.-issued card authenticated by airport security 47 Across: Build a stockpile 49 Across: Didn't go fast?50 Across: Employee's status meaning "I'm currently away"51 Across: Take down a notch 52 Across: Purveyors of provocative posts 53 Across: 8.5" x 11": Abbr.54 Across: Kris Kross #1 hit with the lyric "How high? Real high, 'cause I'm just so fly"56 Across: El presidente ousted in a 1955 coup 57 Across: Danger 58 Across: Cry from a victor 59 Across: Type that tends to be right-leaning 61 Across: Like quality vocals 63 Across: Looks inside?65 Across: Drug-busting unit 66 Across: City whose Fushimi Inari shrine features 10,000+ red torii gates 67 Across: Brother of Disney's Louie and Dewey Duck 68 Across: Something hit to get fit 70 Across: Hands-on professional?72 Across: Baseball team whose mascot is Wally the Green Monster 75 Across: Seeing romantically 76 Across: Humble hold 'em holding 78 Across: "The Bear" streamer 80 Across: Cold War weapon inits.81 Across: Beethoven's No. 8?82 Across: Line of luxury hotels 84 Across: Takes to school, in a way 85 Across: Cosmic explosion 86 Across: It goes on the run 87 Across: Be a wingman, e.g.88 Across: False 90 Across: Inits. for this puzzle's shaded squares 91 Across: Move like a supermodel 93 Across: Unit of purity 95 Across: Lower oneself 97 Across: They study how knights move 99 Across: Canyon's edge 4 Down: Hardly spicy 100 Across: On the ___ (raging)102 Across: Gone skinny-dipping, e.g.103 Across: Significant stretch 104 Across: Mr. Turkey 105 Across: Some window installations, informally 106 Across: Warp-driven device 108 Across: Major exporter of mangoes 110 Across: One giving the highlights?112 Across: By dawn's early light?114 Across: Intending to, casually 115 Across: Bring upon oneself 116 Across: Wordlessly indicate "Please give me a hand"117 Across: "___ a broken heart" (Emily Dickinson poem)118 Across: Iron Man's suit, e.g.119 Across: "Fire away!"120 Across: False 121 Across: Docking station 122 Across: Some draft picks 1 Down: Some farm sounds 2 Down: Camped nearby and surveilling, in police jargon 3 Down: "Our window is closing for escape w-elocity!," as [circled letters] might say 6 Down: Goddess of daybreak 7 Down: Fill in 8 Down: Direct opposite of verso (found hidden in this clue!)9 Down: It's a promise 10 Down: Enemy of the Jedi 11 Down: By Juan's early light?20 Down: Trampled (on)12 Down: "Any time! I'm a doctor, not a do-nothing!," as [circled letters] might say 13 Down: Way back?14 Down: Slight gripe, so to speak 16 Down: Slip of the pen 18 Down: Tantalizing 19 Down: A low "Yo!"23 Down: Sound of a wardrobe malfunction 26 Down: Euphemistic expression of commitment 29 Down: Speaks roughly 31 Down: Cherry or lime 32 Down: Bask in 34 Down: Reaction to a social media post, maybe 46 Down: IHOP rival 36 Down: "Logic dictates that you control your emotions," as [circled letters] might say 37 Down: Sneakily exploits 39 Down: Thing of the past 40 Down: "Stepping on the gas, Captain!," as [circled letters] might say 42 Down: Seaside flock 45 Down: "To protect my crew, the gamble was necessary," as [circled letters] might say 47 Down: Florida beach town, informally 48 Down: "We received a distress signal. Any injuries?," as [circled letters] might say 55 Down: Tough spot 58 Down: Stranded during a winter storm, say 60 Down: Texter's sweet sentiment 62 Down: Big hits, in brief 64 Down: Make a case against?68 Down: Old-fashioned contraction 69 Down: Backwoods bumpkin 70 Down: Bite-size 71 Down: Former Wisconsin senator Feingold 73 Down: "Clearly!," in textspeak 74 Down: Major e-tailing season 77 Down: World capital with 400 kilometers of bike lanes 79 Down: He might be carrying a big picture 83 Down: This puzzle's theme 84 Down: "I want to come back to the ship," as everyone circled in this puzzle seems to have said to 22-Across 87 Down: NPR journalist Shapiro 89 Down: Punch 92 Down: Belly, in kidspeak 94 Down: Carnival-themed Vegas hotel 96 Down: In spades 97 Down: Symbols of grace 98 Down: Object 100 Down: Garbage 101 Down: "___ is more important than life" (Klingon proverb)102 Down: "Transformers" actor ___ LaBeouf 107 Down: 2004 landing site for Spirit 109 Down: Land west of Eng.111 Down: "You get the gist": Abbr.113 Down: Alt-rocker DiFranco 114 Down: Chinwag

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