NYT Daily Crossword for August 7, 2025
29 Across: Sporting great who said "Tennis uses the language of life"31 Across: P.R. piece?10 Across: Source for some bubbly19 Across: Target of an exfoliator21 Across: Drink made with an artisanal flourish, maybe 22 Across: Begins dealing with63 Across: Rivian competitor64 Across: Gemstone found in hot springs27 Across: Risk-___4 Down: Tax ___39 Across: Org. that monitors on-air obscenity41 Across: Matter in a neon sign45 Across: Start of a lovelorn soliloquy53 Across: Level in a social hierarchy54 Across: Street urchin55 Across: Less merry57 Across: Abbr. standing in for co-authors58 Across: Investigate in detail66 Across: Half-___ (desultory)67 Across: Winter sports venue2 Down: What arrives in the film "Arrival"3 Down: Dash display in some cars60 Down: Grammy, in the U.K.7 Down: Classical performance space8 Down: One with diplomatic plates in N.Y.C.9 Down: "Mesa para ___" (request at a Spanish restaurant)10 Down: Wool source12 Down: Most pucker-inducing13 Down: "Gimme!"21 Down: Financial center of West Africa22 Down: Kind of "fever" that's not actually a fever, and is typically caused by pollen23 Down: Director DuVernay26 Down: Rankles no end28 Down: Prose postscript32 Down: ___ Hagen, Tony-winning actress and theater practitioner33 Down: Trains for the Chicago White Sox?38 Down: Part of a jouster's protection39 Down: Thinks nothing of40 Down: European land where much of "Game of Thrones" was filmed43 Down: On fire44 Down: Seattle-to-Mount Rainier dir.50 Down: Fiends of folklore51 Down: Useless leftovers52 Down: Fur once favored by Russian royalty56 Down: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Guerrero, to fans58 Down: Org. that might sponsor a read-a-thon, in brief59 Down: Mani-pedi brand30 Across: School that's a rival of 37-Down1 Across: Speeding check5 Across: Vocally14 Across: Where the the Magi journeyed from15 Across: "Over my dead body!"16 Across: One may be in default35 Across: Stat used to calculate a QB's passer rating17 Across: Mixtures in copier cartridges47 Across: Bridges in Baghdad cross it18 Down: Culture vulture's concerns48 Down: Drink that might turn your tongue blue36 Across: In vain ... or how to read the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across49 Across: Some fishing gear65 Across: Org. promoting sober motoring25 Across: Chatted online, in brief42 Across: Subjects of some European fishing bans1 Down: Be up24 Down: It's needed to stay calm37 Down: School that's a rival of 30-Across, informally5 Down: Tourist destination outside of Delhi20 Across: Birthplace of Madeleine Albright and Vaclav Havel6 Down: Nighttime sound?11 Down: Futures experts?34 Down: Dreamily named rock group?46 Down: On its way, in a way61 Down: Creature on the state flags of Michigan and Idaho62 Across: Pitchfork point