NYT Daily Crossword for August 8, 2025
41 Across: Disaccustom1 Across: Who wrote in an 1852 novel “Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good”15 Across: Competition conducted in rounds over rounds16 Across: Microscope component17 Across: Establishments with many green rooms18 Across: "Aw, that's so nice of you!"20 Across: Toadlike22 Across: Some fridges23 Across: Way to the left?24 Across: Rum-soaked cake26 Across: Frameable frame27 Across: Anytown, ___30 Across: Many an I.R.S. public service announcement34 Across: Reassuring words when help is needed36 Across: Means of defense for an elephant37 Across: "That would make the most sense to me"38 Across: Some residents: Abbr.39 Across: Blubber44 Across: Tricky situation48 Across: Eurasian ermine50 Across: Surfaces for making cookies52 Across: Guiding principle, metaphorically54 Across: 2023 title role for Timothée Chalamet56 Across: Opposite of entropy58 Across: Corset supports1 Down: Tedious trials2 Down: Ambitious and uncompromising, say3 Down: The planets, since 20065 Down: Grocery pricing term6 Down: Sailing maneuvers7 Down: Freudian drive to survive8 Down: High degree9 Down: Part of a masonry kit11 Down: Nullifies12 Down: Pleasing cadence13 Down: "Don't stress yourself"15 Down: Hybrid feline whose coat may feature rosettes19 Down: One of two official languages of Kosovo23 Down: Caregiver known as a "nutrix" in ancient Rome26 Down: Warriors for a cause28 Down: Bouts held in a dohyo29 Down: Medieval warrior's weapon30 Down: Turned31 Down: #@$% and &?*!, by implication32 Down: Sister of Helios34 Down: Abbr. on a pay stub35 Down: Letters said out of embarrassment39 Down: Pops42 Down: Face-plant, so to speak43 Down: Iris ___, author of "The Chinese in America"45 Down: Animal that's mostly white, helping it hide in its natural habitat47 Down: Alexis, Feodor and Peter, among others48 Down: Slight49 Down: What's hard to read in a text50 Down: Floor51 Down: Rare bills and dice rolls53 Down: Sign of a sellout4 Down: Follow to the letter?6 Across: Stick around camp?33 Down: Table tennis or beach volleyball14 Across: Synthetic fabric sometimes called "elastane"21 Across: Stuff46 Down: Pitch-perfect33 Across: Heart40 Across: Like Antarctica, notably43 Across: Their tracks diffract light into rainbows55 Across: Events akin to streaks57 Across: "Don't give up"25 Down: Org. with a serpent in its logo10 Down: Breads that may be used as scoops