NYT Daily Crossword for August 16, 2025

1 Across: Beauty lounge, of a sort 11 Across: Calm 15 Across: Mexico's Chamber of Deputies or France's National Assembly, for example 16 Across: Cash on hand?17 Across: French kiss kissers 18 Across: Pull 19 Across: Leading counsel?20 Across: Parting word 21 Across: One of the First Nations 22 Across: Tied up 24 Across: Évariste ___, 19th-century French math prodigy for whom a differential theory is named 27 Across: Melancholy 1964 #1 hit for Bobby Vinton 28 Across: Sponge brand originally spelled with two hyphens 29 Across: Spots 30 Across: N.B.A. stat: Abbr.31 Across: Slightly 32 Across: Practitioner of black magic 33 Across: Kind of box for media watchers 34 Across: "___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift holiday song)35 Across: Machine for a highway crew 36 Across: Like bismuth and bitcoin 37 Across: Swimwear that can be worn as shorts 39 Across: Full of snickers 40 Across: Try to break, as a bad habit 41 Across: Curve that's high and outside?42 Across: Abbreviated first name found three times on the signed Declaration of Independence 43 Across: 1990 novelty dance inspired by a comics superhero 48 Across: Staple of an outdoor reception 49 Across: Became a marquee name, say 50 Across: Logical connective 51 Across: Lovers of "Emma" and "Persuasion"52 Across: Equine color 53 Across: Way to begin gaming, say 1 Down: Appearance of the marine creature called "by-the-wind sailor"2 Down: Run easily 3 Down: Hasn't settled up 4 Down: Foundered, as an investigation 5 Down: Nintendo title character with a head mirror 6 Down: Largest of the Dodecanese Islands 7 Down: "___ changed"8 Down: "___ disagree"9 Down: Barack Obama's final secretary of defense (2015-17)10 Down: One who profits from eBay, say 11 Down: Expedite 12 Down: Rock solid 13 Down: Where the 10th Amendment leaves many issues 14 Down: Call to whomever 23 Down: ___ Alamitos, Calif.24 Down: Dairy spread in a health food store 25 Down: Bond classification 26 Down: Tony-winning actress who provided the singing voice for the Disney princesses Jasmine and Mulan 27 Down: Is a social butterfly 29 Down: Like a typical flight from New York to London 32 Down: Shower drain protector 33 Down: Property of a wet suit or shapewear 35 Down: Smack in the middle of a crowd, in brief?36 Down: Units for measuring bacteria and dust 38 Down: Surmount 39 Down: Hazards for high heels 41 Down: Provides job assistance?44 Down: To be, to Brutus 45 Down: ___ Hari 46 Down: Part of A.S.L.: Abbr.47 Down: Group of spies, say

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