NYT Daily Crossword for August 20, 2025

1 Across: Tycoon 6 Across: "Famously friendly" pooch, per the American Kennel Club 9 Across: Mystery author Josephine 12 Across: Moody hip-hop subgenre 14 Across: Electronic setting on a floor model 16 Across: Switch to a newsperson on the scene, say 17 Across: Common sushi go-with 18 Across: Hair goop 19 Across: Marijuana component, for short 21 Across: Like many a coffee order 22 Across: Only U.S. prez born in Kentucky 23 Across: Letters for a sellout 24 Across: Whistle blower 25 Across: "I had something come up," maybe 28 Across: Square root 30 Across: 2003 Will Ferrell film 31 Across: Org. that prohibits Magic 8 Balls and baseball bats 32 Across: Custom in Japanese food service 34 Across: Went letter by letter, to Brits 36 Across: Brief verse from Japan / With seventeen syllables / Illustrated here 39 Across: Item seen rolling through this puzzle 40 Across: Fixes, as a piano 41 Across: Freddy Krueger's locale: Abbr.42 Across: Evolutionary "missing link"44 Across: U.F.C. fighting style 45 Across: Mole, e.g.47 Across: Slobbery smooch 51 Across: First receptionist on "The Office"52 Across: Delivers, as a baby 53 Across: Before, poetically 54 Across: T. rex fossil named after its discoverer 55 Across: Distinctive feature of the durian fruit 57 Across: The Big Apple's ___ Drive 58 Across: Singer DiFranco 62 Across: Classic Asimov collection 65 Across: Boosted 66 Across: Five Nations tribe 67 Across: ___ Marino 68 Across: Patty melt bread 69 Across: Start of many emoticons 1 Down: Change seeker 2 Down: Shape-shifting organism 3 Down: Like some oats 4 Down: "... ___ quit!"5 Down: Sat ___ (GPS, to Brits)6 Down: Perishable bit of apparel 7 Down: Dutch bier 8 Down: Expel with jeers 9 Down: More than one would like 10 Down: Collegiate domain?11 Down: "Uh-huh"13 Down: Scabbers, to Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter books 14 Down: Hip-hop's Run-___15 Down: Flavoring in some fast food, for short 20 Down: January and November have the most federal ones 23 Down: "No lie!"24 Down: Adjusted the rankings of, as a tournament 26 Down: Michigan's ___ Royale National Park 27 Down: Cave dwellers 29 Down: Tats (up)33 Down: What every "O" in this grid represents 35 Down: The Ramones' genre 36 Down: Material in some eco-friendly clothing 37 Down: Liberal arts college in Michigan 38 Down: Remark accompanied by a facepalm 43 Down: Actor Lamorne of Fox's "New Girl"46 Down: Sameness 48 Down: Writer Allende 49 Down: Gas brand that sponsors NASCAR 50 Down: Wheat-based meat alternative 56 Down: Benedictine's title 57 Down: It's all the rage 59 Down: Air Force Two passengers, in brief 60 Down: "Fearless" or "1989," for Taylor Swift 61 Down: Middling grade 63 Down: Lead-in to center or room 64 Down: Musician Yoko 59 Across: Frenemy of Betty in comics

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