NYT Daily Crossword for August 23, 2025

16 Across: Galaxy program, e.g.25 Across: Mutually accepts 57 Across: Plant-based meat alternative that sizzles 14 Down: Take a series of steps?1 Across: Relative of upward dog, to 50-Down 43 Across: Bit of drag attire 63 Across: Very vocal avian 6 Down: Artificially inflates 34 Down: Horace's "___ Poetica"46 Down: Have no more money to bet 10 Across: Many Intuit employees, for short 14 Across: Noted line in Buddhism 15 Across: International grocery chain founded in Germany 17 Across: Break 18 Across: Rapper whose father is the jazz musician Olu Dara 19 Across: Certain tray's contents 20 Across: Country whose name is an anagram of a common means of getting there 22 Across: Makes rapidly, with "out"28 Across: M.L.B. All-Star closer ___ Díaz 29 Across: Staple at a car wash 30 Across: One might be fragile 35 Across: Drew Carey once called it "crossword puzzle cheese" on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"40 Across: Steven ___, Best Actor nominee for 2020's "Minari"42 Across: ___ Hill 44 Across: Hands, humorously 48 Across: Hit list 51 Across: Eye up and down 52 Across: Japanese healing technique 53 Across: Medical lead-in to -scope 55 Across: Type of alcoholic beverage that originated in the U.K., despite its name 56 Across: Overturn 61 Across: One's primary character, in video game lingo 62 Across: Criminal mastermind 64 Across: Purr-fect adoptee 1 Down: Unfounded rumor 2 Down: Tired expression 3 Down: Something that can be raised or passed 4 Down: Mexico's ___ Conchos 5 Down: Literally, "at another time"7 Down: City where the Men's College World Series takes place 9 Down: Place to hear game results and analysis 10 Down: "___ noctem" (motto meaning "go enjoy the night")11 Down: "By all means, go ahead!"12 Down: Jingle accompaniment 13 Down: Remain untouched 23 Down: Japanese company whose products click with customers 24 Down: Dresser part 26 Down: Composer of "In the Hall of the Mountain King"27 Down: Destination of an annual race since 1973 32 Down: It's formed in Pittsburgh 33 Down: Allowed to strike 35 Down: Boy on "The Munsters"36 Down: Island in a classic video game 37 Down: "What's your decision?"38 Down: Joined enthusiastically 39 Down: Word before how or where, but not who 45 Down: White House daughter of the 1960s-'70s 47 Down: Is really into, in slang 49 Down: Animated princess of film 50 Down: 1-Across teachers 51 Down: Cute sound?54 Down: Mineral with a Mohs hardness of 1 56 Down: "Lemme think ..."58 Down: Night to remember, perhaps 59 Down: Busy ___60 Down: Anti-apartheid party, in brief 31 Across: Product pitched by a pitcher 36 Across: "I've helped all I can"41 Across: Field goal announcement 8 Down: Stuff boiled in sugar shacks 21 Down: Hosp. test 43 Down: ___ choy

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