The Crossword Answers NYT - August 20, 2025

across

• Tycoon Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  BARON

• "Famously friendly" pooch, per the American Kennel Club Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  LAB

• Mystery author Josephine Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  TEY

• Moody hip-hop subgenre Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  EMORAP

• Electronic setting on a floor model Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  DEMOMODE

• Switch to a newsperson on the scene, say Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  GOLIVE

• Common sushi go-with Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  MISOSOUP

• Hair goop Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  GEL

• Marijuana component, for short Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  THC

• Like many a coffee order Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  TOGO

• Only U.S. prez born in Kentucky Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  ABE

• Letters for a sellout Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  SRO

• Whistle blower Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  REF

• "I had something come up," maybe Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  FIB

• Square root Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  RADICAL

• 2003 Will Ferrell film Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  ELF

• Org. that prohibits Magic 8 Balls and baseball bats Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  TSA

• Custom in Japanese food service Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  NOTIPS

• Went letter by letter, to Brits Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  SPELT

• Brief verse from Japan / With seventeen syllables / Illustrated here Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  HAIKU

• Item seen rolling through this puzzle Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  DIE

• Fixes, as a piano Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  TUNES

• Freddy Krueger's locale: Abbr Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  ELMST

• Evolutionary "missing link" Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  APEMAN

• U.F.C. fighting style Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  MMA

• Mole, e.g Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  SPY

• Slobbery smooch Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  DOGKISS

• First receptionist on "The Office" Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  PAM

• Delivers, as a baby Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  HAS

• Before, poetically Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  ERE

• T. rex fossil named after its discoverer Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  SUE

• Distinctive feature of the durian fruit Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  ODOR

• The Big Apple's ___ Drive Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  FDR

• Singer DiFranco Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  ANI

• Frenemy of Betty in comics Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  VERONICA

• Classic Asimov collection Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  IROBOT

• Boosted Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  PROMOTED

• Five Nations tribe Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  SENECA

• ___ Marino Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  SAN

• Patty melt bread Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  RYE

• Start of many emoticons Crossword Clue

  Reveal Answer

  COLON