New York Times AnswersFriday, 8th August 2025 There are 34 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 8th August 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Who wrote in an 1852 novel “Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good”STOWEAAcross 6: Stick around camp?TENTPOLEAAcross 14: Synthetic fabric sometimes called "elastane"LYCRAAAcross 15: Competition conducted in rounds over roundsBARTRIVIAAAcross 16: Microscope componentOPTICAAcross 17: Establishments with many green roomsECOHOTELSAAcross 18: "Aw, that's so nice of you!"GEETHANKSAAcross 20: ToadlikeWARTYAAcross 21: StuffSATEAAcross 22: Some fridgesLGSAAcross 23: Way to the left?WESTAAcross 24: Rum-soaked cakeBABAAAcross 26: Frameable frameCELAAcross 27: Anytown, ___U.S.A.AAcross 27: Anytown, ___USAAAcross 30: Many an I.R.S. public service announcementSCAMALERTAAcross 33: HeartCRUXAAcross 34: Reassuring words when help is neededYOUCANCOUNTONMEAAcross 36: Means of defense for an elephantTUSKAAcross 37: "That would make the most sense to me"IASSUMESOAAcross 38: Some residents: Abbr.DRSAAcross 39: BlubberFATAAcross 40: Like Antarctica, notablyARIDAAcross 41: DisaccustomWEANAAcross 43: Their tracks diffract light into rainbowsCDSAAcross 44: Tricky situationSPOTAAcross 48: Eurasian ermineSTOATAAcross 50: Surfaces for making cookiesSHEETPANSAAcross 52: Guiding principle, metaphoricallyNORTH STARAAcross 54: 2023 title role for Timothée ChalametWONKAAAcross 55: Events akin to streaksUNDIERUNSAAcross 56: Opposite of entropyORDERAAcross 57: "Don't give up"BESTRONGAAcross 58: Corset supportsSTAYSDDown 1: Tedious trialsSLOGSDDown 2: Ambitious and uncompromising, sayTYPE ADDown 3: The planets, since 2006OCTETDDown 4: Follow to the letter?WRITEBACKDDown 5: Grocery pricing termEACHDDown 6: Sailing maneuversTACKSDDown 7: Freudian drive to surviveEROSDDown 8: High degreeN-THDDown 8: High degreeNTHDDown 9: Part of a masonry kitTROWELDDown 10: Breads that may be used as scoopsPITASDDown 11: NullifiesOVERTURNSDDown 12: Pleasing cadenceLILTDDown 13: "Don't stress yourself"EASYDDown 15: Hybrid feline whose coat may feature rosettesBENGALCATDDown 19: One of two official languages of KosovoALBANIANDDown 23: Caregiver known as a "nutrix" in ancient RomeWET-NURSEDDown 23: Caregiver known as a "nutrix" in ancient RomeWETNURSEDDown 25: Org. with a serpent in its logoAMADDown 26: Warriors for a causeCRUSADERSDDown 28: Bouts held in a dohyoSUMODDown 29: Medieval warrior's weaponAXEDDown 30: TurnedSOURDDown 31: #@$% and &?*!, by implicationCUSSWORDSDDown 32: Sister of HeliosEOSDDown 33: Table tennis or beach volleyballCOEDSPORTDDown 34: Abbr. on a pay stubYTDDDown 35: Letters said out of embarrassmentTMIDDown 39: PopsFATHERDDown 42: Face-plant, so to speakEATITDDown 43: Iris ___, author of "The Chinese in America"CHANGDDown 45: Animal that's mostly white, helping it hide in its natural habitatPANDADDown 46: Pitch-perfectON-KEYDDown 47: Alexis, Feodor and Peter, among othersTSARSDDown 48: SlightSNUBDDown 49: What's hard to read in a textTONEDDown 50: FloorSTUNDDown 51: Rare bills and dice rollsTWOSDDown 53: Sign of a selloutSRO