Vulture Crossword August 14, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Vulture crossword puzzle from August 14, 2025.

Vulture Crossword August 14, 2025 Answers

This Vulture puzzle from August 14, 2025 contains 34 total clues—16 across and 18 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our Vulture crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	Implement used by Glinda the Good Witch	WAND
5A	Self-satisfied	SMUG
9A	Sydney Sweeney crime thriller set in New Mexico	AMERICANA
11A	Kitchen tool that keeps the counters clean	SPOONREST
12A	Chemical ending for fluor- or chlor-	IDE
13A	“Got it!”	ISEE
15A	Cast image that has a life of its own in “Peter Pan”	SHADOW
18A	Not hungry	FED
19A	Thurman’s co-star, in “Kill Bill”	LIU
20A	Creatures related to weasels and badgers	OTTERS
22A	Tollywood movie that had massive crossover appeal in the U.S.	RRR
23A	Greek letter that is shaped like a P	RHO
24A	Somewhat derogatory term for women overinvested in their children’s extracurriculars	SOCCERMOM
29A	Old-school carbonated beverage	CREAMSODA
30A	“Stop right there!”	HALT
31A	Like most restaurants at 6 p.m. on a Saturday	OPEN

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	“He ___ a boy / She ___ a girl / Can I make it any more obvious?”	WAS
2D	What allows a guitarist to “turn it up to 11”	AMP
3D	“The Matrix” protagonist	NEO
4D	Robot, in “Star Wars” jargon	DROID
5D	“We don’t need those guys!”	SCREWTHEM
6D	Actress Whitman of “Arrested Development”	MAE
7D	Like a house that’s been condemned	UNSAFE
8D	Meet up	GATHER
10D	Pet that is not allowed to inflict terror on the local bird population	INDOORCAT
14D	Commercials	ADS
15D	Certain type of camera	SLR
16D	Actor Judd of “Uncut Gems”	HIRSCH
17D	First (and only!) album from Daisy Jones & the Six	AURORA
21D	Abdomen	TORSO
25D	Material used in hand-drawn animation	CEL
26D	Invention chronicled in Jennifer Lawrence’s 2015 movie “Joy”	MOP
27D	Typical work from Keats	ODE
28D	“The Old ___ and the Sea”	MAN