Booster for a dragster Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “Booster for a dragster” from the New York Times crossword of August 14, 2025? It has 5 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.

Crossword answer

NEW YORK TIMES, AUGUST 14, 2025

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Hints

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Hint 1 Meaning

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More clues from the New York Times (August 14, 2025)

Across

1. Molecule that stores energy in the body, in brief
4. Word before rope or scare
8. Loose-limbed
13. Talk like a tippler
14. Far from shore
15. City on the Nile … or a punny end to the joke "When a tight-knit group of cygnets votes, they vote ___"
16. Do a collie's work
17. ["I'll take 'Tennis' for $200, Ken"] It means nothing
19. Pre-med track precursor, in brief
21. Cookie holder
22. Not many
23. ["Let's go with 'Nickname's the Same' for $400"] Bruce Springsteen, Lance Armstrong and Melissa McCarthy in a 2016 comedy
27. Transistor states
28. Honda luxury brand
29. Over yonder
31. Bubbles, e.g.
34. Hauls
36. Muscle-and-bone doc
39. ["Give me 'The Academy' for $600"] This was only the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, after "Beauty and the Beast"
41. ["How about 'Sports and Comedy' for $800"] He was on first base, per Abbott and Costello
43. The Supreme Court justices, collectively
44. Charlie's Angels, e.g.
46. Swanky
47. Doubled or tripled, say
49. Gas brand with a torch in its logo
51. Savanna prey
53. ["I'll try 'Painted Ladies' for $1,000"] This piece by Impressionist Mary Cassatt shows two women enjoying a drink
58. Kelly of morning TV
60. Guile
61. Key ring?
62. At risk … or where one might hear the clue-and-answer pairs at 17-, 23-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across?
66. "Thus with a kiss ___" (Romeo's final words)
67. Sea inlet surrounded by steep cliffs
68. In one's birthday suit
69. Try to win over
70. Hasbro word game that comes with a 60-second hourglass
71. Go like a geyser
72. Word after kick or dumb

Down

1. Hebrew leader?
2. Booster for a dragster
3. Result of a scandal going viral, in brief
4. Prominent feature of a hippopotamus or crocodile
5. Escort in the theater, informally
6. Human, to a robot
7. Outdoor party area
8. ___ Palmas, capital of the Canaries
9. Cuba o Puerto Rico
10. A winning scenario in a best-of-three game
11. Sanctuary
12. TV show that has existed since before online media, despite what its name suggests
13. "Man and Superman" playwright
18. Tech sch.
20. Like easy-to-get meds, in brief
24. Peacock competitor
25. Go off
26. Drive off
30. Horatian work of ca. 18 B.C.
31. Not rent, say
32. Greek letter that looks like "p"
33. Incredible work
35. Does some strokes
37. Dept. that oversees the F.D.A.
38. "Look at that!"
40. Gumbo, for one
42. Terrifying sound for a field mouse
45. Terrifying device for a field mouse
48. Larrup
50. When repeated, a dance
51. Dirty money
52. Symbol of stealth
54. Emiratis, e.g.
55. Some list items
56. Mount St. ___, second-highest mountain in Canada
57. Trebek who once hosted this puzzle's theme
59. Nestlé chocolate bar
63. Lead-in to meter
64. Grammy-winning Dr. ___
65. Poison source in Agatha Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye"

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Greek K
State with only three counties: Abbr.

Questions

What is the answer to “Booster for a dragster”?

TURBO, 5 letters: a turbine.

When was “Booster for a dragster” last seen in a crossword?

In the New York Times crossword of August 14, 2025.

How many letters does the answer have?

5 letters, starting with T.