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NYT Crossword September 16 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Tuesday, September 16 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1Relatives, informally3 lettersSee answer ›4Carved bit of jewelry5 lettersSee answer ›9Figure out5 lettersSee answer ›14Pub pintful3 lettersSee answer ›15___ Dictionary (crowdsourced online reference)5 lettersSee answer ›16Frog's sound5 lettersSee answer ›17*High-status American Express offering9 lettersSee answer ›19Cause of food poisoning, for short5 lettersSee answer ›20Thin and graceful5 lettersSee answer ›21Revolutionary Trotsky4 lettersSee answer ›23Barbie's boyfriend3 lettersSee answer ›24"Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" singer4 lettersSee answer ›25*Task for a locksmith10 lettersSee answer ›28Science fiction princess4 lettersSee answer ›30Destiny6 lettersSee answer ›31*Motion of receding waves8 lettersSee answer ›35Office paper fastener4 lettersSee answer ›37Spanish article3 lettersSee answer ›38Miss Havisham's ward in "Great Expectations"7 lettersSee answer ›42Lennon's love3 lettersSee answer ›43Japanese soup flavoring4 lettersSee answer ›45*Bottom of the ocean8 lettersSee answer ›47Drinking aids6 lettersSee answer ›51"At Last" singer James4 lettersSee answer ›52*Product of meat scraps that, despite its name, is dairy-free10 lettersSee answer ›54Not bad, but not great4 lettersSee answer ›58Donkey3 lettersSee answer ›59Monk's hood4 lettersSee answer ›60Theater employee5 lettersSee answer ›61Shade akin to cream5 lettersSee answer ›63Train conductor's cry … or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred clues9 lettersSee answer ›66Strung along5 lettersSee answer ›67Rock with a crystal-filled cavity5 lettersSee answer ›68Hwy.3 lettersSee answer ›69Highly skilled5 lettersSee answer ›70Opposite of delete5 lettersSee answer ›71Floppy part of a beagle3 lettersSee answer ›

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1Story with a moral5 lettersSee answer ›2Bold poker bet5 lettersSee answer ›3Substantial5 lettersSee answer ›4Long, green veggie4 lettersSee answer ›5Curved path3 lettersSee answer ›6Wall St. credential3 lettersSee answer ›7Premature5 lettersSee answer ›8Next to bat6 lettersSee answer ›9Aromas6 lettersSee answer ›10Elf's foe3 lettersSee answer ›11A shopper, not a buyer, informally9 lettersSee answer ›12Fashion house named for its founder, Signor Garavani9 lettersSee answer ›13Scraping (by)5 lettersSee answer ›18Sidewalk writing medium5 lettersSee answer ›22Non's opposite3 lettersSee answer ›25Soul and Sorento4 lettersSee answer ›26Sunrise direction4 lettersSee answer ›27Cable inits. for cinephiles3 lettersSee answer ›29Farm mother3 lettersSee answer ›31Mooch, as a cigarette3 lettersSee answer ›32Licorice-flavored spice9 lettersSee answer ›33Rejected9 lettersSee answer ›34"___ Just Not That Into You" (2009 film)3 lettersSee answer ›36___ favor3 lettersSee answer ›39Levi's alternative4 lettersSee answer ›40Behind4 lettersSee answer ›41Rear, in the boat3 lettersSee answer ›44Chicago airport code3 lettersSee answer ›46Rodeo rope5 lettersSee answer ›48Southern drawl, for example6 lettersSee answer ›49Owl's question?3 lettersSee answer ›50Waste that's been flushed6 lettersSee answer ›52"Se ___ español"5 lettersSee answer ›53Actress Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy"5 lettersSee answer ›55Chicago airport5 lettersSee answer ›56Sealy competitor5 lettersSee answer ›57Big Mac meal with a Coke, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›60Ride from an airport, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›62Republicans, for short3 lettersSee answer ›64Place to park3 lettersSee answer ›65Citrus drink suffix3 lettersSee answer ›