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NYT Crossword September 17 2025 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated September 17 2025

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Every answer from the Wednesday, September 17 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1State trees of North Dakota4 lettersSee answer ›5Ditto, in footnotes4 lettersSee answer ›9Measure (up)5 lettersSee answer ›14First in a line of 14 popes4 lettersSee answer ›15Some garage jobs5 lettersSee answer ›17Olympian Strug5 lettersSee answer ›18Start of a joke10 lettersSee answer ›20Elder brother of Moses5 lettersSee answer ›21Brand whose name is derived from the French phrase "sans caféine"5 lettersSee answer ›22Perfectly pitched?5 lettersSee answer ›24Sound effect in a slapstick routine4 lettersSee answer ›25One might hit it or raise it, metaphorically4 lettersSee answer ›27Vodka cocktails with orange liqueur and lime juice9 lettersSee answer ›29Awakening7 lettersSee answer ›32World Cup champs of 1978, 1986 and 2022: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›33Knowing what not to say, say4 lettersSee answer ›34Regional life forms5 lettersSee answer ›38Kitchen appliance brand5 lettersSee answer ›42Cry of dismay3 lettersSee answer ›43Grammy-winning Bruno Mars album of 2016 … or a hint to an unusual feature of this puzzle's answer grid8 lettersSee answer ›45"Fat chance!"3 lettersSee answer ›46Classroom assignments5 lettersSee answer ›48Encouraged, with "on"5 lettersSee answer ›49Very pressing4 lettersSee answer ›50Cred3 lettersSee answer ›52One-named Barbadian superstar7 lettersSee answer ›54Title nickname in a classic 1984 sports film9 lettersSee answer ›60Time when streetlights turn on4 lettersSee answer ›61"All right already, I'll do it!"4 lettersSee answer ›62Punk or funk5 lettersSee answer ›64Joined, as a table5 lettersSee answer ›67Edmonton athlete5 lettersSee answer ›69Trinket10 lettersSee answer ›71Swedish coin5 lettersSee answer ›72Nursery song refrain5 lettersSee answer ›73Really loving4 lettersSee answer ›74Like a smart aleck5 lettersSee answer ›75Pushing against a boundary … like this answer?4 lettersSee answer ›76"Shreds," in winter sports lingo4 lettersSee answer ›

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1___ Club4 lettersSee answer ›2Actress Dunham4 lettersSee answer ›3Apollo mission mementos9 lettersSee answer ›4Alternative to a strike [cough cough]7 lettersSee answer ›5Variety3 lettersSee answer ›6Brooks & ___ (country duo)4 lettersSee answer ›7Literary download5 lettersSee answer ›8Anime style involving giant robots5 lettersSee answer ›9Rocksteady precursor3 lettersSee answer ›10Soothing home remedy for puffy eyes7 lettersSee answer ›11Spanish rice5 lettersSee answer ›12Sorcerous elder of folklore5 lettersSee answer ›13Garden hose problems5 lettersSee answer ›16Go over lightly4 lettersSee answer ›19Enemy agency in "Get Smart"4 lettersSee answer ›23___ Maria (liqueur)3 lettersSee answer ›26Beatles sobriquet4 lettersSee answer ›28See 68-Down4 lettersSee answer ›29Slightly4 lettersSee answer ›30Go pit-a-pat4 lettersSee answer ›31Enjoy4 lettersSee answer ›35Texter's "!!!"3 lettersSee answer ›36Make "it," in a kids' game3 lettersSee answer ›37Ripening agent4 lettersSee answer ›39Body of policy advisers9 lettersSee answer ›40Take home4 lettersSee answer ›41Bird named for a Titan4 lettersSee answer ›43Like a 6-3, 6-1 tennis match4 lettersSee answer ›44Contrite answer to "Who put the empty ice cream carton back in the freezer?"4 lettersSee answer ›47Legendary sea monsters7 lettersSee answer ›49Some bottled waters7 lettersSee answer ›51String tightener on a guitar3 lettersSee answer ›53Ear covering4 lettersSee answer ›54Screwballs5 lettersSee answer ›55Director Kurosawa5 lettersSee answer ›56Caramel-filled candies5 lettersSee answer ›57Actress Palmer of "Nope"4 lettersSee answer ›58Outie's counterpart5 lettersSee answer ›59Hung on the clothesline5 lettersSee answer ›63Vape pen, informally4 lettersSee answer ›65When Hamilton arrives in New York City, in "Hamilton"4 lettersSee answer ›66Some ring decisions, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›68With 28-Down, longtime McDonald's chief3 lettersSee answer ›70Comedian Jo3 lettersSee answer ›