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NYT Crossword September 18 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Thursday, September 18 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Customizable, all-in-one internet digest7 lettersSee answer ›8Shoots for the stars7 lettersSee answer ›15Game played with black-and-white pieces on an 8x8 board7 lettersSee answer ›16"Thumbs down from me"7 lettersSee answer ›17Meditation chant, in a sense7 lettersSee answer ›18Sought-after7 lettersSee answer ›19Variety of bark?3 lettersSee answer ›20Something you might change on a bed6 lettersSee answer ›22___ Ulrich, Metallica drummer4 lettersSee answer ›23Gave a sneak preview of6 lettersSee answer ›25Tennis do-over, in a way8 lettersSee answer ›27Counterparts of countesses in British peerage5 lettersSee answer ›28Equine hybrid5 lettersSee answer ›29One in Bonn3 lettersSee answer ›30Sch. with a satellite campus in Calexico4 lettersSee answer ›31Terse reply to "Why?"3 lettersSee answer ›32Thingum6 lettersSee answer ›34Superman portrayer Christopher, in so many words9 lettersSee answer ›37Heart-pumping stuff?6 lettersSee answer ›40Goal to shoot for3 lettersSee answer ›41___ Kong4 lettersSee answer ›45Steeplechase unit3 lettersSee answer ›46Bar from the bank?5 lettersSee answer ›48It borders the Indian state of Sikkim5 lettersSee answer ›49Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking8 lettersSee answer ›51Philosopher who wrote "Words are loaded pistols"6 lettersSee answer ›52First person?4 lettersSee answer ›53Spread some dirt6 lettersSee answer ›55A Gershwin brother3 lettersSee answer ›56Muscle car whose name evokes a U.S. road trip7 lettersSee answer ›58Action star Jet, in a nutshell7 lettersSee answer ›60"Don't worry about the check"7 lettersSee answer ›61Close contemporary7 lettersSee answer ›62O-O and O-O-O, in chess notation7 lettersSee answer ›63Like some shoes at a cobbler's7 lettersSee answer ›

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1Takes turns7 lettersSee answer ›2One might say "Big savings all week!"7 lettersSee answer ›3Rosh Hashana horns7 lettersSee answer ›4Like the French article "la": Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›5Gets away from6 lettersSee answer ›6Nickname for the medieval Spanish knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar5 lettersSee answer ›7Mideast capital4 lettersSee answer ›8Victorious military underdog in the Bible6 lettersSee answer ›9Sports bet based on total points scored9 lettersSee answer ›10Sister of Helios, in Greek myth3 lettersSee answer ›11Barrier to entry5 lettersSee answer ›12Chewed out7 lettersSee answer ›13Slothfulness7 lettersSee answer ›14Fortuitous gift7 lettersSee answer ›21Holdings of winnings9 lettersSee answer ›24Curved lines on sheet music5 lettersSee answer ›26France's third-largest city, after Paris and Marseille4 lettersSee answer ›28Quality to which a unique six-character code is assigned, in graphic design3 lettersSee answer ›31Arcade staple with a joystick9 lettersSee answer ›33Multiple-choice catchall5 lettersSee answer ›35Inside of4 lettersSee answer ›36Large chemical container3 lettersSee answer ›37Credit cards, so to speak7 lettersSee answer ›38Constellation whose name is Latin for "lizard"7 lettersSee answer ›39U.S. History or Calculus BC, e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›42Kind of illusion7 lettersSee answer ›43Do some storytelling7 lettersSee answer ›44Ascertained bit by bit7 lettersSee answer ›47Garden guardians6 lettersSee answer ›48Italy's third-largest city, after Rome and Milan6 lettersSee answer ›50Words before a contingency plan5 lettersSee answer ›51Invader's tactic5 lettersSee answer ›54Play-fight4 lettersSee answer ›57Its youngest host was a seven-year-old Drew Barrymore in '823 lettersSee answer ›59"If u ask me …"3 lettersSee answer ›