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NYT Crossword September 21 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, September 21 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

1Vineyard measure4 lettersSee answer ›5Does acid5 lettersSee answer ›10Tree with doubly serrated leaves3 lettersSee answer ›13[Hey!]4 lettersSee answer ›17Locations in the game Clue5 lettersSee answer ›19Grand duke of Luxembourg beginning in 20005 lettersSee answer ›20Heart of the matter4 lettersSee answer ›22Palindromic Italian number4 lettersSee answer ›23Traditional form of Japanese drama17 lettersSee answer ›25Pro ___4 lettersSee answer ›26Key spot?4 lettersSee answer ›27Entered on tiptoe7 lettersSee answer ›28"Love, ___" (2014 rom-com starring Lily Collins)5 lettersSee answer ›30Far from conscious7 lettersSee answer ›32Kicked off, as a business9 lettersSee answer ›342012 Disney film set inside an arcade16 lettersSee answer ›36Had6 lettersSee answer ›37Turns off8 lettersSee answer ›38Lace protector5 lettersSee answer ›41"You may ___"5 lettersSee answer ›43The "me" of "Despicable Me"3 lettersSee answer ›44Bonds4 lettersSee answer ›48"About Us" pieces4 lettersSee answer ›49Holds dear6 lettersSee answer ›51Small square3 lettersSee answer ›52Longtime employer of Rachel Maddow5 lettersSee answer ›53Self-love3 lettersSee answer ›54Phases, to Taylor Swift4 lettersSee answer ›55Game with Indigenous origins8 lettersSee answer ›58___ Fighters ("Everlong" band)3 lettersSee answer ›59Festive outdoor lighting options15 lettersSee answer ›62Classic drinking "sport"4 lettersSee answer ›63"Sorry, maybe next time"6 lettersSee answer ›65"The Last Supper," e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›66Third-largest land animal5 lettersSee answer ›68Pokémon enthusiast's collection5 lettersSee answer ›69Puck's king6 lettersSee answer ›71Muscle firmness4 lettersSee answer ›72Place to perfect a recipe15 lettersSee answer ›76Swanson on "Parks and Recreation"3 lettersSee answer ›77Game typically played in the dark8 lettersSee answer ›80Muchas horas4 lettersSee answer ›81"Was ___ blame?"3 lettersSee answer ›82Bad spirit5 lettersSee answer ›84D.C. pro3 lettersSee answer ›85Fight the urge6 lettersSee answer ›87It gets bucks from Broncos4 lettersSee answer ›88Does a farm job4 lettersSee answer ›89___ Island (Georgia resort destination)3 lettersSee answer ›90Reform Party founder5 lettersSee answer ›91Feasts5 lettersSee answer ›92Like emailed files8 lettersSee answer ›95"The Silence of the Lambs" villain6 lettersSee answer ›98Certain rescue pet16 lettersSee answer ›101Gleeful feeling9 lettersSee answer ›104Miniaturized Amazon smart speaker7 lettersSee answer ›105Big jerks5 lettersSee answer ›107Remove, as a coupon7 lettersSee answer ›109Dangerous additive in old paint4 lettersSee answer ›110Whopping4 lettersSee answer ›112Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle11 lettersSee answer ›114Croft of video games4 lettersSee answer ›115___ homo4 lettersSee answer ›116Some slushies5 lettersSee answer ›117Perform horribly5 lettersSee answer ›118TV host Cohen4 lettersSee answer ›119Joke around3 lettersSee answer ›120"No man is an island" writer5 lettersSee answer ›121Slumps4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Holiest locales in synagogues, traditionally4 lettersSee answer ›2Applications of polish5 lettersSee answer ›3Tik-Tok in the Oz books, for one5 lettersSee answer ›4Models after8 lettersSee answer ›51995 Sandra Bullock cyberthriller6 lettersSee answer ›6"V for Vendetta" actor Stephen3 lettersSee answer ›7Uninvited guest8 lettersSee answer ›8Doings before surgery, informally5 lettersSee answer ›9Dubbed ones4 lettersSee answer ›10They might be glowing6 lettersSee answer ›11Astrological lion3 lettersSee answer ›12Filing services?9 lettersSee answer ›13Programs hosted by SoundCloud8 lettersSee answer ›14Happy hour perch5 lettersSee answer ›15Make a big step, perhaps5 lettersSee answer ›16Rabbi's reading5 lettersSee answer ›18Regular at a park with half-pipes, informally12 lettersSee answer ›21Breaded, fried Japanese pork cutlet12 lettersSee answer ›24Big successes4 lettersSee answer ›29Victor's cry4 lettersSee answer ›31Creative pursuit3 lettersSee answer ›33Oscar-winning Ariana of "West Side Story"6 lettersSee answer ›35December drink6 lettersSee answer ›37Gone missing11 lettersSee answer ›38Assist illegally4 lettersSee answer ›391958 romantic comedy that won Best Picture4 lettersSee answer ›40"I made it big time!"15 lettersSee answer ›42Many a skin-care product3 lettersSee answer ›45Hip9 lettersSee answer ›46Black, in verse4 lettersSee answer ›47St. Andrews resident4 lettersSee answer ›49Esoteric knowledge6 lettersSee answer ›50Roald who wrote "Matilda"4 lettersSee answer ›51"… actually, let's go to plan B"5 lettersSee answer ›52Members of the mongoose family12 lettersSee answer ›54Jazz composer Garner6 lettersSee answer ›56Swipe3 lettersSee answer ›57Go after, as mosquitoes6 lettersSee answer ›60Graham Greene's "___ Man in Havana"3 lettersSee answer ›61One way to sell stock5 lettersSee answer ›64Public health agcy.3 lettersSee answer ›67Bank acct. entry3 lettersSee answer ›68Several CBS dramas4 lettersSee answer ›69United Way and UNICEF, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›70___-chic (dressing style)4 lettersSee answer ›71It incited a famous 18th-century "party"6 lettersSee answer ›73Cleaned up, in a way6 lettersSee answer ›74To be, in Nice4 lettersSee answer ›75Dozes (off)4 lettersSee answer ›78Ambush15 lettersSee answer ›79Neighbor of Lux.3 lettersSee answer ›83Gannett-owned newspaper8 lettersSee answer ›86"Here's the thing ..."8 lettersSee answer ›87Campground gathering spots8 lettersSee answer ›89Worked hard (for)6 lettersSee answer ›90Farm enclosures4 lettersSee answer ›91Jeans6 lettersSee answer ›93___ Talks3 lettersSee answer ›94Intense, as an argument6 lettersSee answer ›96Music protector, of a sort6 lettersSee answer ›97Slope4 lettersSee answer ›98Guy5 lettersSee answer ›99What the "dalai" of "Dalai Lama" translates to5 lettersSee answer ›100Broken piece of pottery5 lettersSee answer ›101Insurer with a green mascot5 lettersSee answer ›102Justice Sotomayor5 lettersSee answer ›103Seeking justice, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›106Leave tire marks, say4 lettersSee answer ›108Expressions of disapproval4 lettersSee answer ›111B.S. part: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›113Barbie's beau3 lettersSee answer ›