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NYT Crossword September 24 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, September 24 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Light touches4 lettersSee answer ›5Domino features4 lettersSee answer ›9Maine-to-Spain direction4 lettersSee answer ›13Frequently4 lettersSee answer ›14MacDowell of "Groundhog Day"5 lettersSee answer ›16Start of a new deal4 lettersSee answer ›17Participate in a blindside on "Survivor," say4 lettersSee answer ›18Dance craze named for a Southern city10 lettersSee answer ›20Possible meaning of 54-/57-Across7 lettersSee answer ›22Possible meaning of 54-/57-Across7 lettersSee answer ›23Cannonball Adderley's musical instrument, informally3 lettersSee answer ›24Lead-in to struck or luck4 lettersSee answer ›26Fashionable time to arrive, it's said4 lettersSee answer ›27"Odyssey" figure with many suitors8 lettersSee answer ›30Carry a debt3 lettersSee answer ›32Business magnate5 lettersSee answer ›35A hawk carrying a dove in its talons, in Book 15 of the "Odyssey"4 lettersSee answer ›36Affectionate sign-off3 lettersSee answer ›37Like thrifted goods4 lettersSee answer ›38What's heard exactly twice in a lifetime?5 lettersSee answer ›40The Emerald Isle4 lettersSee answer ›41Tabs with psychedelic properties3 lettersSee answer ›42Hang in the balance4 lettersSee answer ›43Soft volleyball hits5 lettersSee answer ›44Jazz genre for Cannonball Adderley3 lettersSee answer ›45Worked to learn8 lettersSee answer ›48James of "The Godfather"4 lettersSee answer ›50Thailand, once4 lettersSee answer ›51A.L. West team, on scoreboards3 lettersSee answer ›54With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters7 lettersSee answer ›57See 54-Across7 lettersSee answer ›59Taunt that may follow a failed gullibility test10 lettersSee answer ›61Bit of merchandise4 lettersSee answer ›62___ impasse4 lettersSee answer ›63Put off for now5 lettersSee answer ›64Situated above4 lettersSee answer ›65Witty remark4 lettersSee answer ›66Craft store item4 lettersSee answer ›67"Hey!"4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Viola of "The Woman King"5 lettersSee answer ›2"So long, Oahu!"5 lettersSee answer ›3Wrinkle smoother5 lettersSee answer ›4Part of a flight4 lettersSee answer ›5Clothing chain that began as a surf shop6 lettersSee answer ›6Like some tutoring and eldercare6 lettersSee answer ›7Smooching on a park bench, e.g., for short3 lettersSee answer ›8One who's given many instructions nowadays4 lettersSee answer ›9G.P.A. enhancer5 lettersSee answer ›10Neutralizing serum9 lettersSee answer ›11Masonry9 lettersSee answer ›12100 C-notes4 lettersSee answer ›15Stately shade provider3 lettersSee answer ›192011 Peace Nobelist ___ Johnson Sirleaf5 lettersSee answer ›21Word aptly hidden in "unspoiled enclave"4 lettersSee answer ›25Lightheaded sorts?7 lettersSee answer ›27Capsule3 lettersSee answer ›28[Shocking!]3 lettersSee answer ›29Least-populous Canadian province: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›31Ones paying or receiving alimony4 lettersSee answer ›32Future amaryllis, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›33Colleague9 lettersSee answer ›34Colorful ring-tailed mammals of Asia9 lettersSee answer ›38Spy novelist Deighton3 lettersSee answer ›39Most-populous Canadian province: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›40Festival at the end of Ramadan, informally3 lettersSee answer ›42Like the scent of some air fresheners5 lettersSee answer ›43Floor model, often4 lettersSee answer ›46Swiss cough drop brand6 lettersSee answer ›47Squealed: Var.6 lettersSee answer ›49Word with double or free5 lettersSee answer ›51Hurdles for future J.D.s5 lettersSee answer ›52Nestlé bars filled with tiny bubbles5 lettersSee answer ›53Skillful5 lettersSee answer ›54Key of Mozart's Symphony No. 6: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›55Squealer3 lettersSee answer ›56Thick piece4 lettersSee answer ›58Cashless deal4 lettersSee answer ›60U.K. award3 lettersSee answer ›