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NYT Crossword September 5 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, September 5 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

1One who tries to make a good impression7 lettersSee answer ›8Go with6 lettersSee answer ›14It has its X's and O's8 lettersSee answer ›15Manscapes, perhaps6 lettersSee answer ›16Money wasted on poor decision-making, jocularly8 lettersSee answer ›17Destroyed emotionally6 lettersSee answer ›18Greg ___, author of the 1994 science fiction novel "Permutation City"4 lettersSee answer ›19Ones who might be looking toward careers at museums9 lettersSee answer ›21Elated4 lettersSee answer ›22Goal of a squeeze bunt, for short3 lettersSee answer ›25Pro whose work might be shocking3 lettersSee answer ›28Alley ___3 lettersSee answer ›30Sched. placeholder3 lettersSee answer ›31Small semiaquatic mammal with 22 tentacles on its snout13 lettersSee answer ›35Condiment at an Asian fusion restaurant13 lettersSee answer ›36Ground-breaking invention?13 lettersSee answer ›37Big N.Y.S.E. news3 lettersSee answer ›38Formal duds3 lettersSee answer ›39Kyrgyz city on the ancient Silk Road3 lettersSee answer ›40What the "sans" refers to in Comic Sans5 lettersSee answer ›43Bang into3 lettersSee answer ›45Musical lead-in to beat4 lettersSee answer ›49"OK, don't accept my apology then!"9 lettersSee answer ›52Bird that can build tools and remember human faces4 lettersSee answer ›53Not family-friendly, in a way6 lettersSee answer ›54Logical inconsistency in a story8 lettersSee answer ›56Game with a 32-card deck6 lettersSee answer ›57Refreshers that can be served with green wedges8 lettersSee answer ›58Present6 lettersSee answer ›59Gently presses, as a gas pedal7 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Skirt5 lettersSee answer ›2Water brand whose logo shows the Alps5 lettersSee answer ›3Colorful fish with iridescent stripes9 lettersSee answer ›4Need for a demo, maybe3 lettersSee answer ›5Really small amount4 lettersSee answer ›6Belle ___, real-life 19th-century outlaw celebrated in film and TV5 lettersSee answer ›7Paragon15 lettersSee answer ›8"___ bien!" ("All right!," in Spanish)4 lettersSee answer ›9Sliding screen in a Japanese tearoom5 lettersSee answer ›10Bounce5 lettersSee answer ›11Excess of inventory9 lettersSee answer ›12Like canvas grocery bags8 lettersSee answer ›13Cookbook qty.3 lettersSee answer ›14Does some stretching?4 lettersSee answer ›20Constriction of the pupils6 lettersSee answer ›24Daniel ___ Kim of "Hawaii Five-0"3 lettersSee answer ›26Seriously harm4 lettersSee answer ›27"Come on, just once!"5 lettersSee answer ›29Topping dolloped on fresh Italian tomatoes, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›31Misses watching a bullfight?9 lettersSee answer ›32Word with human or second6 lettersSee answer ›33Spot for a speaker4 lettersSee answer ›34Young 31-Down9 lettersSee answer ›35Bold choice, perhaps?8 lettersSee answer ›36Lead-in to integration3 lettersSee answer ›41Not going anywhere5 lettersSee answer ›42Provided with, as anonymous tips5 lettersSee answer ›44Obama family member with credits as a TV writer5 lettersSee answer ›46Noted ring bearer5 lettersSee answer ›47Slugger Scott with eight Gold Gloves5 lettersSee answer ›48Has an unsettled Venmo request, say4 lettersSee answer ›50Cold one4 lettersSee answer ›51Monks' honorifics4 lettersSee answer ›53Jewish honorific3 lettersSee answer ›55Bit of concert merch3 lettersSee answer ›