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NYT Crossword September 8 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Monday, September 8 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Margaret Seikel · Edited by Will Shortz

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1Like the proverbial period before a storm4 lettersSee answer ›5Cooking device in a fast-food restaurant5 lettersSee answer ›10Animal that moos3 lettersSee answer ›13Thin woodwind4 lettersSee answer ›14Condiment with four vowels in its name5 lettersSee answer ›15Father4 lettersSee answer ›16*Pad in a makeup kit10 lettersSee answer ›18"Fine by me"4 lettersSee answer ›19December 24 is a notable one3 lettersSee answer ›20Prayer's end4 lettersSee answer ›21Places for flag pins or mics6 lettersSee answer ›23Oasis setting6 lettersSee answer ›25Outstanding people6 lettersSee answer ›27No contest, for example4 lettersSee answer ›29$7 million for 30 seconds during the Super Bowl, say6 lettersSee answer ›31Pound sounds4 lettersSee answer ›34"Highway to Hell" band4 lettersSee answer ›36Winner of 2008 and 20125 lettersSee answer ›38Mauna ___ Observatory3 lettersSee answer ›39Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred clues7 lettersSee answer ›41Small criticism3 lettersSee answer ›42Flower symbolizing early love5 lettersSee answer ›44Follow commands4 lettersSee answer ›454K screen precursor4 lettersSee answer ›46Big clothing retailer headquartered in Freeport, Maine6 lettersSee answer ›48Place for un béret4 lettersSee answer ›50Ones wearing white at weddings6 lettersSee answer ›52Show of respect to a queen6 lettersSee answer ›56Dropping off mail at the post office or picking up a prescription6 lettersSee answer ›58Exam on which Elle Woods scored 179 in "Legally Blonde," for short4 lettersSee answer ›60Cry of discovery3 lettersSee answer ›61Swarm (with)4 lettersSee answer ›62*Assignment on a plane10 lettersSee answer ›65Signed vows of secrecy, for short4 lettersSee answer ›66Chose5 lettersSee answer ›67Toboggan, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›68Pop, as "the question"3 lettersSee answer ›69Filthy5 lettersSee answer ›70Totally understands4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Managed well enough5 lettersSee answer ›2Higher than on the totem pole5 lettersSee answer ›3Home Depot competitor5 lettersSee answer ›4Size between small and large: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›5Minor-league club8 lettersSee answer ›6Ready to be picked4 lettersSee answer ›7The "Y" of Y.A. books5 lettersSee answer ›8Keebler worker3 lettersSee answer ›9Hunted (through)6 lettersSee answer ›10*Bakery display piece9 lettersSee answer ›11Iridescent stone4 lettersSee answer ›12House ___ and Means Committee4 lettersSee answer ›15Can-opening mechanism6 lettersSee answer ›17___ Grey tea4 lettersSee answer ›22Slugger Judge5 lettersSee answer ›24Limited releases on Spotify, informally3 lettersSee answer ›26Article of sports equipment that needs to be strung6 lettersSee answer ›28Part of a play with the opening scene6 lettersSee answer ›30Send off4 lettersSee answer ›31100%3 lettersSee answer ›32Make annoyed4 lettersSee answer ›33*Days off following October midterms9 lettersSee answer ›35Hit on a vape pen3 lettersSee answer ›37Off-roading transport, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›39Strand during winter, say5 lettersSee answer ›40Superficially attractive sort8 lettersSee answer ›43Georgia politico Stacey ___6 lettersSee answer ›452013 movie about an A.I. crush3 lettersSee answer ›47Attaches6 lettersSee answer ›49Ballerina's garb4 lettersSee answer ›51Some bed supports5 lettersSee answer ›53Hold to discuss at a later time5 lettersSee answer ›54Word before metal or music5 lettersSee answer ›55Fabric amounts5 lettersSee answer ›56Italian erupter4 lettersSee answer ›57Cincinnati baseball franchise4 lettersSee answer ›59Editor's mark4 lettersSee answer ›63Pesticide regulator, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›64Food seasoning, for short3 lettersSee answer ›