NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 1, 2025
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Clues78
Across35
Down43
ConstructorLynn Lempel
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
RMS Titanic's undoer (4)
Starts with B, ends with GBERG→
5A
City known for witch trials (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSALEM→
10A
Barn space for storing hay (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLOFT→
14A
Celeb with worshipful fans (4)
Starts with I, ends with LIDOL→
15A
East Coast Amtrak service (5)
Starts with A, ends with AACELA→
16A
Carpet layer's calculation (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
17A
Getaway where guests are out of fashion? (10)
Starts with N, ends with PNUDISTCAMP→
19A
Dreary atmosphere (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPALL→
20A
Descendants of the Dutch settlers of southern Africa (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBOERS→
21A
Hand-dyed fabric (5)
Starts with B, ends with KBATIK→
22A
"Six-pack" muscles, informally (3)
Starts with A, ends with SABS→
25A
Demilitarized space between antagonists (11)
Starts with N, ends with ENEUTRALZONE→
28A
Scent for a gent (7)
Starts with C, ends with ECOLOGNE→
30A
Prefix with sex (3)
Starts with U, ends with IUNI→
31A
Like hearts and diamonds (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRED→
32A
Rational selves, to Freud (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEGOS→
33A
Big health insurer (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAETNA→
35A
Sarcastic question answered by the starts of 17-, 25-, 51- and 59-Across (15)
Starts with S, ends with WSOWHATELSEISNEW→
42A
Voice for Amazon devices (5)
Starts with A, ends with AALEXA→
43A
Global extremity (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPOLE→
44A
Baseball official, familiarly (3)
Starts with U, ends with PUMP→
47A
Popular tourist memento (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETEE→
48A
Seasoning mined from brine (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSEASALT→
51A
Annoying fee added to a price (11)
Starts with N, ends with XNUISANCETAX→
54A
"Rumor ___ it ..." (3)
Starts with H, ends with SHAS→
55A
Ticker in a taxi (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMETER→
56A
Military "lights out" instrument (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBUGLE→
58A
X ___ xylophone (4)
Starts with A, ends with NASIN→
59A
Ramen or pho (10)
Starts with N, ends with PNOODLESOUP→
64A
Flexible Flyer, for one (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSLED→
65A
Sharpshooter Oakley (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANNIE→
66A
Untainted (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPURE→
67A
Action after saying "I do" (4)
Starts with K, ends with SKISS→
68A
Toys that have their ups and downs (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYOYOS→
69A
One of Columbus's ships (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANINA→
Down
1D
Recycling container (3)
Starts with B, ends with NBIN→
2D
Part of a campus URL (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEDU→
3D
Word after hot or lightning (3)
Starts with R, ends with DROD→
4D
Smooth-talking (4)
Starts with G, ends with BGLIB→
5D
Lustrous sheet material (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSATEEN→
6D
Build up, as interest (6)
Starts with A, ends with EACCRUE→
7D
Smallest (5)
Starts with L, ends with TLEAST→
8D
Oval-leaved tree (3)
Starts with E, ends with MELM→
9D
Weather report graphic (3)
Starts with M, ends with PMAP→
10D
Capital of Bolivia (5)
Starts with L, ends with ZLAPAZ→
11D
Speechifier (6)
Starts with O, ends with RORATOR→
12D
Catlike (6)
Starts with F, ends with EFELINE→
13D
Gabbed (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTALKED→
18D
Spotify selection (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSONG→
21D
Russian pancakes (5)
Starts with B, ends with IBLINI→
22D
Tennis servers' wallops (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACES→
23D
Indicator of a half-price deal, in effect (4)
Starts with B, ends with OBOGO→
24D
Snail-like (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSLOW→
26D
Feels sorry about (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRUES→
27D
Poker pot builder (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
29D
Worker protection agcy. (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOSHA→
33D
Brownie ___ mode (3)
Starts with A, ends with AALA→
34D
Nile reptiles (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASPS→
36D
Spot to tie the knot (5)
Starts with A, ends with RALTAR→
37D
Target reader of the "Twilight" series (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTEEN→
38D
Corp. bigwig (4)
Starts with E, ends with CEXEC→
39D
Trevor who wrote "Born a Crime" (4)
Starts with N, ends with HNOAH→
40D
"Queen of Jazz" Fitzgerald (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELLA→
41D
Drenches (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWETS→
44D
Expose at a costume party (6)
Starts with U, ends with KUNMASK→
45D
Oaty breakfast cereal (6)
Starts with M, ends with IMUESLI→
46D
Feels sorry for (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPITIES→
48D
Universal, Paramount or Disney (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSTUDIO→
49D
"Bald" birds (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEAGLES→
50D
Shaft on which a wheel turns (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAXLE→
52D
Dispatches (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSENDS→
53D
Wood for black piano keys (5)
Starts with E, ends with YEBONY→
57D
"Baseball Tonight" airer (4)
Starts with E, ends with NESPN→
59D
Opposition vote (3)
Starts with N, ends with YNAY→
60D
Yoko from Tokyo (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
61D
Yes, to Yves (3)
Starts with O, ends with IOUI→
62D
Crowd-sized coffee server (3)
Starts with U, ends with NURN→
63D
Vexation for a storied princess (3)
Starts with P, ends with APEA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 1, 2025?+
78 clues: 35 Across and 43 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Lynn Lempel and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: RMS Titanic's undoer (BERG); City known for witch trials (SALEM); Barn space for storing hay (LOFT).
What time does the NYT Crossword come out?+
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