NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 15, 2025
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Clues76
Across37
Down39
ConstructorMatthew Stock and Michael Lieberman
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Competitor of Denny's and Waffle House (4)
Starts with I, ends with PIHOP→
5A
A red cross, for the American Red Cross (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLOGO→
9A
Headwear for a monarch (5)
Starts with C, ends with NCROWN→
14A
Home for a Neanderthal (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECAVE→
15A
Apple tablet (4)
Starts with I, ends with DIPAD→
16A
Vietnam's capital (5)
Starts with H, ends with IHANOI→
17A
Ingenious fix (San Francisco) (15)
Starts with E, ends with NELEGANTSOLUTION→
20A
Popular online brokerage (6)
Starts with E, ends with EETRADE→
21A
Reason for teens to rent a limo (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPROM→
22A
Poem of praise (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
23A
Drench (4)
Starts with S, ends with KSOAK→
25A
Double-click, as a file (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOPEN→
27A
Hotel discounts for conventioneers (Pittsburgh) (10)
Starts with G, ends with SGROUPRATES→
32A
Starting alphabet quartet (4)
Starts with A, ends with DABCD→
35A
Bank robbery, e.g. (5)
Starts with H, ends with THEIST→
36A
One of 18 on a golf course (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHOLE→
37A
Uncommon (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERARE→
38A
Knee part commonly repaired by a sports doc (3)
Starts with A, ends with LACL→
39A
Cracker often eaten with chowder (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESALTINE→
42A
Practical joke (3)
Starts with G, ends with GGAG→
43A
Yep's opposite (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOPE→
45A
Prompted, on stage (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCUED→
46A
Big concert venue (5)
Starts with A, ends with AARENA→
48A
Way too uptight (4)
Starts with A, ends with LANAL→
49A
Brief appearances by A-listers in films (Baltimore) (10)
Starts with C, ends with SCAMEOROLES→
51A
Location (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESITE→
53A
Ford Explorer and Honda CR-V, for two (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSUVS→
54A
Winter hrs. in D.C. (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
56A
"Really?" (4)
Starts with I, ends with TISIT→
59A
Hippie T-shirt technique (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETIEDYE→
63A
Coaching axiom suggested by 17-, 27- and 49-Across (15)
Starts with T, ends with MTHERESNOIINTEAM→
66A
What each letter in Roy G. Biv represents (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCOLOR→
67A
Common time for lunch (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNOON→
68A
Pop ___ (breakfast pastry) (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTART→
69A
Zoom call V.I.P.s (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHOSTS→
70A
Shell-less gastropod (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSLUG→
71A
Does some summing (4)
Starts with A, ends with SADDS→
Down
1D
Summer drink that might cause a brain freeze (4)
Starts with I, ends with EICEE→
2D
"Not another step!" (4)
Starts with H, ends with THALT→
4D
Winged horse of Greek myth (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPEGASUS→
5D
One-dimensional, in math (6)
Starts with L, ends with RLINEAR→
6D
Make a choice (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOPT→
7D
Say "Oh, my God!," say (4)
Starts with G, ends with PGASP→
8D
Stinky smell (4)
Starts with O, ends with RODOR→
9D
___ change (a measly amount) (5)
Starts with C, ends with PCHUMP→
10D
Tattletale (3)
Starts with R, ends with TRAT→
11D
Pungent, round deli order (10)
Starts with O, ends with LONIONBAGEL→
12D
Alternative to an iron, in golf (4)
Starts with W, ends with DWOOD→
13D
Three squared (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENINE→
18D
Brings into the family (6)
Starts with A, ends with SADOPTS→
19D
Make less tight (6)
Starts with L, ends with NLOOSEN→
24D
Liqueur in a mudslide (6)
Starts with K, ends with AKAHLUA→
26D
Part of the body with a lobe (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
27D
Its capital is Accra (5)
Starts with G, ends with AGHANA→
28D
Spy's info-gathering mission (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRECON→
29D
Bright choices for artists (10)
Starts with O, ends with SOILPASTELS→
30D
___ pole (Native American carving) (5)
Starts with T, ends with MTOTEM→
31D
Skips, as a syllable (6)
Starts with E, ends with SELIDES→
33D
Common origami bird (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECRANE→
34D
Edgar ___, "The Ballet Class" artist (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDEGAS→
40D
What security clearance grants (6)
Starts with A, ends with SACCESS→
41D
Magic Johnson's real first name (6)
Starts with E, ends with NEARVIN→
44D
Hebrew name meaning "high" (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
47D
___ Stone (relic inscribed in three languages) (7)
Starts with R, ends with AROSETTA→
50D
Special trip away from the house (6)
Starts with O, ends with GOUTING→
52D
Echelons (5)
Starts with T, ends with STIERS→
54D
Engrave (4)
Starts with E, ends with HETCH→
55D
"Get outta here!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSHOO→
57D
Places to stay overnight (4)
Starts with I, ends with SINNS→
58D
Item on a mechanic's belt (4)
Starts with T, ends with LTOOL→
60D
Out of battery juice (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDEAD→
61D
36 inches (4)
Starts with Y, ends with DYARD→
62D
CPR-administering crew, for short (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEMTS→
64D
Brain ___ (low-quality internet content) (3)
Starts with R, ends with TROT→
65D
"Lemme square up later" note (3)
Starts with I, ends with UIOU→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 15, 2025?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Matthew Stock and Michael Lieberman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Competitor of Denny's and Waffle House (IHOP); A red cross, for the American Red Cross (LOGO); Headwear for a monarch (CROWN).
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