NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 19, 2025
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Clues72
Across35
Down37
ConstructorErica Hsiung Wojcik
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Take over (5)
Starts with A, ends with TADOPT→
6A
Engage in magniloquence (4)
Starts with B, ends with GBRAG→
10A
A double might get you some, for short (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRBIS→
14A
Fly me to the moon! (10)
Starts with L, ends with ELUNARPROBE→
16A
Actress Chaplin (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOONA→
17A
Ancient creepy-crawlies (10)
Starts with T, ends with STRILOBITES→
18A
It "smiles on the frowning night," in "Romeo and Juliet" (4)
Starts with M, ends with NMORN→
19A
___ milk (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOAT→
20A
___ Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII (4)
Starts with J, ends with EJANE→
21A
Added (on) (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTACKED→
23A
One of four for a bat or a cat (4)
Starts with F, ends with GFANG→
24A
"Moulin Rouge" co-star, 1952 (5)
Starts with G, ends with RGABOR→
25A
Not with it (14)
Starts with B, ends with SBEHINDTHETIMES→
30A
With (it) (4)
Starts with I, ends with NINON→
31A
In tandem (6)
Starts with J, ends with DJOINED→
32A
Way out in space (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPOD→
34A
Biker role in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEDDIE→
36A
Pull-up target, for short (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLAT→
37A
Let it all out, in a way (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEMOTE→
39A
Nutmeg-flavored quaff, informally (3)
Starts with N, ends with GNOG→
40A
Ribbed silk material (6)
Starts with F, ends with EFAILLE→
43A
The "A" in STEAM (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARTS→
44A
"I, personally, wouldn't boast about that" (14)
Starts with W, ends with KWEIRDFLEXBUTOK→
47A
Bring the receipts for, as they say (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPROVE→
48A
Figs. on a 4-point scale (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGPAS→
49A
Tennis star Stephens who won the 2017 U.S. Open (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESLOANE→
51A
Berth place (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPIER→
52A
A.L. East team, on scoreboards (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBOS→
55A
Car whose name means "listen" in Latin (4)
Starts with A, ends with IAUDI→
56A
Ordered clubs, for example (10)
Starts with R, ends with HROYALFLUSH→
59A
Quickly assembles, with "up" (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRIGS→
60A
Frees (10)
Starts with T, ends with ETURNSLOOSE→
61A
"Gotcha" (4)
Starts with I, ends with EISEE→
62A
Editor's marking (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSTET→
63A
According to experiments, they can't "sleep" in space (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYOYOS→
Down
1D
Lead-in to stratus or cumulus (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALTO→
2D
___ mater (brain protector) (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADURA→
3D
Handling things (4)
Starts with O, ends with TONIT→
5D
Memorial Coliseum athlete (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTROJAN→
6D
Provide that crucial spark for (11)
Starts with B, ends with EBRINGTOLIFE→
7D
You may have learned your times tables by it (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROTE→
9D
Develop over time (7)
Starts with G, ends with EGESTATE→
10D
"50 First Dates" or "(500) Days of Summer" (6)
Starts with R, ends with MROMCOM→
11D
Reader's digest (10)
Starts with B, ends with TBOOKREPORT→
12D
Concerning (4)
Starts with I, ends with EINRE→
13D
It might be picked up from a trip to the beach (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSAND→
15D
Classic lunchbox staple, informally (6)
Starts with P, ends with JPBANDJ→
22D
Tolerate (5)
Starts with A, ends with EABIDE→
23D
Done: Fr. (4)
Starts with F, ends with IFINI→
24D
Big ol' teddy bear (11)
Starts with G, ends with TGENTLEGIANT→
25D
Word of approval, in French and Spanish (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBIEN→
26D
Finance (5)
Starts with E, ends with WENDOW→
27D
A little of this, a little of that (10)
Starts with H, ends with EHODGEPODGE→
28D
Salutation for a mass email (5)
Starts with H, ends with LHIALL→
29D
Lower than, on a score (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSOTTO→
33D
Learning center? (4)
Starts with D, ends with KDESK→
35D
Zac of "The Iron Claw" (5)
Starts with E, ends with NEFRON→
38D
Pulitzer-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMAUS→
41D
British spots (7)
Starts with A, ends with SADVERTS→
42D
Throws out (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEXPELS→
45D
Declaration that might come from a bluffer (6)
Starts with I, ends with EIRAISE→
46D
Spirited sort? (6)
Starts with B, ends with YBARFLY→
49D
Wrapped dress (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISARI→
50D
Author Jorge ___ Borges (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLUIS→
51D
Apt rhyme for fire (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPYRE→
52D
Object marked with the speed limit, sometimes (4)
Starts with B, ends with YBUOY→
53D
Word in an Italian veal dish (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOSSO→
54D
"___ the Man" (2006 film inspired by "Twelfth Night") (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSHES→
57D
On the newsstand, say (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOUT→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 19, 2025?+
72 clues: 35 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Erica Hsiung Wojcik and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Take over (ADOPT); Engage in magniloquence (BRAG); A double might get you some, for short (RBIS).
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