NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 20, 2025
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Clues68
Across34
Down34
ConstructorKatie Hoody
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
"Hell no!" (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSCREWTHAT→
10A
Group that believes in Gelassenheit (submission to God's will) (5)
Starts with A, ends with HAMISH→
15A
New customs might incite them (9)
Starts with T, ends with STRADEWARS→
16A
Verso's counterpart (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORECTO→
17A
Spare no indulgence (9)
Starts with L, ends with ELIVELARGE→
19A
Free of typos, say (5)
Starts with E, ends with DEMEND→
20A
Hill folk, informally (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPOLS→
22A
Lay off (4)
Starts with I, ends with EIDLE→
23A
Special ___ (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOPS→
24A
Secure over (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERETIE→
25A
M.L.B. third baseman ___ Bohm (4)
Starts with A, ends with CALEC→
26A
Chilling (8)
Starts with F, ends with EFEARSOME→
29A
Sports org. in a 1976 merger (3)
Starts with A, ends with AABA→
30A
Loose sheets in a program, e.g. (7)
Starts with I, ends with SINSERTS→
33A
More constricting (7)
Starts with T, ends with RTIGHTER→
35A
Sullen sorts (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMOPERS→
36A
Hit the horn (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTOOTED→
37A
"Need anything else from me?" (7)
Starts with A, ends with EAMIDONE→
39A
Kate and Allie of 1980s TV, e.g. (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMOTHERS→
40A
Conference acronym (3)
Starts with T, ends with DTED→
41A
"Seems like it" (8)
Starts with R, ends with ORECKONSO→
43A
Typically exaggerated length of time (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAGES→
45A
Have a standout performance (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESHINE→
46A
Keep to oneself (3)
Starts with H, ends with GHOG→
49A
Watch unseen (4)
Starts with L, ends with KLURK→
50A
Typically exaggerated quantity (4)
Starts with T, ends with STONS→
51A
Strip of wood from which a bow is carved (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTAVE→
53A
___ acid (staining agent used in electron microscopy) (5)
Starts with O, ends with COSMIC→
55A
"Later!" (9)
Starts with I, ends with TIGOTTAJET→
57A
Big names (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSTARS→
58A
Blow it! (9)
Starts with S, ends with GSMOKERING→
59A
Famous around-the-world traveler (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASANTA→
60A
Slower, musically (9)
Starts with M, ends with OMENOMOSSO→
Down
1D
Catholic university in Florida or its home town (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSTLEO→
3D
"Love, love, love!" and the like (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRAVES→
4D
Original plot (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
5D
Connect with a flame (4)
Starts with W, ends with DWELD→
6D
Carrier that offered pioneering coast-to-coast service beginning in the 1930s (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATWA→
7D
Monthly magazine of politics and culture since 1850 (7)
Starts with H, ends with SHARPERS→
8D
Specialized languages (6)
Starts with A, ends with SARGOTS→
9D
Who wrote "Humankind cannot bear very much reality" (7)
Starts with T, ends with TTSELIOT→
10D
Actor Millen of BBC America's "Orphan Black" (3)
Starts with A, ends with IARI→
11D
Charcoal and wood, for two (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMEDIA→
12D
Beverage sometimes topped with whipped cream (9)
Starts with I, ends with EICEDLATTE→
13D
Drink drunk the morning after, maybe (9)
Starts with S, ends with RSTALEBEER→
14D
Hidden assets (9)
Starts with H, ends with SHOLECARDS→
21D
B to C, but not A to B (8)
Starts with S, ends with ESEMITONE→
24D
Big mess (8)
Starts with R, ends with TRATSNEST→
26D
Word after chicken or breast (4)
Starts with F, ends with DFEED→
27D
What's wrong? (5)
Starts with E, ends with RERROR→
28D
Rare showbiz collections (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEGOTS→
30D
"Hmm, no idea" (9)
Starts with I, ends with SIMATALOSS→
31D
"I don't like it," in Spanish (9)
Starts with N, ends with ANOMEGUSTA→
32D
Web master? (9)
Starts with S, ends with NSPIDERMAN→
34D
Sounds from 59-Across (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHOHO→
38D
Self-effacing personality trait (7)
Starts with E, ends with MECHOISM→
39D
Phenomenon brought about by seasonal wind shifts (7)
Starts with M, ends with NMONSOON→
42D
Demand upon reaching an "enemy border" (6)
Starts with K, ends with EKINGME→
44D
Bottom of many an ensemble (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSKIRT→
46D
Some pilgrims (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHAJIS→
47D
Sheets might be placed in them (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOVENS→
48D
Commencement (5)
Starts with G, ends with OGETGO→
51D
Apple attachment (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSTEM→
52D
Powdered ingredient in sweet teas and smoothies (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTARO→
54D
Farmer's market alternative, in brief (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACSA→
56D
Result of the ’64 Clay/Liston fight (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTKO→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 20, 2025?+
68 clues: 34 Across and 34 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Katie Hoody and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "Hell no!" (SCREWTHAT); Group that believes in Gelassenheit (submission to God's will) (AMISH); New customs might incite them (TRADEWARS).
What time does the NYT Crossword come out?+
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