NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 25, 2025
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Clues74
Across37
Down37
ConstructorJesse Goldberg
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
Onetime capital of the Mughal Empire (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAGRA→
5A
Dad on "Family Guy" (5)
Starts with P, ends with RPETER→
10A
Word after long or before paper (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTERM→
14A
Film unit (4)
Starts with R, ends with LREEL→
15A
"Pardon me," in Padua (5)
Starts with S, ends with ISCUSI→
16A
Home of Minor League Baseball's SeaWolves (more than 350 miles from the ocean!) (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
17A
Airline known for tight security (4)
Starts with E, ends with LELAL→
18A
Continental products (5)
Starts with T, ends with STIRES→
19A
Disney character who asks "Have you ever met a shark?" (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONEMO→
20A
Illegally siphon funds (13)
Starts with S, ends with PSKIMOFFTHETOP→
23A
Grand Ole ___ (4)
Starts with O, ends with YOPRY→
24A
Subj. studied with the help of telescopes (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISETI→
25A
Property owner subject to a legal claim (6)
Starts with L, ends with ELIENEE→
28A
Law derived from the Quran (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASHARIA→
32A
"Not interested" (5)
Starts with I, ends with SIPASS→
33A
Snitch (3)
Starts with R, ends with TRAT→
36A
Savanna antelope (5)
Starts with E, ends with DELAND→
37A
Common street name (3)
Starts with E, ends with MELM→
38A
Quivers (7)
Starts with T, ends with STREMORS→
41A
Android alternative (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIOS→
42A
Some necklines (4)
Starts with V, ends with SVEES→
44A
"I'm here to help" (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUSEME→
45A
Look greedily (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOGLE→
46A
Livestock identifiers (7)
Starts with E, ends with SEARTAGS→
48A
Bit of fraternity party headgear (7)
Starts with B, ends with TBEERHAT→
50A
Actress Garr (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITERI→
51A
Final stroke of most rounds (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPUTT→
52A
What each Down answer needs from its clue in order to make sense (15)
Starts with F, ends with SFIRSTTWOLETTERS→
59A
Big name in laptops (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASUS→
60A
Only president not born in the continental U.S. (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOBAMA→
61A
"I'll handle that!" (4)
Starts with O, ends with TONIT→
62A
Beginning of every Washington State ZIP code (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENINE→
63A
Steakhouse choice (5)
Starts with F, ends with TFILET→
64A
Like John Lennon on a 1981 Rolling Stone cover (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENUDE→
65A
Disapproving sounds (4)
Starts with T, ends with STSKS→
66A
Celebratory events (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFESTS→
Down
1D
Blast loudly (3)
Starts with A, ends with EARE→
2D
Anaheim ballplayers (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGELS→
3D
String of wins or losses (4)
Starts with R, ends with KREAK→
5D
Apple shop (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPSTORE→
6D
Spell out (5)
Starts with E, ends with YECIFY→
7D
Replace the sod of (4)
Starts with T, ends with FTURF→
8D
Programs in advance (5)
Starts with E, ends with SESETS→
9D
Pastors' concerns (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRISHES→
10D
Possibility (7)
Starts with T, ends with LTENTIAL→
11D
Standard music equipment (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEREO→
12D
Scratch and save (4)
Starts with R, ends with PRIMP→
13D
Carved part of a piece of jewelry (3)
Starts with M, ends with OMEO→
21D
Terrible storm (5)
Starts with M, ends with TMPEST→
22D
Sees red (5)
Starts with E, ends with SETHES→
25D
Replace on the mound (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELIEVE→
26D
Traveler's aid, familiarly (5)
Starts with I, ends with AIPLEA→
27D
Storage item on some ocean voyages (10)
Starts with E, ends with KEAMERTRUNK→
29D
Stop slouching (10)
Starts with R, ends with PRAIGHTENUP→
30D
Shoe polish brand (5)
Starts with I, ends with AINOLA→
31D
Determined (5)
Starts with A, ends with TADSET→
33D
Strain's partner (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRESS→
34D
Freeze-___ (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAME→
35D
Enter into a plot? (4)
Starts with T, ends with BTOMB→
39D
Show that you think something isn't important (8)
Starts with R, ends with FRUGITOFF→
40D
The Chicago Bulls had a pair of them in the 1990s (8)
Starts with R, ends with SREEPEATS→
43D
Hors d'oeuvre servers, maybe (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSTESSES→
45D
Shipping weight units (7)
Starts with O, ends with SORTTONS→
47D
Stop's opposite (3)
Starts with A, ends with TART→
49D
Alaska native (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEUT→
52D
Incubator occupant in a neonatal unit (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFANT→
53D
Crucial difficulty to get through (4)
Starts with I, ends with SISIS→
54D
Neophyte (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWBIE→
55D
Shipwreck locales, often (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOALS→
56D
Headgear for a bicyclist (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLMET→
57D
Step with confidence (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERIDE→
58D
Beat in competition (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSTED→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 25, 2025?+
74 clues: 37 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jesse Goldberg and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Onetime capital of the Mughal Empire (AGRA); Dad on "Family Guy" (PETER); Word after long or before paper (TERM).
What time does the NYT Crossword come out?+
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