NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 26, 2025
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Clues70
Across35
Down35
ConstructorLarry Snyder
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Hogwash (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSWILL→
10A
Dip that can be made in a molcajete, for short (4)
Starts with G, ends with CGUAC→
14A
Start of a count-off (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEENIE→
15A
Stream with a lot of shade? (9)
Starts with H, ends with HHATEWATCH→
17A
"You interested?" (5)
Starts with W, ends with AWANNA→
18A
Something a newlywed usually lacks (9)
Starts with A, ends with EALONETIME→
19A
Embark (7)
Starts with S, ends with LSETSAIL→
21A
Some wraps (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTOLES→
22A
Flock : geese :: business : ___ (7)
Starts with F, ends with SFERRETS→
23A
Comic book sound (3)
Starts with P, ends with WPOW→
24A
"Alea iacta ___" ("The die is cast") (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
25A
Politician who organized the first congressional hearing on global warming (1981) (6)
Starts with A, ends with EALGORE→
26A
Indigenous person of northern South America (5)
Starts with C, ends with BCARIB→
28A
It holds the line (4)
Starts with R, ends with LREEL→
29A
Lots and lots (4)
Starts with A, ends with NATON→
31A
"Hogwash!" (3)
Starts with P, ends with HPAH→
33A
Takes in the trash? (13)
Starts with D, ends with SDELETEDSCENES→
37A
It gets pumped at a party (3)
Starts with K, ends with GKEG→
38A
"Is this seat taken ...?" (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMAYI→
39A
Pet food brand whose name reflects its founding in Allentown, Pa. (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALPO→
41A
Blowouts (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROMPS→
43A
Chew on (6)
Starts with P, ends with RPONDER→
45A
"The Walking Dead" network (3)
Starts with A, ends with CAMC→
48A
Call at the table? (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESEE→
49A
In need of an evening out? (7)
Starts with C, ends with DCREASED→
50A
Greeting that combines a handshake and an embrace (6)
Starts with B, ends with GBROHUG→
52A
Put together (7)
Starts with G, ends with DGROUPED→
53A
Sign before picking up (9)
Starts with O, ends with EORDERHERE→
55A
Border (on) (5)
Starts with V, ends with EVERGE→
57A
Digitally altered videos of celebrities, say (9)
Starts with D, ends with SDEEPFAKES→
58A
Race, in a way (5)
Starts with R, ends with PREVUP→
59A
Icelandic saga (4)
Starts with E, ends with AEDDA→
60A
Creature that can be "red-spotted" (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNEWT→
61A
Novelist Ferrante (5)
Starts with E, ends with AELENA→
Down
1D
Put in stitches (3)
Starts with S, ends with WSEW→
2D
Talked one's way (out of) (8)
Starts with W, ends with DWEASELED→
3D
It might be on display at Comic-Con (9)
Starts with I, ends with KINNERGEEK→
4D
Cleaning product commonly used by pet owners (10)
Starts with L, ends with RLINTROLLER→
5D
One receiving monthly payments (6)
Starts with L, ends with RLEASER→
6D
Drinks made with cardamom (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCHAIS→
7D
Word with study or city (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHALL→
8D
"Who am ___ question?" (3)
Starts with I, ends with OITO→
9D
Bowdlerize, maybe (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCENSOR→
10D
Enemigo de un ratón (4)
Starts with G, ends with OGATO→
11D
Serving a purpose (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUTILE→
12D
High points (5)
Starts with A, ends with SACMES→
13D
It's where the heart is (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCHEST→
16D
Diaper bag item (7)
Starts with W, ends with EWETWIPE→
20D
Patronized, in a way (5)
Starts with A, ends with TATEAT→
22D
Repeated word in the "Star Wars" prologue (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFAR→
23D
Variety of violet (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPANSY→
26D
Closing bars (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCODAS→
27D
Classic thing to slip on (10)
Starts with B, ends with LBANANAPEEL→
30D
City east of Phoenix (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETEMPE→
32D
Didn't get broken (9)
Starts with H, ends with EHELDSERVE→
34D
Search for oneself (7)
Starts with E, ends with FEGOSURF→
35D
Antibiotic used to treat anthrax (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCIPRO→
36D
Problem for someone who's pushing 90, say (8)
Starts with S, ends with NSPEEDGUN→
40D
Chicago airport code (3)
Starts with O, ends with DORD→
42D
Duchess of Sussex beginning in 2018 (6)
Starts with M, ends with NMEGHAN→
44D
The works? (6)
Starts with O, ends with EOEUVRE→
45D
Building … or a building material, if you swap its consonants (5)
Starts with A, ends with EABODE→
46D
Cincinnati sports mascot (5)
Starts with M, ends with DMRRED→
47D
Made some Java, say (5)
Starts with C, ends with DCODED→
49D
Cockatoo feature (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCREST→
51D
Purifying filter acronym (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHEPA→
52D
Waxed, in a way (4)
Starts with G, ends with WGREW→
54D
Scrape (out) (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEKE→
56D
Org. that measures A.Q.I. (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEPA→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 26, 2025?+
70 clues: 35 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Larry Snyder and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Hogwash (SWILL); Smart (CHIC); Dip that can be made in a molcajete, for short (GUAC).
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