NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 5, 2025
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Clues66
Across31
Down35
ConstructorBryan Cheong
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
One who tries to make a good impression (7)
Starts with D, ends with TDENTIST→
8A
Go with (6)
Starts with E, ends with TESCORT→
14A
It has its X's and O's (8)
Starts with L, ends with ELOVENOTE→
15A
Manscapes, perhaps (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSHAVES→
16A
Money wasted on poor decision-making, jocularly (8)
Starts with I, ends with XIDIOTTAX→
17A
Destroyed emotionally (6)
Starts with T, ends with PTOREUP→
18A
Greg ___, author of the 1994 science fiction novel "Permutation City" (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEGAN→
19A
Ones who might be looking toward careers at museums (9)
Starts with A, ends with SARTMAJORS→
21A
Elated (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSENT→
22A
Goal of a squeeze bunt, for short (3)
Starts with R, ends with IRBI→
25A
Pro whose work might be shocking (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEMT→
28A
Alley ___ (3)
Starts with O, ends with POOP→
30A
Sched. placeholder (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATBA→
31A
Small semiaquatic mammal with 22 tentacles on its snout (13)
Starts with S, ends with ESTARNOSEDMOLE→
35A
Condiment at an Asian fusion restaurant (13)
Starts with T, ends with ETERIYAKISAUCE→
36A
Ground-breaking invention? (13)
Starts with D, ends with KDYNAMITESTICK→
37A
Big N.Y.S.E. news (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIPO→
38A
Formal duds (3)
Starts with T, ends with XTUX→
39A
Kyrgyz city on the ancient Silk Road (3)
Starts with O, ends with HOSH→
40A
What the "sans" refers to in Comic Sans (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSERIF→
43A
Bang into (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRAM→
45A
Musical lead-in to beat (4)
Starts with A, ends with OAFRO→
49A
"OK, don't accept my apology then!" (9)
Starts with F, ends with DFINEBEMAD→
52A
Bird that can build tools and remember human faces (4)
Starts with C, ends with WCROW→
53A
Not family-friendly, in a way (6)
Starts with R, ends with RRATEDR→
54A
Logical inconsistency in a story (8)
Starts with P, ends with EPLOTHOLE→
56A
Game with a 32-card deck (6)
Starts with E, ends with EECARTE→
57A
Refreshers that can be served with green wedges (8)
Starts with L, ends with SLIMEADES→
58A
Present (6)
Starts with B, ends with WBESTOW→
59A
Gently presses, as a gas pedal (7)
Starts with E, ends with NEASESON→
Down
2D
Water brand whose logo shows the Alps (5)
Starts with E, ends with NEVIAN→
3D
Colorful fish with iridescent stripes (9)
Starts with N, ends with ANEONTETRA→
4D
Need for a demo, maybe (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTNT→
5D
Really small amount (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOTA→
6D
Belle ___, real-life 19th-century outlaw celebrated in film and TV (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSTARR→
7D
Paragon (15)
Starts with T, ends with ETEXTBOOKEXAMPLE→
8D
"___ bien!" ("All right!," in Spanish) (4)
Starts with E, ends with AESTA→
9D
Sliding screen in a Japanese tearoom (5)
Starts with S, ends with ISHOJI→
10D
Bounce (5)
Starts with C, ends with MCAROM→
11D
Excess of inventory (9)
Starts with O, ends with KOVERSTOCK→
12D
Like canvas grocery bags (8)
Starts with R, ends with EREUSABLE→
13D
Cookbook qty. (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTSP→
14D
Does some stretching? (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLIES→
20D
Constriction of the pupils (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMIOSIS→
24D
Daniel ___ Kim of "Hawaii Five-0" (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDAE→
26D
Seriously harm (4)
Starts with M, ends with MMAIM→
27D
"Come on, just once!" (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTRYIT→
29D
Topping dolloped on fresh Italian tomatoes, maybe (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPESTO→
31D
Misses watching a bullfight? (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSENORITAS→
32D
Word with human or second (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENATURE→
33D
Spot for a speaker (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDAIS→
34D
Young 31-Down (9)
Starts with M, ends with SMUCHACHAS→
35D
Bold choice, perhaps? (8)
Starts with T, ends with ETYPEFACE→
36D
Lead-in to integration (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDIS→
41D
Not going anywhere (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINERT→
42D
Provided with, as anonymous tips (5)
Starts with F, ends with OFEDTO→
44D
Obama family member with credits as a TV writer (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMALIA→
46D
Noted ring bearer (5)
Starts with F, ends with OFRODO→
47D
Slugger Scott with eight Gold Gloves (5)
Starts with R, ends with NROLEN→
48D
Has an unsettled Venmo request, say (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOWES→
50D
Cold one (4)
Starts with B, ends with WBREW→
51D
Monks' honorifics (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDOMS→
53D
Jewish honorific (3)
Starts with R, ends with BREB→
55D
Bit of concert merch (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETEE→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 5, 2025?+
66 clues: 31 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Bryan Cheong and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: One who tries to make a good impression (DENTIST); Go with (ESCORT); It has its X's and O's (LOVENOTE).
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