NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 15, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 15, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Matthew Stock and Michael LiebermanEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Competitor of Denny's and Waffle House ↗IHOP
  2. 5A red cross, for the American Red Cross ↗LOGO
  3. 9Headwear for a monarch ↗CROWN
  4. 14Home for a Neanderthal ↗CAVE
  5. 15Apple tablet ↗IPAD
  6. 16Vietnam's capital ↗HANOI
  7. 17Ingenious fix (San Francisco) ↗ELEGANTSOLUTION
  8. 20Popular online brokerage ↗ETRADE
  9. 21Reason for teens to rent a limo ↗PROM
  10. 22Poem of praise ↗ODE
  11. 23Drench ↗SOAK
  12. 25Double-click, as a file ↗OPEN
  13. 27Hotel discounts for conventioneers (Pittsburgh) ↗GROUPRATES
  14. 32Starting alphabet quartet ↗ABCD
  15. 35Bank robbery, e.g. ↗HEIST
  16. 36One of 18 on a golf course ↗HOLE
  17. 37Uncommon ↗RARE
  18. 38Knee part commonly repaired by a sports doc ↗ACL
  19. 39Cracker often eaten with chowder ↗SALTINE
  20. 42Practical joke ↗GAG
  21. 43Yep's opposite ↗NOPE
  22. 45Prompted, on stage ↗CUED
  23. 46Big concert venue ↗ARENA
  24. 48Way too uptight ↗ANAL
  25. 49Brief appearances by A-listers in films (Baltimore) ↗CAMEOROLES
  26. 51Location ↗SITE
  27. 53Ford Explorer and Honda CR-V, for two ↗SUVS
  28. 54Winter hrs. in D.C. ↗EST
  29. 56"Really?" ↗ISIT
  30. 59Hippie T-shirt technique ↗TIEDYE
  31. 63Coaching axiom suggested by 17-, 27- and 49-Across ↗THERESNOIINTEAM
  32. 66What each letter in Roy G. Biv represents ↗COLOR
  33. 67Common time for lunch ↗NOON
  34. 68Pop ___ (breakfast pastry) ↗TART
  35. 69Zoom call V.I.P.s ↗HOSTS
  36. 70Shell-less gastropod ↗SLUG
  37. 71Does some summing ↗ADDS

Down 39

  1. 1Summer drink that might cause a brain freeze ↗ICEE
  2. 2"Not another step!" ↗HALT
  3. 3Above ↗OVER
  4. 4Winged horse of Greek myth ↗PEGASUS
  5. 5One-dimensional, in math ↗LINEAR
  6. 6Make a choice ↗OPT
  7. 7Say "Oh, my God!," say ↗GASP
  8. 8Stinky smell ↗ODOR
  9. 9___ change (a measly amount) ↗CHUMP
  10. 10Tattletale ↗RAT
  11. 11Pungent, round deli order ↗ONIONBAGEL
  12. 12Alternative to an iron, in golf ↗WOOD
  13. 13Three squared ↗NINE
  14. 18Brings into the family ↗ADOPTS
  15. 19Make less tight ↗LOOSEN
  16. 24Liqueur in a mudslide ↗KAHLUA
  17. 26Part of the body with a lobe ↗EAR
  18. 27Its capital is Accra ↗GHANA
  19. 28Spy's info-gathering mission ↗RECON
  20. 29Bright choices for artists ↗OILPASTELS
  21. 30___ pole (Native American carving) ↗TOTEM
  22. 31Skips, as a syllable ↗ELIDES
  23. 33Common origami bird ↗CRANE
  24. 34Edgar ___, "The Ballet Class" artist ↗DEGAS
  25. 40What security clearance grants ↗ACCESS
  26. 41Magic Johnson's real first name ↗EARVIN
  27. 44Hebrew name meaning "high" ↗ELI
  28. 47___ Stone (relic inscribed in three languages) ↗ROSETTA
  29. 50Special trip away from the house ↗OUTING
  30. 52Echelons ↗TIERS
  31. 54Engrave ↗ETCH
  32. 55"Get outta here!" ↗SHOO
  33. 57Places to stay overnight ↗INNS
  34. 58Item on a mechanic's belt ↗TOOL
  35. 60Out of battery juice ↗DEAD
  36. 6136 inches ↗YARD
  37. 62CPR-administering crew, for short ↗EMTS
  38. 64Brain ___ (low-quality internet content) ↗ROT
  39. 65"Lemme square up later" note ↗IOU