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NYT Crossword Answers Sep 16, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 16, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jonathan DalyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Relatives, informally ↗FAM
  2. 4Carved bit of jewelry ↗CAMEO
  3. 9Figure out ↗SOLVE
  4. 14Pub pintful ↗ALE
  5. 15___ Dictionary (crowdsourced online reference) ↗URBAN
  6. 16Frog's sound ↗CROAK
  7. 17*High-status American Express offering ↗BLACKCARD
  8. 19Cause of food poisoning, for short ↗ECOLI
  9. 20Thin and graceful ↗LITHE
  10. 21Revolutionary Trotsky ↗LEON
  11. 23Barbie's boyfriend ↗KEN
  12. 24"Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" singer ↗ENYA
  13. 25*Task for a locksmith ↗KEYCUTTING
  14. 28Science fiction princess ↗LEIA
  15. 30Destiny ↗KISMET
  16. 31*Motion of receding waves ↗BACKWASH
  17. 35Office paper fastener ↗CLIP
  18. 37Spanish article ↗UNA
  19. 38Miss Havisham's ward in "Great Expectations" ↗ESTELLA
  20. 42Lennon's love ↗ONO
  21. 43Japanese soup flavoring ↗MISO
  22. 45*Bottom of the ocean ↗SEAFLOOR
  23. 47Drinking aids ↗STRAWS
  24. 51"At Last" singer James ↗ETTA
  25. 52*Product of meat scraps that, despite its name, is dairy-free ↗HEADCHEESE
  26. 54Not bad, but not great ↗SOSO
  27. 58Donkey ↗ASS
  28. 59Monk's hood ↗COWL
  29. 60Theater employee ↗USHER
  30. 61Shade akin to cream ↗BEIGE
  31. 63Train conductor's cry … or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred clues ↗ALLABOARD
  32. 66Strung along ↗LEDON
  33. 67Rock with a crystal-filled cavity ↗GEODE
  34. 68Hwy. ↗RTE
  35. 69Highly skilled ↗ADEPT
  36. 70Opposite of delete ↗ENTER
  37. 71Floppy part of a beagle ↗EAR

Down 41

  1. 1Story with a moral ↗FABLE
  2. 2Bold poker bet ↗ALLIN
  3. 3Substantial ↗MEATY
  4. 4Long, green veggie ↗CUKE
  5. 5Curved path ↗ARC
  6. 6Wall St. credential ↗MBA
  7. 7Premature ↗EARLY
  8. 8Next to bat ↗ONDECK
  9. 9Aromas ↗SCENTS
  10. 10Elf's foe ↗ORC
  11. 11A shopper, not a buyer, informally ↗LOOKIELOO
  12. 12Fashion house named for its founder, Signor Garavani ↗VALENTINO
  13. 13Scraping (by) ↗EKING
  14. 18Sidewalk writing medium ↗CHALK
  15. 22Non's opposite ↗OUI
  16. 25Soul and Sorento ↗KIAS
  17. 26Sunrise direction ↗EAST
  18. 27Cable inits. for cinephiles ↗TMC
  19. 29Farm mother ↗EWE
  20. 31Mooch, as a cigarette ↗BUM
  21. 32Licorice-flavored spice ↗ANISESEED
  22. 33Rejected ↗CASTASIDE
  23. 34"___ Just Not That Into You" (2009 film) ↗HES
  24. 36___ favor ↗POR
  25. 39Levi's alternative ↗LEES
  26. 40Behind ↗LATE
  27. 41Rear, in the boat ↗AFT
  28. 44Chicago airport code ↗ORD
  29. 46Rodeo rope ↗LASSO
  30. 48Southern drawl, for example ↗ACCENT
  31. 49Owl's question? ↗WHO
  32. 50Waste that's been flushed ↗SEWAGE
  33. 52"Se ___ español" ↗HABLA
  34. 53Actress Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy" ↗ELLEN
  35. 55Chicago airport ↗OHARE
  36. 56Sealy competitor ↗SERTA
  37. 57Big Mac meal with a Coke, e.g. ↗ORDER
  38. 60Ride from an airport, maybe ↗UBER
  39. 62Republicans, for short ↗GOP
  40. 64Place to park ↗LOT
  41. 65Citrus drink suffix ↗ADE