NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2025
NYT Crossword Answers Sep 17, 2025
Complete answer list for the September 17, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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1E
2L
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4S
5I
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7E
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20A
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Across 39
- 1State trees of North Dakota ↗ELMS
- 5Ditto, in footnotes ↗IDEM
- 9Measure (up) ↗STACK
- 14First in a line of 14 popes ↗LEOI
- 15Some garage jobs ↗LUBES
- 17Olympian Strug ↗KERRI
- 18Start of a joke ↗KNOCKKNOCK
- 20Elder brother of Moses ↗AARON
- 21Brand whose name is derived from the French phrase "sans caféine" ↗SANKA
- 22Perfectly pitched? ↗NOHIT
- 24Sound effect in a slapstick routine ↗BONK
- 25One might hit it or raise it, metaphorically ↗ROOF
- 27Vodka cocktails with orange liqueur and lime juice ↗KAMIKAZES
- 29Awakening ↗AROUSAL
- 32World Cup champs of 1978, 1986 and 2022: Abbr. ↗ARG
- 33Knowing what not to say, say ↗TACT
- 34Regional life forms ↗BIOTA
- 38Kitchen appliance brand ↗OSTER
- 42Cry of dismay ↗ACK
- 43Grammy-winning Bruno Mars album of 2016 … or a hint to an unusual feature of this puzzle's answer grid ↗24KMAGIC
- 45"Fat chance!" ↗HAH
- 46Classroom assignments ↗DESKS
- 48Encouraged, with "on" ↗EGGED
- 49Very pressing ↗DIRE
- 50Cred ↗REP
- 52One-named Barbadian superstar ↗RIHANNA
- 54Title nickname in a classic 1984 sports film ↗KARATEKID
- 60Time when streetlights turn on ↗DUSK
- 61"All right already, I'll do it!" ↗OKOK
- 62Punk or funk ↗GENRE
- 64Joined, as a table ↗SATAT
- 67Edmonton athlete ↗OILER
- 69Trinket ↗KNICKKNACK
- 71Swedish coin ↗KRONA
- 72Nursery song refrain ↗EIEIO
- 73Really loving ↗INTO
- 74Like a smart aleck ↗SASSY
- 75Pushing against a boundary … like this answer? ↗EDGY
- 76"Shreds," in winter sports lingo ↗SKIS
Down 44
- 1___ Club ↗ELKS
- 2Actress Dunham ↗LENA
- 3Apollo mission mementos ↗MOONROCKS
- 4Alternative to a strike [cough cough] ↗SICKOUT
- 5Variety ↗ILK
- 6Brooks & ___ (country duo) ↗DUNN
- 7Literary download ↗EBOOK
- 8Anime style involving giant robots ↗MECHA
- 9Rocksteady precursor ↗SKA
- 10Soothing home remedy for puffy eyes ↗TEABAGS
- 11Spanish rice ↗ARROZ
- 12Sorcerous elder of folklore ↗CRONE
- 13Garden hose problems ↗KINKS
- 16Go over lightly ↗SKIM
- 19Enemy agency in "Get Smart" ↗KAOS
- 23___ Maria (liqueur) ↗TIA
- 26Beatles sobriquet ↗FAB4
- 28See 68-Down ↗KROC
- 29Slightly ↗ATAD
- 30Go pit-a-pat ↗RACE
- 31Enjoy ↗LIKE
- 35Texter's "!!!" ↗OMG
- 36Make "it," in a kids' game ↗TAG
- 37Ripening agent ↗AGER
- 39Body of policy advisers ↗THINKTANK
- 40Take home ↗EARN
- 41Bird named for a Titan ↗RHEA
- 43Like a 6-3, 6-1 tennis match ↗2SET
- 44Contrite answer to "Who put the empty ice cream carton back in the freezer?" ↗IDID
- 47Legendary sea monsters ↗KRAKENS
- 49Some bottled waters ↗DASANIS
- 51String tightener on a guitar ↗PEG
- 53Ear covering ↗HUSK
- 54Screwballs ↗KOOKS
- 55Director Kurosawa ↗AKIRA
- 56Caramel-filled candies ↗ROLOS
- 57Actress Palmer of "Nope" ↗KEKE
- 58Outie's counterpart ↗INNIE
- 59Hung on the clothesline ↗DRIED
- 63Vape pen, informally ↗ECIG
- 65When Hamilton arrives in New York City, in "Hamilton" ↗ACTI
- 66Some ring decisions, in brief ↗TKOS
- 68With 28-Down, longtime McDonald's chief ↗RAY
- 70Comedian Jo ↗KOY