NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 18, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 18, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Adam WagnerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Customizable, all-in-one internet digest ↗RSSFEED
  2. 8Shoots for the stars ↗GOESBIG
  3. 15Game played with black-and-white pieces on an 8x8 board ↗OTHELLO
  4. 16"Thumbs down from me" ↗IVOTENO
  5. 17Meditation chant, in a sense ↗TOOMUCH
  6. 18Sought-after ↗DESIRED
  7. 19Variety of bark? ↗ARF
  8. 20Something you might change on a bed ↗DIAPER
  9. 22___ Ulrich, Metallica drummer ↗LARS
  10. 23Gave a sneak preview of ↗TEASED
  11. 25Tennis do-over, in a way ↗ROULETTE
  12. 27Counterparts of countesses in British peerage ↗EARLS
  13. 28Equine hybrid ↗HINNY
  14. 29One in Bonn ↗EIN
  15. 30Sch. with a satellite campus in Calexico ↗SDSU
  16. 31Terse reply to "Why?" ↗CUZ
  17. 32Thingum ↗DOODAD
  18. 34Superman portrayer Christopher, in so many words ↗RAREEVENT
  19. 37Heart-pumping stuff? ↗PLASMA
  20. 40Goal to shoot for ↗PAR
  21. 41___ Kong ↗HONG
  22. 45Steeplechase unit ↗LAP
  23. 46Bar from the bank? ↗INGOT
  24. 48It borders the Indian state of Sikkim ↗NEPAL
  25. 49Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking ↗ACCIDENT
  26. 51Philosopher who wrote "Words are loaded pistols" ↗SARTRE
  27. 52First person? ↗SELF
  28. 53Spread some dirt ↗GOSSIP
  29. 55A Gershwin brother ↗IRA
  30. 56Muscle car whose name evokes a U.S. road trip ↗TRANSAM
  31. 58Action star Jet, in a nutshell ↗PELICAN
  32. 60"Don't worry about the check" ↗ITSONME
  33. 61Close contemporary ↗AGEMATE
  34. 62O-O and O-O-O, in chess notation ↗CASTLES
  35. 63Like some shoes at a cobbler's ↗RESOLED

Down 35

  1. 1Takes turns ↗ROTATES
  2. 2One might say "Big savings all week!" ↗STOREAD
  3. 3Rosh Hashana horns ↗SHOFARS
  4. 4Like the French article "la": Abbr. ↗FEM
  5. 5Gets away from ↗ELUDES
  6. 6Nickname for the medieval Spanish knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ↗ELCID
  7. 7Mideast capital ↗DOHA
  8. 8Victorious military underdog in the Bible ↗GIDEON
  9. 9Sports bet based on total points scored ↗OVERUNDER
  10. 10Sister of Helios, in Greek myth ↗EOS
  11. 11Barrier to entry ↗STILE
  12. 12Chewed out ↗BERATED
  13. 13Slothfulness ↗INERTIA
  14. 14Fortuitous gift ↗GODSEND
  15. 21Holdings of winnings ↗PRIZEPOTS
  16. 24Curved lines on sheet music ↗SLURS
  17. 26France's third-largest city, after Paris and Marseille ↗LYON
  18. 28Quality to which a unique six-character code is assigned, in graphic design ↗HUE
  19. 31Arcade staple with a joystick ↗CRANEGAME
  20. 33Multiple-choice catchall ↗OTHER
  21. 35Inside of ↗AMID
  22. 36Large chemical container ↗VAT
  23. 37Credit cards, so to speak ↗PLASTIC
  24. 38Constellation whose name is Latin for "lizard" ↗LACERTA
  25. 39U.S. History or Calculus BC, e.g. ↗APCLASS
  26. 42Kind of illusion ↗OPTICAL
  27. 43Do some storytelling ↗NARRATE
  28. 44Ascertained bit by bit ↗GLEANED
  29. 47Garden guardians ↗GNOMES
  30. 48Italy's third-largest city, after Rome and Milan ↗NAPLES
  31. 50Words before a contingency plan ↗IFNOT
  32. 51Invader's tactic ↗SIEGE
  33. 54Play-fight ↗SPAR
  34. 57Its youngest host was a seven-year-old Drew Barrymore in '82 ↗SNL
  35. 59"If u ask me …" ↗IMO