NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 20, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 20, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 34

  1. 1"Hell no!" ↗SCREWTHAT
  2. 10Group that believes in Gelassenheit (submission to God's will) ↗AMISH
  3. 15New customs might incite them ↗TRADEWARS
  4. 16Verso's counterpart ↗RECTO
  5. 17Spare no indulgence ↗LIVELARGE
  6. 18Prime ↗IDEAL
  7. 19Free of typos, say ↗EMEND
  8. 20Hill folk, informally ↗POLS
  9. 22Lay off ↗IDLE
  10. 23Special ___ ↗OPS
  11. 24Secure over ↗RETIE
  12. 25M.L.B. third baseman ___ Bohm ↗ALEC
  13. 26Chilling ↗FEARSOME
  14. 29Sports org. in a 1976 merger ↗ABA
  15. 30Loose sheets in a program, e.g. ↗INSERTS
  16. 33More constricting ↗TIGHTER
  17. 35Sullen sorts ↗MOPERS
  18. 36Hit the horn ↗TOOTED
  19. 37"Need anything else from me?" ↗AMIDONE
  20. 39Kate and Allie of 1980s TV, e.g. ↗MOTHERS
  21. 40Conference acronym ↗TED
  22. 41"Seems like it" ↗RECKONSO
  23. 43Typically exaggerated length of time ↗AGES
  24. 45Have a standout performance ↗SHINE
  25. 46Keep to oneself ↗HOG
  26. 49Watch unseen ↗LURK
  27. 50Typically exaggerated quantity ↗TONS
  28. 51Strip of wood from which a bow is carved ↗STAVE
  29. 53___ acid (staining agent used in electron microscopy) ↗OSMIC
  30. 55"Later!" ↗IGOTTAJET
  31. 57Big names ↗STARS
  32. 58Blow it! ↗SMOKERING
  33. 59Famous around-the-world traveler ↗SANTA
  34. 60Slower, musically ↗MENOMOSSO

Down 34

  1. 1Catholic university in Florida or its home town ↗STLEO
  2. 2Kink ↗CRIMP
  3. 3"Love, love, love!" and the like ↗RAVES
  4. 4Original plot ↗EDEN
  5. 5Connect with a flame ↗WELD
  6. 6Carrier that offered pioneering coast-to-coast service beginning in the 1930s ↗TWA
  7. 7Monthly magazine of politics and culture since 1850 ↗HARPERS
  8. 8Specialized languages ↗ARGOTS
  9. 9Who wrote "Humankind cannot bear very much reality" ↗TSELIOT
  10. 10Actor Millen of BBC America's "Orphan Black" ↗ARI
  11. 11Charcoal and wood, for two ↗MEDIA
  12. 12Beverage sometimes topped with whipped cream ↗ICEDLATTE
  13. 13Drink drunk the morning after, maybe ↗STALEBEER
  14. 14Hidden assets ↗HOLECARDS
  15. 21B to C, but not A to B ↗SEMITONE
  16. 24Big mess ↗RATSNEST
  17. 26Word after chicken or breast ↗FEED
  18. 27What's wrong? ↗ERROR
  19. 28Rare showbiz collections ↗EGOTS
  20. 30"Hmm, no idea" ↗IMATALOSS
  21. 31"I don't like it," in Spanish ↗NOMEGUSTA
  22. 32Web master? ↗SPIDERMAN
  23. 34Sounds from 59-Across ↗HOHO
  24. 38Self-effacing personality trait ↗ECHOISM
  25. 39Phenomenon brought about by seasonal wind shifts ↗MONSOON
  26. 42Demand upon reaching an "enemy border" ↗KINGME
  27. 44Bottom of many an ensemble ↗SKIRT
  28. 46Some pilgrims ↗HAJIS
  29. 47Sheets might be placed in them ↗OVENS
  30. 48Commencement ↗GETGO
  31. 51Apple attachment ↗STEM
  32. 52Powdered ingredient in sweet teas and smoothies ↗TARO
  33. 54Farmer's market alternative, in brief ↗CSA
  34. 56Result of the ’64 Clay/Liston fight ↗TKO