NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 21, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 21, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Adrianne BaikEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21140 clues

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The Grid

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Across 69

  1. 1Vineyard measure ↗ACRE
  2. 5Does acid ↗TRIPS
  3. 10Tree with doubly serrated leaves ↗ELM
  4. 13[Hey!] ↗PSST
  5. 17Locations in the game Clue ↗ROOMS
  6. 19Grand duke of Luxembourg beginning in 2000 ↗HENRI
  7. 20Heart of the matter ↗MEAT
  8. 22Palindromic Italian number ↗OTTO
  9. 23Traditional form of Japanese drama ↗KABUKIT/KATHEATER
  10. 25Pro ___ ↗BONO
  11. 26Key spot? ↗DOOR
  12. 27Entered on tiptoe ↗STOLEIN
  13. 28"Love, ___" (2014 rom-com starring Lily Collins) ↗ROSIE
  14. 30Far from conscious ↗INACOMA
  15. 32Kicked off, as a business ↗STARTEDUP
  16. 342012 Disney film set inside an arcade ↗WRECKIT/KATRALPH
  17. 36Had ↗TASTED
  18. 37Turns off ↗DISGUSTS
  19. 38Lace protector ↗AGLET
  20. 41"You may ___" ↗BEGIN
  21. 43The "me" of "Despicable Me" ↗GRU
  22. 44Bonds ↗TIES
  23. 48"About Us" pieces ↗BIOS
  24. 49Holds dear ↗ADORES
  25. 51Small square ↗ONE
  26. 52Longtime employer of Rachel Maddow ↗MSNBC
  27. 53Self-love ↗EGO
  28. 54Phases, to Taylor Swift ↗ERAS
  29. 55Game with Indigenous origins ↗LACROSSE
  30. 58___ Fighters ("Everlong" band) ↗FOO
  31. 59Festive outdoor lighting options ↗TIKIT/KATORCHES
  32. 62Classic drinking "sport" ↗PONG
  33. 63"Sorry, maybe next time" ↗WECANT
  34. 65"The Last Supper," e.g. ↗MURAL
  35. 66Third-largest land animal ↗HIPPO
  36. 68Pokémon enthusiast's collection ↗CARDS
  37. 69Puck's king ↗OBERON
  38. 71Muscle firmness ↗TONE
  39. 72Place to perfect a recipe ↗TESTKIT/KATCHEN
  40. 76Swanson on "Parks and Recreation" ↗RON
  41. 77Game typically played in the dark ↗LASERTAG
  42. 80Muchas horas ↗DIAS
  43. 81"Was ___ blame?" ↗ITO
  44. 82Bad spirit ↗GHOUL
  45. 84D.C. pro ↗NAT
  46. 85Fight the urge ↗RESIST
  47. 87It gets bucks from Broncos ↗FORD
  48. 88Does a farm job ↗SOWS
  49. 89___ Island (Georgia resort destination) ↗SEA
  50. 90Reform Party founder ↗PEROT
  51. 91Feasts ↗DINES
  52. 92Like emailed files ↗ATTACHED
  53. 95"The Silence of the Lambs" villain ↗LECTER
  54. 98Certain rescue pet ↗FOSTERKIT/KATTEN
  55. 101Gleeful feeling ↗GIDDINESS
  56. 104Miniaturized Amazon smart speaker ↗ECHODOT
  57. 105Big jerks ↗ASSES
  58. 107Remove, as a coupon ↗CLIPOUT
  59. 109Dangerous additive in old paint ↗LEAD
  60. 110Whopping ↗VAST
  61. 112Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle ↗KITKATMINIS
  62. 114Croft of video games ↗LARA
  63. 115___ homo ↗ECCE
  64. 116Some slushies ↗ICEES
  65. 117Perform horribly ↗STINK
  66. 118TV host Cohen ↗ANDY
  67. 119Joke around ↗KID
  68. 120"No man is an island" writer ↗DONNE
  69. 121Slumps ↗SAGS

Down 71

  1. 1Holiest locales in synagogues, traditionally ↗ARKS
  2. 2Applications of polish ↗COATS
  3. 3Tik-Tok in the Oz books, for one ↗ROBOT
  4. 4Models after ↗EMULATES
  5. 51995 Sandra Bullock cyberthriller ↗THENET
  6. 6"V for Vendetta" actor Stephen ↗REA
  7. 7Uninvited guest ↗INTRUDER
  8. 8Doings before surgery, informally ↗PREOP
  9. 9Dubbed ones ↗SIRS
  10. 10They might be glowing ↗EMBERS
  11. 11Astrological lion ↗LEO
  12. 12Filing services? ↗MANICURES
  13. 13Programs hosted by SoundCloud ↗PODCASTS
  14. 14Happy hour perch ↗STOOL
  15. 15Make a big step, perhaps ↗STOMP
  16. 16Rabbi's reading ↗TORAH
  17. 18Regular at a park with half-pipes, informally ↗SKIT/KATERAT
  18. 21Breaded, fried Japanese pork cutlet ↗TONKIT/KATSU
  19. 24Big successes ↗HITS
  20. 29Victor's cry ↗IWIN
  21. 31Creative pursuit ↗ART
  22. 33Oscar-winning Ariana of "West Side Story" ↗DEBOSE
  23. 35December drink ↗EGGNOG
  24. 37Gone missing ↗DISAPPEARED
  25. 38Assist illegally ↗ABET
  26. 391958 romantic comedy that won Best Picture ↗GIGI
  27. 40"I made it big time!" ↗LOOKIT/KATMENOW
  28. 42Many a skin-care product ↗GEL
  29. 45Hip ↗INFASHION
  30. 46Black, in verse ↗EBON
  31. 47St. Andrews resident ↗SCOT
  32. 49Esoteric knowledge ↗ARCANA
  33. 50Roald who wrote "Matilda" ↗DAHL
  34. 51"… actually, let's go to plan B" ↗ORNOT
  35. 52Members of the mongoose family ↗MEERKIT/KATS
  36. 54Jazz composer Garner ↗ERROLL
  37. 56Swipe ↗COP
  38. 57Go after, as mosquitoes ↗SWATAT
  39. 60Graham Greene's "___ Man in Havana" ↗OUR
  40. 61One way to sell stock ↗SHORT
  41. 64Public health agcy. ↗CDC
  42. 67Bank acct. entry ↗INT
  43. 68Several CBS dramas ↗CSIS
  44. 69United Way and UNICEF, in brief ↗ORGS
  45. 70___-chic (dressing style) ↗BOHO
  46. 71It incited a famous 18th-century "party" ↗TEAACT
  47. 73Cleaned up, in a way ↗EDITED
  48. 74To be, in Nice ↗ETRE
  49. 75Dozes (off) ↗NODS
  50. 78Ambush ↗SNEAKIT/KATTACK
  51. 79Neighbor of Lux. ↗GER
  52. 83Gannett-owned newspaper ↗USATODAY
  53. 86"Here's the thing ..." ↗SOLISTEN
  54. 87Campground gathering spots ↗FIREPITS
  55. 89Worked hard (for) ↗STROVE
  56. 90Farm enclosures ↗PENS
  57. 91Jeans ↗DENIMS
  58. 93___ Talks ↗TED
  59. 94Intense, as an argument ↗HEATED
  60. 96Music protector, of a sort ↗CDCASE
  61. 97Slope ↗TILT
  62. 98Guy ↗FELLA
  63. 99What the "dalai" of "Dalai Lama" translates to ↗OCEAN
  64. 100Broken piece of pottery ↗SHARD
  65. 101Insurer with a green mascot ↗GEICO
  66. 102Justice Sotomayor ↗SONIA
  67. 103Seeking justice, in a way ↗SUING
  68. 106Leave tire marks, say ↗SKID
  69. 108Expressions of disapproval ↗TSKS
  70. 111B.S. part: Abbr. ↗SCI
  71. 113Barbie's beau ↗KEN