NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 22, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 22, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla MichaelsEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1School stat like 3.5 or 4.0 ↗GPA
  2. 4Yeast, mold and mushrooms ↗FUNGI
  3. 9Desert plants with needles ↗CACTI
  4. 14Tree with "American" and "slippery" varieties ↗ELM
  5. 15Alaskan native ↗INUIT
  6. 16Synthetic fabric once common in sweaters ↗ORLON
  7. 17Born as ↗NEE
  8. 18Wine choice in southern France ↗REDBORDEAUX
  9. 20Bonkers ↗ZANY
  10. 22Compete (for) ↗VIE
  11. 23Changes with the times ↗ADAPTS
  12. 24Females that may be fleeced ↗EWES
  13. 26Cinema showing ↗FILM
  14. 27Canadian P.M. who is the son of another Canadian P.M. ↗JUSTINTRUDEAU
  15. 32Cyber Monday sector ↗ETAIL
  16. 33Put to work ↗USE
  17. 34Ask God (for) ↗PRAY
  18. 37Identify in a Facebook photo ↗TAG
  19. 38Where canines sleep ↗DOGBEDS
  20. 42"Du-u-ude!" ↗BRO
  21. 43Basketball's O'Neal, to fans ↗SHAQ
  22. 45Keanu Reeves's character in "The Matrix" ↗NEO
  23. 46To no ___ (ineffectively) ↗AVAIL
  24. 48Platform for Donkey Kong Country ↗SUPERNINTENDO
  25. 52Ingredient in many hand lotions ↗ALOE
  26. 53The lion's share ↗MOST
  27. 54Cigarette butt receptacle ↗ASHCAN
  28. 57Major N.Y.C. concert venue ↗MSG
  29. 58Do the backstroke or breaststroke ↗SWIM
  30. 62Chunks found in Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice cream ↗COOKIEDOUGH
  31. 65Avant-garde musical artist Yoko ↗ONO
  32. 66Fixed, as a piano ↗TUNED
  33. 67"The Godfather" author Puzo ↗MARIO
  34. 68Frequently, to a poet ↗OFT
  35. 69Winter coasters ↗SLEDS
  36. 70Surgical tube ↗STENT
  37. 71Cry from Homer … or a phonetic hint to the ends of 18-, 27-, 48- and 62- Across ↗DOH

Down 41

  1. 1Kids these days ↗GENZ
  2. 2"Not guilty," e.g. ↗PLEA
  3. 3"You got that right, sister!" ↗AMEN
  4. 4Certain evergreen ↗FIR
  5. 5Like some bars in gymnastics ↗UNEVEN
  6. 6One who is barely seen? ↗NUDIST
  7. 7Jeer ↗GIBE
  8. 8"How was ___ know?" ↗ITO
  9. 9Pamper ↗CODDLE
  10. 10Tour guide? ↗AREAMAP
  11. 11Crash of thunder ↗CLAP
  12. 12Promote enthusiastically ↗TOUT
  13. 13"Need You Tonight" rock band ↗INXS
  14. 19Like speakeasies and refrigerators, at times ↗RAIDED
  15. 21Brand of cooler that shares its name with a Himalayan legend ↗YETI
  16. 25Opposite of tame ↗WILD
  17. 26Join into one ↗FUSE
  18. 27Jacuzzi features ↗JETS
  19. 28Where to find the Jazz ↗UTAH
  20. 29Long-winded tales ↗SAGAS
  21. 30Apply, as ointment ↗RUBON
  22. 31City-related ↗URBAN
  23. 35Desertlike ↗ARID
  24. 36Carefree motto, in modern lingo ↗YOLO
  25. 39Low-scoring deadlock ↗ONEONE
  26. 40Richard of "Pretty Woman" ↗GERE
  27. 41Hurdles for srs. ↗SATS
  28. 44Sounded like a duck ↗QUACKED
  29. 47Farm docs ↗VETS
  30. 49Tartan patterns ↗PLAIDS
  31. 50"Yeah, right" ↗IMSURE
  32. 51Bean ↗NOGGIN
  33. 54Does some theater work ↗ACTS
  34. 55Word before food or mate ↗SOUL
  35. 56Refine, as a skill ↗HONE
  36. 57Castle defense ↗MOAT
  37. 59What a whittler whittles ↗WOOD
  38. 60Facts ↗INFO
  39. 61Relative of a butterfly ↗MOTH
  40. 63Private online chats, for short ↗DMS
  41. 64Spicy ↗HOT