NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 24, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 24, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Peter A. CollinsEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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Across 39

  1. 1Light touches ↗DABS
  2. 5Domino features ↗PIPS
  3. 9Maine-to-Spain direction ↗EAST
  4. 13Frequently ↗ALOT
  5. 14MacDowell of "Groundhog Day" ↗ANDIE
  6. 16Start of a new deal ↗ANTE
  7. 17Participate in a blindside on "Survivor," say ↗VOTE
  8. 18Dance craze named for a Southern city ↗CHARLESTON
  9. 20Possible meaning of 54-/57-Across ↗IHOPESO
  10. 22Possible meaning of 54-/57-Across ↗IMLYING
  11. 23Cannonball Adderley's musical instrument, informally ↗SAX
  12. 24Lead-in to struck or luck ↗DUMB
  13. 26Fashionable time to arrive, it's said ↗LATE
  14. 27"Odyssey" figure with many suitors ↗PENELOPE
  15. 30Carry a debt ↗OWE
  16. 32Business magnate ↗BARON
  17. 35A hawk carrying a dove in its talons, in Book 15 of the "Odyssey" ↗OMEN
  18. 36Affectionate sign-off ↗XOX
  19. 37Like thrifted goods ↗USED
  20. 38What's heard exactly twice in a lifetime? ↗LONGI
  21. 40The Emerald Isle ↗EIRE
  22. 41Tabs with psychedelic properties ↗LSD
  23. 42Hang in the balance ↗PEND
  24. 43Soft volleyball hits ↗DINKS
  25. 44Jazz genre for Cannonball Adderley ↗BOP
  26. 45Worked to learn ↗INTERNED
  27. 48James of "The Godfather" ↗CAAN
  28. 50Thailand, once ↗SIAM
  29. 51A.L. West team, on scoreboards ↗LAA
  30. 54With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters ↗FINGERS
  31. 57See 54-Across ↗CROSSED
  32. 59Taunt that may follow a failed gullibility test ↗MADEYALOOK
  33. 61Bit of merchandise ↗WARE
  34. 62___ impasse ↗ATAN
  35. 63Put off for now ↗TABLE
  36. 64Situated above ↗ATOP
  37. 65Witty remark ↗JEST
  38. 66Craft store item ↗BEAD
  39. 67"Hey!" ↗PSST

Down 39

  1. 1Viola of "The Woman King" ↗DAVIS
  2. 2"So long, Oahu!" ↗ALOHA
  3. 3Wrinkle smoother ↗BOTOX
  4. 4Part of a flight ↗STEP
  5. 5Clothing chain that began as a surf shop ↗PACSUN
  6. 6Like some tutoring and eldercare ↗INHOME
  7. 7Smooching on a park bench, e.g., for short ↗PDA
  8. 8One who's given many instructions nowadays ↗SIRI
  9. 9G.P.A. enhancer ↗EASYA
  10. 10Neutralizing serum ↗ANTITOXIN
  11. 11Masonry ↗STONEWORK
  12. 12100 C-notes ↗TENG
  13. 15Stately shade provider ↗ELM
  14. 192011 Peace Nobelist ___ Johnson Sirleaf ↗ELLEN
  15. 21Word aptly hidden in "unspoiled enclave" ↗EDEN
  16. 25Lightheaded sorts? ↗BLONDES
  17. 27Capsule ↗POD
  18. 28[Shocking!] ↗OMG
  19. 29Least-populous Canadian province: Abbr. ↗PEI
  20. 31Ones paying or receiving alimony ↗EXES
  21. 32Future amaryllis, e.g. ↗BULB
  22. 33Colleague ↗ASSOCIATE
  23. 34Colorful ring-tailed mammals of Asia ↗REDPANDAS
  24. 38Spy novelist Deighton ↗LEN
  25. 39Most-populous Canadian province: Abbr. ↗ONT
  26. 40Festival at the end of Ramadan, informally ↗EID
  27. 42Like the scent of some air fresheners ↗PINEY
  28. 43Floor model, often ↗DEMO
  29. 46Swiss cough drop brand ↗RICOLA
  30. 47Squealed: Var. ↗NARKED
  31. 49Word with double or free ↗AGENT
  32. 51Hurdles for future J.D.s ↗LSATS
  33. 52Nestlé bars filled with tiny bubbles ↗AEROS
  34. 53Skillful ↗ADEPT
  35. 54Key of Mozart's Symphony No. 6: Abbr. ↗FMAJ
  36. 55Squealer ↗RAT
  37. 56Thick piece ↗SLAB
  38. 58Cashless deal ↗SWAP
  39. 60U.K. award ↗OBE