NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 25, 2026

Complete answer list for the September 25, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rafael MusaEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Olympic slalom equipment ↗CANOE
  2. 6Spanish sparkling wine ↗CAVA
  3. 10First, second or third ↗GEAR
  4. 14"For real!" ↗IKIDYOUNOT
  5. 16Fictional company famous for its duds ↗ACME
  6. 17Outcome of a match, maybe ↗TINDERDATE
  7. 18Forum setting ↗ROME
  8. 19U2 producer Brian ↗ENO
  9. 20Stew on it! ↗LADLE
  10. 21Like a whodunit in which the butler did it [duh!] ↗BANAL
  11. 22Device seen on a front desk ↗BELL
  12. 23Ho Chi Minh City's former name ↗SAIGON
  13. 25Exploit a loophole, e.g. ↗GAMETHESYSTEM
  14. 29Disinclined ↗AVERSE
  15. 30Supermodel Alek ↗WEK
  16. 31___ one's time ↗BIDE
  17. 34Procedure after which you might wear flip-flops, informally ↗PEDI
  18. 35Off ↗AMISS
  19. 37___ Minor ↗ASIA
  20. 38Pen that isn't used for writing, in brief ↗ECIG
  21. 39"Karma is a cat / Purring in my ___ 'cause it loves me" (Taylor Swift lyric) ↗LAP
  22. 40Port on the Loire ↗NANTES
  23. 42"Speaking of which ..." ↗THATREMINDSME
  24. 45Like an earworm ↗CATCHY
  25. 46Play group ↗ACTS
  26. 47Not bother ↗LETBE
  27. 48Rapper and actor Smith ↗JADEN
  28. 50Go-to doc ↗PCP
  29. 53Actress Shawkat ↗ALIA
  30. 54Ones providing brief assistance? ↗PARALEGALS
  31. 56Alliance ↗BLOC
  32. 57Invasive plants? ↗ENEMYSPIES
  33. 58One might be meat-only or dairy-only in a kosher household ↗SINK
  34. 59Morsels often found in fried rice ↗PEAS
  35. 60The Devil's domain ↗TAROT

Down 35

  1. 1Give credit to, in a way ↗CITE
  2. 2Analogous ↗AKIN
  3. 3___ Sarratore, "My Brilliant Friend" character ↗NINO
  4. 4"How ___" ↗ODD
  5. 5Certain loopholes ↗EYELETS
  6. 6Spoon, e.g. ↗CUDDLE
  7. 7Second Freudian stage ↗ANAL
  8. 8Gives one's approval, in a way ↗VOTESYES
  9. 9Past-tense verb that becomes its present tense when you move its last letter to the front ↗ATE
  10. 10Sources of some rock ↗GARAGEBANDS
  11. 11Some experts of interest? ↗ECONOMISTS
  12. 12World capital once known as Philadelphia ↗AMMAN
  13. 13Instagram : ___ :: YouTube : Short ↗REEL
  14. 15Focus for the foul-mouthed? ↗ORALHEALTH
  15. 21Skosh ↗BIT
  16. 22"Hang on a sec" ↗BERIGHTBACK
  17. 24Says "please," say ↗ASKSNICELY
  18. 25Look stunned ↗GAPE
  19. 26"___ plaisir" ("You're welcome," in French) ↗AVEC
  20. 27Breathtaking activity? ↗MEDITATION
  21. 28Take without paying ... or a motion made while paying ↗SWIPE
  22. 32Per ___ ↗DIEM
  23. 33Slip (into) ↗EASE
  24. 36Ganja ↗MARYJANE
  25. 41Residence that can have thousands of chambers ↗ANTNEST
  26. 43Unreturnable pickleball shot ↗ACE
  27. 44Polite titles ↗MADAMS
  28. 45Instruments in chamber groups ↗CELLI
  29. 47Discovery sites ↗LABS
  30. 49What's distorted in a Mercator projection ↗AREA
  31. 50Part of a full house ↗PAIR
  32. 51Ptolemaic royal, familiarly ↗CLEO
  33. 52Poke alternative ↗PSST
  34. 54Vim ↗PEP
  35. 55Transcript fig. ↗GPA