NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 26, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 26, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Larry SnyderEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Hogwash ↗SWILL
  2. 6Smart ↗CHIC
  3. 10Dip that can be made in a molcajete, for short ↗GUAC
  4. 14Start of a count-off ↗EENIE
  5. 15Stream with a lot of shade? ↗HATEWATCH
  6. 17"You interested?" ↗WANNA
  7. 18Something a newlywed usually lacks ↗ALONETIME
  8. 19Embark ↗SETSAIL
  9. 21Some wraps ↗STOLES
  10. 22Flock : geese :: business : ___ ↗FERRETS
  11. 23Comic book sound ↗POW
  12. 24"Alea iacta ___" ("The die is cast") ↗EST
  13. 25Politician who organized the first congressional hearing on global warming (1981) ↗ALGORE
  14. 26Indigenous person of northern South America ↗CARIB
  15. 28It holds the line ↗REEL
  16. 29Lots and lots ↗ATON
  17. 31"Hogwash!" ↗PAH
  18. 33Takes in the trash? ↗DELETEDSCENES
  19. 37It gets pumped at a party ↗KEG
  20. 38"Is this seat taken ...?" ↗MAYI
  21. 39Pet food brand whose name reflects its founding in Allentown, Pa. ↗ALPO
  22. 41Blowouts ↗ROMPS
  23. 43Chew on ↗PONDER
  24. 45"The Walking Dead" network ↗AMC
  25. 48Call at the table? ↗SEE
  26. 49In need of an evening out? ↗CREASED
  27. 50Greeting that combines a handshake and an embrace ↗BROHUG
  28. 52Put together ↗GROUPED
  29. 53Sign before picking up ↗ORDERHERE
  30. 55Border (on) ↗VERGE
  31. 57Digitally altered videos of celebrities, say ↗DEEPFAKES
  32. 58Race, in a way ↗REVUP
  33. 59Icelandic saga ↗EDDA
  34. 60Creature that can be "red-spotted" ↗NEWT
  35. 61Novelist Ferrante ↗ELENA

Down 35

  1. 1Put in stitches ↗SEW
  2. 2Talked one's way (out of) ↗WEASELED
  3. 3It might be on display at Comic-Con ↗INNERGEEK
  4. 4Cleaning product commonly used by pet owners ↗LINTROLLER
  5. 5One receiving monthly payments ↗LEASER
  6. 6Drinks made with cardamom ↗CHAIS
  7. 7Word with study or city ↗HALL
  8. 8"Who am ___ question?" ↗ITO
  9. 9Bowdlerize, maybe ↗CENSOR
  10. 10Enemigo de un ratón ↗GATO
  11. 11Serving a purpose ↗UTILE
  12. 12High points ↗ACMES
  13. 13It's where the heart is ↗CHEST
  14. 16Diaper bag item ↗WETWIPE
  15. 20Patronized, in a way ↗ATEAT
  16. 22Repeated word in the "Star Wars" prologue ↗FAR
  17. 23Variety of violet ↗PANSY
  18. 26Closing bars ↗CODAS
  19. 27Classic thing to slip on ↗BANANAPEEL
  20. 30City east of Phoenix ↗TEMPE
  21. 32Didn't get broken ↗HELDSERVE
  22. 34Search for oneself ↗EGOSURF
  23. 35Antibiotic used to treat anthrax ↗CIPRO
  24. 36Problem for someone who's pushing 90, say ↗SPEEDGUN
  25. 40Chicago airport code ↗ORD
  26. 42Duchess of Sussex beginning in 2018 ↗MEGHAN
  27. 44The works? ↗OEUVRE
  28. 45Building … or a building material, if you swap its consonants ↗ABODE
  29. 46Cincinnati sports mascot ↗MRRED
  30. 47Made some Java, say ↗CODED
  31. 49Cockatoo feature ↗CREST
  32. 51Purifying filter acronym ↗HEPA
  33. 52Waxed, in a way ↗GREW
  34. 54Scrape (out) ↗EKE
  35. 56Org. that measures A.Q.I. ↗EPA