NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 29, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 29, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Brian KellerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Division of a bowling game ↗FRAME
  2. 6Roomba target ↗DUST
  3. 10See 70-Across ↗FIVE
  4. 14Touch-and-go ↗DICEY
  5. 15Opening stake ↗ANTE
  6. 16Awestruck ↗AGOG
  7. 17Words of empathy ↗ICARE
  8. 18Bog down ↗MIRE
  9. 19Caramel-filled candy ↗ROLO
  10. 20Fast-food alternative to a nugget ↗CHICKENTENDER
  11. 23Hyphenated brand of fruit-flavored drinks ↗HIC
  12. 24Pie ___ mode ↗ALA
  13. 253, 4 or 5, for a golf hole ↗PAR
  14. 28Headwear usually worn metaphorically ↗THINKINGCAP
  15. 35Free souvenirs ↗SWAG
  16. 37Yoko to whom the 1971 song "Oh Yoko!" is dedicated ↗ONO
  17. 38Homes for Plains tribes ↗TEPEES
  18. 39"Feel me?" ↗YADIG
  19. 41Walgreens rival ↗CVS
  20. 43A dance or a dip ↗SALSA
  21. 44Egyptian god of the underworld ↗OSIRIS
  22. 46Hunky-dory ↗AOK
  23. 48Schedule opening ↗SLOT
  24. 49Coach of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant ↗PHILJACKSON
  25. 52Photo ___ (media events) ↗OPS
  26. 53Fertilization targets ↗OVA
  27. 54Without precedent ↗NEW
  28. 56Hallmark products … or a hint to what to find in the circled squares ↗GREETINGCARDS
  29. 63Longtime film rating org. ↗MPAA
  30. 65Encouraging start? ↗ATTA
  31. 66Secure with ropes ↗TIEUP
  32. 67Seeming eternities ↗EONS
  33. 68Fertile soil ↗LOAM
  34. 69Vegan skin products brand ↗AVEDA
  35. 70With 10-Across, alternative to a fist bump ↗HIGH
  36. 71Singer Lovett ↗LYLE
  37. 72Send to a specialist, say ↗REFER

Down 41

  1. 1Bank-backing grp. since 1933 ↗FDIC
  2. 2Very well-off ↗RICH
  3. 3Berry that's a "superfood" ↗ACAI
  4. 4Purchased souvenirs, informally ↗MERCH
  5. 5Makeup set containing shadow and mascara ↗EYEKIT
  6. 6"Shucks!," only stronger ↗DAMN
  7. 7Condo, e.g. ↗UNIT
  8. 8Run out of clothes? ↗STREAK
  9. 9"Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" genre ↗TEENLIT
  10. 10Uber cost ↗FARE
  11. 11Composer Stravinsky ↗IGOR
  12. 12Button on a remote: Abbr. ↗VOL
  13. 13Id's counterpart ↗EGO
  14. 21Amazon speaker ↗ECHO
  15. 22Copenhageners, e.g. ↗DANES
  16. 25Military mind game, for short ↗PSYOP
  17. 26Covered with water ↗AWASH
  18. 27Diameters halved ↗RADII
  19. 29Popular business magazine ↗INC
  20. 30Tennis star Djokovic ↗NOVAK
  21. 314.0s are excellent ones ↗GPAS
  22. 32Stringed instrument that's often as tall as its seated musician ↗CELLO
  23. 33Man of morals ↗AESOP
  24. 34Exams for H.S. sophs. and jrs. ↗PSATS
  25. 36"You go, ___!" ↗GIRL
  26. 40Soldier who can stand at attention indefinitely ↗GIJOE
  27. 42Castaway's call for help ↗SOS
  28. 45Loss-prevention command ↗SAVEALL
  29. 47Donkey ___ (game) ↗KONG
  30. 50Laser pointer or rubber mouse ↗CATTOY
  31. 51Sweet drink ↗NECTAR
  32. 55Voluntarily relinquish, as a right ↗WAIVE
  33. 56Jets or Sharks not found in the N.H.L. ↗GANG
  34. 57Reckless ↗RASH
  35. 58Slanted type: Abbr. ↗ITAL
  36. 59Word after pen, pet or proper ↗NAME
  37. 60Endangered underwater ecosystem ↗REEF
  38. 61Bro ↗DUDE
  39. 62Trade punches ↗SPAR
  40. 63Unimpressed reaction ↗MEH
  41. 64Luau paste ↗POI