NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2025
NYT Crossword Answers Sep 3, 2025
Complete answer list for the September 3, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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MONSEP
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By Lynn Lempel
TUESEP
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By Rena Cohen
WEDSEP
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By Michael B. Berg
THUSEP
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By Colin Ernst
FRISEP
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By Bryan Cheong
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Across 37
- 1Project for a beginning knitter ↗SCARF
- 6Petri dish medium ↗AGAR
- 10Niecy ___ of "Clean House" ↗NASH
- 14Exposed, as one's dirty laundry ↗AIRED
- 15Protein in a niçoise salad ↗TUNA
- 16Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant" ↗ARLO
- 17Neutral shade in some Florida décor? ↗TAMPABEIGE
- 19One getting top billing ↗STAR
- 20Just OK ↗SOSO
- 21Break in the action ↗LULL
- 22Censures ↗DAMNS
- 23Lighthearted invitation for joining one's sled team? ↗SKIPTOMYLUGE
- 26[Is this thing on?] ↗TAPTAP
- 29Fish feared by dragons in "How to Train Your Dragon" ↗EELS
- 30Cry of defeat ↗ILOST
- 31Chess piece that can be promoted ↗PAWN
- 34Creature of Sherpa folklore ↗YETI
- 37Chop (off) ↗LOP
- 38Fancify … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 62-Across ↗ZHUZHUP
- 41Stalling sounds ↗UHS
- 42Tolkien trilogy, to fans ↗LOTR
- 44Word after latch or glom ↗ONTO
- 45"Death of a Salesman" salesman ↗LOMAN
- 47A half-filled auditorium, per Robert Frost ↗HELL
- 49Puts the pedal to the metal ↗GUNSIT
- 50Headline during a zombie attack? ↗THEDEADSIEGE
- 55Pair of cymbals with a foot pedal ↗HIHAT
- 56Gain ↗EARN
- 57World's most-watched television franchise, informally ↗IDOL
- 61School within both Princeton and Carleton? ↗ETON
- 62Price of makeup at the dollar store, informally? ↗BUCKAROUGE
- 64No longer applicable ↗MOOT
- 65Feel sore ↗ACHE
- 66Console for the game Pitfall! ↗ATARI
- 67Partner of odds ↗ENDS
- 68Rhyming word after speed ↗READ
- 69Loses color ↗PALES
Down 41
- 1Exams that are often optional ↗SATS
- 2Florence farewell ↗CIAO
- 3Munitions ↗ARMS
- 4Spreads on social media ↗REPOSTS
- 5Cosmetics-regulating org. ↗FDA
- 6Couldn't get enough of ↗ATEUP
- 7Reason for a tucked tail, perhaps ↗GUILT
- 8___-Saxon ↗ANGLO
- 9Issa of "Insecure" ↗RAE
- 10How a Dylan impersonator might sing ↗NASALLY
- 11Tate Modern and others ↗ARTMUSEUMS
- 12"That slaps," for something good, e.g. ↗SLANG
- 13One might be mounted ↗HORSE
- 18Tiny deviation from a general trend ↗BLIP
- 22Product from Rit ↗DYE
- 24New York City deli name ↗KATZ
- 25It might be fixed at a chef's table ↗MENU
- 26Cashier's tray ↗TILL
- 27___ gobi (potato curry) ↗ALOO
- 28Prepare to do an oil change, say ↗POPTHEHOOD
- 31"The shoddy sandwich knife couldn't cut the mustard," e.g. ↗PUN
- 32Early H.I.V. med ↗AZT
- 33"___ knows?" ↗WHO
- 35Phuket native ↗THAI
- 36"___ she lovely?" (Stevie Wonder question) ↗ISNT
- 39Greeting that becomes another greeting if you add an A at the front and reverse it ↗HOLA
- 40Promote ↗PLUG
- 43Stinging insects ↗REDANTS
- 46The least amount a person might give ↗ONEIOTA
- 48Tennis umpire's call ↗LET
- 49Rowlands of "A Woman Under the Influence" ↗GENA
- 50Subject ↗THEME
- 51Discover by chance ↗HITON
- 52Two in a hand ↗DEUCE
- 53___ Baron Cohen, "The Trial of the Chicago 7" actor ↗SACHA
- 54Ticked off ↗IRKED
- 58Twofold ↗DUAL
- 59Fairy tale baddie ↗OGRE
- 60Some island rings ↗LEIS
- 62Setting for many a joke with a priest, a pastor and a rabbi ↗BAR
- 63Sharp knock ↗RAP