NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 5, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 5, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Bryan CheongEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1566 clues

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Across 31

  1. 1One who tries to make a good impression ↗DENTIST
  2. 8Go with ↗ESCORT
  3. 14It has its X's and O's ↗LOVENOTE
  4. 15Manscapes, perhaps ↗SHAVES
  5. 16Money wasted on poor decision-making, jocularly ↗IDIOTTAX
  6. 17Destroyed emotionally ↗TOREUP
  7. 18Greg ___, author of the 1994 science fiction novel "Permutation City" ↗EGAN
  8. 19Ones who might be looking toward careers at museums ↗ARTMAJORS
  9. 21Elated ↗SENT
  10. 22Goal of a squeeze bunt, for short ↗RBI
  11. 23:( ↗IMSAD
  12. 25Pro whose work might be shocking ↗EMT
  13. 28Alley ___ ↗OOP
  14. 30Sched. placeholder ↗TBA
  15. 31Small semiaquatic mammal with 22 tentacles on its snout ↗STARNOSEDMOLE
  16. 35Condiment at an Asian fusion restaurant ↗TERIYAKISAUCE
  17. 36Ground-breaking invention? ↗DYNAMITESTICK
  18. 37Big N.Y.S.E. news ↗IPO
  19. 38Formal duds ↗TUX
  20. 39Kyrgyz city on the ancient Silk Road ↗OSH
  21. 40What the "sans" refers to in Comic Sans ↗SERIF
  22. 43Bang into ↗RAM
  23. 45Musical lead-in to beat ↗AFRO
  24. 49"OK, don't accept my apology then!" ↗FINEBEMAD
  25. 52Bird that can build tools and remember human faces ↗CROW
  26. 53Not family-friendly, in a way ↗RATEDR
  27. 54Logical inconsistency in a story ↗PLOTHOLE
  28. 56Game with a 32-card deck ↗ECARTE
  29. 57Refreshers that can be served with green wedges ↗LIMEADES
  30. 58Present ↗BESTOW
  31. 59Gently presses, as a gas pedal ↗EASESON

Down 35

  1. 1Skirt ↗DODGE
  2. 2Water brand whose logo shows the Alps ↗EVIAN
  3. 3Colorful fish with iridescent stripes ↗NEONTETRA
  4. 4Need for a demo, maybe ↗TNT
  5. 5Really small amount ↗IOTA
  6. 6Belle ___, real-life 19th-century outlaw celebrated in film and TV ↗STARR
  7. 7Paragon ↗TEXTBOOKEXAMPLE
  8. 8"___ bien!" ("All right!," in Spanish) ↗ESTA
  9. 9Sliding screen in a Japanese tearoom ↗SHOJI
  10. 10Bounce ↗CAROM
  11. 11Excess of inventory ↗OVERSTOCK
  12. 12Like canvas grocery bags ↗REUSABLE
  13. 13Cookbook qty. ↗TSP
  14. 14Does some stretching? ↗LIES
  15. 20Constriction of the pupils ↗MIOSIS
  16. 24Daniel ___ Kim of "Hawaii Five-0" ↗DAE
  17. 26Seriously harm ↗MAIM
  18. 27"Come on, just once!" ↗TRYIT
  19. 29Topping dolloped on fresh Italian tomatoes, maybe ↗PESTO
  20. 31Misses watching a bullfight? ↗SENORITAS
  21. 32Word with human or second ↗NATURE
  22. 33Spot for a speaker ↗DAIS
  23. 34Young 31-Down ↗MUCHACHAS
  24. 35Bold choice, perhaps? ↗TYPEFACE
  25. 36Lead-in to integration ↗DIS
  26. 41Not going anywhere ↗INERT
  27. 42Provided with, as anonymous tips ↗FEDTO
  28. 44Obama family member with credits as a TV writer ↗MALIA
  29. 46Noted ring bearer ↗FRODO
  30. 47Slugger Scott with eight Gold Gloves ↗ROLEN
  31. 48Has an unsettled Venmo request, say ↗OWES
  32. 50Cold one ↗BREW
  33. 51Monks' honorifics ↗DOMS
  34. 53Jewish honorific ↗REB
  35. 55Bit of concert merch ↗TEE