NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 6, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 6, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kunal NabarEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1568 clues

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Across 30

  1. 1They help you see the big picture ↗MOVIETICKETS
  2. 13Swing states? ↗OPENMARRIAGES
  3. 15Things you can't do without ↗BAREESSENTIALS
  4. 17Animal that's born with a full set of teeth ↗SHARK
  5. 18Actress Dawson of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" ↗STEF
  6. 19Sound from a chicken ↗EEK
  7. 21Stop working, say ↗TAKETEN
  8. 24Bash ↗FETE
  9. 25Half of a rhyming game name ↗ALAI
  10. 28Not from Scotland? ↗NAE
  11. 29A little husky? ↗PUPPY
  12. 30One preparing eggs ↗MAMABIRD
  13. 3219th-century naturalist buried in Westminster Abbey ↗DARWIN
  14. 33Bubble burster, perhaps ↗PIN
  15. 34Delta hub, in brief ↗ATL
  16. 35Nose around ↗PRY
  17. 36Inits. in a job posting ↗EEO
  18. 37Swellings in bodily tissues ↗EDEMAS
  19. 39Dignified and gracious sort ↗CLASSACT
  20. 41Checkers, e.g. ↗DISCS
  21. 42Nothing needs to be said to do it ↗HUM
  22. 43First Nations people ↗CREE
  23. 44Down Under colleges ↗UNIS
  24. 45Jazz fest? ↗NBAGAME
  25. 48Child support, in brief? ↗PTA
  26. 49High-energy snack ↗GORP
  27. 50"People are wrong when they say ___ is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it": Noël Coward ↗OPERA
  28. 54First science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship ↗OCTAVIAEBUTLER
  29. 58Reflective period ↗SILENTRETREAT
  30. 59Many TV panelists ↗TALKINGHEADS

Down 38

  1. 1Packs ↗MOBS
  2. 2Sea creature also known as a redfin ocean pan ↗OPAH
  3. 3Unseen wife on "Cheers" ↗VERA
  4. 4It keeps things going ↗INERTIA
  5. 5___ Okafor, 6'10" Charlotte player who was the N.B.A.'s 2005 Rookie of the Year ↗EMEKA
  6. 6Many lab instructors, informally ↗TAS
  7. 7Org. whose logo includes scales and an olive branch ↗IRS
  8. 8Reached the maximum ↗CRESTED
  9. 9"Roots" surname ↗KINTE
  10. 10Polished off ↗EATEN
  11. 11Cry of relief ↗TGIF
  12. 12It's "wine-dark," in Homer's "Odyssey" ↗SEA
  13. 14Pajamas ↗SLEEPWEAR
  14. 16Free kick, e.g., in soccer lingo ↗SETPIECE
  15. 20Special delivery at a conference ↗KEYNOTE
  16. 22Unites after a break ↗KNITS
  17. 23Rank above viscount ↗EARL
  18. 24Subject of trade that gave rise to St. Louis and Detroit ↗FUR
  19. 25Jazzed ↗AMPEDUP
  20. 26Went at ↗LAIDINTO
  21. 27Ones with big blocks? ↗AMNESIACS
  22. 29Is worth the effort ↗PAYS
  23. 31Some farm sounds ↗BAAS
  24. 32Much "Real Housewives" doings ↗DRAMA
  25. 35Bang the drum for ↗PLUG
  26. 38Makes some introductions, informally ↗MCS
  27. 39Bread whose dough is rolled on a chakla ↗CHAPATI
  28. 40British royal Rod of Equity and Mercy, e.g. ↗SCEPTRE
  29. 45Unprecedented ↗NOVEL
  30. 46Lip ↗BRINK
  31. 47Be sassy, with "off" ↗MOUTH
  32. 49Ball ↗GALA
  33. 51Ancient home to many pre-Socratic philosophers ↗ELEA
  34. 52Verb before lips and palms ↗READ
  35. 53They may be fine ↗ARTS
  36. 55Small songbird ↗TIT
  37. 56Directional suffix ↗ERN
  38. 57Solicit ↗BEG