NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 8, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 8, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Margaret SeikelEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Like the proverbial period before a storm ↗CALM
  2. 5Cooking device in a fast-food restaurant ↗FRYER
  3. 10Animal that moos ↗COW
  4. 13Thin woodwind ↗OBOE
  5. 14Condiment with four vowels in its name ↗AIOLI
  6. 15Father ↗PAPA
  7. 16*Pad in a makeup kit ↗POWDERPUFF
  8. 18"Fine by me" ↗OKAY
  9. 19December 24 is a notable one ↗EVE
  10. 20Prayer's end ↗AMEN
  11. 21Places for flag pins or mics ↗LAPELS
  12. 23Oasis setting ↗DESERT
  13. 25Outstanding people ↗GREATS
  14. 27No contest, for example ↗PLEA
  15. 29$7 million for 30 seconds during the Super Bowl, say ↗ADRATE
  16. 31Pound sounds ↗ARFS
  17. 34"Highway to Hell" band ↗ACDC
  18. 36Winner of 2008 and 2012 ↗OBAMA
  19. 38Mauna ___ Observatory ↗LOA
  20. 39Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred clues ↗IMTAKEN
  21. 41Small criticism ↗NIT
  22. 42Flower symbolizing early love ↗LILAC
  23. 44Follow commands ↗OBEY
  24. 454K screen precursor ↗HDTV
  25. 46Big clothing retailer headquartered in Freeport, Maine ↗LLBEAN
  26. 48Place for un béret ↗TETE
  27. 50Ones wearing white at weddings ↗BRIDES
  28. 52Show of respect to a queen ↗CURTSY
  29. 56Dropping off mail at the post office or picking up a prescription ↗ERRAND
  30. 58Exam on which Elle Woods scored 179 in "Legally Blonde," for short ↗LSAT
  31. 60Cry of discovery ↗AHA
  32. 61Swarm (with) ↗TEEM
  33. 62*Assignment on a plane ↗SEATNUMBER
  34. 65Signed vows of secrecy, for short ↗NDAS
  35. 66Chose ↗OPTED
  36. 67Toboggan, e.g. ↗SLED
  37. 68Pop, as "the question" ↗ASK
  38. 69Filthy ↗NASTY
  39. 70Totally understands ↗GETS

Down 39

  1. 1Managed well enough ↗COPED
  2. 2Higher than on the totem pole ↗ABOVE
  3. 3Home Depot competitor ↗LOWES
  4. 4Size between small and large: Abbr. ↗MED
  5. 5Minor-league club ↗FARMTEAM
  6. 6Ready to be picked ↗RIPE
  7. 7The "Y" of Y.A. books ↗YOUNG
  8. 8Keebler worker ↗ELF
  9. 9Hunted (through) ↗RIFLED
  10. 10*Bakery display piece ↗CAKESTAND
  11. 11Iridescent stone ↗OPAL
  12. 12House ___ and Means Committee ↗WAYS
  13. 15Can-opening mechanism ↗POPTAB
  14. 17___ Grey tea ↗EARL
  15. 22Slugger Judge ↗AARON
  16. 24Limited releases on Spotify, informally ↗EPS
  17. 26Article of sports equipment that needs to be strung ↗RACKET
  18. 28Part of a play with the opening scene ↗ACTONE
  19. 30Send off ↗EMIT
  20. 31100% ↗ALL
  21. 32Make annoyed ↗ROIL
  22. 33*Days off following October midterms ↗FALLBREAK
  23. 35Hit on a vape pen ↗DAB
  24. 37Off-roading transport, in brief ↗ATV
  25. 39Strand during winter, say ↗ICEIN
  26. 40Superficially attractive sort ↗EYECANDY
  27. 43Georgia politico Stacey ___ ↗ABRAMS
  28. 452013 movie about an A.I. crush ↗HER
  29. 47Attaches ↗ADDSON
  30. 49Ballerina's garb ↗TUTU
  31. 51Some bed supports ↗SLATS
  32. 53Hold to discuss at a later time ↗TABLE
  33. 54Word before metal or music ↗SHEET
  34. 55Fabric amounts ↗YARDS
  35. 56Italian erupter ↗ETNA
  36. 57Cincinnati baseball franchise ↗REDS
  37. 59Editor's mark ↗STET
  38. 63Pesticide regulator, in brief ↗EPA
  39. 64Food seasoning, for short ↗MSG