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NYT Crossword Answers Sep 9, 2025

Complete answer list for the September 9, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Marshal HerrmannEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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The Grid

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Across 35

  1. 1Home in Havana ↗CASA
  2. 5Cheese town in northern Holland ↗EDAM
  3. 9One on Santa's team ↗CUPID
  4. 14Too fanciful ↗OVERIMAGINATIVE
  5. 17Fixture above a bathroom sink ↗MEDICINECABINET
  6. 18Chicago's ___ B. Wells Drive ↗IDA
  7. 19Singles ↗ONES
  8. 20Bit of writing of Nathaniel Hawthorne ↗TALE
  9. 21They bite ↗CANINES
  10. 23"No problem!" ↗SURECAN
  11. 26Viewing spot for the Grand Canyon ↗RIM
  12. 27Hookup for an undercover agent ↗WIRE
  13. 28Cry accompanying a flamenco dance ↗OLE
  14. 29Like volume measures ↗CUBIC
  15. 32Film title character from the "glorious nation of Kazakhstan" ↗BORAT
  16. 33Overrule ↗NIX
  17. 34Redding who wrote the song "Respect" ↗OTIS
  18. 35Purchase on "Wheel of Fortune" ... or every other letter of this puzzle's grid ↗VOWEL
  19. 36One may be drop-down ↗MENU
  20. 37Brooks with an EGOT ↗MEL
  21. 38Put on the payroll ↗HIRED
  22. 39Bonds tightly ↗FUSES
  23. 40Disco ___ (1970s) ↗ERA
  24. 41Like some coffee and hockey pucks ↗ICED
  25. 42Rabbit's residence ↗DEN
  26. 43Beyond repair, say ↗TOTALED
  27. 45Hercules, e.g. ↗DEMIGOD
  28. 49Country singer Church ↗ERIC
  29. 50Hawaiian dance ↗HULA
  30. 51In the manner of ↗ALA
  31. 52"Hold that thought ..." ↗MORETOCOMELATER
  32. 56"And switching gears …" ↗ONASEPARATENOTE
  33. 57Blush or rose ↗COLOR
  34. 58First, second or third ↗BASE
  35. 59401(k) alternatives ↗IRAS

Down 39

  1. 1Crack expert? ↗COMIC
  2. 2Cosmetics brand ↗AVEDA
  3. 3Four-door, typically ↗SEDAN
  4. 4"The Beat With ___ Melber" ↗ARI
  5. 5Who rapped "I've created a monster, ’cause nobody wants to see Marshall no more" ↗EMINEM
  6. 6Some "Beowulf" characters ↗DANES
  7. 7Develops, as bourbon in a barrel ↗AGES
  8. 8___ drop ↗MIC
  9. 9Club with dinner and dancing ↗CABARET
  10. 10Handy ↗UTILE
  11. 11Some winter decorations ↗PINECONES
  12. 12"What ___ Done" (Linkin Park song) ↗IVE
  13. 13The Motor City, on scoreboards ↗DET
  14. 15Well-known by everyone ↗ICONIC
  15. 16Not taught ↗NATURAL
  16. 22Body part that might be blue ↗IRIS
  17. 23Begat ↗SIRED
  18. 24Skirt style ↗ALINE
  19. 25Hub ↗NEXUS
  20. 27Blew away ↗WOWED
  21. 29One on Santa's team ↗COMET
  22. 30In ___ (not yet born) ↗UTERO
  23. 31Like some treaties ↗BILATERAL
  24. 32Daydreaming, say ↗BORED
  25. 35Narco nabber ↗VICECOP
  26. 36Local bond, informally ↗MUNI
  27. 38Brand of neon markers ↗HILITER
  28. 39What "F" can stand for ↗FEMALE
  29. 42Erase ↗DELETE
  30. 44Playground retort ↗ARESO
  31. 45"The Count of Monte Cristo" author ↗DUMAS
  32. 46It bites ↗GATOR
  33. 47Soul singer Adams ↗OLETA
  34. 48Starts of some pranks ↗DARES
  35. 50Jewish wedding dance ↗HORA
  36. 52Comfy bit of footwear ↗MOC
  37. 53Plastic ___ Band ↗ONO
  38. 54Taxi ↗CAB
  39. 55What might precede Phone, commercially? ↗ANI