NYT Crossword September 15, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Competitor of Denny's and Waffle House 4 5A A red cross, for the American Red Cross 4 9A Headwear for a monarch 5 14A Home for a Neanderthal 4 15A Apple tablet 4 16A Vietnam's capital 5 17A Ingenious fix (San Francisco) 15 20A Popular online brokerage 6 21A Reason for teens to rent a limo 4 22A Poem of praise 3 23A Drench 4 25A Double-click, as a file 4 27A Hotel discounts for conventioneers (Pittsburgh) 10 32A Starting alphabet quartet 4 35A Bank robbery, e.g. 5 36A One of 18 on a golf course 4 37A Uncommon 4 38A Knee part commonly repaired by a sports doc 3 39A Cracker often eaten with chowder 7 42A Practical joke 3 43A Yep's opposite 4 45A Prompted, on stage 4 46A Big concert venue 5 48A Way too uptight 4 49A Brief appearances by A-listers in films (Baltimore) 10 51A Location 4 53A Ford Explorer and Honda CR-V, for two 4 54A Winter hrs. in D.C. 3 56A "Really?" 4 59A Hippie T-shirt technique 6 63A Coaching axiom suggested by 17-, 27- and 49-Across 15 66A What each letter in Roy G. Biv represents 5 67A Common time for lunch 4 68A Pop ___ (breakfast pastry) 4 69A Zoom call V.I.P.s 5 70A Shell-less gastropod 4 71A Does some summing 4

Down

1D Summer drink that might cause a brain freeze 4 2D "Not another step!" 4 3D Above 4 4D Winged horse of Greek myth 7 5D One-dimensional, in math 6 6D Make a choice 3 7D Say "Oh, my God!," say 4 8D Stinky smell 4 9D ___ change (a measly amount) 5 10D Tattletale 3 11D Pungent, round deli order 10 12D Alternative to an iron, in golf 4 13D Three squared 4 18D Brings into the family 6 19D Make less tight 6 24D Liqueur in a mudslide 6 26D Part of the body with a lobe 3 27D Its capital is Accra 5 28D Spy's info-gathering mission 5 29D Bright choices for artists 10 30D ___ pole (Native American carving) 5 31D Skips, as a syllable 6 33D Common origami bird 5 34D Edgar ___, "The Ballet Class" artist 5 40D What security clearance grants 6 41D Magic Johnson's real first name 6 44D Hebrew name meaning "high" 3 47D ___ Stone (relic inscribed in three languages) 7 50D Special trip away from the house 6 52D Echelons 5 54D Engrave 4 55D "Get outta here!" 4 57D Places to stay overnight 4 58D Item on a mechanic's belt 4 60D Out of battery juice 4 61D 36 inches 4 62D CPR-administering crew, for short 4 64D Brain ___ (low-quality internet content) 3 65D "Lemme square up later" note 3