NYT Crossword September 16, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Relatives, informally 3 4A Carved bit of jewelry 5 9A Figure out 5 14A Pub pintful 3 15A ___ Dictionary (crowdsourced online reference) 5 16A Frog's sound 5 17A *High-status American Express offering 9 19A Cause of food poisoning, for short 5 20A Thin and graceful 5 21A Revolutionary Trotsky 4 23A Barbie's boyfriend 3 24A "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" singer 4 25A *Task for a locksmith 10 28A Science fiction princess 4 30A Destiny 6 31A *Motion of receding waves 8 35A Office paper fastener 4 37A Spanish article 3 38A Miss Havisham's ward in "Great Expectations" 7 42A Lennon's love 3 43A Japanese soup flavoring 4 45A *Bottom of the ocean 8 47A Drinking aids 6 51A "At Last" singer James 4 52A *Product of meat scraps that, despite its name, is dairy-free 10 54A Not bad, but not great 4 58A Donkey 3 59A Monk's hood 4 60A Theater employee 5 61A Shade akin to cream 5 63A Train conductor's cry … or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred clues 9 66A Strung along 5 67A Rock with a crystal-filled cavity 5 68A Hwy. 3 69A Highly skilled 5 70A Opposite of delete 5 71A Floppy part of a beagle 3

Down

1D Story with a moral 5 2D Bold poker bet 5 3D Substantial 5 4D Long, green veggie 4 5D Curved path 3 6D Wall St. credential 3 7D Premature 5 8D Next to bat 6 9D Aromas 6 10D Elf's foe 3 11D A shopper, not a buyer, informally 9 12D Fashion house named for its founder, Signor Garavani 9 13D Scraping (by) 5 18D Sidewalk writing medium 5 22D Non's opposite 3 25D Soul and Sorento 4 26D Sunrise direction 4 27D Cable inits. for cinephiles 3 29D Farm mother 3 31D Mooch, as a cigarette 3 32D Licorice-flavored spice 9 33D Rejected 9 34D "___ Just Not That Into You" (2009 film) 3 36D ___ favor 3 39D Levi's alternative 4 40D Behind 4 41D Rear, in the boat 3 44D Chicago airport code 3 46D Rodeo rope 5 48D Southern drawl, for example 6 49D Owl's question? 3 50D Waste that's been flushed 6 52D "Se ___ español" 5 53D Actress Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy" 5 55D Chicago airport 5 56D Sealy competitor 5 57D Big Mac meal with a Coke, e.g. 5 60D Ride from an airport, maybe 4 62D Republicans, for short 3 64D Place to park 3 65D Citrus drink suffix 3