NYT Crossword September 17, 2025 Answers

Across

1A State trees of North Dakota 4 5A Ditto, in footnotes 4 9A Measure (up) 5 14A First in a line of 14 popes 4 15A Some garage jobs 5 17A Olympian Strug 5 18A Start of a joke 10 20A Elder brother of Moses 5 21A Brand whose name is derived from the French phrase "sans caféine" 5 22A Perfectly pitched? 5 24A Sound effect in a slapstick routine 4 25A One might hit it or raise it, metaphorically 4 27A Vodka cocktails with orange liqueur and lime juice 9 29A Awakening 7 32A World Cup champs of 1978, 1986 and 2022: Abbr. 3 33A Knowing what not to say, say 4 34A Regional life forms 5 38A Kitchen appliance brand 5 42A Cry of dismay 3 43A Grammy-winning Bruno Mars album of 2016 … or a hint to an unusual feature of this puzzle's answer grid 8 45A "Fat chance!" 3 46A Classroom assignments 5 48A Encouraged, with "on" 5 49A Very pressing 4 50A Cred 3 52A One-named Barbadian superstar 7 54A Title nickname in a classic 1984 sports film 9 60A Time when streetlights turn on 4 61A "All right already, I'll do it!" 4 62A Punk or funk 5 64A Joined, as a table 5 67A Edmonton athlete 5 69A Trinket 10 71A Swedish coin 5 72A Nursery song refrain 5 73A Really loving 4 74A Like a smart aleck 5 75A Pushing against a boundary … like this answer? 4 76A "Shreds," in winter sports lingo 4

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1D ___ Club 4 2D Actress Dunham 4 3D Apollo mission mementos 9 4D Alternative to a strike [cough cough] 7 5D Variety 3 6D Brooks & ___ (country duo) 4 7D Literary download 5 8D Anime style involving giant robots 5 9D Rocksteady precursor 3 10D Soothing home remedy for puffy eyes 7 11D Spanish rice 5 12D Sorcerous elder of folklore 5 13D Garden hose problems 5 16D Go over lightly 4 19D Enemy agency in "Get Smart" 4 23D ___ Maria (liqueur) 3 26D Beatles sobriquet 4 28D See 68-Down 4 29D Slightly 4 30D Go pit-a-pat 4 31D Enjoy 4 35D Texter's "!!!" 3 36D Make "it," in a kids' game 3 37D Ripening agent 4 39D Body of policy advisers 9 40D Take home 4 41D Bird named for a Titan 4 43D Like a 6-3, 6-1 tennis match 4 44D Contrite answer to "Who put the empty ice cream carton back in the freezer?" 4 47D Legendary sea monsters 7 49D Some bottled waters 7 51D String tightener on a guitar 3 53D Ear covering 4 54D Screwballs 5 55D Director Kurosawa 5 56D Caramel-filled candies 5 57D Actress Palmer of "Nope" 4 58D Outie's counterpart 5 59D Hung on the clothesline 5 63D Vape pen, informally 4 65D When Hamilton arrives in New York City, in "Hamilton" 4 66D Some ring decisions, in brief 4 68D With 28-Down, longtime McDonald's chief 3 70D Comedian Jo 3