NYT Crossword September 18, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Customizable, all-in-one internet digest 7 8A Shoots for the stars 7 15A Game played with black-and-white pieces on an 8x8 board 7 16A "Thumbs down from me" 7 17A Meditation chant, in a sense 7 18A Sought-after 7 19A Variety of bark? 3 20A Something you might change on a bed 6 22A ___ Ulrich, Metallica drummer 4 23A Gave a sneak preview of 6 25A Tennis do-over, in a way 8 27A Counterparts of countesses in British peerage 5 28A Equine hybrid 5 29A One in Bonn 3 30A Sch. with a satellite campus in Calexico 4 31A Terse reply to "Why?" 3 32A Thingum 6 34A Superman portrayer Christopher, in so many words 9 37A Heart-pumping stuff? 6 40A Goal to shoot for 3 41A ___ Kong 4 45A Steeplechase unit 3 46A Bar from the bank? 5 48A It borders the Indian state of Sikkim 5 49A Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking 8 51A Philosopher who wrote "Words are loaded pistols" 6 52A First person? 4 53A Spread some dirt 6 55A A Gershwin brother 3 56A Muscle car whose name evokes a U.S. road trip 7 58A Action star Jet, in a nutshell 7 60A "Don't worry about the check" 7 61A Close contemporary 7 62A O-O and O-O-O, in chess notation 7 63A Like some shoes at a cobbler's 7

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1D Takes turns 7 2D One might say "Big savings all week!" 7 3D Rosh Hashana horns 7 4D Like the French article "la": Abbr. 3 5D Gets away from 6 6D Nickname for the medieval Spanish knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar 5 7D Mideast capital 4 8D Victorious military underdog in the Bible 6 9D Sports bet based on total points scored 9 10D Sister of Helios, in Greek myth 3 11D Barrier to entry 5 12D Chewed out 7 13D Slothfulness 7 14D Fortuitous gift 7 21D Holdings of winnings 9 24D Curved lines on sheet music 5 26D France's third-largest city, after Paris and Marseille 4 28D Quality to which a unique six-character code is assigned, in graphic design 3 31D Arcade staple with a joystick 9 33D Multiple-choice catchall 5 35D Inside of 4 36D Large chemical container 3 37D Credit cards, so to speak 7 38D Constellation whose name is Latin for "lizard" 7 39D U.S. History or Calculus BC, e.g. 7 42D Kind of illusion 7 43D Do some storytelling 7 44D Ascertained bit by bit 7 47D Garden guardians 6 48D Italy's third-largest city, after Rome and Milan 6 50D Words before a contingency plan 5 51D Invader's tactic 5 54D Play-fight 4 57D Its youngest host was a seven-year-old Drew Barrymore in '82 3 59D "If u ask me …" 3