NYT Crossword September 2, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Número to tango 3 4A Sailboat's post 4 8A Holiday Inn competitor 6 14A Scrape (by) 3 15A All over again 4 16A "All ___!" (conductor's call) 6 17A "Grey's Anatomy" network 3 18A Surgical implant 11 20A Line in a song 5 22A Rejections 3 23A Duolingo and DoorDash 4 24A Soother for sore gums 12 28A Smidgen 5 29A "This is more than a want!" 7 33A "Best Comeback Athlete," for one 4 35A Brian of electronica 3 37A Caribbean hot spot 5 38A Eensy 3 39A Salty snack whose varieties are found at the ends of 18-, 24-, 52- and 61-Across 7 42A Relatives 3 43A Astonished 5 45A Khan of Khan Academy 3 46A Loch ___ monster 4 47A Ladies in Lima 7 50A Flowers in a Valentine's Day bouquet 5 52A Core-strengthening exercise 12 56A Greenland native 4 59A Anderson Cooper's channel 3 60A River critter 5 61A Travel blogger's gadget 11 65A Countdown ender 3 66A "This decision is hard!" 6 67A Nobel laureate Wiesel 4 68A Patriotic chant 3 69A Rose quickly, as prices 6 70A Its symbol is Pb 4 71A Vietnamese New Year 3

Down

1D Passed out cards 5 2D "I'm leaving now!" 5 3D What a schemer schemes 10 4D Green tea variety 6 5D What makes a pan a pain? 3 6D Bump, ___, spike (volleyball trio) 3 7D Part of many Southern accents 5 8D Granola morsel 6 9D ___ Dhabi 3 10D Certain parent overseeing a child's career, in showbiz lingo 7 11D Org. for senior citizens 4 12D Roller coaster element 4 13D Does some math 4 19D Seaweed for sushi 4 21D "Just doing my best" 4 25D Bakery worker 4 26D Hawaiian goose 4 27D Young adult novelist Shusterman 4 30D Fights 10 31D Long-legged wader 4 32D Sunbathes 4 33D Some Ivy Leaguers 4 34D Kind of wave 4 36D Tiebreaker periods, in brief 3 39D Andean nation 4 40D Fashion retailer headquartered in Spain 4 41D North Carolina's ___ University 4 44D Try earnestly to get 7 46D Small salamander 4 48D Climb 6 49D IDs on W-2s 4 51D Enthusiastic, informally 6 53D Spy's gathering 5 54D Perceive 5 55D Reward for Rover 5 56D Egyptian goddess of healing 4 57D Dory's friend, in film 4 58D Chain with in-store salons 4 62D Rage 3 63D Martinique, par exemple 3 64D Org. that requires polygraph tests for all applicants 3