NYT Crossword September 21, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Vineyard measure 4 5A Does acid 5 10A Tree with doubly serrated leaves 3 13A [Hey!] 4 17A Locations in the game Clue 5 19A Grand duke of Luxembourg beginning in 2000 5 20A Heart of the matter 4 22A Palindromic Italian number 4 23A Traditional form of Japanese drama 17 25A Pro ___ 4 26A Key spot? 4 27A Entered on tiptoe 7 28A "Love, ___" (2014 rom-com starring Lily Collins) 5 30A Far from conscious 7 32A Kicked off, as a business 9 34A 2012 Disney film set inside an arcade 16 36A Had 6 37A Turns off 8 38A Lace protector 5 41A "You may ___" 5 43A The "me" of "Despicable Me" 3 44A Bonds 4 48A "About Us" pieces 4 49A Holds dear 6 51A Small square 3 52A Longtime employer of Rachel Maddow 5 53A Self-love 3 54A Phases, to Taylor Swift 4 55A Game with Indigenous origins 8 58A ___ Fighters ("Everlong" band) 3 59A Festive outdoor lighting options 15 62A Classic drinking "sport" 4 63A "Sorry, maybe next time" 6 65A "The Last Supper," e.g. 5 66A Third-largest land animal 5 68A Pokémon enthusiast's collection 5 69A Puck's king 6 71A Muscle firmness 4 72A Place to perfect a recipe 15 76A Swanson on "Parks and Recreation" 3 77A Game typically played in the dark 8 80A Muchas horas 4 81A "Was ___ blame?" 3 82A Bad spirit 5 84A D.C. pro 3 85A Fight the urge 6 87A It gets bucks from Broncos 4 88A Does a farm job 4 89A ___ Island (Georgia resort destination) 3 90A Reform Party founder 5 91A Feasts 5 92A Like emailed files 8 95A "The Silence of the Lambs" villain 6 98A Certain rescue pet 16 101A Gleeful feeling 9 104A Miniaturized Amazon smart speaker 7 105A Big jerks 5 107A Remove, as a coupon 7 109A Dangerous additive in old paint 4 110A Whopping 4 112A Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle 11 114A Croft of video games 4 115A ___ homo 4 116A Some slushies 5 117A Perform horribly 5 118A TV host Cohen 4 119A Joke around 3 120A "No man is an island" writer 5 121A Slumps 4

Down

1D Holiest locales in synagogues, traditionally 4 2D Applications of polish 5 3D Tik-Tok in the Oz books, for one 5 4D Models after 8 5D 1995 Sandra Bullock cyberthriller 6 6D "V for Vendetta" actor Stephen 3 7D Uninvited guest 8 8D Doings before surgery, informally 5 9D Dubbed ones 4 10D They might be glowing 6 11D Astrological lion 3 12D Filing services? 9 13D Programs hosted by SoundCloud 8 14D Happy hour perch 5 15D Make a big step, perhaps 5 16D Rabbi's reading 5 18D Regular at a park with half-pipes, informally 12 21D Breaded, fried Japanese pork cutlet 12 24D Big successes 4 29D Victor's cry 4 31D Creative pursuit 3 33D Oscar-winning Ariana of "West Side Story" 6 35D December drink 6 37D Gone missing 11 38D Assist illegally 4 39D 1958 romantic comedy that won Best Picture 4 40D "I made it big time!" 15 42D Many a skin-care product 3 45D Hip 9 46D Black, in verse 4 47D St. Andrews resident 4 49D Esoteric knowledge 6 50D Roald who wrote "Matilda" 4 51D "… actually, let's go to plan B" 5 52D Members of the mongoose family 12 54D Jazz composer Garner 6 56D Swipe 3 57D Go after, as mosquitoes 6 60D Graham Greene's "___ Man in Havana" 3 61D One way to sell stock 5 64D Public health agcy. 3 67D Bank acct. entry 3 68D Several CBS dramas 4 69D United Way and UNICEF, in brief 4 70D ___-chic (dressing style) 4 71D It incited a famous 18th-century "party" 6 73D Cleaned up, in a way 6 74D To be, in Nice 4 75D Dozes (off) 4 78D Ambush 15 79D Neighbor of Lux. 3 83D Gannett-owned newspaper 8 86D "Here's the thing ..." 8 87D Campground gathering spots 8 89D Worked hard (for) 6 90D Farm enclosures 4 91D Jeans 6 93D ___ Talks 3 94D Intense, as an argument 6 96D Music protector, of a sort 6 97D Slope 4 98D Guy 5 99D What the "dalai" of "Dalai Lama" translates to 5 100D Broken piece of pottery 5 101D Insurer with a green mascot 5 102D Justice Sotomayor 5 103D Seeking justice, in a way 5 106D Leave tire marks, say 4 108D Expressions of disapproval 4 111D B.S. part: Abbr. 3 113D Barbie's beau 3