NYT Crossword September 22, 2025 Answers

Across

1A School stat like 3.5 or 4.0 3 4A Yeast, mold and mushrooms 5 9A Desert plants with needles 5 14A Tree with "American" and "slippery" varieties 3 15A Alaskan native 5 16A Synthetic fabric once common in sweaters 5 17A Born as 3 18A Wine choice in southern France 11 20A Bonkers 4 22A Compete (for) 3 23A Changes with the times 6 24A Females that may be fleeced 4 26A Cinema showing 4 27A Canadian P.M. who is the son of another Canadian P.M. 13 32A Cyber Monday sector 5 33A Put to work 3 34A Ask God (for) 4 37A Identify in a Facebook photo 3 38A Where canines sleep 7 42A "Du-u-ude!" 3 43A Basketball's O'Neal, to fans 4 45A Keanu Reeves's character in "The Matrix" 3 46A To no ___ (ineffectively) 5 48A Platform for Donkey Kong Country 13 52A Ingredient in many hand lotions 4 53A The lion's share 4 54A Cigarette butt receptacle 6 57A Major N.Y.C. concert venue 3 58A Do the backstroke or breaststroke 4 62A Chunks found in Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice cream 11 65A Avant-garde musical artist Yoko 3 66A Fixed, as a piano 5 67A "The Godfather" author Puzo 5 68A Frequently, to a poet 3 69A Winter coasters 5 70A Surgical tube 5 71A Cry from Homer … or a phonetic hint to the ends of 18-, 27-, 48- and 62- Across 3

Down

1D Kids these days 4 2D "Not guilty," e.g. 4 3D "You got that right, sister!" 4 4D Certain evergreen 3 5D Like some bars in gymnastics 6 6D One who is barely seen? 6 7D Jeer 4 8D "How was ___ know?" 3 9D Pamper 6 10D Tour guide? 7 11D Crash of thunder 4 12D Promote enthusiastically 4 13D "Need You Tonight" rock band 4 19D Like speakeasies and refrigerators, at times 6 21D Brand of cooler that shares its name with a Himalayan legend 4 25D Opposite of tame 4 26D Join into one 4 27D Jacuzzi features 4 28D Where to find the Jazz 4 29D Long-winded tales 5 30D Apply, as ointment 5 31D City-related 5 35D Desertlike 4 36D Carefree motto, in modern lingo 4 39D Low-scoring deadlock 6 40D Richard of "Pretty Woman" 4 41D Hurdles for srs. 4 44D Sounded like a duck 7 47D Farm docs 4 49D Tartan patterns 6 50D "Yeah, right" 6 51D Bean 6 54D Does some theater work 4 55D Word before food or mate 4 56D Refine, as a skill 4 57D Castle defense 4 59D What a whittler whittles 4 60D Facts 4 61D Relative of a butterfly 4 63D Private online chats, for short 3 64D Spicy 3