NYT Crossword September 25, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Olympic slalom equipment 5 6A Spanish sparkling wine 4 10A First, second or third 4 14A "For real!" 10 16A Fictional company famous for its duds 4 17A Outcome of a match, maybe 10 18A Forum setting 4 19A U2 producer Brian 3 20A Stew on it! 5 21A Like a whodunit in which the butler did it [duh!] 5 22A Device seen on a front desk 4 23A Ho Chi Minh City's former name 6 25A Exploit a loophole, e.g. 13 29A Disinclined 6 30A Supermodel Alek 3 31A ___ one's time 4 34A Procedure after which you might wear flip-flops, informally 4 35A Off 5 37A ___ Minor 4 38A Pen that isn't used for writing, in brief 4 39A "Karma is a cat / Purring in my ___ 'cause it loves me" (Taylor Swift lyric) 3 40A Port on the Loire 6 42A "Speaking of which ..." 13 45A Like an earworm 6 46A Play group 4 47A Not bother 5 48A Rapper and actor Smith 5 50A Go-to doc 3 53A Actress Shawkat 4 54A Ones providing brief assistance? 10 56A Alliance 4 57A Invasive plants? 10 58A One might be meat-only or dairy-only in a kosher household 4 59A Morsels often found in fried rice 4 60A The Devil's domain 5

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1D Give credit to, in a way 4 2D Analogous 4 3D ___ Sarratore, "My Brilliant Friend" character 4 4D "How ___" 3 5D Certain loopholes 7 6D Spoon, e.g. 6 7D Second Freudian stage 4 8D Gives one's approval, in a way 8 9D Past-tense verb that becomes its present tense when you move its last letter to the front 3 10D Sources of some rock 11 11D Some experts of interest? 10 12D World capital once known as Philadelphia 5 13D Instagram : ___ :: YouTube : Short 4 15D Focus for the foul-mouthed? 10 21D Skosh 3 22D "Hang on a sec" 11 24D Says "please," say 10 25D Look stunned 4 26D "___ plaisir" ("You're welcome," in French) 4 27D Breathtaking activity? 10 28D Take without paying ... or a motion made while paying 5 32D Per ___ 4 33D Slip (into) 4 36D Ganja 8 41D Residence that can have thousands of chambers 7 43D Unreturnable pickleball shot 3 44D Polite titles 6 45D Instruments in chamber groups 5 47D Discovery sites 4 49D What's distorted in a Mercator projection 4 50D Part of a full house 4 51D Ptolemaic royal, familiarly 4 52D Poke alternative 4 54D Vim 3 55D Transcript fig. 3