NYT Crossword September 28, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Caveat ___ ("Buyer beware") 6 7A Spice that's characteristic of Hungarian cooking 7 14A Marvel Comics mutant who can freeze his own body 6 20A Arizona county or Indigenous people 6 21A Tries some water, say 7 22A Like a win-win situation 6 23A ___ law, concept in computing technology 6 24A Alternative to a nanny 7 25A Fire starters 6 26A Contents of a flagon 3 27A Ole Miss athletes, to fans 4 29A X 3 30A ___ Scott, who the Supreme Court said was not free to sue for his freedom 4 32A Org. not getting many happy returns? 3 33A Remove surgically, as tissue 6 35A "They tell me …" 5 37A Beethoven symphony originally intended to honor Napoleon 6 39A Class that might cause some high schoolers to blush 6 40A Sprawling Indian metropolis 5 41A Like some bridges 6 42A "Let me check on that" 6 44A Expiates, with "for" 6 46A Man's name that's 49-Across plus a letter 4 49A Woman's name that's the first three letters of 46-Across 3 50A Rap battle participants 3 53A Tampa Bay athlete, in brief 3 54A Twists off course, as a ship 4 58A Witch 3 59A Exploited 4 60A "Weekend Update" co-host Michael 3 61A All over again 4 63A ___Guessr, hit online game whose players deduce locations from Google Street View images 3 64A Where a hurricane forms 5 66A Wish someone "Happy Birthday," perhaps 9 69A At dawn, say 5 71A Mammal with long whiskers 6 73A Extra 5 74A They stand for art 6 75A Called 6 77A ___ Day, Billie Holiday's portrayer in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" 5 78A Celebrity chef Ina 6 79A Demanding entertainer 4 80A X 3 82A He was né Clay 3 83A Watchdog's warning 3 84A Words of understanding 4 86A Outback baby 4 87A Familiar initialism coined by a U.S. Air Force captain 3 88A Do-over at Wimbledon 3 89A Kind of sauce at a sushi bar 3 90A Sewer in American history 4 91A "Weekend Update" show, for short 3 92A Zipped 4 93A Like some alcohol … or places that prohibit alcohol 3 94A Not present and not excused, for short 4 96A Foreign policy grp. 3 97A Brezhnev of the Soviet Union 6 99A Cherokee and Cheyenne 6 101A Relationship featuring casual intimacy … or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle 19 108A Starbucks competitor 5 109A Spot for an ornament 7 110A Giants in California and New York 5 112A "Beat it!" 7 115A Actor Wilson of "The Office" 5 116A Rye, e.g. 7 118A "Wouldn't miss it for the world!" 7 119A Like slow filers and fast drivers, at times 5 120A Furniture retailer owned by Williams-Sonoma 7 121A Lives (in) 7 122A Iditarod transports 5 123A Involves 7

Down

1D Title heroine described as "handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition" 4 2D Dough 6 3D Fly-catching bird with a name derived from Greek 6 4D Driveway goo 3 5D As a whole 7 6D Moves elsewhere 9 7D Tenured profs, often 4 8D Small battery … or an org. that might help with a battery 3 9D It's all in your head 6 10D Mother of Joseph and Benjamin, in the Bible 6 11D Book after Song of Solomon 6 12D French cocktail made with crème de cassis 3 13D Mirrored 4 14D Reasoned conclusion 9 15D Brewski 7 16D Bulldog fan in Connecticut 3 17D Santa ___ 6 18D Stellar 6 19D Van ___ Avenue, thoroughfare in San Francisco 4 28D Minds one's P's and Q's 7 31D Contribute (to), as one's reputation 7 34D Been asleep, say 4 35D Texter's "Beats me" 3 36D Small inlet 3 38D Li'l 4 43D One-named singer born in Nigeria 4 45D Skier's conveyance 4 46D Online site for D.I.Y.ers 4 47D Time out, perhaps 8 48D Info commonly shown on a board game box 8 50D Clown around with food? 8 51D City SE of Phoenix 8 52D Purpose of some cameras 8 55D Reaches a shared opinion about 8 56D Holistic contentment 8 57D Some beans or sauces 4 59D "E pluribus ___" 4 62D Sport 4 65D Matrix 5 67D Sun bloc? 3 68D Pretty ___ picture 3 70D Moving around 5 72D Attack 7 74D You can put a ring on it 7 76D Back 6 78D Came back, as hair 6 79D Music's Fatboy Slim and David Guetta, informally 3 81D Error message on a Blu-ray device 6 83D Targeted (to) 6 85D Key for a quick exit 3 92D Boils with rage 7 95D Liberal-leaning 7 97D Chinese "nut" that's really a fruit 6 98D Makes small in comparison 6 99D Government debt obligations, familiarly 6 100D 40 winks 6 101D ___ fatale 5 102D Gets 40 winks 5 103D Letter-shaped train track piece 5 104D "To ___ own self be true" 5 105D Sharpened 5 106D George of "Star Trek" 5 107D Bad thing to discover in the pantry 5 108D AA or JJ, e.g. 4 111D Jazz singer Sylvia ___ 4 113D Come to 3 114D "For sure" 3 116D Org. that merged with the U.F.C. in 2023 3 117D Kind of party 3