NYT Crossword September 29, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Division of a bowling game 5 6A Roomba target 4 10A See 70-Across 4 14A Touch-and-go 5 15A Opening stake 4 16A Awestruck 4 17A Words of empathy 5 18A Bog down 4 19A Caramel-filled candy 4 20A Fast-food alternative to a nugget 13 23A Hyphenated brand of fruit-flavored drinks 3 24A Pie ___ mode 3 25A 3, 4 or 5, for a golf hole 3 28A Headwear usually worn metaphorically 11 35A Free souvenirs 4 37A Yoko to whom the 1971 song "Oh Yoko!" is dedicated 3 38A Homes for Plains tribes 6 39A "Feel me?" 5 41A Walgreens rival 3 43A A dance or a dip 5 44A Egyptian god of the underworld 6 46A Hunky-dory 3 48A Schedule opening 4 49A Coach of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant 11 52A Photo ___ (media events) 3 53A Fertilization targets 3 54A Without precedent 3 56A Hallmark products … or a hint to what to find in the circled squares 13 63A Longtime film rating org. 4 65A Encouraging start? 4 66A Secure with ropes 5 67A Seeming eternities 4 68A Fertile soil 4 69A Vegan skin products brand 5 70A With 10-Across, alternative to a fist bump 4 71A Singer Lovett 4 72A Send to a specialist, say 5

Down

1D Bank-backing grp. since 1933 4 2D Very well-off 4 3D Berry that's a "superfood" 4 4D Purchased souvenirs, informally 5 5D Makeup set containing shadow and mascara 6 6D "Shucks!," only stronger 4 7D Condo, e.g. 4 8D Run out of clothes? 6 9D "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" genre 7 10D Uber cost 4 11D Composer Stravinsky 4 12D Button on a remote: Abbr. 3 13D Id's counterpart 3 21D Amazon speaker 4 22D Copenhageners, e.g. 5 25D Military mind game, for short 5 26D Covered with water 5 27D Diameters halved 5 29D Popular business magazine 3 30D Tennis star Djokovic 5 31D 4.0s are excellent ones 4 32D Stringed instrument that's often as tall as its seated musician 5 33D Man of morals 5 34D Exams for H.S. sophs. and jrs. 5 36D "You go, ___!" 4 40D Soldier who can stand at attention indefinitely 5 42D Castaway's call for help 3 45D Loss-prevention command 7 47D Donkey ___ (game) 4 50D Laser pointer or rubber mouse 6 51D Sweet drink 6 55D Voluntarily relinquish, as a right 5 56D Jets or Sharks not found in the N.H.L. 4 57D Reckless 4 58D Slanted type: Abbr. 4 59D Word after pen, pet or proper 4 60D Endangered underwater ecosystem 4 61D Bro 4 62D Trade punches 4 63D Unimpressed reaction 3 64D Luau paste 3