NYT Crossword September 3, 2025 Answers

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1A Project for a beginning knitter 5 6A Petri dish medium 4 10A Niecy ___ of "Clean House" 4 14A Exposed, as one's dirty laundry 5 15A Protein in a niçoise salad 4 16A Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant" 4 17A Neutral shade in some Florida décor? 10 19A One getting top billing 4 20A Just OK 4 21A Break in the action 4 22A Censures 5 23A Lighthearted invitation for joining one's sled team? 12 26A [Is this thing on?] 6 29A Fish feared by dragons in "How to Train Your Dragon" 4 30A Cry of defeat 5 31A Chess piece that can be promoted 4 34A Creature of Sherpa folklore 4 37A Chop (off) 3 38A Fancify … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 62-Across 7 41A Stalling sounds 3 42A Tolkien trilogy, to fans 4 44A Word after latch or glom 4 45A "Death of a Salesman" salesman 5 47A A half-filled auditorium, per Robert Frost 4 49A Puts the pedal to the metal 6 50A Headline during a zombie attack? 12 55A Pair of cymbals with a foot pedal 5 56A Gain 4 57A World's most-watched television franchise, informally 4 61A School within both Princeton and Carleton? 4 62A Price of makeup at the dollar store, informally? 10 64A No longer applicable 4 65A Feel sore 4 66A Console for the game Pitfall! 5 67A Partner of odds 4 68A Rhyming word after speed 4 69A Loses color 5

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1D Exams that are often optional 4 2D Florence farewell 4 3D Munitions 4 4D Spreads on social media 7 5D Cosmetics-regulating org. 3 6D Couldn't get enough of 5 7D Reason for a tucked tail, perhaps 5 8D ___-Saxon 5 9D Issa of "Insecure" 3 10D How a Dylan impersonator might sing 7 11D Tate Modern and others 10 12D "That slaps," for something good, e.g. 5 13D One might be mounted 5 18D Tiny deviation from a general trend 4 22D Product from Rit 3 24D New York City deli name 4 25D It might be fixed at a chef's table 4 26D Cashier's tray 4 27D ___ gobi (potato curry) 4 28D Prepare to do an oil change, say 10 31D "The shoddy sandwich knife couldn't cut the mustard," e.g. 3 32D Early H.I.V. med 3 33D "___ knows?" 3 35D Phuket native 4 36D "___ she lovely?" (Stevie Wonder question) 4 39D Greeting that becomes another greeting if you add an A at the front and reverse it 4 40D Promote 4 43D Stinging insects 7 46D The least amount a person might give 7 48D Tennis umpire's call 3 49D Rowlands of "A Woman Under the Influence" 4 50D Subject 5 51D Discover by chance 5 52D Two in a hand 5 53D ___ Baron Cohen, "The Trial of the Chicago 7" actor 5 54D Ticked off 5 58D Twofold 4 59D Fairy tale baddie 4 60D Some island rings 4 62D Setting for many a joke with a priest, a pastor and a rabbi 3 63D Sharp knock 3