NYT Crossword September 30, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Wood turner 5 6A Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life" 5 11A Yuletide beverage 3 14A Storyteller of antiquity 5 15A How tuna may be packed 5 16A Card game that involves shouting its name 3 17A *What a straw man in a cornfield is for? 11 19A Palindromic woman's name 3 20A "Already accomplished!" 6 21A Dodge 5 23A Product in high demand 7 26A Material for a pub quiz 6 27A During a tiebreaker, informally 4 28A *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team? 10 31A Queen Elizabeth II's favored dog breed 5 33A Move like the Blob 4 34A Informal top 3 35A *Primate with perfect pitch? 9 39A Puppet alien of TV 3 42A Greek cheese 4 43A Underground waterway 5 47A *Kelley Blue Book? 10 51A "Tootsie" actress Garr 4 52A "Unfortunately that's wrong" 6 53A Sleazy hotel 7 55A "Shush!" 5 56A "No more for me, thanks" 6 58A Something found in a pen or octopus 3 59A "I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues 11 64A Year in Spain 3 65A Sign between Virgo and Scorpio 5 66A "Unfortunately ..." 5 67A Declares, informally 3 68A Teeny-tiny 5 69A Run-down 5

Down

1D Fond du ___, Wis. 3 2D ___ Lingus 3 3D General on a Chinese menu 3 4D "Was your performance a success?" 8 5D Disney park with Spaceship Earth 5 6D Movie house 6 7D Opposing 4 8D Left of a ship ... or what a ship may have left 4 9D Locale of an annual Carnaval 3 10D Pollen, cat hair, etc. 9 11D Largest and most northern Canadian territory 7 12D One way to stop 7 13D Flipped out 7 18D Earth's pull, in brief 4 22D Struggle 3 23D Sound of a drinker in comics 3 24D Yoko who sang on "Give Peace a Chance" 3 25D Crag 3 26D Big name in tea 4 29D Befitting a king or queen 5 30D ___ choy 3 32D Babyish 9 36D Low-carb kind of diet 4 37D H, to Homer 3 38D "Oh. Come. On!" 8 39D Some pod-bearing trees 7 40D Fitness guru Jack 7 41D Puppeteer with "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show" 7 44D Fly catcher 3 45D Time in history 3 46D Big truck 3 48D CBS forensic drama 3 49D When nothing goes right 6 50D Sticky stuff 4 54D ___ Island, locale in New York Harbor 5 56D ID for a library volume 4 57D Planet whose name is also a candy company 4 60D Bit of apparel that often has stripes 3 61D "Golly!" 3 62D Owned 3 63D Attempt 3