NYT Crossword September 6, 2025 Answers

Across

1A They help you see the big picture 12 13A Swing states? 13 15A Things you can't do without 14 17A Animal that's born with a full set of teeth 5 18A Actress Dawson of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" 4 19A Sound from a chicken 3 21A Stop working, say 7 24A Bash 4 25A Half of a rhyming game name 4 28A Not from Scotland? 3 29A A little husky? 5 30A One preparing eggs 8 32A 19th-century naturalist buried in Westminster Abbey 6 33A Bubble burster, perhaps 3 34A Delta hub, in brief 3 35A Nose around 3 36A Inits. in a job posting 3 37A Swellings in bodily tissues 6 39A Dignified and gracious sort 8 41A Checkers, e.g. 5 42A Nothing needs to be said to do it 3 43A First Nations people 4 44A Down Under colleges 4 45A Jazz fest? 7 48A Child support, in brief? 3 49A High-energy snack 4 50A "People are wrong when they say ___ is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it": Noël Coward 5 54A First science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship 14 58A Reflective period 13 59A Many TV panelists 12

Down

1D Packs 4 2D Sea creature also known as a redfin ocean pan 4 3D Unseen wife on "Cheers" 4 4D It keeps things going 7 5D ___ Okafor, 6'10" Charlotte player who was the N.B.A.'s 2005 Rookie of the Year 5 6D Many lab instructors, informally 3 7D Org. whose logo includes scales and an olive branch 3 8D Reached the maximum 7 9D "Roots" surname 5 10D Polished off 5 11D Cry of relief 4 12D It's "wine-dark," in Homer's "Odyssey" 3 14D Pajamas 9 16D Free kick, e.g., in soccer lingo 8 20D Special delivery at a conference 7 22D Unites after a break 5 23D Rank above viscount 4 24D Subject of trade that gave rise to St. Louis and Detroit 3 25D Jazzed 7 26D Went at 8 27D Ones with big blocks? 9 29D Is worth the effort 4 31D Some farm sounds 4 32D Much "Real Housewives" doings 5 35D Bang the drum for 4 38D Makes some introductions, informally 3 39D Bread whose dough is rolled on a chakla 7 40D British royal Rod of Equity and Mercy, e.g. 7 45D Unprecedented 5 46D Lip 5 47D Be sassy, with "off" 5 49D Ball 4 51D Ancient home to many pre-Socratic philosophers 4 52D Verb before lips and palms 4 53D They may be fine 4 55D Small songbird 3 56D Directional suffix 3 57D Solicit 3