NYT Crossword September 7, 2025 Answers

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1A Where Gloria Estefan was born 6 7A Hairstyle that can be casual or formal 4 11A Relative of a sultan 4 15A Strikebreaking sort 4 19A One who gives a good talking-to? 6 20A Spring's opposite, tidally 4 21A Constant nuisance 4 22A Mansión, por ejemplo 4 23A As the British pound rises in value, the dollar ___ 11 25A Sure things 9 27A Area with pews 4 28A Part of many a morning routine 5 29A Equipment 4 30A Orchestra section toward the middle of the pit 5 31A With 76-Down, individually 5 33A Fury 3 34A After spending the afternoon at Epcot, we had dinner at a ___ bistro 11 36A Ancestor of the tuba or sousaphone 8 38A Low-quality paper? 3 39A Like a naughty Beetle Bailey, in brief 4 40A Overdone 5 41A The "E" of Q.E.D. 4 43A Depleted 6 48A Facetious suffix with most 3 51A Did Joyce write courtesy of a ___? 12 55A Blunt negative 4 56A Philosopher who purportedly said "The best fighter is never angry" 6 58A Have a bawl 3 59A Son of Hanna-Barbera's Doggie Daddy 5 60A Reason to relocate a picnic blanket, maybe 4 61A Borneo neighbor 7 63A Female moose or elephant 3 65A Fish-eating raptors 4 66A Dab with a towel 4 67A Subdivisions of some counties: Abbr. 4 68A An increase in ham prices forced the deli to ___ sandwiches higher 9 71A Begged 4 72A Scorch the surface 4 73A Andean stimulant 4 74A Source of the films "The Blues Brothers" and "Coneheads," in brief 3 75A Gerald Ford or William Howard Taft, once 7 78A Peter, Paul and Mary, e.g. 4 79A Words before sea or lunch 5 81A Summer mo. 3 83A Decks for reading 6 84A Biblical preposition 4 85A To Washington ___, Germany, seemed far from Tarrytown, N.Y. 12 88A Big word in advertising 3 89A Toady 6 91A Buzz, so to speak 4 92A Charles or Ray who lent their name to a kind of chair 5 94A Unpleasant look 4 97A Social gathering of a sort 3 98A Certain canines 8 102A Some Californians consider Santa ___ on Earth 11 107A ___-cone 3 108A Stockpile 5 109A Anesthetic first used on a patient in 1842 5 110A "Fine as is, actually" 4 111A Canada's first national park, founded in 1885 5 113A "___ Three Lives" (early TV drama) 4 114A The shark-warning notes of "Jaws," for example 9 116A The supermodel was holding a copy of ___ herself on the beach 11 118A Tackle box item 4 119A Home makeover, in brief 4 120A Election Day is one: Abbr. 4 121A Work on the score of 6 122A Carbon compound 4 123A Beat one's chest 4 124A Set of pull-ups? 4 125A Very high 6

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1D Schmooze 6 2D ___ Afghan Airlines, carrier to the Mideast 6 3D Parts of a heart or trumpet 6 4D No fewer than 7 5D "Stat!" 3 6D Media personalities Melber and Fleischer 4 7D Remove a restraint from 9 8D Irk 5 9D Have the nerve 4 10D Special ___ 3 11D Buddy who portrayed TV's Jed Clampett 5 12D Peninsula in southeast Asia 6 13D Consecutively 6 14D Somnial acronym 3 15D Aquatic acronym 5 16D Collection of laws 5 17D "Jeez, sorry I ___!" 5 18D Sarastro in Mozart's "The Magic Flute," e.g. 5 24D Product of the first three primes 6 26D Tiny house occupants 5 29D Get crazy (over) 6 32D Pushes with force 7 34D Smears 4 35D Directs, as cargo 6 37D Edmonton N.H.L. player 5 38D International shoe brand originating in England 6 42D Extremely loyal 8 44D One who's a well-meaning but bad influence on a friend, maybe 7 45D Why do none of the Fruit of the Loom characters ___-colored clothing? 8 46D Current 8 47D Annoyance 4 48D Trains above street level 3 49D White wine named for a region in France 8 50D Peeping ___ for Lady Godiva to appear 8 52D Like some philosophical arguments 8 53D Taj Mahal's city 4 54D Numbskull 5 57D Bar with drafts 7 62D Love, in Lyon 5 64D Spots to go in the U.K. 3 69D End of any Shakespeare play 4 70D Powerless 6 71D Space balls 7 72D Bed-___ (Brooklyn neighborhood, familiarly) 4 73D Shakespeare, vis-à-vis the expression "brave new world" 6 76D See 31-Across 5 77D Sydney's state: Abbr. 3 80D How some risks are taken 6 82D Immaturity 9 86D Secluded valley 4 87D "Take it easy, will you?!" 6 90D Startle 5 93D Mounted below the surface of 7 95D ___ Sunday 6 96D Body part containing photoreceptors 6 99D Relating to the wind's movement 6 100D Vingt + dix 6 101D Equivocated 6 102D Ball girl? 5 103D Didn't dine out 5 104D Large safari sight 5 105D Intoxicating Asian plant whose name sounds like an insect 5 106D Clear, in a way, as a windshield 5 107D Beaver State capital 5 111D Sight of a speeding car, maybe 4 112D Season ticket holders, presumably 4 115D Spherical shape 3 116D Info for a traveler, for short 3 117D Follower of waste and want 3