The Crossword Puzzle Answers for 09/16/2025. The September 16 2025 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a Relatives, informallyFAM
- 4a Carved bit of jewelryCAMEO
- 9a Figure outSOLVE
- 14a Pub pintfulALE
- 15a ___ Dictionary (crowdsourced online reference)URBAN
- 16a Frog’s soundCROAK
- 17a *High-status American Express offeringBLACKCARD
- 19a Cause of food poisoning, for shortECOLI
- 20a Thin and gracefulLITHE
- 21a Revolutionary TrotskyLEON
- 23a Barbie’s boyfriendKEN
- 24a “Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)” singerENYA
- 25a *Task for a locksmithKEYCUTTING
- 28a Science fiction princessLEIA
- 30a DestinyKISMET
- 31a *Motion of receding wavesBACKWASH
- 35a Office paper fastenerCLIP
- 37a Spanish articleUNA
- 38a Miss Havisham’s ward in “Great Expectations”ESTELLA
- 42a Lennon’s loveONO
- 43a Japanese soup flavoringMISO
- 45a *Bottom of the oceanSEAFLOOR
- 47a Drinking aidsSTRAWS
- 51a “At Last” singer JamesETTA
- 52a *Product of meat scraps that, despite its name, is dairy-freeHEADCHEESE
- 54a Not bad, but not greatSOSO
- 58a DonkeyASS
- 59a Monk’s hoodCOWL
- 60a Theater employeeUSHER
- 61a Shade akin to creamBEIGE
- 63a Train conductor’s cry ? or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred cluesALLABOARD
- 66a Strung alongLEDON
- 67a Rock with a crystal-filled cavityGEODE
- 68a Hwy.RTE
- 69a Highly skilledADEPT
- 70a Opposite of deleteENTER
- 71a Floppy part of a beagleEAR
- Down
- 1d Story with a moralFABLE
- 2d Bold poker betALLIN
- 3d SubstantialMEATY
- 4d Long, green veggieCUKE
- 5d Curved pathARC
- 6d Wall St. credentialMBA
- 7d PrematureEARLY
- 8d Next to batONDECK
- 9d AromasSCENTS
- 10d Elf’s foeORC
- 11d A shopper, not a buyer, informallyLOOKIELOO
- 12d Fashion house named for its founder, Signor GaravaniVALENTINO
- 13d Scraping (by)EKING
- 18d Sidewalk writing mediumCHALK
- 22d Non’s oppositeOUI
- 25d Soul and SorentoKIAS
- 26d Sunrise directionEAST
- 27d Cable inits. for cinephilesTMC
- 29d Farm motherEWE
- 31d Mooch, as a cigaretteBUM
- 32d Licorice-flavored spiceANISESEED
- 33d RejectedCASTASIDE
- 34d “___ Just Not That Into You” (2009 film)HES
- 36d ___ favorPOR
- 39d Levi’s alternativeLEES
- 40d BehindLATE
- 41d Rear, in the boatAFT
- 44d Chicago airport codeORD
- 46d Rodeo ropeLASSO
- 48d Southern drawl, for exampleACCENT
- 49d Owl’s question?WHO
- 50d Waste that’s been flushedSEWAGE
- 52d “Se ___ español”HABLA
- 53d Actress Pompeo of “Grey’s Anatomy”ELLEN
- 55d Chicago airportOHARE
- 56d Sealy competitorSERTA
- 57d Big Mac meal with a Coke, e.g.ORDER
- 60d Ride from an airport, maybeUBER
- 62d Republicans, for shortGOP
- 64d Place to parkLOT
- 65d Citrus drink suffixADE