New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 09/25/2026. The September 25 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Olympic slalom equipmentCANOE
- 6a Spanish sparkling wineCAVA
- 10a First, second or thirdGEAR
- 14a “For real!”IKIDYOUNOT
- 16a Fictional company famous for its dudsACME
- 17a Outcome of a match, maybeTINDERDATE
- 18a Forum settingROME
- 19a U2 producer BrianENO
- 20a Stew on it!LADLE
- 21a Like a whodunit in which the butler did it [duh!]BANAL
- 22a Device seen on a front deskBELL
- 23a Ho Chi Minh City’s former nameSAIGON
- 25a Exploit a loophole, e.g.GAMETHESYSTEM
- 29a DisinclinedAVERSE
- 30a Supermodel AlekWEK
- 31a ___ one’s timeBIDE
- 34a Procedure after which you might wear flip-flops, informallyPEDI
- 35a OffAMISS
- 37a ___ MinorASIA
- 38a Pen that isn’t used for writing, in briefECIG
- 39a “Karma is a cat / Purring in my ___ ’cause it loves me” (Taylor Swift lyric)LAP
- 40a Port on the LoireNANTES
- 42a “Speaking of which …”THATREMINDSME
- 45a Like an earwormCATCHY
- 46a Play groupACTS
- 47a Not botherLETBE
- 48a Rapper and actor SmithJADEN
- 50a Go-to docPCP
- 53a Actress ShawkatALIA
- 54a Ones providing brief assistance?PARALEGALS
- 56a AllianceBLOC
- 57a Invasive plants?ENEMYSPIES
- 58a One might be meat-only or dairy-only in a kosher householdSINK
- 59a Morsels often found in fried ricePEAS
- 60a The Devil’s domainTAROT
- Down
- 1d Give credit to, in a wayCITE
- 2d AnalogousAKIN
- 3d ___ Sarratore, “My Brilliant Friend” characterNINO
- 4d “How ___”ODD
- 5d Certain loopholesEYELETS
- 6d Spoon, e.g.CUDDLE
- 7d Second Freudian stageANAL
- 8d Gives one’s approval, in a wayVOTESYES
- 9d Past-tense verb that becomes its present tense when you move its last letter to the frontATE
- 10d Sources of some rockGARAGEBANDS
- 11d Some experts of interest?ECONOMISTS
- 12d World capital once known as PhiladelphiaAMMAN
- 13d Instagram : ___ :: YouTube : ShortREEL
- 15d Focus for the foul-mouthed?ORALHEALTH
- 21d SkoshBIT
- 22d “Hang on a sec”BERIGHTBACK
- 24d Says “please,” sayASKSNICELY
- 25d Look stunnedGAPE
- 26d “___ plaisir” (“You’re welcome,” in French)AVEC
- 27d Breathtaking activity?MEDITATION
- 28d Take without paying … or a motion made while payingSWIPE
- 32d Per ___DIEM
- 33d Slip (into)EASE
- 36d GanjaMARYJANE
- 41d Residence that can have thousands of chambersANTNEST
- 43d Unreturnable pickleball shotACE
- 44d Polite titlesMADAMS
- 45d Instruments in chamber groupsCELLI
- 47d Discovery sitesLABS
- 49d What’s distorted in a Mercator projectionAREA
- 50d Part of a full housePAIR
- 51d Ptolemaic royal, familiarlyCLEO
- 52d Poke alternativePSST
- 54d VimPEP
- 55d Transcript fig.GPA