The Crossword Puzzle Answers for 09/17/2025. The September 17 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 State trees of North DakotaELMS
- 5a Ditto, in footnotesIDEM
- 9a Measure (up)STACK
- 14a First in a line of 14 popesLEOI
- 15a Some garage jobsLUBES
- 17a Olympian StrugKERRI
- 18a Start of a jokeKNOCKKNOCK
- 20a Elder brother of MosesAARON
- 21a Brand whose name is derived from the French phrase “sans caféine”SANKA
- 22a Perfectly pitched?NOHIT
- 24a Sound effect in a slapstick routineBONK
- 25a One might hit it or raise it, metaphoricallyROOF
- 27a Vodka cocktails with orange liqueur and lime juiceKAMIKAZES
- 29a AwakeningAROUSAL
- 32a World Cup champs of 1978, 1986 and 2022: Abbr.ARG
- 33a Knowing what not to say, sayTACT
- 34a Regional life formsBIOTA
- 38a Kitchen appliance brandOSTER
- 42a Cry of dismayACK
- 43a Grammy-winning Bruno Mars album of 2016 ? or a hint to an unusual feature of this puzzle’s answer grid24KMAGIC
- 45a “Fat chance!”HAH
- 46a Classroom assignmentsDESKS
- 48a Encouraged, with “on”EGGED
- 49a PressingDIRE
- 50a CredREP
- 52a One-named Barbadian superstarRIHANNA
- 54a Title nickname in a classic 1984 sports filmKARATEKID
- 60a Time when streetlights turn onDUSK
- 61a “All right already, I’ll do it!”OKOK
- 62a Punk or funkGENRE
- 64a Joined, as a tableSATAT
- 67a Edmonton athleteOILER
- 69a TrinketKNICKKNACK
- 71a Swedish coinKRONA
- 72a Nursery song refrainEIEIO
- 73a Really lovingINTO
- 74a Like a smart aleckSASSY
- 75a Pushing against a boundary ? like this answer?EDGY
- 76a “Shreds,” in winter sports lingoSKIS
- Down
- 1d ___ ClubELKS
- 2d Actress DunhamLENA
- 3d Apollo mission mementosMOONROCKS
- 4d Alternative to a strike [cough cough]SICKOUT
- 5d VarietyILK
- 6d Brooks & ___ (country duo)DUNN
- 7d Literary downloadEBOOK
- 8d Anime style involving giant robotsMECHA
- 9d Rocksteady precursorSKA
- 10d Soothing home remedy for puffy eyesTEABAGS
- 11d Spanish riceARROZ
- 12d Sorcerous elder of folkloreCRONE
- 13d Garden hose problemsKINKS
- 16d Go over lightlySKIM
- 19d Enemy agency in “Get Smart”KAOS
- 23d ___ Maria (liqueur)TIA
- 26d Beatles sobriquetFAB4
- 28d See 68-DownKROC
- 29d SlightlyATAD
- 30d Go pit-a-patRACE
- 31d EnjoyLIKE
- 35d Texter’s [!!!]OMG
- 36d Make “it,” in a kids’ gameTAG
- 37d Ripening agentAGER
- 39d Body of policy advisersTHINKTANK
- 40d Take homeEARN
- 41d Bird named for a TitanRHEA
- 43d Like some short tennis matches2SET
- 44d Contrite answer to “Who put the empty ice cream carton back in the freezer?”IDID
- 47d Legendary sea monstersKRAKENS
- 49d Some bottled watersDASANIS
- 51d String tightener on a guitarPEG
- 53d Ear coveringHUSK
- 54d ScrewballsKOOKS
- 55d Director KurosawaAKIRA
- 56d Caramel-filled candiesROLOS
- 57d Actress Palmer of “Nope”KEKE
- 58d Outie’s counterpartINNIE
- 59d Hung on the clotheslineDRIED
- 63d Vape pen, informallyECIG
- 65d When Hamilton arrives in New York City, in “Hamilton”ACTI
- 66d Some ring decisions, in briefTKOS
- 68d With 28-Down, longtime McDonald’s chiefRAY
- 70d Comedian JoKOY