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New York Times Crossword September 16 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for September 16 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Relatives, informally31 AcrossReveal answer → Carved bit of jewelry54 AcrossReveal answer → Figure out59 AcrossReveal answer → Pub pintful314 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Dictionary (crowdsourced online reference)515 AcrossReveal answer → Frog's sound516 AcrossReveal answer → *High-status American Express offering917 AcrossReveal answer → Cause of food poisoning, for short519 AcrossReveal answer → Thin and graceful520 AcrossReveal answer → Revolutionary Trotsky421 AcrossReveal answer → Barbie's boyfriend323 AcrossReveal answer → "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" singer424 AcrossReveal answer → *Task for a locksmith1025 AcrossReveal answer → Science fiction princess428 AcrossReveal answer → Destiny630 AcrossReveal answer → *Motion of receding waves831 AcrossReveal answer → Office paper fastener435 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish article337 AcrossReveal answer → Miss Havisham's ward in "Great Expectations"738 AcrossReveal answer → Lennon's love342 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese soup flavoring443 AcrossReveal answer → *Bottom of the ocean845 AcrossReveal answer → Drinking aids647 AcrossReveal answer → "At Last" singer James451 AcrossReveal answer → *Product of meat scraps that, despite its name, is dairy-free1052 AcrossReveal answer → Not bad, but not great454 AcrossReveal answer → Donkey358 AcrossReveal answer → Monk's hood459 AcrossReveal answer → Theater employee560 AcrossReveal answer → Shade akin to cream561 AcrossReveal answer → Train conductor's cry … or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred clues963 AcrossReveal answer → Strung along566 AcrossReveal answer → Rock with a crystal-filled cavity567 AcrossReveal answer → Hwy.368 AcrossReveal answer → Highly skilled569 AcrossReveal answer → Opposite of delete570 AcrossReveal answer → Floppy part of a beagle371 AcrossReveal answer →

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Story with a moral51 DownReveal answer → Bold poker bet52 DownReveal answer → Substantial53 DownReveal answer → Long, green veggie44 DownReveal answer → Curved path35 DownReveal answer → Wall St. credential36 DownReveal answer → Premature57 DownReveal answer → Next to bat68 DownReveal answer → Aromas69 DownReveal answer → Elf's foe310 DownReveal answer → A shopper, not a buyer, informally911 DownReveal answer → Fashion house named for its founder, Signor Garavani912 DownReveal answer → Scraping (by)513 DownReveal answer → Sidewalk writing medium518 DownReveal answer → Non's opposite322 DownReveal answer → Soul and Sorento425 DownReveal answer → Sunrise direction426 DownReveal answer → Cable inits. for cinephiles327 DownReveal answer → Farm mother329 DownReveal answer → Mooch, as a cigarette331 DownReveal answer → Licorice-flavored spice932 DownReveal answer → Rejected933 DownReveal answer → "___ Just Not That Into You" (2009 film)334 DownReveal answer → ___ favor336 DownReveal answer → Levi's alternative439 DownReveal answer → Behind440 DownReveal answer → Rear, in the boat341 DownReveal answer → Chicago airport code344 DownReveal answer → Rodeo rope546 DownReveal answer → Southern drawl, for example648 DownReveal answer → Owl's question?349 DownReveal answer → Waste that's been flushed650 DownReveal answer → "Se ___ español"552 DownReveal answer → Actress Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy"553 DownReveal answer → Chicago airport555 DownReveal answer → Sealy competitor556 DownReveal answer → Big Mac meal with a Coke, e.g.557 DownReveal answer → Ride from an airport, maybe460 DownReveal answer → Republicans, for short362 DownReveal answer → Place to park364 DownReveal answer → Citrus drink suffix365 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.