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New York Times Crossword September 21 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 140 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 140 clues from the New York Times Crossword for September 21 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Vineyard measure41 AcrossReveal answer → Does acid55 AcrossReveal answer → Tree with doubly serrated leaves310 AcrossReveal answer → [Hey!]413 AcrossReveal answer → Locations in the game Clue517 AcrossReveal answer → Grand duke of Luxembourg beginning in 2000519 AcrossReveal answer → Heart of the matter420 AcrossReveal answer → Palindromic Italian number422 AcrossReveal answer → Traditional form of Japanese drama1623 AcrossReveal answer → Pro ___425 AcrossReveal answer → Key spot?426 AcrossReveal answer → Entered on tiptoe727 AcrossReveal answer → "Love, ___" (2014 rom-com starring Lily Collins)528 AcrossReveal answer → Far from conscious730 AcrossReveal answer → Kicked off, as a business932 AcrossReveal answer → 2012 Disney film set inside an arcade1534 AcrossReveal answer → Had636 AcrossReveal answer → Turns off837 AcrossReveal answer → Lace protector538 AcrossReveal answer → "You may ___"541 AcrossReveal answer → The "me" of "Despicable Me"343 AcrossReveal answer → Bonds444 AcrossReveal answer → "About Us" pieces448 AcrossReveal answer → Holds dear649 AcrossReveal answer → Small square351 AcrossReveal answer → Longtime employer of Rachel Maddow552 AcrossReveal answer → Self-love353 AcrossReveal answer → Phases, to Taylor Swift454 AcrossReveal answer → Game with Indigenous origins855 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Fighters ("Everlong" band)358 AcrossReveal answer → Festive outdoor lighting options1459 AcrossReveal answer → Classic drinking "sport"462 AcrossReveal answer → "Sorry, maybe next time"663 AcrossReveal answer → "The Last Supper," e.g.565 AcrossReveal answer → Third-largest land animal566 AcrossReveal answer → Pokémon enthusiast's collection568 AcrossReveal answer → Puck's king669 AcrossReveal answer → Muscle firmness471 AcrossReveal answer → Place to perfect a recipe1472 AcrossReveal answer → Swanson on "Parks and Recreation"376 AcrossReveal answer → Game typically played in the dark877 AcrossReveal answer → Muchas horas480 AcrossReveal answer → "Was ___ blame?"381 AcrossReveal answer → Bad spirit582 AcrossReveal answer → D.C. pro384 AcrossReveal answer → Fight the urge685 AcrossReveal answer → It gets bucks from Broncos487 AcrossReveal answer → Does a farm job488 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Island (Georgia resort destination)389 AcrossReveal answer → Reform Party founder590 AcrossReveal answer → Feasts591 AcrossReveal answer → Like emailed files892 AcrossReveal answer → "The Silence of the Lambs" villain695 AcrossReveal answer → Certain rescue pet1598 AcrossReveal answer → Gleeful feeling9101 AcrossReveal answer → Miniaturized Amazon smart speaker7104 AcrossReveal answer → Big jerks5105 AcrossReveal answer → Remove, as a coupon7107 AcrossReveal answer → Dangerous additive in old paint4109 AcrossReveal answer → Whopping4110 AcrossReveal answer → Bite-size chocolate-covered wafers ... or a hint to what's found in five squares in this puzzle11112 AcrossReveal answer → Croft of video games4114 AcrossReveal answer → ___ homo4115 AcrossReveal answer → Some slushies5116 AcrossReveal answer → Perform horribly5117 AcrossReveal answer → TV host Cohen4118 AcrossReveal answer → Joke around3119 AcrossReveal answer → "No man is an island" writer5120 AcrossReveal answer → Slumps4121 AcrossReveal answer →

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Holiest locales in synagogues, traditionally41 DownReveal answer → Applications of polish52 DownReveal answer → Tik-Tok in the Oz books, for one53 DownReveal answer → Models after84 DownReveal answer → 1995 Sandra Bullock cyberthriller65 DownReveal answer → "V for Vendetta" actor Stephen36 DownReveal answer → Uninvited guest87 DownReveal answer → Doings before surgery, informally58 DownReveal answer → Dubbed ones49 DownReveal answer → They might be glowing610 DownReveal answer → Astrological lion311 DownReveal answer → Filing services?912 DownReveal answer → Programs hosted by SoundCloud813 DownReveal answer → Happy hour perch514 DownReveal answer → Make a big step, perhaps515 DownReveal answer → Rabbi's reading516 DownReveal answer → Regular at a park with half-pipes, informally1118 DownReveal answer → Breaded, fried Japanese pork cutlet1121 DownReveal answer → Big successes424 DownReveal answer → Victor's cry429 DownReveal answer → Creative pursuit331 DownReveal answer → Oscar-winning Ariana of "West Side Story"633 DownReveal answer → December drink635 DownReveal answer → Gone missing1137 DownReveal answer → Assist illegally438 DownReveal answer → 1958 romantic comedy that won Best Picture439 DownReveal answer → "I made it big time!"1440 DownReveal answer → Many a skin-care product342 DownReveal answer → Hip945 DownReveal answer → Black, in verse446 DownReveal answer → St. Andrews resident447 DownReveal answer → Esoteric knowledge649 DownReveal answer → Roald who wrote "Matilda"450 DownReveal answer → "… actually, let's go to plan B"551 DownReveal answer → Members of the mongoose family1152 DownReveal answer → Jazz composer Garner654 DownReveal answer → Swipe356 DownReveal answer → Go after, as mosquitoes657 DownReveal answer → Graham Greene's "___ Man in Havana"360 DownReveal answer → One way to sell stock561 DownReveal answer → Public health agcy.364 DownReveal answer → Bank acct. entry367 DownReveal answer → Several CBS dramas468 DownReveal answer → United Way and UNICEF, in brief469 DownReveal answer → ___-chic (dressing style)470 DownReveal answer → It incited a famous 18th-century "party"671 DownReveal answer → Cleaned up, in a way673 DownReveal answer → To be, in Nice474 DownReveal answer → Dozes (off)475 DownReveal answer → Ambush1478 DownReveal answer → Neighbor of Lux.379 DownReveal answer → Gannett-owned newspaper883 DownReveal answer → "Here's the thing ..."886 DownReveal answer → Campground gathering spots887 DownReveal answer → Worked hard (for)689 DownReveal answer → Farm enclosures490 DownReveal answer → Jeans691 DownReveal answer → ___ Talks393 DownReveal answer → Intense, as an argument694 DownReveal answer → Music protector, of a sort696 DownReveal answer → Slope497 DownReveal answer → Guy598 DownReveal answer → What the "dalai" of "Dalai Lama" translates to599 DownReveal answer → Broken piece of pottery5100 DownReveal answer → Insurer with a green mascot5101 DownReveal answer → Justice Sotomayor5102 DownReveal answer → Seeking justice, in a way5103 DownReveal answer → Leave tire marks, say4106 DownReveal answer → Expressions of disapproval4108 DownReveal answer → B.S. part: Abbr.3111 DownReveal answer → Barbie's beau3113 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, September 21, 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.