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New York Times Crossword September 22 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword September 22 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 78 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
School stat like 3.5 or 4.0GPA3Across1 Yeast, mold and mushroomsFUNGI5Across4 Desert plants with needlesCACTI5Across9 Tree with "American" and "slippery" varietiesELM3Across14 Alaskan nativeINUIT5Across15 Synthetic fabric once common in sweatersORLON5Across16 Born asNEE3Across17 Wine choice in southern FranceREDBORDEAUX11Across18 BonkersZANY4Across20 Compete (for)VIE3Across22 Changes with the timesADAPTS6Across23 Females that may be fleecedEWES4Across24 Cinema showingFILM4Across26 Canadian P.M. who is the son of another Canadian P.M.JUSTINTRUDEAU13Across27 Cyber Monday sectorETAIL5Across32 Put to workUSE3Across33 Ask God (for)PRAY4Across34 Identify in a Facebook photoTAG3Across37 Where canines sleepDOGBEDS7Across38 "Du-u-ude!"BRO3Across42 Basketball's O'Neal, to fansSHAQ4Across43 Keanu Reeves's character in "The Matrix"NEO3Across45 To no ___ (ineffectively)AVAIL5Across46 Platform for Donkey Kong CountrySUPERNINTENDO13Across48 Ingredient in many hand lotionsALOE4Across52 The lion's shareMOST4Across53 Cigarette butt receptacleASHCAN6Across54 Major N.Y.C. concert venueMSG3Across57 Do the backstroke or breaststrokeSWIM4Across58 Chunks found in Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice creamCOOKIEDOUGH11Across62 Avant-garde musical artist YokoONO3Across65 Fixed, as a pianoTUNED5Across66 "The Godfather" author PuzoMARIO5Across67 Frequently, to a poetOFT3Across68 Winter coastersSLEDS5Across69 Surgical tubeSTENT5Across70 Cry from Homer … or a phonetic hint to the ends of 18-, 27-, 48- and 62- AcrossDOH3Across71

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Kids these daysGENZ4Down1 "Not guilty," e.g.PLEA4Down2 "You got that right, sister!"AMEN4Down3 Certain evergreenFIR3Down4 Like some bars in gymnasticsUNEVEN6Down5 One who is barely seen?NUDIST6Down6 JeerGIBE4Down7 "How was ___ know?"ITO3Down8 PamperCODDLE6Down9 Tour guide?AREAMAP7Down10 Crash of thunderCLAP4Down11 Promote enthusiasticallyTOUT4Down12 "Need You Tonight" rock bandINXS4Down13 Like speakeasies and refrigerators, at timesRAIDED6Down19 Brand of cooler that shares its name with a Himalayan legendYETI4Down21 Opposite of tameWILD4Down25 Join into oneFUSE4Down26 Jacuzzi featuresJETS4Down27 Where to find the JazzUTAH4Down28 Long-winded talesSAGAS5Down29 Apply, as ointmentRUBON5Down30 City-relatedURBAN5Down31 DesertlikeARID4Down35 Carefree motto, in modern lingoYOLO4Down36 Low-scoring deadlockONEONE6Down39 Richard of "Pretty Woman"GERE4Down40 Hurdles for srs.SATS4Down41 Sounded like a duckQUACKED7Down44 Farm docsVETS4Down47 Tartan patternsPLAIDS6Down49 "Yeah, right"IMSURE6Down50 BeanNOGGIN6Down51 Does some theater workACTS4Down54 Word before food or mateSOUL4Down55 Refine, as a skillHONE4Down56 Castle defenseMOAT4Down57 What a whittler whittlesWOOD4Down59 FactsINFO4Down60 Relative of a butterflyMOTH4Down61 Private online chats, for shortDMS3Down63 SpicyHOT3Down64

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, September 22, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.