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New York Times Crossword September 28 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 140 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword September 28 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 140 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#
Caveat ___ ("Buyer beware")EMPTOR6Across1 Spice that's characteristic of Hungarian cookingPAPRIKA7Across7 Marvel Comics mutant who can freeze his own bodyICEMAN6Across14 Arizona county or Indigenous peopleMOHAVE6Across20 Tries some water, sayHASASIP7Across21 Like a win-win situationNOLOSE6Across22 ___ law, concept in computing technologyMOORES6Across23 Alternative to a nannyDAYCARE7Across24 Fire startersFLINTS6Across25 Contents of a flagonALE3Across26 Ole Miss athletes, to fansREBS4Across27 XCHI3Across29 ___ Scott, who the Supreme Court said was not free to sue for his freedomDRED4Across30 Org. not getting many happy returns?IRS3Across32 Remove surgically, as tissueABLATE6Across33 "They tell me …"IHEAR5Across35 Beethoven symphony originally intended to honor NapoleonEROICA6Across37 Class that might cause some high schoolers to blushHEALTH6Across39 Sprawling Indian metropolisDELHI5Across40 Like some bridgesDENTAL6Across41 "Let me check on that"ILLASK6Across42 Expiates, with "for"ATONES6Across44 Man's name that's 49-Across plus a letterEVAN4Across46 Woman's name that's the first three letters of 46-AcrossEVA3Across49 Rap battle participantsMCS3Across50 Tampa Bay athlete, in briefBUC3Across53 Twists off course, as a shipYAWS4Across54 WitchHAG3Across58 ExploitedUSED4Across59 "Weekend Update" co-host MichaelCHE3Across60 All over againANEW4Across61 ___Guessr, hit online game whose players deduce locations from Google Street View imagesGEO3Across63 Where a hurricane formsOCEAN5Across64 Wish someone "Happy Birthday," perhapsSENDACARD9Across66 At dawn, sayEARLY5Across69 Mammal with long whiskersWALRUS6Across71 ExtraBONUS5Across73 They stand for artEASELS6Across74 CalledTERMED6Across75 ___ Day, Billie Holiday's portrayer in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"ANDRA5Across77 Celebrity chef InaGARTEN6Across78 Demanding entertainerDIVA4Across79 XTEN3Across80 He was né ClayALI3Across82 Watchdog's warningGRR3Across83 Words of understandingISEE4Across84 Outback babyJOEY4Across86 Familiar initialism coined by a U.S. Air Force captainUFO3Across87 Do-over at WimbledonLET3Across88 Kind of sauce at a sushi barEEL3Across89 Sewer in American historyROSS4Across90 "Weekend Update" show, for shortSNL3Across91 ZippedSPED4Across92 Like some alcohol … or places that prohibit alcoholDRY3Across93 Not present and not excused, for shortAWOL4Across94 Foreign policy grp.NSC3Across96 Brezhnev of the Soviet UnionLEONID6Across97 Cherokee and CheyenneTRIBES6Across99 Relationship featuring casual intimacy … or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzleFRIENDSWITHBENEFITS19Across101 Starbucks competitorPEETS5Across108 Spot for an ornamentCARHOOD7Across109 Giants in California and New YorkTEAMS5Across110 "Beat it!"AMSCRAY7Across112 Actor Wilson of "The Office"RAINN5Across115 Rye, e.g.WHISKEY7Across116 "Wouldn't miss it for the world!"IMTHERE7Across118 Like slow filers and fast drivers, at timesFINED5Across119 Furniture retailer owned by Williams-SonomaWESTELM7Across120 Lives (in)RESIDES7Across121 Iditarod transportsSLEDS5Across122 InvolvesENTAILS7Across123

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Title heroine described as "handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition"EMMA4Down1 DoughMOOLAH6Down2 Fly-catching bird with a name derived from GreekPHOEBE6Down3 Driveway gooTAR3Down4 As a wholeOVERALL7Down5 Moves elsewhereRESETTLES9Down6 Tenured profs, oftenPHDS4Down7 Small battery … or an org. that might help with a batteryAAA3Down8 It's all in your headPSYCHE6Down9 Mother of Joseph and Benjamin, in the BibleRACHEL6Down10 Book after Song of SolomonISAIAH6Down11 French cocktail made with crème de cassisKIR3Down12 MirroredAPED4Down13 Reasoned conclusionINFERENCE9Down14 BrewskiCOLDONE7Down15 Bulldog fan in ConnecticutELI3Down16 Santa ___MONICA6Down17 StellarASTRAL6Down18 Van ___ Avenue, thoroughfare in San FranciscoNESS4Down19 Minds one's P's and Q'sBEHAVES7Down28 Contribute (to), as one's reputationREDOUND7Down31 Been asleep, sayLAIN4Down34 Texter's "Beats me"IDK3Down35 Small inletRIA3Down36 Li'lITSY4Down38 One-named singer born in NigeriaSADE4Down43 Skier's conveyanceTBAR4Down45 Online site for D.I.Y.ersEHOW4Down46 Time out, perhapsVACATION8Down47 Info commonly shown on a board game boxAGELEVEL8Down48 Clown around with food?MCDONALD8Down50 City SE of PhoenixCHANDLER8Down51 Purpose of some camerasSECURITY8Down52 Reaches a shared opinion aboutAGREESON8Down55 Holistic contentmentWELLNESS8Down56 Some beans or saucesSOYS4Down57 "E pluribus ___"UNUM4Down59 SportWEAR4Down62 MatrixARRAY5Down65 Sun bloc?NBA3Down67 Pretty ___ pictureASA3Down68 Moving aroundASTIR5Down70 AttackSETUPON7Down72 You can put a ring on itEARLOBE7Down74 BackDEFEND6Down76 Came back, as hairGREWIN6Down78 Music's Fatboy Slim and David Guetta, informallyDJS3Down79 Error message on a Blu-ray deviceNODISC6Down81 Targeted (to)GEARED6Down83 Key for a quick exitESC3Down85 Boils with rageSEESRED7Down92 Liberal-leaningLEFTIST7Down95 Chinese "nut" that's really a fruitLITCHI6Down97 Makes small in comparisonDWARFS6Down98 Government debt obligations, familiarlyTBONDS6Down99 40 winksSIESTA6Down100 ___ fataleFEMME5Down101 Gets 40 winksRESTS5Down102 Letter-shaped train track pieceIRAIL5Down103 "To ___ own self be true"THINE5Down104 SharpenedHONED5Down105 George of "Star Trek"TAKEI5Down106 Bad thing to discover in the pantrySMELL5Down107 AA or JJ, e.g.PAIR4Down108 Jazz singer Sylvia ___SYMS4Down111 Come toARE3Down113 "For sure"YES3Down114 Org. that merged with the U.F.C. in 2023WWE3Down116 Kind of partyHEN3Down117

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, September 28, 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.