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New York Times Crossword September 28 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 140 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 140 clues from the New York Times Crossword for September 28 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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Caveat ___ ("Buyer beware")61 AcrossReveal answer → Spice that's characteristic of Hungarian cooking77 AcrossReveal answer → Marvel Comics mutant who can freeze his own body614 AcrossReveal answer → Arizona county or Indigenous people620 AcrossReveal answer → Tries some water, say721 AcrossReveal answer → Like a win-win situation622 AcrossReveal answer → ___ law, concept in computing technology623 AcrossReveal answer → Alternative to a nanny724 AcrossReveal answer → Fire starters625 AcrossReveal answer → Contents of a flagon326 AcrossReveal answer → Ole Miss athletes, to fans427 AcrossReveal answer → X329 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Scott, who the Supreme Court said was not free to sue for his freedom430 AcrossReveal answer → Org. not getting many happy returns?332 AcrossReveal answer → Remove surgically, as tissue633 AcrossReveal answer → "They tell me …"535 AcrossReveal answer → Beethoven symphony originally intended to honor Napoleon637 AcrossReveal answer → Class that might cause some high schoolers to blush639 AcrossReveal answer → Sprawling Indian metropolis540 AcrossReveal answer → Like some bridges641 AcrossReveal answer → "Let me check on that"642 AcrossReveal answer → Expiates, with "for"644 AcrossReveal answer → Man's name that's 49-Across plus a letter446 AcrossReveal answer → Woman's name that's the first three letters of 46-Across349 AcrossReveal answer → Rap battle participants350 AcrossReveal answer → Tampa Bay athlete, in brief353 AcrossReveal answer → Twists off course, as a ship454 AcrossReveal answer → Witch358 AcrossReveal answer → Exploited459 AcrossReveal answer → "Weekend Update" co-host Michael360 AcrossReveal answer → All over again461 AcrossReveal answer → ___Guessr, hit online game whose players deduce locations from Google Street View images363 AcrossReveal answer → Where a hurricane forms564 AcrossReveal answer → Wish someone "Happy Birthday," perhaps966 AcrossReveal answer → At dawn, say569 AcrossReveal answer → Mammal with long whiskers671 AcrossReveal answer → Extra573 AcrossReveal answer → They stand for art674 AcrossReveal answer → Called675 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Day, Billie Holiday's portrayer in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"577 AcrossReveal answer → Celebrity chef Ina678 AcrossReveal answer → Demanding entertainer479 AcrossReveal answer → X380 AcrossReveal answer → He was né Clay382 AcrossReveal answer → Watchdog's warning383 AcrossReveal answer → Words of understanding484 AcrossReveal answer → Outback baby486 AcrossReveal answer → Familiar initialism coined by a U.S. Air Force captain387 AcrossReveal answer → Do-over at Wimbledon388 AcrossReveal answer → Kind of sauce at a sushi bar389 AcrossReveal answer → Sewer in American history490 AcrossReveal answer → "Weekend Update" show, for short391 AcrossReveal answer → Zipped492 AcrossReveal answer → Like some alcohol … or places that prohibit alcohol393 AcrossReveal answer → Not present and not excused, for short494 AcrossReveal answer → Foreign policy grp.396 AcrossReveal answer → Brezhnev of the Soviet Union697 AcrossReveal answer → Cherokee and Cheyenne699 AcrossReveal answer → Relationship featuring casual intimacy … or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle19101 AcrossReveal answer → Starbucks competitor5108 AcrossReveal answer → Spot for an ornament7109 AcrossReveal answer → Giants in California and New York5110 AcrossReveal answer → "Beat it!"7112 AcrossReveal answer → Actor Wilson of "The Office"5115 AcrossReveal answer → Rye, e.g.7116 AcrossReveal answer → "Wouldn't miss it for the world!"7118 AcrossReveal answer → Like slow filers and fast drivers, at times5119 AcrossReveal answer → Furniture retailer owned by Williams-Sonoma7120 AcrossReveal answer → Lives (in)7121 AcrossReveal answer → Iditarod transports5122 AcrossReveal answer → Involves7123 AcrossReveal answer →

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Title heroine described as "handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition"41 DownReveal answer → Dough62 DownReveal answer → Fly-catching bird with a name derived from Greek63 DownReveal answer → Driveway goo34 DownReveal answer → As a whole75 DownReveal answer → Moves elsewhere96 DownReveal answer → Tenured profs, often47 DownReveal answer → Small battery … or an org. that might help with a battery38 DownReveal answer → It's all in your head69 DownReveal answer → Mother of Joseph and Benjamin, in the Bible610 DownReveal answer → Book after Song of Solomon611 DownReveal answer → French cocktail made with crème de cassis312 DownReveal answer → Mirrored413 DownReveal answer → Reasoned conclusion914 DownReveal answer → Brewski715 DownReveal answer → Bulldog fan in Connecticut316 DownReveal answer → Santa ___617 DownReveal answer → Stellar618 DownReveal answer → Van ___ Avenue, thoroughfare in San Francisco419 DownReveal answer → Minds one's P's and Q's728 DownReveal answer → Contribute (to), as one's reputation731 DownReveal answer → Been asleep, say434 DownReveal answer → Texter's "Beats me"335 DownReveal answer → Small inlet336 DownReveal answer → Li'l438 DownReveal answer → One-named singer born in Nigeria443 DownReveal answer → Skier's conveyance445 DownReveal answer → Online site for D.I.Y.ers446 DownReveal answer → Time out, perhaps847 DownReveal answer → Info commonly shown on a board game box848 DownReveal answer → Clown around with food?850 DownReveal answer → City SE of Phoenix851 DownReveal answer → Purpose of some cameras852 DownReveal answer → Reaches a shared opinion about855 DownReveal answer → Holistic contentment856 DownReveal answer → Some beans or sauces457 DownReveal answer → "E pluribus ___"459 DownReveal answer → Sport462 DownReveal answer → Matrix565 DownReveal answer → Sun bloc?367 DownReveal answer → Pretty ___ picture368 DownReveal answer → Moving around570 DownReveal answer → Attack772 DownReveal answer → You can put a ring on it774 DownReveal answer → Back676 DownReveal answer → Came back, as hair678 DownReveal answer → Music's Fatboy Slim and David Guetta, informally379 DownReveal answer → Error message on a Blu-ray device681 DownReveal answer → Targeted (to)683 DownReveal answer → Key for a quick exit385 DownReveal answer → Boils with rage792 DownReveal answer → Liberal-leaning795 DownReveal answer → Chinese "nut" that's really a fruit697 DownReveal answer → Makes small in comparison698 DownReveal answer → Government debt obligations, familiarly699 DownReveal answer → 40 winks6100 DownReveal answer → ___ fatale5101 DownReveal answer → Gets 40 winks5102 DownReveal answer → Letter-shaped train track piece5103 DownReveal answer → "To ___ own self be true"5104 DownReveal answer → Sharpened5105 DownReveal answer → George of "Star Trek"5106 DownReveal answer → Bad thing to discover in the pantry5107 DownReveal answer → AA or JJ, e.g.4108 DownReveal answer → Jazz singer Sylvia ___4111 DownReveal answer → Come to3113 DownReveal answer → "For sure"3114 DownReveal answer → Org. that merged with the U.F.C. in 20233116 DownReveal answer → Kind of party3117 DownReveal answer →

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