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New York Times Crossword September 3 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for September 3 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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Project for a beginning knitter51 AcrossReveal answer → Petri dish medium46 AcrossReveal answer → Niecy ___ of "Clean House"410 AcrossReveal answer → Exposed, as one's dirty laundry514 AcrossReveal answer → Protein in a niçoise salad415 AcrossReveal answer → Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant"416 AcrossReveal answer → Neutral shade in some Florida décor?1017 AcrossReveal answer → One getting top billing419 AcrossReveal answer → Just OK420 AcrossReveal answer → Break in the action421 AcrossReveal answer → Censures522 AcrossReveal answer → Lighthearted invitation for joining one's sled team?1223 AcrossReveal answer → [Is this thing on?]626 AcrossReveal answer → Fish feared by dragons in "How to Train Your Dragon"429 AcrossReveal answer → Cry of defeat530 AcrossReveal answer → Chess piece that can be promoted431 AcrossReveal answer → Creature of Sherpa folklore434 AcrossReveal answer → Chop (off)337 AcrossReveal answer → Fancify … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 62-Across738 AcrossReveal answer → Stalling sounds341 AcrossReveal answer → Tolkien trilogy, to fans442 AcrossReveal answer → Word after latch or glom444 AcrossReveal answer → "Death of a Salesman" salesman545 AcrossReveal answer → A half-filled auditorium, per Robert Frost447 AcrossReveal answer → Puts the pedal to the metal649 AcrossReveal answer → Headline during a zombie attack?1250 AcrossReveal answer → Pair of cymbals with a foot pedal555 AcrossReveal answer → Gain456 AcrossReveal answer → World's most-watched television franchise, informally457 AcrossReveal answer → School within both Princeton and Carleton?461 AcrossReveal answer → Price of makeup at the dollar store, informally?1062 AcrossReveal answer → No longer applicable464 AcrossReveal answer → Feel sore465 AcrossReveal answer → Console for the game Pitfall!566 AcrossReveal answer → Partner of odds467 AcrossReveal answer → Rhyming word after speed468 AcrossReveal answer → Loses color569 AcrossReveal answer →

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Exams that are often optional41 DownReveal answer → Florence farewell42 DownReveal answer → Munitions43 DownReveal answer → Spreads on social media74 DownReveal answer → Cosmetics-regulating org.35 DownReveal answer → Couldn't get enough of56 DownReveal answer → Reason for a tucked tail, perhaps57 DownReveal answer → ___-Saxon58 DownReveal answer → Issa of "Insecure"39 DownReveal answer → How a Dylan impersonator might sing710 DownReveal answer → Tate Modern and others1011 DownReveal answer → "That slaps," for something good, e.g.512 DownReveal answer → One might be mounted513 DownReveal answer → Tiny deviation from a general trend418 DownReveal answer → Product from Rit322 DownReveal answer → New York City deli name424 DownReveal answer → It might be fixed at a chef's table425 DownReveal answer → Cashier's tray426 DownReveal answer → ___ gobi (potato curry)427 DownReveal answer → Prepare to do an oil change, say1028 DownReveal answer → "The shoddy sandwich knife couldn't cut the mustard," e.g.331 DownReveal answer → Early H.I.V. med332 DownReveal answer → "___ knows?"333 DownReveal answer → Phuket native435 DownReveal answer → "___ she lovely?" (Stevie Wonder question)436 DownReveal answer → Greeting that becomes another greeting if you add an A at the front and reverse it439 DownReveal answer → Promote440 DownReveal answer → Stinging insects743 DownReveal answer → The least amount a person might give746 DownReveal answer → Tennis umpire's call348 DownReveal answer → Rowlands of "A Woman Under the Influence"449 DownReveal answer → Subject550 DownReveal answer → Discover by chance551 DownReveal answer → Two in a hand552 DownReveal answer → ___ Baron Cohen, "The Trial of the Chicago 7" actor553 DownReveal answer → Ticked off554 DownReveal answer → Twofold458 DownReveal answer → Fairy tale baddie459 DownReveal answer → Some island rings460 DownReveal answer → Setting for many a joke with a priest, a pastor and a rabbi362 DownReveal answer → Sharp knock363 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, September 3, 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.