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New York Times Crossword September 3 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword September 3 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Project for a beginning knitterSCARF5Across1 Petri dish mediumAGAR4Across6 Niecy ___ of "Clean House"NASH4Across10 Exposed, as one's dirty laundryAIRED5Across14 Protein in a niçoise saladTUNA4Across15 Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant"ARLO4Across16 Neutral shade in some Florida décor?TAMPABEIGE10Across17 One getting top billingSTAR4Across19 Just OKSOSO4Across20 Break in the actionLULL4Across21 CensuresDAMNS5Across22 Lighthearted invitation for joining one's sled team?SKIPTOMYLUGE12Across23 [Is this thing on?]TAPTAP6Across26 Fish feared by dragons in "How to Train Your Dragon"EELS4Across29 Cry of defeatILOST5Across30 Chess piece that can be promotedPAWN4Across31 Creature of Sherpa folkloreYETI4Across34 Chop (off)LOP3Across37 Fancify … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 62-AcrossZHUZHUP7Across38 Stalling soundsUHS3Across41 Tolkien trilogy, to fansLOTR4Across42 Word after latch or glomONTO4Across44 "Death of a Salesman" salesmanLOMAN5Across45 A half-filled auditorium, per Robert FrostHELL4Across47 Puts the pedal to the metalGUNSIT6Across49 Headline during a zombie attack?THEDEADSIEGE12Across50 Pair of cymbals with a foot pedalHIHAT5Across55 GainEARN4Across56 World's most-watched television franchise, informallyIDOL4Across57 School within both Princeton and Carleton?ETON4Across61 Price of makeup at the dollar store, informally?BUCKAROUGE10Across62 No longer applicableMOOT4Across64 Feel soreACHE4Across65 Console for the game Pitfall!ATARI5Across66 Partner of oddsENDS4Across67 Rhyming word after speedREAD4Across68 Loses colorPALES5Across69

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Exams that are often optionalSATS4Down1 Florence farewellCIAO4Down2 MunitionsARMS4Down3 Spreads on social mediaREPOSTS7Down4 Cosmetics-regulating org.FDA3Down5 Couldn't get enough ofATEUP5Down6 Reason for a tucked tail, perhapsGUILT5Down7 ___-SaxonANGLO5Down8 Issa of "Insecure"RAE3Down9 How a Dylan impersonator might singNASALLY7Down10 Tate Modern and othersARTMUSEUMS10Down11 "That slaps," for something good, e.g.SLANG5Down12 One might be mountedHORSE5Down13 Tiny deviation from a general trendBLIP4Down18 Product from RitDYE3Down22 New York City deli nameKATZ4Down24 It might be fixed at a chef's tableMENU4Down25 Cashier's trayTILL4Down26 ___ gobi (potato curry)ALOO4Down27 Prepare to do an oil change, sayPOPTHEHOOD10Down28 "The shoddy sandwich knife couldn't cut the mustard," e.g.PUN3Down31 Early H.I.V. medAZT3Down32 "___ knows?"WHO3Down33 Phuket nativeTHAI4Down35 "___ she lovely?" (Stevie Wonder question)ISNT4Down36 Greeting that becomes another greeting if you add an A at the front and reverse itHOLA4Down39 PromotePLUG4Down40 Stinging insectsREDANTS7Down43 The least amount a person might giveONEIOTA7Down46 Tennis umpire's callLET3Down48 Rowlands of "A Woman Under the Influence"GENA4Down49 SubjectTHEME5Down50 Discover by chanceHITON5Down51 Two in a handDEUCE5Down52 ___ Baron Cohen, "The Trial of the Chicago 7" actorSACHA5Down53 Ticked offIRKED5Down54 TwofoldDUAL4Down58 Fairy tale baddieOGRE4Down59 Some island ringsLEIS4Down60 Setting for many a joke with a priest, a pastor and a rabbiBAR3Down62 Sharp knockRAP3Down63

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