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New York Times Crossword September 5 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword September 5 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 66 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#
One who tries to make a good impressionDENTIST7Across1 Go withESCORT6Across8 It has its X's and O'sLOVENOTE8Across14 Manscapes, perhapsSHAVES6Across15 Money wasted on poor decision-making, jocularlyIDIOTTAX8Across16 Destroyed emotionallyTOREUP6Across17 Greg ___, author of the 1994 science fiction novel "Permutation City"EGAN4Across18 Ones who might be looking toward careers at museumsARTMAJORS9Across19 ElatedSENT4Across21 Goal of a squeeze bunt, for shortRBI3Across22 :(IMSAD5Across23 Pro whose work might be shockingEMT3Across25 Alley ___OOP3Across28 Sched. placeholderTBA3Across30 Small semiaquatic mammal with 22 tentacles on its snoutSTARNOSEDMOLE13Across31 Condiment at an Asian fusion restaurantTERIYAKISAUCE13Across35 Ground-breaking invention?DYNAMITESTICK13Across36 Big N.Y.S.E. newsIPO3Across37 Formal dudsTUX3Across38 Kyrgyz city on the ancient Silk RoadOSH3Across39 What the "sans" refers to in Comic SansSERIF5Across40 Bang intoRAM3Across43 Musical lead-in to beatAFRO4Across45 "OK, don't accept my apology then!"FINEBEMAD9Across49 Bird that can build tools and remember human facesCROW4Across52 Not family-friendly, in a wayRATEDR6Across53 Logical inconsistency in a storyPLOTHOLE8Across54 Game with a 32-card deckECARTE6Across56 Refreshers that can be served with green wedgesLIMEADES8Across57 PresentBESTOW6Across58 Gently presses, as a gas pedalEASESON7Across59

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SkirtDODGE5Down1 Water brand whose logo shows the AlpsEVIAN5Down2 Colorful fish with iridescent stripesNEONTETRA9Down3 Need for a demo, maybeTNT3Down4 Really small amountIOTA4Down5 Belle ___, real-life 19th-century outlaw celebrated in film and TVSTARR5Down6 ParagonTEXTBOOKEXAMPLE15Down7 "___ bien!" ("All right!," in Spanish)ESTA4Down8 Sliding screen in a Japanese tearoomSHOJI5Down9 BounceCAROM5Down10 Excess of inventoryOVERSTOCK9Down11 Like canvas grocery bagsREUSABLE8Down12 Cookbook qty.TSP3Down13 Does some stretching?LIES4Down14 Constriction of the pupilsMIOSIS6Down20 Daniel ___ Kim of "Hawaii Five-0"DAE3Down24 Seriously harmMAIM4Down26 "Come on, just once!"TRYIT5Down27 Topping dolloped on fresh Italian tomatoes, maybePESTO5Down29 Misses watching a bullfight?SENORITAS9Down31 Word with human or secondNATURE6Down32 Spot for a speakerDAIS4Down33 Young 31-DownMUCHACHAS9Down34 Bold choice, perhaps?TYPEFACE8Down35 Lead-in to integrationDIS3Down36 Not going anywhereINERT5Down41 Provided with, as anonymous tipsFEDTO5Down42 Obama family member with credits as a TV writerMALIA5Down44 Noted ring bearerFRODO5Down46 Slugger Scott with eight Gold GlovesROLEN5Down47 Has an unsettled Venmo request, sayOWES4Down48 Cold oneBREW4Down50 Monks' honorificsDOMS4Down51 Jewish honorificREB3Down53 Bit of concert merchTEE3Down55

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, September 5, 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.