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New York Times Crossword September 5 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 66 clues from the New York Times Crossword for September 5 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
One who tries to make a good impression71 AcrossReveal answer → Go with68 AcrossReveal answer → It has its X's and O's814 AcrossReveal answer → Manscapes, perhaps615 AcrossReveal answer → Money wasted on poor decision-making, jocularly816 AcrossReveal answer → Destroyed emotionally617 AcrossReveal answer → Greg ___, author of the 1994 science fiction novel "Permutation City"418 AcrossReveal answer → Ones who might be looking toward careers at museums919 AcrossReveal answer → Elated421 AcrossReveal answer → Goal of a squeeze bunt, for short322 AcrossReveal answer → :(523 AcrossReveal answer → Pro whose work might be shocking325 AcrossReveal answer → Alley ___328 AcrossReveal answer → Sched. placeholder330 AcrossReveal answer → Small semiaquatic mammal with 22 tentacles on its snout1331 AcrossReveal answer → Condiment at an Asian fusion restaurant1335 AcrossReveal answer → Ground-breaking invention?1336 AcrossReveal answer → Big N.Y.S.E. news337 AcrossReveal answer → Formal duds338 AcrossReveal answer → Kyrgyz city on the ancient Silk Road339 AcrossReveal answer → What the "sans" refers to in Comic Sans540 AcrossReveal answer → Bang into343 AcrossReveal answer → Musical lead-in to beat445 AcrossReveal answer → "OK, don't accept my apology then!"949 AcrossReveal answer → Bird that can build tools and remember human faces452 AcrossReveal answer → Not family-friendly, in a way653 AcrossReveal answer → Logical inconsistency in a story854 AcrossReveal answer → Game with a 32-card deck656 AcrossReveal answer → Refreshers that can be served with green wedges857 AcrossReveal answer → Present658 AcrossReveal answer → Gently presses, as a gas pedal759 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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ClueLetters#Answer
Skirt51 DownReveal answer → Water brand whose logo shows the Alps52 DownReveal answer → Colorful fish with iridescent stripes93 DownReveal answer → Need for a demo, maybe34 DownReveal answer → Really small amount45 DownReveal answer → Belle ___, real-life 19th-century outlaw celebrated in film and TV56 DownReveal answer → Paragon157 DownReveal answer → "___ bien!" ("All right!," in Spanish)48 DownReveal answer → Sliding screen in a Japanese tearoom59 DownReveal answer → Bounce510 DownReveal answer → Excess of inventory911 DownReveal answer → Like canvas grocery bags812 DownReveal answer → Cookbook qty.313 DownReveal answer → Does some stretching?414 DownReveal answer → Constriction of the pupils620 DownReveal answer → Daniel ___ Kim of "Hawaii Five-0"324 DownReveal answer → Seriously harm426 DownReveal answer → "Come on, just once!"527 DownReveal answer → Topping dolloped on fresh Italian tomatoes, maybe529 DownReveal answer → Misses watching a bullfight?931 DownReveal answer → Word with human or second632 DownReveal answer → Spot for a speaker433 DownReveal answer → Young 31-Down934 DownReveal answer → Bold choice, perhaps?835 DownReveal answer → Lead-in to integration336 DownReveal answer → Not going anywhere541 DownReveal answer → Provided with, as anonymous tips542 DownReveal answer → Obama family member with credits as a TV writer544 DownReveal answer → Noted ring bearer546 DownReveal answer → Slugger Scott with eight Gold Gloves547 DownReveal answer → Has an unsettled Venmo request, say448 DownReveal answer → Cold one450 DownReveal answer → Monks' honorifics451 DownReveal answer → Jewish honorific353 DownReveal answer → Bit of concert merch355 DownReveal answer →

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