Our NYT Crossword Hints for September 7, 2025 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.
NYT Crossword Hints, September 7, 2025
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 9/7/25. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
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1A. Where Gloria Estefan was born
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7A. Hairstyle that can be casual or formal
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11A. Relative of a sultan
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15A. Strikebreaking sort
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19A. One who gives a good talking-to?
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20A. Spring's opposite, tidally
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21A. Constant nuisance
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22A. Mansión, por ejemplo
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23A. As the British pound rises in value, the dollar ___
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25A. Sure things
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27A. Area with pews
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28A. Part of many a morning routine
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29A. Equipment
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30A. Orchestra section toward the middle of the pit
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31A. With 76-Down, individually
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33A. Fury
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34A. After spending the afternoon at Epcot, we had dinner at a ___ bistro
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36A. Ancestor of the tuba or sousaphone
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38A. Low-quality paper?
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39A. Like a naughty Beetle Bailey, in brief
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40A. Overdone
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41A. The "E" of Q.E.D.
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43A. Depleted
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48A. Facetious suffix with most
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51A. Did Joyce write courtesy of a ___?
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55A. Blunt negative
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56A. Philosopher who purportedly said "The best fighter is never angry"
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58A. Have a bawl
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59A. Son of Hanna-Barbera's Doggie Daddy
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60A. Reason to relocate a picnic blanket, maybe
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61A. Borneo neighbor
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63A. Female moose or elephant
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65A. Fish-eating raptors
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66A. Dab with a towel
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67A. Subdivisions of some counties: Abbr.
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68A. An increase in ham prices forced the deli to ___ sandwiches higher
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71A. Begged
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72A. Scorch the surface
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73A. Andean stimulant
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74A. Source of the films "The Blues Brothers" and "Coneheads," in brief
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75A. Gerald Ford or William Howard Taft, once
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78A. Peter, Paul and Mary, e.g.
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79A. Words before sea or lunch
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81A. Summer mo
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83A. Decks for reading
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84A. Biblical preposition
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85A. To Washington ___, Germany, seemed far from Tarrytown, N.Y.
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88A. Big word in advertising
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89A. Toady
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91A. Buzz, so to speak
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92A. Charles or Ray who lent their name to a kind of chair
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94A. Unpleasant look
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97A. Social gathering of a sort
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98A. Certain canines
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102A. Some Californians consider Santa ___ on Earth
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107A. ___-cone
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108A. Stockpile
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109A. Anesthetic first used on a patient in 1842
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110A. "Fine as is, actually"
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111A. Canada's first national park, founded in 1885
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113A. "___ Three Lives" (early TV drama)
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114A. The shark-warning notes of "Jaws," for example
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116A. The supermodel was holding a copy of ___ herself on the beach
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118A. Tackle box item
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119A. Home makeover, in brief
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120A. Election Day is one: Abbr.
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121A. Work on the score of
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122A. Carbon compound
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123A. Beat one's chest
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124A. Set of pull-ups?
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125A. Very high
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1D. Schmooze
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2D. ___ Afghan Airlines, carrier to the Mideast
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3D. Parts of a heart or trumpet
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4D. No fewer than
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5D. Stat!
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6D. Media personalities Melber and Fleischer
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7D. Remove a restraint from
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8D. Irk
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9D. Have the nerve
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10D. Special ___
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11D. Buddy who portrayed TV's Jed Clampett
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12D. Peninsula in southeast Asia
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13D. Consecutively
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14D. Somnial acronym
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15D. Aquatic acronym
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16D. Collection of laws
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17D. "Jeez, sorry I ___!"
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18D. Sarastro in Mozart's "The Magic Flute," e.g.
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24D. Product of the first three primes
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26D. Tiny house occupants
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29D. Get crazy (over)
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32D. Pushes with force
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34D. Smears
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35D. Directs, as cargo
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37D. Edmonton N.H.L. player
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38D. International shoe brand originating in England
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42D. Extremely loyal
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44D. One who's a well-meaning but bad influence on a friend, maybe
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45D. Why do none of the Fruit of the Loom characters ___-colored clothing?
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46D. Current
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47D. Annoyance
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48D. Trains above street level
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49D. White wine named for a region in France
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50D. Peeping ___ for Lady Godiva to appear
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52D. Like some philosophical arguments
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53D. Taj Mahal's city
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54D. Numbskull
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57D. Bar with drafts
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62D. Love, in Lyon
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64D. Spots to go in the U.K.
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69D. End of any Shakespeare play
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70D. Powerless
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71D. Space balls
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72D. Bed-___ (Brooklyn neighborhood, familiarly)
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73D. Shakespeare, vis-à-vis the expression "brave new world"
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76D. See 31-Across
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77D. Sydney's state Abbr.
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80D. How some risks are taken
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82D. Immaturity
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86D. Secluded valley
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87D. "Take it easy, will you?!"
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90D. Startle
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93D. Mounted below the surface of
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95D. ___ Sunday
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96D. Body part containing photoreceptors
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99D. Relating to the wind's movement
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100D. Vingt + dix
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101D. Equivocated
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102D. Ball girl?
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103D. Didn't dine out
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104D. Large safari sight
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105D. Intoxicating Asian plant whose name sounds like an insect
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106D. Clear, in a way, as a windshield
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107D. Beaver State capital
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111D. Sight of a speeding car, maybe
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112D. Season ticket holders, presumably
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115D. Spherical shape
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116D. Info for a traveler, for short
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117D. Follower of waste and want
We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.
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