NYT Crossword September 7 2025 Answers (9/7/25)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for September 7 2025 to help you finish it up!

Our NYT Crossword September 7, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle 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 New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword September 7, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 9/7/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

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The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

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Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.

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Christine Mielke

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