NYT Crossword Answers 09/18/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Customizable, all-in-one internet digest RSSFEED
• 8 Shoots for the stars GOESBIG
• 15 Game played on an 8×8 board OTHELLO
• 16 “Thumbs down from me” IVOTENO
• 17 Meditation chant, in a sense TOOMUCH
• 18 Sought-after DESIRED
• 19 Variety of bark? ARF
• 20 Something you might change on a bed DIAPER
• 22 ___ Ulrich, Metallica drummer LARS
• 23 Gave a sneak preview of TEASED
• 25 Tennis do-over, in a way ROULETTE
• 27 Counterparts of countesses in British peerage EARLS
• 28 Equine hybrid HINNY
• 29 One in Bonn EIN
• 30 Sch. with a satellite campus in Calexico SDSU
• 31 Terse reply to “Why?” CUZ
• 32 Thingum DOODAD
• 34 Superman portrayer Christopher, in so many words RAREEVENT
• 37 Heart-pumping stuff? PLASMA
• 40 Goal to shoot for PAR
• 41 ___ Kong HONG
• 45 Steeplechase unit LAP
• 46 Bar from the bank? INGOT
• 48 Borderer of the Indian state of Sikkim NEPAL
• 49 Passport or driver’s license, in a manner of speaking ACCIDENT
• 51 Who wrote “Existentialism Is a Humanism,” 1945 SARTRE
• 52 First person? SELF
• 53 Spread some dirt GOSSIP
• 55 Gershwin brother IRA
• 56 Muscle car whose name evokes a U.S. road trip TRANSAM
• 58 Action star Jet, in a nutshell PELICAN
• 60 “Don’t worry about the check” ITSONME
• 61 Close contemporary AGEMATE
• 62 O-O and O-O-O, in chess notation CASTLES
• 63 Like some shoes at a cobbler’s RESOLED

Vertical Clues

• 1 Takes turns ROTATES
• 2 One might say “Big savings all week!” STOREAD
• 3 Rosh Hashana horns SHOFARS
• 4 Like some nouns: Abbr. FEM
• 5 Gets away from ELUDES
• 6 Nickname for the medieval Spanish knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ELCID
• 7 Mideast capital DOHA
• 8 Victorious military underdog in the Bible GIDEON
• 9 Sports bet based on total points scored OVERUNDER
• 10 Sister of Helios, in Greek myth EOS
• 11 Barrier to entry, perhaps STILE
• 12 Chewed out BERATED
• 13 Slothfulness INERTIA
• 14 Fortuitous gift GODSEND
• 21 Holdings of winnings PRIZEPOTS
• 24 Curved lines on sheet music SLURS
• 26 France’s third-largest city, after Paris and Marseille LYON
• 28 Quality to which a unique six-character code is assigned, in graphic design HUE
• 31 Arcade staple with a joystick CRANEGAME
• 33 Multiple-choice catchall OTHER
• 35 Inside of AMID
• 36 Large chemical container VAT
• 37 Credit cards, so to speak PLASTIC
• 38 Constellation whose name is Latin for “lizard” LACERTA
• 39 U.S. History or Calculus BC, e.g. APCLASS
• 42 Kind of illusion OPTICAL
• 43 Do some storytelling NARRATE
• 44 Ascertained bit by bit GLEANED
• 47 Garden guardians GNOMES
• 48 Italy’s third-largest city, after Rome and Milan NAPLES
• 50 Words before a contingency plan IFNOT
• 51 Invader’s tactic SIEGE
• 54 Play-fight SPAR
• 57 Its youngest host was a 7-year-old Drew Barrymore in ’82 SNL
• 59 “If u ask me ?” IMO