The full solution for the NY Times September 24 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Peter A. Collins and edited by Will Shortz.
Across Clues
- 1 Light touches DABS
- 5 Domino features PIPS
- 9 Maine-to-Spain direction EAST
- 13 Frequently ALOT
- 14 MacDowell of “Groundhog Day” ANDIE
- 16 Start of a new deal ANTE
- 17 Participate in a blindside on “Survivor,” say VOTE
- 18 Dance craze named for a Southern city CHARLESTON
- 20 Possible meaning of 54-/57-Across IHOPESO
- 22 Possible meaning of 54-/57-Across IMLYING
- 23 Cannonball Adderley’s musical instrument, informally SAX
- 24 Lead-in to struck or luck DUMB
- 26 Fashionable time to arrive, it’s said LATE
- 27 “Odyssey” figure with many suitors PENELOPE
- 30 Carry a debt OWE
- 32 Business magnate BARON
- 35 A hawk carrying a dove in its talons, in Book 15 of the “Odyssey” OMEN
- 36 Affectionate sign-off XOX
- 37 Like thrifted goods USED
- 38 What’s heard exactly twice in a lifetime? LONGI
- 40 The Emerald Isle EIRE
- 41 Tabs with psychedelic properties LSD
- 42 Hang in the balance PEND
- 43 Soft volleyball hits DINKS
- 44 Jazz genre for Cannonball Adderley BOP
- 45 Worked to learn INTERNED
- 48 James of “The Godfather” CAAN
- 50 Thailand, once SIAM
- 51 A.L. West team, on scoreboards LAA
- 54 With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle’s circled letters FINGERS
- 57 See 54-Across CROSSED
- 59 Taunt that may follow a failed gullibility test MADEYALOOK
- 61 Bit of merchandise WARE
- 62 ___ impasse ATAN
- 63 Put off for now TABLE
- 64 Situated above ATOP
- 65 Witty remark JEST
- 66 Craft store item BEAD
- 67 “Hey!” PSST
Vertical Clues
- 1 Viola of “The Woman King” DAVIS
- 2 “So long, Oahu!” ALOHA
- 3 Wrinkle smoother BOTOX
- 4 Part of a flight STEP
- 5 Clothing chain that began as a surf shop PACSUN
- 6 Like some tutoring and eldercare INHOME
- 7 Smooching on a park bench, e.g., for short PDA
- 8 One who’s given many instructions nowadays SIRI
- 9 G.P.A. enhancer EASYA
- 10 Neutralizing serum ANTITOXIN
- 11 Masonry STONEWORK
- 12 100 C-notes TENG
- 15 Stately shade provider ELM
- 19 2011 Peace Nobelist ___ Johnson Sirleaf ELLEN
- 21 Word aptly hidden in “unspoiled enclave” EDEN
- 25 Lightheaded sorts? BLONDES
- 27 Capsule POD
- 28 [Shocking!] OMG
- 29 Least-populous Canadian province: Abbr. PEI
- 31 Ones paying or receiving alimony EXES
- 32 Future amaryllis, e.g. BULB
- 33 Colleague ASSOCIATE
- 34 Colorful ring-tailed mammals of Asia REDPANDAS
- 38 Spy novelist Deighton LEN
- 39 Most-populous Canadian province: Abbr. ONT
- 40 Festival at the end of Ramadan, informally EID
- 42 Like the scent of some air fresheners PINEY
- 43 Floor model, often DEMO
- 46 Swiss cough drop brand RICOLA
- 47 Squealed: Var. NARKED
- 49 Word with double or free AGENT
- 51 Hurdles for future J.D.s LSATS
- 52 Nestlé bars filled with tiny bubbles AEROS
- 53 Skillful ADEPT
- 54 Key of Mozart’s Symphony No. 6: Abbr. FMAJ
- 55 Squealer RAT
- 56 Thick piece SLAB
- 58 Cashless deal SWAP
- 60 U.K. award OBE
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