NYT Crossword Answers 09/05/25

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Across Clues

• 1 One who tries to make a good impression DENTIST
• 8 Go with ESCORT
• 14 It has its X’s and O’s LOVENOTE
• 15 Manscapes, perhaps SHAVES
• 16 Money wasted on poor decision-making, jocularly IDIOTTAX
• 17 Destroyed emotionally TOREUP
• 18 Greg ___, author of the 1994 science fiction novel “Permutation City” EGAN
• 19 Ones who might be looking toward careers at museums ARTMAJORS
• 21 Elated SENT
• 22 Goal of a squeeze bunt, for short RBI
• 23 🙁 IMSAD
• 25 Pro whose work might be shocking EMT
• 28 Alley ___ OOP
• 30 Sched. placeholder TBA
• 31 Small semiaquatic mammal with 22 tentacles on its snout STARNOSEDMOLE
• 35 Condiment at an Asian fusion restaurant TERIYAKISAUCE
• 36 Ground-breaking invention? DYNAMITESTICK
• 37 Big N.Y.S.E. news IPO
• 38 Formal duds TUX
• 39 Kyrgyz city on the ancient Silk Road OSH
• 40 What the “sans” refers to in Comic Sans SERIF
• 43 Bang into RAM
• 45 Musical lead-in to beat AFRO
• 49 “OK, don’t accept my apology then!” FINEBEMAD
• 52 Bird that can build tools and remember human faces CROW
• 53 Not family-friendly, in a way RATEDR
• 54 Logical inconsistency in a story PLOTHOLE
• 56 Game with a 32-card deck ECARTE
• 57 Refreshers that can be served with green wedges LIMEADES
• 58 Present BESTOW
• 59 Gently presses, as a gas pedal EASESON

Vertical Clues

• 1 Skirt DODGE
• 2 Water brand whose logo shows the Alps EVIAN
• 3 Colorful fish with iridescent stripes NEONTETRA
• 4 Need for a demo, maybe TNT
• 5 Really small amount IOTA
• 6 Belle ___, real-life 19th-century outlaw celebrated in film and TV STARR
• 7 Paragon TEXTBOOKEXAMPLE
• 8 “___ bien!” (“All right!,” in Spanish) ESTA
• 9 Sliding screen in a Japanese tearoom SHOJI
• 10 Bounce CAROM
• 11 Excess of inventory OVERSTOCK
• 12 Like canvas grocery bags REUSABLE
• 13 Cookbook qty. TSP
• 14 Does some stretching? LIES
• 20 Constriction of the pupils MIOSIS
• 24 Daniel ___ Kim of “Hawaii Five-0” DAE
• 26 Seriously harm MAIM
• 27 “Come on, just once!” TRYIT
• 29 Topping dolloped on fresh Italian tomatoes, maybe PESTO
• 31 Misses watching a bullfight? SENORITAS
• 32 Word with human or second NATURE
• 33 Spot for a speaker DAIS
• 34 Young 31-Down MUCHACHAS
• 35 Bold choice, perhaps? TYPEFACE
• 36 Lead-in to integration DIS
• 41 Not going anywhere INERT
• 42 Provided with, as anonymous tips FEDTO
• 44 Obama family member with credits as a TV writer MALIA
• 46 Noted ring bearer FRODO
• 47 Slugger Scott with eight Gold Gloves ROLEN
• 48 Has an unsettled Venmo request, say OWES
• 50 Cold one BREW
• 51 Monks’ honorifics DOMS
• 53 Jewish honorific REB
• 55 Bit of concert merch TEE