NYT Crossword Answers 09/06/25

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Across Clues

• 1 They help you see the big picture MOVIETICKETS
• 13 Swing states? OPENMARRIAGES
• 15 Things you can’t do without BAREESSENTIALS
• 17 Animal that’s born with a full set of teeth SHARK
• 18 Actress Dawson of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” STEF
• 19 Sound from a chicken EEK
• 21 Stop working, say TAKETEN
• 24 Bash FETE
• 25 Half of a rhyming game name ALAI
• 28 Not from Scotland? NAE
• 29 A little husky? PUPPY
• 30 One preparing eggs MAMABIRD
• 32 19th-century naturalist buried in Westminster Abbey DARWIN
• 33 Bubble burster, perhaps PIN
• 34 Delta hub, in brief ATL
• 35 Nose around PRY
• 36 Inits. in a job posting EEO
• 37 Swellings in bodily tissues EDEMAS
• 39 Dignified and gracious sort CLASSACT
• 41 Checkers, e.g. DISCS
• 42 Nothing needs to be said to do it HUM
• 43 First Nations people CREE
• 44 Down Under colleges UNIS
• 45 Jazz fest? NBAGAME
• 48 Child support, in brief? PTA
• 49 High-energy snack GORP
• 50 “People are wrong when they say ___ is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what’s wrong with it”: Noël Coward OPERA
• 54 First science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship OCTAVIAEBUTLER
• 58 Reflective period SILENTRETREAT
• 59 Many TV panelists TALKINGHEADS

Vertical Clues

• 1 Packs MOBS
• 2 Sea creature also known as a redfin ocean pan OPAH
• 3 Unseen wife on “Cheers” VERA
• 4 It keeps things going INERTIA
• 5 ___ Okafor, 6’10” Charlotte player who was the N.B.A.’s 2005 Rookie of the Year EMEKA
• 6 Many lab instructors, informally TAS
• 7 Org. whose logo includes scales and an olive branch IRS
• 8 Reached the maximum CRESTED
• 9 “Roots” surname KINTE
• 10 Polished off EATEN
• 11 Cry of relief TGIF
• 12 It’s “wine-dark,” in Homer’s “Odyssey” SEA
• 14 Pajamas SLEEPWEAR
• 16 Free kick, e.g., in soccer lingo SETPIECE
• 20 Special delivery at a conference KEYNOTE
• 22 Unites after a break KNITS
• 23 Rank above viscount EARL
• 24 Subject of trade that gave rise to St. Louis and Detroit FUR
• 25 Jazzed AMPEDUP
• 26 Went at LAIDINTO
• 27 Ones with big blocks? AMNESIACS
• 29 Is worth the effort PAYS
• 31 Some farm sounds BAAS
• 32 Much “Real Housewives” doings DRAMA
• 35 Bang the drum for PLUG
• 38 Makes some introductions, informally MCS
• 39 Bread whose dough is rolled on a chakla CHAPATI
• 40 British royal Rod of Equity and Mercy, e.g. SCEPTRE
• 45 Unprecedented NOVEL
• 46 Lip BRINK
• 47 Be sassy, with “off” MOUTH
• 49 Ball GALA
• 51 Ancient home to many pre-Socratic philosophers ELEA
• 52 Verb before lips and palms READ
• 53 They may be fine ARTS
• 55 Small songbird TIT
• 56 Directional suffix ERN
• 57 Solicit BEG