NYT Crossword Answers 09/15/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Competitor of Denny’s and Waffle House IHOP
• 5 A red cross, for the American Red Cross LOGO
• 9 Headwear for a monarch CROWN
• 14 Home for a Neanderthal CAVE
• 15 Apple tablet IPAD
• 16 Vietnam’s capital HANOI
• 17 Ingenious fix (San Francisco) ELEGANTSOLUTION
• 20 Popular online brokerage ETRADE
• 21 Reason for teens to rent a limo PROM
• 22 Poem of praise ODE
• 23 Drench SOAK
• 25 Double-click, as a file OPEN
• 27 Hotel discounts for conventioneers (Pittsburgh) GROUPRATES
• 32 Starting alphabet quartet ABCD
• 35 Bank robbery, e.g. HEIST
• 36 One of 18 on a golf course HOLE
• 37 Uncommon RARE
• 38 Knee part commonly repaired by a sports doc ACL
• 39 Cracker often eaten with chowder SALTINE
• 42 Practical joke GAG
• 43 Yep’s opposite NOPE
• 45 Prompted, on stage CUED
• 46 Big concert venue ARENA
• 48 Way too uptight ANAL
• 49 Brief appearances by A-listers in films (Baltimore) CAMEOROLES
• 51 Location SITE
• 53 Ford Explorer and Honda CR-V, for two SUVS
• 54 Winter hrs. in D.C. EST
• 56 “Really?” ISIT
• 59 Hippie T-shirt technique TIEDYE
• 63 Coaching axiom suggested by 17-, 27- and 49-Across THERESNOIINTEAM
• 66 What each letter in Roy G. Biv represents COLOR
• 67 Common time for lunch NOON
• 68 Pop ___ (breakfast pastry) TART
• 69 Zoom call V.I.P.s HOSTS
• 70 Shell-less gastropod SLUG
• 71 Does some summing ADDS

Vertical Clues

• 1 Summer drink that might cause a brain freeze ICEE
• 2 “Not another step!” HALT
• 3 Above OVER
• 4 Winged horse of Greek myth PEGASUS
• 5 One-dimensional, in math LINEAR
• 6 Make a choice OPT
• 7 Say “Oh, my God!,” say GASP
• 8 Stinky smell ODOR
• 9 ___ change (a measly amount) CHUMP
• 10 Tattletale RAT
• 11 Pungent, round deli order ONIONBAGEL
• 12 Alternative to an iron, in golf WOOD
• 13 Three squared NINE
• 18 Brings into the family ADOPTS
• 19 Make less tight LOOSEN
• 24 Liqueur in a mudslide KAHLUA
• 26 Part of the body with a lobe EAR
• 27 Its capital is Accra GHANA
• 28 Spy’s info-gathering mission RECON
• 29 Bright choices for artists OILPASTELS
• 30 ___ pole (Native American carving) TOTEM
• 31 Skips, as a syllable ELIDES
• 33 Common origami bird CRANE
• 34 Edgar ___, “The Ballet Class” artist DEGAS
• 40 What security clearance grants ACCESS
• 41 Magic Johnson’s real first name EARVIN
• 44 Hebrew name meaning “high” ELI
• 47 ___ Stone (relic inscribed in three languages) ROSETTA
• 50 Special trip away from the house OUTING
• 52 Echelons TIERS
• 54 Engrave ETCH
• 55 “Get outta here!” SHOO
• 57 Places to stay overnight INNS
• 58 Item on a mechanic’s belt TOOL
• 60 Out of battery juice DEAD
• 61 36 inches YARD
• 62 CPR-administering crew, for short EMTS
• 64 Brain ___ (low-quality internet content) ROT
• 65 “Lemme square up later” note IOU