NYT Crossword Answers 09/22/25

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Across Clues

• 1 School stat like 3.5 or 4.0 GPA
• 4 Yeast, mold and mushrooms FUNGI
• 9 Desert plants with needles CACTI
• 14 Tree with “American” and “slippery” varieties ELM
• 15 Alaskan native INUIT
• 16 Synthetic fabric once common in sweaters ORLON
• 17 Born as NEE
• 18 Wine choice in southern France REDBORDEAUX
• 20 Bonkers ZANY
• 22 Compete (for) VIE
• 23 Changes with the times ADAPTS
• 24 Females that may be fleeced EWES
• 26 Cinema showing FILM
• 27 Canadian P.M. who is the son of another Canadian P.M. JUSTINTRUDEAU
• 32 Cyber Monday sector ETAIL
• 33 Put to work USE
• 34 Ask God (for) PRAY
• 37 Identify in a Facebook photo TAG
• 38 Where canines sleep DOGBEDS
• 42 “Du-u-ude!” BRO
• 43 Basketball’s O’Neal, to fans SHAQ
• 45 Keanu Reeves’s character in “The Matrix” NEO
• 46 To no ___ (ineffectively) AVAIL
• 48 Platform for Donkey Kong Country SUPERNINTENDO
• 52 Ingredient in many hand lotions ALOE
• 53 The lion’s share MOST
• 54 Cigarette butt receptacle ASHCAN
• 57 Major N.Y.C. concert venue MSG
• 58 Do the backstroke or breaststroke SWIM
• 62 Chunks found in Ben & Jerry’s Half Baked ice cream COOKIEDOUGH
• 65 Avant-garde musical artist Yoko ONO
• 66 Fixed, as a piano TUNED
• 67 “The Godfather” author Puzo MARIO
• 68 Frequently, to a poet OFT
• 69 Winter coasters SLEDS
• 70 Surgical tube STENT
• 71 Cry from Homer ? or a phonetic hint to the ends of 18-, 27-, 48- and 62- Across DOH

Vertical Clues

• 1 Kids these days GENZ
• 2 “Not guilty,” e.g. PLEA
• 3 “You got that right, sister!” AMEN
• 4 Certain evergreen FIR
• 5 Like some bars in gymnastics UNEVEN
• 6 One who is barely seen? NUDIST
• 7 Jeer GIBE
• 8 “How was ___ know?” ITO
• 9 Pamper CODDLE
• 10 Tour guide? AREAMAP
• 11 Crash of thunder CLAP
• 12 Promote enthusiastically TOUT
• 13 “Need You Tonight” rock band INXS
• 19 Like speakeasies and refrigerators, at times RAIDED
• 21 Brand of cooler that shares its name with a Himalayan legend YETI
• 25 Opposite of tame WILD
• 26 Join into one FUSE
• 27 Jacuzzi features JETS
• 28 Where to find the Jazz UTAH
• 29 Long-winded tales SAGAS
• 30 Apply, as ointment RUBON
• 31 City-related URBAN
• 35 Desertlike ARID
• 36 Carefree motto, in modern lingo YOLO
• 39 Low-scoring deadlock ONEONE
• 40 Richard of “Pretty Woman” GERE
• 41 Hurdles for srs. SATS
• 44 Sounded like a duck QUACKED
• 47 Farm docs VETS
• 49 Tartan patterns PLAIDS
• 50 “Yeah, right” IMSURE
• 51 Bean NOGGIN
• 54 Does some theater work ACTS
• 55 Word before food or mate SOUL
• 56 Refine, as a skill HONE
• 57 Castle defense MOAT
• 59 What a whittler whittles WOOD
• 60 Facts INFO
• 61 Relative of a butterfly MOTH
• 63 Private online chats, for short DMS
• 64 Spicy HOT