NYT Crossword Answers 09/28/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Caveat ___ (“Buyer beware”) EMPTOR
• 7 Spice that’s characteristic of Hungarian cooking PAPRIKA
• 14 Marvel Comics mutant who can freeze his own body ICEMAN
• 20 Arizona county or Indigenous people MOHAVE
• 21 Tries some water, say HASASIP
• 22 Like a win-win situation NOLOSE
• 23 ___ law, concept in computing technology MOORES
• 24 Alternative to a nanny DAYCARE
• 25 Fire starters FLINTS
• 26 Contents of a flagon ALE
• 27 Ole Miss athletes, to fans REBS
• 29 X CHI
• 30 ___ Scott, who the Supreme Court said was not free to sue for his freedom DRED
• 32 Org. not getting many happy returns? IRS
• 33 Remove surgically, as tissue ABLATE
• 35 “They tell me ?” IHEAR
• 37 Beethoven symphony originally intended to honor Napoleon EROICA
• 39 Class that might cause some high schoolers to blush HEALTH
• 40 Sprawling Indian metropolis DELHI
• 41 Like some bridges DENTAL
• 42 “Let me check on that” ILLASK
• 44 Expiates, with “for” ATONES
• 46 Man’s name that’s 49-Across plus a letter EVAN
• 49 Woman’s name that’s the first three letters of 46-Across EVA
• 50 Rap battle participants MCS
• 53 Tampa Bay athlete, in brief BUC
• 54 Twists off course, as a ship YAWS
• 58 Witch HAG
• 59 Exploited USED
• 60 “Weekend Update” co-host Michael CHE
• 61 All over again ANEW
• 63 ___Guessr, hit online game whose players deduce locations from Google Street View images GEO
• 64 Where a hurricane forms OCEAN
• 66 Wish someone “Happy Birthday,” perhaps SENDACARD
• 69 At dawn, say EARLY
• 71 Mammal with long whiskers WALRUS
• 73 Extra BONUS
• 74 They stand for art EASELS
• 75 Called TERMED
• 77 ___ Day, Billie Holiday’s portrayer in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” ANDRA
• 78 Celebrity chef Ina GARTEN
• 79 Demanding entertainer DIVA
• 80 X TEN
• 82 He was né Clay ALI
• 83 Watchdog’s warning GRR
• 84 Words of understanding ISEE
• 86 Outback baby JOEY
• 87 Familiar initialism coined by a U.S. Air Force captain UFO
• 88 Do-over at Wimbledon LET
• 89 Kind of sauce at a sushi bar EEL
• 90 Sewer in American history ROSS
• 91 “Weekend Update” show, for short SNL
• 92 Zipped SPED
• 93 Like some alcohol ? or places that prohibit alcohol DRY
• 94 Not present and not excused, for short AWOL
• 96 Foreign policy grp. NSC
• 97 Brezhnev of the Soviet Union LEONID
• 99 Cherokee and Cheyenne TRIBES
• 101 Relationship featuring casual intimacy ? or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle FRIENDSWITHBENEFITS
• 108 Starbucks competitor PEETS
• 109 Spot for an ornament CARHOOD
• 110 Giants in California and New York TEAMS
• 112 “Beat it!” AMSCRAY
• 115 Actor Wilson of “The Office” RAINN
• 116 Rye, e.g. WHISKEY
• 118 “Wouldn’t miss it for the world!” IMTHERE
• 119 Like slow filers and fast drivers, at times FINED
• 120 Furniture retailer owned by Williams-Sonoma WESTELM
• 121 Lives (in) RESIDES
• 122 Iditarod transports SLEDS
• 123 Involves ENTAILS

Vertical Clues

• 1 Title heroine described as “handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition” EMMA
• 2 Dough MOOLAH
• 3 Fly-catching bird with a name derived from Greek PHOEBE
• 4 Driveway goo TAR
• 5 As a whole OVERALL
• 6 Moves elsewhere RESETTLES
• 7 Tenured profs, often PHDS
• 8 Small battery ? or an org. that might help with a battery AAA
• 9 It’s all in your head PSYCHE
• 10 Mother of Joseph and Benjamin, in the Bible RACHEL
• 11 Book after Song of Solomon ISAIAH
• 12 French cocktail made with crème de cassis KIR
• 13 Mirrored APED
• 14 Reasoned conclusion INFERENCE
• 15 Brewski COLDONE
• 16 Bulldog fan in Connecticut ELI
• 17 Santa ___ MONICA
• 18 Stellar ASTRAL
• 19 Van ___ Avenue, thoroughfare in San Francisco NESS
• 28 Minds one’s P’s and Q’s BEHAVES
• 31 Contribute (to), as one’s reputation REDOUND
• 34 Been asleep, say LAIN
• 35 Texter’s “Beats me” IDK
• 36 Small inlet RIA
• 38 Li’l ITSY
• 43 One-named singer born in Nigeria SADE
• 45 Skier’s conveyance TBAR
• 46 Online site for D.I.Y.ers EHOW
• 47 Time out, perhaps VACATION
• 48 Info commonly shown on a board game box AGELEVEL
• 50 Clown around with food? MCDONALD
• 51 City SE of Phoenix CHANDLER
• 52 Purpose of some cameras SECURITY
• 55 Reaches a shared opinion about AGREESON
• 56 Holistic contentment WELLNESS
• 57 Some beans or sauces SOYS
• 59 “E pluribus ___” UNUM
• 62 Sport WEAR
• 65 Matrix ARRAY
• 67 Sun bloc? NBA
• 68 Pretty ___ picture ASA
• 70 Moving around ASTIR
• 72 Attack SETUPON
• 74 You can put a ring on it EARLOBE
• 76 Back DEFEND
• 78 Came back, as hair GREWIN
• 79 Music’s Fatboy Slim and David Guetta, informally DJS
• 81 Error message on a Blu-ray device NODISC
• 83 Targeted (to) GEARED
• 85 Key for a quick exit ESC
• 92 Boils with rage SEESRED
• 95 Liberal-leaning LEFTIST
• 97 Chinese “nut” that’s really a fruit LITCHI
• 98 Makes small in comparison DWARFS
• 99 Government debt obligations, familiarly TBONDS
• 100 40 winks SIESTA
• 101 ___ fatale FEMME
• 102 Gets 40 winks RESTS
• 103 Letter-shaped train track piece IRAIL
• 104 “To ___ own self be true” THINE
• 105 Sharpened HONED
• 106 George of “Star Trek” TAKEI
• 107 Bad thing to discover in the pantry SMELL
• 108 AA or JJ, e.g. PAIR
• 111 Jazz singer Sylvia ___ SYMS
• 113 Come to ARE
• 114 “For sure” YES
• 116 Org. that merged with the U.F.C. in 2023 WWE
• 117 Kind of party HEN