The full solution for the NY Times September 30 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Justin Werfel and edited by Will Shortz.
Across Clues
- 1 Wood turner LATHE
- 6 Frank who directed “It’s a Wonderful Life” CAPRA
- 11 Yuletide beverage NOG
- 14 Storyteller of antiquity AESOP
- 15 How tuna may be packed INOIL
- 16 Card game that involves shouting its name UNO
- 17 *What a straw man in a cornfield is for? CROWCONTROL
- 19 Palindromic woman’s name NAN
- 20 “Already accomplished!” DONEIT
- 21 Dodge EVADE
- 23 Product in high demand HOTITEM
- 26 Material for a pub quiz TRIVIA
- 27 During a tiebreaker, informally INOT
- 28 *Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team? GARBAGEUMP
- 31 Queen Elizabeth II’s favored dog breed CORGI
- 33 Move like the Blob OOZE
- 34 Informal top TEE
- 35 *Primate with perfect pitch? ONKEYKONG
- 39 Puppet alien of TV ALF
- 42 Greek cheese FETA
- 43 Underground waterway SEWER
- 47 *Kelley Blue Book? CARCATALOG
- 51 “Tootsie” actress Garr TERI
- 52 “Unfortunately that’s wrong” ALASNO
- 53 Sleazy hotel FLEABAG
- 55 “Shush!” CANIT
- 56 “No more for me, thanks” IMFULL
- 58 Something found in a pen or octopus INK
- 59 “I love this!” … or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues ITSADELIGHT
- 64 Year in Spain ANO
- 65 Sign between Virgo and Scorpio LIBRA
- 66 “Unfortunately …” IFEAR
- 67 Declares, informally SEZ
- 68 Teeny-tiny EENSY
- 69 Run-down SEEDY
Vertical Clues
- 1 Fond du ___, Wis. LAC
- 2 ___ Lingus AER
- 3 General on a Chinese menu TSO
- 4 “Was your performance a success?” HOWDITGO
- 5 Disney park with Spaceship Earth EPCOT
- 6 Movie house CINEMA
- 7 Opposing ANTI
- 8 Left of a ship … or what a ship may have left PORT
- 9 Locale of an annual Carnaval RIO
- 10 Pollen, cat hair, etc. ALLERGENS
- 11 Largest and most northern Canadian territory NUNAVUT
- 12 One way to stop ONADIME
- 13 Flipped out GONEAPE
- 18 Earth’s pull, in brief ONEG
- 22 Struggle VIE
- 23 Sound of a drinker in comics HIC
- 24 Yoko who sang on “Give Peace a Chance” ONO
- 25 Crag TOR
- 26 Big name in tea TAZO
- 29 Befitting a king or queen ROYAL
- 30 ___ choy BOK
- 32 Babyish INFANTILE
- 36 Low-carb kind of diet KETO
- 37 H, to Homer ETA
- 38 “Oh. Come. On!” GETALIFE
- 39 Some pod-bearing trees ACACIAS
- 40 Fitness guru Jack LALANNE
- 41 Puppeteer with “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” FRANKOZ
- 44 Fly catcher WEB
- 45 Time in history ERA
- 46 Big truck RIG
- 48 CBS forensic drama CSI
- 49 When nothing goes right OFFDAY
- 50 Sticky stuff GLUE
- 54 ___ Island, locale in New York Harbor ELLIS
- 56 ID for a library volume ISBN
- 57 Planet whose name is also a candy company MARS
- 60 Bit of apparel that often has stripes TIE
- 61 “Golly!” GEE
- 62 Owned HAD
- 63 Attempt TRY
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