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NYT Crossword September 27 2025 Answers

All 68 clues from the Saturday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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ALL CLUES68 CLUES
ACROSS
1AThin underlayer4 lettersSee answer ›5AComment often made with an eye roll4 lettersSee answer ›9AAfrican capital whose name translates to "ants"5 lettersSee answer ›14ADerby, e.g.9 lettersSee answer ›16ACommit a library taboo5 lettersSee answer ›17AShip-to-ship communication9 lettersSee answer ›18ALacks5 lettersSee answer ›19AParent whose child is taking steps to improve?8 lettersSee answer ›20ABackbiter?4 lettersSee answer ›21APuts in a protected place9 lettersSee answer ›23AThey arose from Ra's tears, according to Egyptian mythology4 lettersSee answer ›24ACries of disappointment3 lettersSee answer ›25AComponents of some brick buildings8 lettersSee answer ›28AIt might be living on the edge5 lettersSee answer ›31AShowing tough love, say5 lettersSee answer ›32AMash at a luau3 lettersSee answer ›33A"Please avoid brutal honesty!"7 lettersSee answer ›35AWise7 lettersSee answer ›37ACertain drug classification, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›38AAlly of Athens during the Peloponnesian War5 lettersSee answer ›40AFathers5 lettersSee answer ›41ATwo-humper8 lettersSee answer ›43APeriod that begins on July 233 lettersSee answer ›44AIt's not an option4 lettersSee answer ›45AZest source9 lettersSee answer ›50ABrown alternative4 lettersSee answer ›51AEnterprise enterprise8 lettersSee answer ›52AWWE star Randy ___5 lettersSee answer ›54APart of a high-tech security system9 lettersSee answer ›55A"Lift ___ Voice and Sing" (protest anthem)5 lettersSee answer ›56AThey go from season to season9 lettersSee answer ›57AShort5 lettersSee answer ›58AHibernation stations4 lettersSee answer ›59ASeven ___4 lettersSee answer ›
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1DContempt, in slang5 lettersSee answer ›2DActress with a dual role in 1998's "The Parent Trap"5 lettersSee answer ›3DTends to some pressing matters5 lettersSee answer ›4DPunk8 lettersSee answer ›5DThe first Musketeer, alphabetically6 lettersSee answer ›6DKept hidden, as information5 lettersSee answer ›7DProduct for winter sidewalk safety7 lettersSee answer ›8D"Mean Girls" writer3 lettersSee answer ›9DFirewood choice, or its destiny3 lettersSee answer ›10DRubs the wrong way6 lettersSee answer ›11DAlternative to a crib9 lettersSee answer ›12DClassic rock?9 lettersSee answer ›13DParatha flour4 lettersSee answer ›15DDigital file?10 lettersSee answer ›22DRuns slowly5 lettersSee answer ›23DKind of contest with multiple chances to participate10 lettersSee answer ›26D[This makes me mad!]3 lettersSee answer ›27DIs on the bottom?4 lettersSee answer ›28DOne who's slow to pick things up4 lettersSee answer ›29DWhat an insensitive joke might do9 lettersSee answer ›30DLocale for many community courts9 lettersSee answer ›31D"Love Story" author Erich5 lettersSee answer ›34DDiagnostic tool, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›36DNatural history museum collection8 lettersSee answer ›39DSimplest possible phone plan7 lettersSee answer ›42DSam Cooke and Marvin Gaye, among others6 lettersSee answer ›43DSolo sorts6 lettersSee answer ›46DParticle accelerator byproduct5 lettersSee answer ›47DStatement that might follow a hug5 lettersSee answer ›48D___ Lines (ancient Peruvian geoglyphs)5 lettersSee answer ›49DBandage5 lettersSee answer ›50DBurns, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›53DWhat comes before 1/13 lettersSee answer ›54DDrug discussed in Aldous Huxley's "Heaven and Hell"3 lettersSee answer ›
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