NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 30, 2025
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Clues76
Across35
Down41
ConstructorJustin Werfel
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Wood turner (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELATHE→
6A
Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life" (5)
Starts with C, ends with ACAPRA→
11A
Yuletide beverage (3)
Starts with N, ends with GNOG→
14A
Storyteller of antiquity (5)
Starts with A, ends with PAESOP→
15A
How tuna may be packed (5)
Starts with I, ends with LINOIL→
16A
Card game that involves shouting its name (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUNO→
17A
*What a straw man in a cornfield is for? (11)
Starts with C, ends with LCROWCONTROL→
19A
Palindromic woman's name (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNAN→
20A
"Already accomplished!" (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDONEIT→
23A
Product in high demand (7)
Starts with H, ends with MHOTITEM→
26A
Material for a pub quiz (6)
Starts with T, ends with ATRIVIA→
27A
During a tiebreaker, informally (4)
Starts with I, ends with TINOT→
28A
*Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team? (10)
Starts with G, ends with PGARBAGEUMP→
31A
Queen Elizabeth II's favored dog breed (5)
Starts with C, ends with ICORGI→
33A
Move like the Blob (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOOZE→
34A
Informal top (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETEE→
35A
*Primate with perfect pitch? (9)
Starts with O, ends with GONKEYKONG→
39A
Puppet alien of TV (3)
Starts with A, ends with FALF→
42A
Greek cheese (4)
Starts with F, ends with AFETA→
43A
Underground waterway (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSEWER→
47A
*Kelley Blue Book? (10)
Starts with C, ends with GCARCATALOG→
51A
"Tootsie" actress Garr (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITERI→
52A
"Unfortunately that's wrong" (6)
Starts with A, ends with OALASNO→
53A
Sleazy hotel (7)
Starts with F, ends with GFLEABAG→
55A
"Shush!" (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCANIT→
56A
"No more for me, thanks" (6)
Starts with I, ends with LIMFULL→
58A
Something found in a pen or octopus (3)
Starts with I, ends with KINK→
59A
64A
Year in Spain (3)
Starts with A, ends with OANO→
65A
Sign between Virgo and Scorpio (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALIBRA→
66A
"Unfortunately ..." (5)
Starts with I, ends with RIFEAR→
67A
Declares, informally (3)
Starts with S, ends with ZSEZ→
68A
Teeny-tiny (5)
Starts with E, ends with YEENSY→
69A
Run-down (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSEEDY→
Down
1D
Fond du ___, Wis. (3)
Starts with L, ends with CLAC→
2D
___ Lingus (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAER→
3D
General on a Chinese menu (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTSO→
4D
"Was your performance a success?" (8)
Starts with H, ends with OHOWDITGO→
5D
Disney park with Spaceship Earth (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEPCOT→
6D
Movie house (6)
Starts with C, ends with ACINEMA→
7D
Opposing (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANTI→
8D
Left of a ship ... or what a ship may have left (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPORT→
9D
Locale of an annual Carnaval (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORIO→
10D
Pollen, cat hair, etc. (9)
Starts with A, ends with SALLERGENS→
11D
Largest and most northern Canadian territory (7)
Starts with N, ends with TNUNAVUT→
12D
One way to stop (7)
Starts with O, ends with EONADIME→
13D
Flipped out (7)
Starts with G, ends with EGONEAPE→
18D
Earth's pull, in brief (4)
Starts with O, ends with GONEG→
22D
Struggle (3)
Starts with V, ends with EVIE→
23D
Sound of a drinker in comics (3)
Starts with H, ends with CHIC→
24D
Yoko who sang on "Give Peace a Chance" (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
26D
Big name in tea (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTAZO→
29D
Befitting a king or queen (5)
Starts with R, ends with LROYAL→
30D
___ choy (3)
Starts with B, ends with KBOK→
32D
Babyish (9)
Starts with I, ends with EINFANTILE→
36D
Low-carb kind of diet (4)
Starts with K, ends with OKETO→
37D
H, to Homer (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
38D
"Oh. Come. On!" (8)
Starts with G, ends with EGETALIFE→
39D
Some pod-bearing trees (7)
Starts with A, ends with SACACIAS→
40D
Fitness guru Jack (7)
Starts with L, ends with ELALANNE→
41D
Puppeteer with "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show" (7)
Starts with F, ends with ZFRANKOZ→
44D
Fly catcher (3)
Starts with W, ends with BWEB→
45D
Time in history (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
46D
Big truck (3)
Starts with R, ends with GRIG→
48D
CBS forensic drama (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICSI→
49D
When nothing goes right (6)
Starts with O, ends with YOFFDAY→
50D
Sticky stuff (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGLUE→
54D
___ Island, locale in New York Harbor (5)
Starts with E, ends with SELLIS→
56D
ID for a library volume (4)
Starts with I, ends with NISBN→
57D
Planet whose name is also a candy company (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMARS→
60D
Bit of apparel that often has stripes (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETIE→
61D
"Golly!" (3)
Starts with G, ends with EGEE→
63D
Attempt (3)
Starts with T, ends with YTRY→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 30, 2025?+
76 clues: 35 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Justin Werfel and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Wood turner (LATHE); Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life" (CAPRA); Yuletide beverage (NOG).
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