NYT Crossword hints and answer for September 4, 2025
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues78
Across40
Down38
ConstructorColin Ernst
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
Train unit (3)
Starts with C, ends with RCAR→
4A
One means of going up a hill (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTBAR→
8A
Builds (6)
Starts with E, ends with SERECTS→
14A
Tap it (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
15A
Reese Witherspoon's role in "Legally Blonde" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELLE→
16A
Fictional land of magic and talking animals (6)
Starts with N, ends with ANARNIA→
17A
19A
Playground retort (6)
Starts with I, ends with OICANSO→
20A
Untouchable (6)
Starts with I, ends with EIMMUNE→
21A
Goalie's stat (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSAVES→
23A
Genre for "Sunset Boulevard" (4)
Starts with N, ends with RNOIR→
24A
Designation for some audio connectors (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMALE→
25A
Inch (toward) (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEDGE→
29A
Had the reins (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLED→
31A
Give and take (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSWAP→
32A
Word with stop or prize (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDOOR→
33A
Financial support (7)
Starts with B, ends with GBACKING→
36A
Lose firmness (3)
Starts with S, ends with GSAG→
38A
Punk subculture (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEMO→
39A
World capital in central Anatolia (6)
Starts with A, ends with AANKARA→
42A
That little thing you do? (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTIC→
43A
Inits. for cinephiles (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTMC→
45A
Struggle to decide (7)
Starts with A, ends with EAGONIZE→
46A
"___ a roll!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIMON→
48A
Spreadsheet units (4)
Starts with R, ends with SROWS→
50A
In good shape (3)
Starts with F, ends with TFIT→
51A
Corn syrup brand (4)
Starts with K, ends with OKARO→
52A
Book of Mormon book (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENOS→
53A
Plant watcher, for short (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOSHA→
56A
Helped temporarily, with "over" (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTIDED→
60A
High-end suit (6)
Starts with A, ends with IARMANI→
63A
Locale for a couples cruise? (8)
Starts with N, ends with KNOAHSARK→
65A
Milieu for the Flying Wallendas (6)
Starts with B, ends with PBIGTOP→
66A
Obsessed with (4)
Starts with I, ends with OINTO→
67A
Reed in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULOU→
68A
Celestial omens, to some (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCOMETS→
69A
Make tears (4)
Starts with W, ends with PWEEP→
70A
Mind meld? (3)
Starts with E, ends with PESP→
Down
1D
Part of an airplane (5)
Starts with C, ends with NCABIN→
2D
Where Davy Crockett died, with "the" (5)
Starts with A, ends with OALAMO→
3D
Athlete tackling El Capitan, e.g. (11)
Starts with R, ends with RREBMILCKCOR→
4D
Relative of a gull (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTERN→
6D
___-country (3)
Starts with A, ends with TALT→
7D
See 49-Down (6)
Starts with R, ends with WREHSAW→
8D
A bunch of fruit may grow on it (9)
Starts with E, ends with GENIVEPARG→
10D
Wiped out (6)
Starts with E, ends with DERASED→
11D
___ International, channel seen in hotel rooms worldwide (3)
Starts with C, ends with NCNN→
12D
"Deck the Halls" contraction (3)
Starts with T, ends with STIS→
13D
___ Tiago, largest of the Cape Verde islands (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSAO→
18D
Problem solver's cry (6)
Starts with E, ends with AEUREKA→
22D
24D
N.Y. Rangers' home (3)
Starts with M, ends with GMSG→
26D
Investor's question for a start-up, to which 3-, 8-, 35- and 49-/7-Down reply "Yes!"' (11)
Starts with D, ends with EDOESITSCALE→
27D
One of the Addams family (5)
Starts with G, ends with ZGOMEZ→
28D
Slowly diminish (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERODE→
30D
Gossip (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDIRT→
33D
Dyeing technique (5)
Starts with B, ends with KBATIK→
34D
Jungian archetype (5)
Starts with A, ends with AANIMA→
35D
Who popularized the proverb "With great power comes great responsibility" (9)
Starts with N, ends with SNAMREDIPS→
41D
Weddings (6)
Starts with U, ends with SUNIONS→
44D
Traffic director (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECONE→
47D
Write, as music (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTATE→
49D
With 7-Down, worker who likely knows the ropes (6)
Starts with W, ends with WWODNIW→
55D
Invite from atop the stairs, say (5)
Starts with A, ends with PASKUP→
57D
When ties get untied, for short (4)
Starts with I, ends with TINOT→
58D
___ in three (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMATE→
59D
Place offering a Rise ’N Shine breakfast (4)
Starts with I, ends with PIHOP→
60D
Epitome of simplicity (3)
Starts with A, ends with CABC→
61D
"Flying Down to ___" (1933 film) (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORIO→
62D
Lion keeper? (3)
Starts with M, ends with MMGM→
64D
Start to count? (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for September 4, 2025?+
78 clues: 40 Across and 38 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Colin Ernst and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Train unit (CAR); One means of going up a hill (TBAR); Builds (ERECTS).
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