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NYT Crossword — September 1, 2025

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

35 clues

1RMS Titanic's undoer

5City known for witch trials

10Barn space for storing hay

14Celeb with worshipful fans

15East Coast Amtrak service

16Carpet layer's calculation

17Getaway where guests are out of fashion?

19Dreary atmosphere

20Descendants of the Dutch settlers of southern Africa

21Hand-dyed fabric

22"Six-pack" muscles, informally

25Demilitarized space between antagonists

28Scent for a gent

30Prefix with sex

31Like hearts and diamonds

32Rational selves, to Freud

33Big health insurer

35Sarcastic question answered by the starts of 17-, 25-, 51- and 59-Across

42Voice for Amazon devices

43Global extremity

44Baseball official, familiarly

47Popular tourist memento

48Seasoning mined from brine

51Annoying fee added to a price

54"Rumor ___ it ..."

55Ticker in a taxi

56Military "lights out" instrument

58X ___ xylophone

64Flexible Flyer, for one

65Sharpshooter Oakley

67Action after saying "I do"

68Toys that have their ups and downs

69One of Columbus's ships

Down

43 clues

1Recycling container

2Part of a campus URL

3Word after hot or lightning

4Smooth-talking

5Lustrous sheet material

6Build up, as interest

8Oval-leaved tree

9Weather report graphic

10Capital of Bolivia

18Spotify selection

21Russian pancakes

22Tennis servers' wallops

23Indicator of a half-price deal, in effect

26Feels sorry about

27Poker pot builder

29Worker protection agcy.

33Brownie ___ mode

34Nile reptiles

36Spot to tie the knot

37Target reader of the "Twilight" series

39Trevor who wrote "Born a Crime"

40"Queen of Jazz" Fitzgerald

44Expose at a costume party

45Oaty breakfast cereal

46Feels sorry for

48Universal, Paramount or Disney

50Shaft on which a wheel turns

53Wood for black piano keys

57"Baseball Tonight" airer

59Opposition vote

60Yoko from Tokyo

62Crowd-sized coffee server

63Vexation for a storied princess

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Stats & info

Monday, Sep 1, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedSep 1, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorLynn Lempel

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 43 down

Longest entries

35ASarcastic question answered by the starts of 17-, 25-, 51- and 59-Across15 ltrs 25ADemilitarized space between antagonists11 ltrs 51AAnnoying fee added to a price11 ltrs 17AGetaway where guests are out of fashion?10 ltrs 59ARamen or pho10 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.