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NYT Crossword — September 11, 2025

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 76 revealed

1N

2A

3P

4L

5E

6S

7T/W

8E

9E

10N

11S

12Y

13E

L

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14W

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N

T

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P

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15W/T

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K

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16N

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D

A

N

A

P

17I

E

D

S

18A

L

D

A

19B

20I

N

D

21T

22E

S

T

23S

24U

25M

26T

27O

28L

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D

29R

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30S

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K

31M

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32G

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33L

Y

34M

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35I

C

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36D

O

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B

37L

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H

E

A

38D

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39R

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M

A

40O

R

A

L

41A

L

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H

42A

43A

R

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N

44O

T

45B

O

46W

S

47S

O

T

48M

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49T

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50C

C

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V

51C

52A

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53S

54H

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O

55B

56A

57D

58L

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N

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59H/D

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P

60T

61Y

62A

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63A

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64R/D

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65Y

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Across

35 clues

1City with a view of Mount Vesuvius

7Minuscule, in cutesy lingo

13"Seinfeld" role

15Hand-held communication device

16Get cranky with fatigue, maybe

17Dangers in "The Hurt Locker," for short

18Longtime portrayer of TV's Captain Pierce

28Microdosing substance

30Sound in a horror film

31Simpson née Bouvier

33Tick-borne affliction, informally

35Treats, as a sprain

36Back-to-back sporting events ... with a hint to the answers to the italicized clues

39Marinara tomato

40Kind of surgeon

43Pair of words that are usually contracted

45Curved shapes

48One laying a foundation

49Turner of rock

50Video surveillance letters

51"I Am ___," onetime reality TV spinoff

55Region of South Dakota

59Nursery rhyme character known as Lille Trille in Denmark

62Author who created Heffalumps and Woozles

63Current measure

65Answer with a salute

Down

41 clues

1Semiaquatic amphibian

3Mom, dad and sis, but not bro

4Took a shine to

5City WNW of Tulsa

7Material with a coarse weave

9H

10Grandma, in Gloucester

16Vices that are best abandoned

19Antiracist movement since 2013, for short

20Dance pioneer Duncan

22Leonhard who helped develop calculus

24Archangel in "Paradise Lost"

25Powerful ones have resolutions less than 0.1 nanometer

26Something one might slice

29Graycoat in the Civil War

32Organic fertilizer

38Courtroom figs.

39Butter from a farm

42Dune buggy, e.g., in brief

44Ready for an emergency, say

46Time for a trip to the laundromat

49Alternative to Gain

50Guest freebies

52Youngest of the Brontë sisters

54Philosopher David who wrote "A Treatise of Human Nature"

55Medieval entertainer

56Good rating for a bond

57Noncombat region, in brief

58Cheney of politics

60Prefix with lingual or lateral

61"___ Blues" (song on the Beatles' "White Album")

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Stats & info

Thursday, Sep 11, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

40/185

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedSep 11, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorGia Bosko

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 41 down

Longest entries

36ABack-to-back sporting events ... with a hint to the answers to the italicized clues13 ltrs 3DMom, dad and sis, but not bro11 ltrs 16DVices that are best abandoned11 ltrs 25DPowerful ones have resolutions less than 0.1 nanometer11 ltrs 7AMinuscule, in cutesy lingo8 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 40 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.