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NYT Crossword — September 15, 2025

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

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Across

37 clues

1Competitor of Denny's and Waffle House

5A red cross, for the American Red Cross

9Headwear for a monarch

14Home for a Neanderthal

16Vietnam's capital

17Ingenious fix (San Francisco)

20Popular online brokerage

21Reason for teens to rent a limo

22Poem of praise

25Double-click, as a file

27Hotel discounts for conventioneers (Pittsburgh)

32Starting alphabet quartet

35Bank robbery, e.g.

36One of 18 on a golf course

38Knee part commonly repaired by a sports doc

39Cracker often eaten with chowder

42Practical joke

43Yep's opposite

45Prompted, on stage

46Big concert venue

48Way too uptight

49Brief appearances by A-listers in films (Baltimore)

53Ford Explorer and Honda CR-V, for two

54Winter hrs. in D.C.

59Hippie T-shirt technique

63Coaching axiom suggested by 17-, 27- and 49-Across

66What each letter in Roy G. Biv represents

67Common time for lunch

68Pop ___ (breakfast pastry)

69Zoom call V.I.P.s

70Shell-less gastropod

71Does some summing

Down

39 clues

1Summer drink that might cause a brain freeze

2"Not another step!"

4Winged horse of Greek myth

5One-dimensional, in math

7Say "Oh, my God!," say

9___ change (a measly amount)

11Pungent, round deli order

12Alternative to an iron, in golf

13Three squared

18Brings into the family

19Make less tight

24Liqueur in a mudslide

26Part of the body with a lobe

27Its capital is Accra

28Spy's info-gathering mission

29Bright choices for artists

30___ pole (Native American carving)

31Skips, as a syllable

33Common origami bird

34Edgar ___, "The Ballet Class" artist

40What security clearance grants

41Magic Johnson's real first name

44Hebrew name meaning "high"

47___ Stone (relic inscribed in three languages)

50Special trip away from the house

55"Get outta here!"

57Places to stay overnight

58Item on a mechanic's belt

60Out of battery juice

62CPR-administering crew, for short

64Brain ___ (low-quality internet content)

65"Lemme square up later" note

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Stats & info

Monday, Sep 15, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedSep 15, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorMatthew Stock and Michael Lieberman

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

17AIngenious fix (San Francisco)15 ltrs 63ACoaching axiom suggested by 17-, 27- and 49-Across15 ltrs 27AHotel discounts for conventioneers (Pittsburgh)10 ltrs 49ABrief appearances by A-listers in films (Baltimore)10 ltrs 11DPungent, round deli order10 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.