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NYT Crossword — September 19, 2025

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 72 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

6Engage in magniloquence

10A double might get you some, for short

14Fly me to the moon!

16Actress Chaplin

17Ancient creepy-crawlies

18It "smiles on the frowning night," in "Romeo and Juliet"

20___ Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII

23One of four for a bat or a cat

24"Moulin Rouge" co-star, 1952

32Way out in space

34Biker role in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"

36Pull-up target, for short

37Let it all out, in a way

39Nutmeg-flavored quaff, informally

40Ribbed silk material

43The "A" in STEAM

44"I, personally, wouldn't boast about that"

47Bring the receipts for, as they say

48Figs. on a 4-point scale

49Tennis star Stephens who won the 2017 U.S. Open

52A.L. East team, on scoreboards

55Car whose name means "listen" in Latin

56Ordered clubs, for example

59Quickly assembles, with "up"

62Editor's marking

63According to experiments, they can't "sleep" in space

Down

37 clues

1Lead-in to stratus or cumulus

2___ mater (brain protector)

3Handling things

5Memorial Coliseum athlete

6Provide that crucial spark for

7You may have learned your times tables by it

9Develop over time

10"50 First Dates" or "(500) Days of Summer"

11Reader's digest

13It might be picked up from a trip to the beach

15Classic lunchbox staple, informally

24Big ol' teddy bear

25Word of approval, in French and Spanish

27A little of this, a little of that

28Salutation for a mass email

29Lower than, on a score

33Learning center?

35Zac of "The Iron Claw"

38Pulitzer-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman

41British spots

45Declaration that might come from a bluffer

46Spirited sort?

49Wrapped dress

50Author Jorge ___ Borges

51Apt rhyme for fire

52Object marked with the speed limit, sometimes

53Word in an Italian veal dish

54"___ the Man" (2006 film inspired by "Twelfth Night")

57On the newsstand, say

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Stats & info

Friday, Sep 19, 2025

15×15

Grid size

72

Total entries

32/193

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedSep 19, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorErica Hsiung Wojcik

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 37 down

Longest entries

25ANot with it14 ltrs 44A"I, personally, wouldn't boast about that"14 ltrs 6DProvide that crucial spark for11 ltrs 24DBig ol' teddy bear11 ltrs 14AFly me to the moon!10 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 32 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.