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NYT Crossword — September 25, 2025

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 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

1Onetime capital of the Mughal Empire

5Dad on "Family Guy"

10Word after long or before paper

15"Pardon me," in Padua

16Home of Minor League Baseball's SeaWolves (more than 350 miles from the ocean!)

17Airline known for tight security

18Continental products

19Disney character who asks "Have you ever met a shark?"

20Illegally siphon funds

23Grand Ole ___

24Subj. studied with the help of telescopes

25Property owner subject to a legal claim

28Law derived from the Quran

32"Not interested"

36Savanna antelope

37Common street name

41Android alternative

42Some necklines

44"I'm here to help"

45Look greedily

46Livestock identifiers

48Bit of fraternity party headgear

51Final stroke of most rounds

52What each Down answer needs from its clue in order to make sense

59Big name in laptops

60Only president not born in the continental U.S.

61"I'll handle that!"

62Beginning of every Washington State ZIP code

63Steakhouse choice

64Like John Lennon on a 1981 Rolling Stone cover

65Disapproving sounds

66Celebratory events

Down

37 clues

2Anaheim ballplayers

3String of wins or losses

7Replace the sod of

8Programs in advance

9Pastors' concerns

11Standard music equipment

12Scratch and save

13Carved part of a piece of jewelry

21Terrible storm

25Replace on the mound

26Traveler's aid, familiarly

27Storage item on some ocean voyages

29Stop slouching

30Shoe polish brand

33Strain's partner

35Enter into a plot?

39Show that you think something isn't important

40The Chicago Bulls had a pair of them in the 1990s

43Hors d'oeuvre servers, maybe

45Shipping weight units

47Stop's opposite

49Alaska native

52Incubator occupant in a neonatal unit

53Crucial difficulty to get through

55Shipwreck locales, often

56Headgear for a bicyclist

57Step with confidence

58Beat in competition

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Stats & info

Thursday, Sep 25, 2025

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedSep 25, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJesse Goldberg

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 37 down

Longest entries

52AWhat each Down answer needs from its clue in order to make sense15 ltrs 20AIllegally siphon funds13 ltrs 27DStorage item on some ocean voyages10 ltrs 29DStop slouching10 ltrs 39DShow that you think something isn't important8 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.