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NYT Crossword — September 30, 2025

Tuesday’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

35 clues
1Wood turner
6Frank who directed "It's a Wonderful Life"
11Yuletide beverage
14Storyteller of antiquity
15How tuna may be packed
16Card game that involves shouting its name
17*What a straw man in a cornfield is for?
19Palindromic woman's name
20"Already accomplished!"
21Dodge
23Product in high demand
26Material for a pub quiz
27During a tiebreaker, informally
28*Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team?
31Queen Elizabeth II's favored dog breed
33Move like the Blob
34Informal top
35*Primate with perfect pitch?
39Puppet alien of TV
42Greek cheese
43Underground waterway
47*Kelley Blue Book?
51"Tootsie" actress Garr
52"Unfortunately that's wrong"
53Sleazy hotel
55"Shush!"
56"No more for me, thanks"
58Something found in a pen or octopus
59"I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues
64Year in Spain
65Sign between Virgo and Scorpio
66"Unfortunately ..."
67Declares, informally
68Teeny-tiny
69Run-down

Down

41 clues
1Fond du ___, Wis.
2___ Lingus
3General on a Chinese menu
4"Was your performance a success?"
5Disney park with Spaceship Earth
6Movie house
7Opposing
8Left of a ship ... or what a ship may have left
9Locale of an annual Carnaval
10Pollen, cat hair, etc.
11Largest and most northern Canadian territory
12One way to stop
13Flipped out
18Earth's pull, in brief
22Struggle
23Sound of a drinker in comics
24Yoko who sang on "Give Peace a Chance"
25Crag
26Big name in tea
29Befitting a king or queen
30___ choy
32Babyish
36Low-carb kind of diet
37H, to Homer
38"Oh. Come. On!"
39Some pod-bearing trees
40Fitness guru Jack
41Puppeteer with "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show"
44Fly catcher
45Time in history
46Big truck
48CBS forensic drama
49When nothing goes right
50Sticky stuff
54___ Island, locale in New York Harbor
56ID for a library volume
57Planet whose name is also a candy company
60Bit of apparel that often has stripes
61"Golly!"
62Owned
63Attempt

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Sep 30, 2025
15×15
Grid size
76
Total entries
36/189
Black / letter cells
5.0
Avg entry length
11 ltrs
Longest entry
Easy
Tuesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedSep 30, 2025
DayTuesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorJustin Werfel
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split35 across · 41 down
Longest entries
17A*What a straw man in a cornfield is for?11 ltrs59A"I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues11 ltrs28A*Ref who makes a ruling against your favored team?10 ltrs47A*Kelley Blue Book?10 ltrs35A*Primate with perfect pitch?9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.