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NYT Crossword — September 6, 2025

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 68 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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30 clues

1They help you see the big picture

13Swing states?

15Things you can't do without

17Animal that's born with a full set of teeth

18Actress Dawson of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay"

19Sound from a chicken

21Stop working, say

25Half of a rhyming game name

28Not from Scotland?

29A little husky?

30One preparing eggs

3219th-century naturalist buried in Westminster Abbey

33Bubble burster, perhaps

34Delta hub, in brief

36Inits. in a job posting

37Swellings in bodily tissues

39Dignified and gracious sort

41Checkers, e.g.

42Nothing needs to be said to do it

43First Nations people

44Down Under colleges

48Child support, in brief?

49High-energy snack

50"People are wrong when they say ___ is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it": Noël Coward

54First science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship

58Reflective period

59Many TV panelists

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2Sea creature also known as a redfin ocean pan

3Unseen wife on "Cheers"

4It keeps things going

5___ Okafor, 6'10" Charlotte player who was the N.B.A.'s 2005 Rookie of the Year

6Many lab instructors, informally

7Org. whose logo includes scales and an olive branch

8Reached the maximum

9"Roots" surname

11Cry of relief

12It's "wine-dark," in Homer's "Odyssey"

16Free kick, e.g., in soccer lingo

20Special delivery at a conference

22Unites after a break

23Rank above viscount

24Subject of trade that gave rise to St. Louis and Detroit

27Ones with big blocks?

29Is worth the effort

31Some farm sounds

32Much "Real Housewives" doings

35Bang the drum for

38Makes some introductions, informally

39Bread whose dough is rolled on a chakla

40British royal Rod of Equity and Mercy, e.g.

45Unprecedented

47Be sassy, with "off"

51Ancient home to many pre-Socratic philosophers

52Verb before lips and palms

53They may be fine

55Small songbird

56Directional suffix

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Stats & info

Saturday, Sep 6, 2025

15×15

Grid size

68

Total entries

37/188

Black / letter cells

5.5

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedSep 6, 2025

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorKunal Nabar

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split30 across · 38 down

Longest entries

15AThings you can't do without14 ltrs 54AFirst science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship14 ltrs 13ASwing states?13 ltrs 58AReflective period13 ltrs 1AThey help you see the big picture12 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 37 black squares and averages 5.5 letters per entry.