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NYT Crossword — September 7, 2025

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

71 clues

1Where Gloria Estefan was born

7Hairstyle that can be casual or formal

11Relative of a sultan

15Strikebreaking sort

19One who gives a good talking-to?

20Spring's opposite, tidally

21Constant nuisance

22Mansión, por ejemplo

23As the British pound rises in value, the dollar ___

27Area with pews

28Part of many a morning routine

30Orchestra section toward the middle of the pit

31With 76-Down, individually

34After spending the afternoon at Epcot, we had dinner at a ___ bistro

36Ancestor of the tuba or sousaphone

38Low-quality paper?

39Like a naughty Beetle Bailey, in brief

41The "E" of Q.E.D.

48Facetious suffix with most

51Did Joyce write courtesy of a ___?

55Blunt negative

56Philosopher who purportedly said "The best fighter is never angry"

59Son of Hanna-Barbera's Doggie Daddy

60Reason to relocate a picnic blanket, maybe

61Borneo neighbor

63Female moose or elephant

65Fish-eating raptors

66Dab with a towel

67Subdivisions of some counties: Abbr.

68An increase in ham prices forced the deli to ___ sandwiches higher

72Scorch the surface

73Andean stimulant

74Source of the films "The Blues Brothers" and "Coneheads," in brief

75Gerald Ford or William Howard Taft, once

78Peter, Paul and Mary, e.g.

79Words before sea or lunch

83Decks for reading

84Biblical preposition

85To Washington ___, Germany, seemed far from Tarrytown, N.Y.

88Big word in advertising

91Buzz, so to speak

92Charles or Ray who lent their name to a kind of chair

94Unpleasant look

97Social gathering of a sort

98Certain canines

102Some Californians consider Santa ___ on Earth

109Anesthetic first used on a patient in 1842

110"Fine as is, actually"

111Canada's first national park, founded in 1885

113"___ Three Lives" (early TV drama)

114The shark-warning notes of "Jaws," for example

116The supermodel was holding a copy of ___ herself on the beach

118Tackle box item

119Home makeover, in brief

120Election Day is one: Abbr.

121Work on the score of

122Carbon compound

123Beat one's chest

124Set of pull-ups?

Down

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2___ Afghan Airlines, carrier to the Mideast

3Parts of a heart or trumpet

6Media personalities Melber and Fleischer

7Remove a restraint from

9Have the nerve

11Buddy who portrayed TV's Jed Clampett

12Peninsula in southeast Asia

13Consecutively

14Somnial acronym

15Aquatic acronym

16Collection of laws

17"Jeez, sorry I ___!"

18Sarastro in Mozart's "The Magic Flute," e.g.

24Product of the first three primes

26Tiny house occupants

29Get crazy (over)

32Pushes with force

35Directs, as cargo

37Edmonton N.H.L. player

38International shoe brand originating in England

42Extremely loyal

44One who's a well-meaning but bad influence on a friend, maybe

45Why do none of the Fruit of the Loom characters ___-colored clothing?

48Trains above street level

49White wine named for a region in France

50Peeping ___ for Lady Godiva to appear

52Like some philosophical arguments

53Taj Mahal's city

57Bar with drafts

62Love, in Lyon

64Spots to go in the U.K.

69End of any Shakespeare play

72Bed-___ (Brooklyn neighborhood, familiarly)

73Shakespeare, vis-à-vis the expression "brave new world"

76See 31-Across

77Sydney's state: Abbr.

80How some risks are taken

86Secluded valley

87"Take it easy, will you?!"

93Mounted below the surface of

96Body part containing photoreceptors

99Relating to the wind's movement

103Didn't dine out

104Large safari sight

105Intoxicating Asian plant whose name sounds like an insect

106Clear, in a way, as a windshield

107Beaver State capital

111Sight of a speeding car, maybe

112Season ticket holders, presumably

115Spherical shape

116Info for a traveler, for short

117Follower of waste and want

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Stats & info

Sunday, Sep 7, 2025

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

68/373

Black / letter cells

5.3

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedSep 7, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeThe Name Is the Game

ConstructorDerrick Niederman

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split71 across · 69 down

Longest entries

51ADid Joyce write courtesy of a ___?12 ltrs 85ATo Washington ___, Germany, seemed far from Tarrytown, N.Y.12 ltrs 23AAs the British pound rises in value, the dollar ___11 ltrs 34AAfter spending the afternoon at Epcot, we had dinner at a ___ bistro11 ltrs 102ASome Californians consider Santa ___ on Earth11 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 68 black squares and averages 5.3 letters per entry.