The NYT Crossword answers for Saturday, September 20th 2025
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NYT Crossword hints: Saturday September 20th 2025
Below you can find all the hints in today's NYT Crossword, listed first across, then down. If you need a bit of help on any of them, tap or click on the spoiler text below them to reveal our extra clue. And to reveal the answer for each clue separately, just expand the spoiler boxes below!
1a. "Hell no!"
Our hint: A two word answer.
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A perfect phrase for when you really, really don't like the sound of something.
10a. Group that believes in Gelassenheit (submission to God's will)
Our hint: Can be seen travelling around by horse and cart.
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It's a simple way of life.
15a. New customs might incite them.
Our hint: A type of war.
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An economic conflict between countries.
16a. Verso's counterpart.
Our hint: A bookbinding term.
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Verso is the front side of a leaf, while recto is the back side of a leaf.
17a. Spare no indulgence.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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It is still important to live within your means, though.
18a. Prime.
Our hint: When something is perfect.
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An ideal candidate, perhaps.
19a. Free of typos, say.
Our hint: The cousin of the word "amend"
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Amend and emend are very close in meaning, but "emend" means to edit more precisely.
20a. Hill folk, informally.
Our hint: Capitol Hill, to be precise.
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Short for 'politicians'
22a. Lay off.
Our hint: To leave your car running.
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To be idle is to be stationary.
23a. Special ___.
Our hint: A shortened term.
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Short for 'operations'
24a. Secure over.
Our hint: What one must do when their shoe comes untied.
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Double knots help with that.
25a. M.L.B. third baseman ___ Bohm.
Our hint: Or ___ Baldwin.
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Alec Bohm is a professional baseball player, and Alec Baldwin is an actor.
26a. Chilling.
Our hint: Scary.
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Like a warewolf or a vampire, for example.
29a. Sports org. in a 1976 merger.
Our hint: Merged with the NBA.
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ABA stood for the American Basketball Association.
30a. Loose sheets in a program, e.g.
Our hint: To put something in something else.
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Inserts are usually loose leaflets.
33a. More constricting.
Our hint: To pull a knot.
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Like lacing a corset, for example.
35a. Sullen sorts.
Our hint: Starts with an M.
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To mope around is to behave miserably.
36a. Hit the horn.
Our hint: Or flatulated, in some circles.
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Tooting is important, but don't get too aggressive with it!
37a. "Need anything else from me?"
Our hint: A three word answer.
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"Can I leave now?" in a more polite manner.
39a. Kate and Allie of 1980's TV, e.g.
Our hint: Their day is on the fourth Sunday of Lent, in the U.K.
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Mothers make the world go around!
40a. Conference acronym.
Our hint: Short, focused lectures.
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TED Talks!
41a. "Seems like it"
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Heard commonly in Australia.
43a. Typically exaggerated length of time.
Our hint: Can be very chilly.
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Ice Ages can cause mass extinctions.
45a. Have a standout performance.
Our hint: The Sun does it everyday.
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"It's your time to shine!"
46a. Keep to oneself.
Our hint: What your sibling does with the TV remote.
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Sharing is caring!
49a. Watch unseen.
Our hint: Usually done in the shadows.
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Creepy.
50a. Typically exaggerated quantity.
Our hint: 1000 kg.
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A commonly used word.
51a. Strip of wood from which a bow is carved.
Our hint: Or a stanza.
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The word stave has many meanings.
53a. ___ acid (staining agent used in electron microscopy)
Our hint: Starts with an O.
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Osmium tetroxide is the parent compound.
55a. "Later!"
Our hint: A three word answer.
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See ya!
57a. Big names.
Our hint: Or twinkling lights in the night sky.
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Superstars, for example.
58a. Blow it!
Our hint: A common smokers trick.
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Tricky to pull off!
59a. Famous around-the-world traveler.
Our hint: Travels the entire world on one night.
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Lives at the North Pole, most of the time.
60a. Slower, musically.
Our hint: It's Italian.
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Means "less motion"
1d. Catholic university in Florida or its home town.
Our hint: Named after a pope.
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Founded in 1889.
2d. Kink.
Our hint: A popular way to style your hair in the 90s.
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Should we bring back crimping or leave it in the past?
3d. "Love love love!" and the like.
Our hint: Music festivals in the outdoors or warehouses.
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To rave about something is to gush over it a lot.
4d. Original plot.
Our hint: The most beautiful garden.
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The Garden of Eden is a location in the Bible.
5d. Connect with a flame.
Our hint: A trade.
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Must wear goggles while doing so.
6d. Carrier that offered pioneering coast-to-coast service beginning in the 1930s.
Our hint: Acquired by American Airlines in 2001.
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Stands for Trans World Airlines.
7d. Monthly magazine of politics and culture since 1850.
Our hint: Starts with an H.
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A very informative read.
8d. Specialized languages.
Our hint: Often secrative.
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An exclusive language belonging to one group.
9d. Who wrote "Humankind cannot bear very much reality"
Our hint: "The Waste Land" author.
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One of the most influential writers of the 20th Century.
10d. Actor Millen of BBC America's "Orphan Black"
Our hint: Starts with an A.
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Played Mark Rollins, kind of.
11d. Charcoal and wood, for two.
Our hint: Tabloids, for three.
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Media can refer to textiles.
12d. Beverage sometimes topped with whipped cream.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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A delicious and energizing concoction.
13d. Drink drunk the morning after, maybe.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Probably better to leave that one un-drunk.
14d. Hidden assets.
Our hint: A poker term.
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The face down cards in front of you.
21d. B to C, but not A to B.
Our hint: A musical term.
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Also called a half step.
24d. Big mess.
Our hint: Often used to describe messy hair.
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Time for a brush!
26d. Word after chicken or breast.
Our hint: Starts with an F.
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To give food.
27d. What's wrong?
Our hint: A spelling ___.
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A mistake.
28d. Rare showbiz collections.
Our hint: An acronym.
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Stands for emmy, grammy, oscar, and tony.
30d. "Hmm, no idea."
Our hint: A four word answer.
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You can't win 'em all!
31d. "I don't like it" in Spanish.
Our hint: A three word answer.
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The Duolingo Owl would be proud!
32d. Web master?
Our hint: "With great power comes great responsibility"
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An icon.
34d. Sounds from 59-Across.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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There is usually a third ho, too.
38d. Self-effacing personality trait.
Our hint: Starts with an E.
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Fear of being the center of attention.
39d. Phenomenon brought about by seasonal wind shifts.
Our hint: Usually involves a lot of rain.
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Common in South Asia and Northern Australia.
42d. Demand upon reaching an "enemy border"
Our hint: In checkers.
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When you reach the opponent's back row.
44d. Bottom of many an ensemble.
Our hint: Covers the bottom half while leaving the legs free.
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One of the cutest items of clothing.
46d. Some pilgrims.
Our hint: One who has completed the Hajj.
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The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam.
47d. Sheets might be placed in them.
Our hint: Baking ones, perhaps.
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A versatile kitchen appliance.
48d. Commencement.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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From the get go.
51d. Apple attachment.
Our hint: On the fruit, specifically.
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The little stick at the top of the apple!
52d. Powdered ingredient in sweet teas and smoothies.
Our hint: A purple (sometimes) root vegetable.
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It tastes like biscuits!
54d. Farmer's market alternative, in brief.
Our hint: Starts with a C.
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Stands for community supported agriculture.
56d. Results of the '64 Clay/Liston fight.
Our hint: An acronym.
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Stands for technical knock-out.
NYT Crossword answers: Saturday September 20th 2025
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That's all for today's puzzle, but if you like to keep your brain active with more of NYT's puzzles, you can also check out our guides on the Wordle hint and answer for Tuesday 29th September and our Connections hint for Tuesday 29th September.
