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NYT Crossword hints: Monday September 22nd 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. School stat like 3.5 or 4.0.
Our hint: It’s an acronym.
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Stands for “grade point average”
4a. Yeast, mold, and mushrooms.
Our hint: Starts with an F.
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They’re really fun guys!
9a. Desert plants with needles.
Our hint: Prickly Pear, for example.
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Be careful of those spines!
14a. Tree with “American” and “Slippery” varieties.
Our hint: The street Freddy Kreuger preferred to stalk.
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“Nightmare on Elm Street” is a classic horror movie.
15a. Alaskan native.
Our hint: Starts with an I.
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Indigenous peoples of the Arctic regions.
16a. Synthetic fabric once common in sweaters.
Our hint: A type of acrylic fiber.
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Known for being soft, lightweight, and insulating.
17a. Born as.
Our hint: Used to indicate a woman’s maiden name.
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A word with French origins.
18a. Wine choice in southern France.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Almost always a dry wine.
20a. Bonkers.
Our hint: A little kooky, perhaps.
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Quirky, in other words.
22a. Compete (for)
Our hint: Starts with a V.
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To eagerly compete.
23a. Changes with the times.
Our hint: A mental or physical adjustment.
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Adaption is an important skill to have.
24a. Females that may be fleeced.
Our hint: One who bleats.
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Ewes are female sheep.
26a. Cinema showing.
Our hint: ___ reel.
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Film is another word for movie, essentially.
27a. Canadian P.M. who’s the son of another Canadian P.M.
Our hint: The 23rd Prime Minister of Canada.
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Served from 2015-2025.
32a. Cyber Monday sector.
Our hint: Online retail.
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Short for “electronic retail”
33a. Put to work.
Our hint: Something’s “job”
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Most things have a use!
34a. Ask God (for)
Our hint: Usually done on the knees before bed.
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Sending your wishes out to God.
37a. Identify in a Facebook photo.
Our hint: “___! You’re it!”
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A popular playground game, as well.
38a. Where canines sleep.
Our hint: Usually circular and cozy.
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If they ever use them!
42a. “Du-u-de!”
Our hint: Part of the fam.
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Short for “brother”
43a. Basketball’s O’Neil, to fans.
Our hint: For short.
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Short for Shaquille.
45a. Keanu Reeves’s character in “The Matrix”
Our hint: It’s Greek for “new”
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Often used as a prefix in English to represent something modern.
46a. To no ___ (ineffectively)
Our hint: Starts with an A.
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To no avail means you tried but didn’t find any success.
48a. Platform for “Donkey Kong Country”
Our hint: A two word answer.
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SNES, for short.
52a. Ingredient in many hand lotions.
Our hint: Great for burns.
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Comes from the aloe barbadensis miller.
53a. The lion’s share.
Our hint: A majority.
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Sharing is caring, though.
54a. Cigarette butt receptacle.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Having a designated place for butts can prevent fires.
57a. Major N.Y.C. concert venue.
Our hint: It’s an acronym.
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Short for Madison Square Garden.
58a. Do the backstroke or breaststroke.
Our hint: Doggy paddle is another.
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Swimming is an essential skill for survival in the water.
62a. Chunks found in Ben & Jerry’s Half-Baked ice cream.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Sometimes even better than the cookie!
65a. Avant-garde musical artist Yoko.
Our hint: Partner of John Lennon.
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A Japanese multimedia artist.
66a. Fixed, as a piano.
Our hint: Adjusted, for pitch.
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Must be done with many instruments.
67a. “The Godfather” author, Puzo.
Our hint: One of Nintendo’s most famous mascots.
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The brother of Luigi!
68a. Frequently, to a poet.
Our hint: For short.
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Short for “often”
69a. Winter coasters.
Our hint: Often pulled by dogs.
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A great method for transportation along snow.
70a. Surgical tube.
Our hint: Starts with an S.
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Used to keep passageways open.
71a. Cry from Homer… or a phonetic hint to the ends of 18, 27, 48, and 62-Across.
Our hint: Homer Simpson, that is.
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Homer’s most iconic catch phrase.
1d. Kids these days.
Our hint: The current generation.
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Generally referring to those born between 1997-2012.
2d. “Not guilty”, e.g.
Our hint: A type of deal.
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A plea deal is something often heard in court.
3d. “You got that right, sister!”
Our hint: Said at the end of a prayer.
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Preach it!
4d. Certain evergreen.
Our hint: Christmas trees.
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A most iconic tree!
5d. Like some bars in gymnastics.
Our hint: Tilted.
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The opposite of even!
6d. One who is barely seen?
Our hint: A special beach, for example.
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Some beaches are reserved for those who prefer to go “all natural”
7a. Jeer.
Our hint: Starts with a G.
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A taunting remark.
8d. “How was ___ know?”
Our hint: A two word answer.
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How, indeed.
9d. Pamper.
Our hint: Often done with cats and babies.
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To spoil with care.
10d. Tour guide?
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Dora the Explorer always had one on hand!
11d. Crash of thunder.
Our hint: Done to show appreciation.
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Often heard after performances.
12d. Promote enthusiastically.
Our hint: Or to solicit aggressively.
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A word with very different meanings, so one must pay attention to the context.
13d. “Need You Tonight” rock band.
Our hint: An Australian band.
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Most popular in the 80s and 90s.
19d. Like speakeasies and refrigerators, at times.
Our hint: Or done by air.
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My refrigerator is no stranger to a raid.
21d. Brand of cooler that shares its name with a Himalayan legend.
Our hint: The Bigfoot of the snow.
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Yeti’s are large beasts with white fur, or so they say.
25d. Opposite of tame.
Our hint: Like the Thornberries.
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It’s a good rule of thumb to never approach a wild animal.
26d. Join into one.
Our hint: Most houses have a box for them.
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Can also refer to the string at the top of a stick of dynamite!
27d. Jacuzzi features.
Our hint: There are also fighter varieties.
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A fighter jet is a very fast and speedy aircraft.
28d. Where to find the Jazz.
Our hint: Home of The Mighty Five.
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Popular hiking destination.
29d. Long-winded tales.
Our hint: Starts with an S.
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Usually with multiple parts!
30d. Apply, as ointment.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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A topical method of application.
31d. City-related.
Our hint: Keith ___.
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Keith Urban is a popular country artist.
35d. Desertlike.
Our hint: Lacking water.
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Very dry!
36d. Carefree motto, in modern lingo.
Our hint: An acronym.
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Stands for “you only live once”
39d. Low-scoring deadlock.
Our hint: A “two” word answer.
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A tie.
40d. Richard of “Pretty Woman”
Our hint: Starts with a G.
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A heartthrob.
41d. Hurdles for srs.
Our hint: An acronym.
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Stands for “standardized achievement tests” or “schoolastic assessment tests”
44d. Sounded like a duck.
Our hint: Starts with a Q.
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A classic duck noise.
47d. Farm docs.
Our hint: What many young children hope to be when they grow up.
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Short for “veterinarian”
49d. Tartan patterns.
Our hint: A common skirt pattern.
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A very smart-looking pattern.
50d. “Yeah, right”
Our hint: A two word answer.
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When someone doesn’t quite believe you.
51d. Bean.
Our hint: Your head.
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Many people refer to a head as a noggin!
54d. Does some theater work.
Our hint: The different sections or scenes of a play.
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Plays are split into acts.
55d. Word before food or mate.
Our hint: The “essence” of you.
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Soul food is often eaten in the southern portions of the U.S.A.
56d. Refine, as a skill.
Our hint: Starts with an H.
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To hone one’s skills is to improve them.
57d. Castle defense.
Our hint: Filled with water.
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A moat is a ring of water surrounding a castle.
59d. What a whittler whittles.
Our hint: Comes from trees.
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A sturdy building material.
60d. Facts.
Our hint: There are often desks dedicated to it at places like airports and train stations.
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Short for “information”
61d. Relative of a butterfly.
Our hint: Usually emerge at night.
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The butterflies of the night, in a way.
63d. Private online chats, for short.
Our hint: Found on Instagram.
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Short for “direct messages”
64d. Spicy.
Our hint: A temperature.
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Hot can refer to temperature or spiciness.
NYT Crossword answers: Monday September 22nd 2025
Done figuring it all out for yourself? Here’s the full completed NYT Crossword showing all the answers for today’s puzzle:
And there she is! The first NYT Crossword of the week. Hopefully your minds have been kicked into gear and are ready to take on the rest of the work week!
This crossword was, as usual, a bit of a challenge. But I did appreciate the plant-related hints here! Those were my biggest “ah-hah!” moments of the puzzle. It’s always good having moments like that. They fill you with inspiration to keep going, no matter how tough the riddles get!
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 Monday 22nd September and our Connections hint for Monday 22nd September.