NYT Daily Crossword for September 3, 2025

34 Across: Creature of Sherpa folklore 1 Across: Project for a beginning knitter 14 Across: Exposed, as one’s dirty laundry 19 Across: One getting top billing 37 Across: Chop (off)44 Across: Word after latch or glom 1 Down: Exams that are often optional 66 Across: Console for the game Pitfall!23 Across: Lighthearted invitation for joining one’s sled team?31 Across: Chess piece that can be promoted 61 Across: School within both Princeton and Carleton?68 Across: Rhyming word after speed 9 Down: Issa of “Insecure”10 Down: How a Dylan impersonator might sing 27 Down: ___ gobi (potato curry)49 Down: Rowlands of “A Woman Under the Influence”58 Down: Twofold 22 Across: Censures 15 Across: Protein in a niçoise salad 17 Across: Neutral shade in some Florida décor?21 Across: Break in the action 38 Across: Fancify … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 23-, 50- and 62-Across 67 Across: Partner of odds 2 Down: Florence farewell 13 Down: One might be mounted 25 Down: It might be fixed at a chef’s table 36 Down: “___ she lovely?” (Stevie Wonder question)48 Down: Tennis umpire’s call 29 Across: Fish feared by dragons in “How to Train Your Dragon”64 Across: No longer applicable 42 Across: Tolkien trilogy, to fans 55 Across: Pair of cymbals with a foot pedal 65 Across: Feel sore 6 Down: Couldn’t get enough of 11 Down: Tate Modern and others 40 Down: Promote 43 Down: Stinging insects 52 Down: Two in a hand 16 Across: Guthrie who sang “Alice’s Restaurant”50 Across: Headline during a zombie attack?49 Across: Puts the pedal to the metal 56 Across: Gain 69 Across: Loses color 7 Down: Reason for a tucked tail, perhaps 22 Down: Product from Rit 31 Down: “The shoddy sandwich knife couldn’t cut the mustard,” e.g.39 Down: Greeting that becomes another greeting if you add an A at the front and reverse it 51 Down: Discover by chance 63 Down: Sharp knock 41 Across: Stalling sounds 62 Down: Setting for many a joke with a priest, a pastor and a rabbi 47 Across: A half-filled auditorium, per Robert Frost 62 Across: Price of makeup at the dollar store, informally?8 Down: ___-Saxon 26 Down: Cashier’s tray 35 Down: Phuket native 46 Down: The least amount a person might give 10 Across: Niecy ___ of “Clean House”45 Across: “Death of a Salesman” salesman 4 Down: Spreads on social media 28 Down: Prepare to do an oil change, say 33 Down: ___ knows?50 Down: Subject 59 Down: Fairy tale baddie 20 Across: Just OK 26 Across: [Is this thing on?]32 Down: Early H.I.V. med 12 Down: “That slaps,” for something good, e.g.53 Down: ___ Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” actor 24 Down: New York City deli name 5 Down: Cosmetics-regulating org.18 Down: Tiny deviation from a general trend 6 Across: Petri dish medium 57 Across: World’s most-watched television franchise, informally 60 Down: Some island rings 54 Down: Ticked off 3 Down: Munitions 30 Across: Cry of defeat

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