NYT Daily Crossword for September 7, 2025

30 Across: Orchestra section toward the middle of the pit 38 Down: International shoe brand originating in England 77 Down: Sydney’s state: Abbr.20 Across: Spring’s opposite, tidally 44 Down: One who’s a well-meaning but bad influence on a friend, maybe 52 Down: Like some philosophical arguments 31 Across: With 76-Down, individually 94 Across: Unpleasant look 54 Down: Numbskull 27 Across: Area with pews 36 Across: Ancestor of the tuba or sousaphone 80 Down: How some risks are taken 112 Down: Season ticket holders, presumably 59 Across: Son of Hanna-Barbera’s Doggie Daddy 8 Down: Irk 90 Down: Startle 5 Down: “Stat!”42 Down: Extremely loyal 15 Down: Aquatic acronym 4 Down: No fewer than 91 Across: Buzz, so to speak 83 Across: Decks for reading 46 Down: Current 34 Down: Smears 70 Down: Powerless 12 Down: Peninsula in southeast Asia 16 Down: Collection of laws 18 Down: Sarastro in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” e.g.9 Down: Have the nerve 11 Down: Buddy who portrayed TV’s Jed Clampett 13 Down: Consecutively 17 Down: “Jeez, sorry I ___!”24 Down: Product of the first three primes 26 Down: Tiny house occupants 32 Down: Pushes with force 69 Down: End of any Shakespeare play 73 Down: Shakespeare, vis-à-vis the expression “brave new world”96 Down: Body part containing photoreceptors 105 Down: Intoxicating Asian plant whose name sounds like an insect 116 Down: Info for a traveler, for short 19 Across: One who gives a good talking-to?15 Across: Strikebreaking sort 40 Across: Overdone 41 Across: The “E” of Q.E.D.61 Across: Borneo neighbor 58 Across: Have a bawl 75 Across: Gerald Ford or William Howard Taft, once 50 Down: Peeping ___ for Lady Godiva to appear 49 Down: White wine named for a region in France 71 Down: Space balls 95 Down: ___ Sunday 106 Down: Clear, in a way, as a windshield 115 Down: Spherical shape 21 Across: Constant nuisance 29 Across: Equipment 43 Across: Depleted 60 Across: Reason to relocate a picnic blanket, maybe 74 Across: Source of the films “The Blues Brothers” and “Coneheads,” in brief 98 Across: Certain canines 45 Down: Why do none of the Fruit of the Loom characters ___-colored clothing?53 Down: Taj Mahal’s city 72 Down: Bed-___ (Brooklyn neighborhood, familiarly)82 Down: Immaturity 102 Down: Ball girl?99 Down: Relating to the wind’s movement 111 Down: Sight of a speeding car, maybe 117 Down: Follower of waste and want 22 Across: Mansión, por ejemplo 33 Across: Fury 51 Across: Did Joyce write courtesy of a ___?67 Across: Subdivisions of some counties: Abbr.47 Down: Annoyance 76 Down: See 31-Across 87 Down: “Take it easy, will you?!”104 Down: Large safari sight 101 Down: Equivocated 107 Down: Beaver State capital 1 Across: Where Gloria Estefan was born 25 Across: Sure things 34 Across: After spending the afternoon at Epcot, we had dinner at a ___ bistro 56 Across: Philosopher who purportedly said “The best fighter is never angry”71 Across: Begged 66 Across: Dab with a towel 64 Down: Spots to go in the U.K.62 Down: Love, in Lyon 93 Down: Mounted below the surface of 86 Down: Secluded valley 103 Down: Didn’t dine out 11 Across: Relative of a sultan 7 Across: Hairstyle that can be casual or formal 28 Across: Part of many a morning routine 39 Across: Like a naughty Beetle Bailey, in brief 55 Across: Blunt negative 68 Across: An increase in ham prices forced the deli to ___ sandwiches higher 84 Across: Biblical preposition 72 Across: Scorch the surface 88 Across: Big word in advertising 79 Across: Words before sea or lunch 97 Across: Social gathering of a sort 111 Across: Canada’s first national park, founded in 1885 118 Across: Tackle box item 3 Down: Parts of a heart or trumpet 23 Across: As the British pound rises in value, the dollar ___78 Across: Peter, Paul and Mary, e.g.6 Down: Media personalities Melber and Fleischer 35 Down: Directs, as cargo 81 Across: Summer mo.73 Across: Andean stimulant 89 Across: Toady 107 Across: ___-cone 113 Across: “___ Three Lives” (early TV drama)121 Across: Work on the score of 57 Down: Bar with drafts 65 Across: Fish-eating raptors 125 Across: Very high 102 Across: Some Californians consider Santa ___ on Earth 110 Across: “Fine as is, actually”122 Across: Carbon compound 119 Across: Home makeover, in brief 2 Down: ___ Afghan Airlines, carrier to the Mideast 48 Across: Facetious suffix with most 124 Across: Set of pull-ups?10 Down: Special ___29 Down: Get crazy (over)92 Across: Charles or Ray who lent their name to a kind of chair 109 Across: Anesthetic first used on a patient in 1842 1 Down: Schmooze 123 Across: Beat one’s chest 100 Down: Vingt + dix 63 Across: Female moose or elephant 37 Down: Edmonton N.H.L. player 108 Across: Stockpile 120 Across: Election Day is one: Abbr.116 Across: The supermodel was holding a copy of ___ herself on the beach 14 Down: Somnial acronym 38 Across: Low-quality paper?7 Down: Remove a restraint from 48 Down: Trains above street level 85 Across: To Washington ___, Germany, seemed far from Tarrytown, N.Y.114 Across: The 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