NYT Daily Crossword for September 17, 2025

5 Down: Variety 18 Across: Start of a joke 25 Across: One might hit it or raise it, metaphorically 29 Across: Awakening 54 Across: Title nickname in a classic 1984 sports film 60 Across: Time when streetlights turn on 62 Across: Punk or funk 64 Across: Joined, as a table 67 Across: Edmonton athlete 69 Across: Trinket 71 Across: Swedish coin 72 Across: Nursery song refrain 75 Across: Pushing against a boundary … like this answer?76 Across: "Shreds," in winter sports lingo 1 Down: ___ Club 2 Down: Actress Dunham 6 Down: Brooks & ___ (country duo)7 Down: Literary download 9 Down: Rocksteady precursor 10 Down: Soothing home remedy for puffy eyes 11 Down: Spanish rice 13 Down: Garden hose problems 16 Down: Go over lightly 19 Down: Enemy agency in "Get Smart"26 Down: Beatles sobriquet 29 Down: Slightly 30 Down: Go pit-a-pat 31 Down: Enjoy 35 Down: Texter's [!!!]47 Down: Legendary sea monsters 49 Down: Some bottled waters 51 Down: String tightener on a guitar 55 Down: Director Kurosawa 56 Down: Caramel-filled candies 57 Down: Actress Palmer of "Nope"58 Down: Outie's counterpart 63 Down: Vape pen, informally 65 Down: When Hamilton arrives in New York City, in "Hamilton"68 Down: With 28-Down, longtime McDonald's chief 70 Down: Comedian Jo 5 Across: Ditto, in footnotes 22 Across: Perfectly pitched?24 Across: Sound effect in a slapstick routine 27 Across: Vodka cocktails with orange liqueur and lime juice 32 Across: World Cup champs of 1978, 1986 and 2022: Abbr.34 Across: Regional life forms 38 Across: Kitchen appliance brand 48 Across: Encouraged, with "on"73 Across: Really loving 23 Down: ___ Maria (liqueur)40 Down: Take home 53 Down: Ear covering 66 Down: Some ring decisions, in brief 42 Across: Cry of dismay 43 Across: Grammy-winning Bruno Mars album of 2016 … or a hint to an unusual feature of this puzzle's answer grid 45 Across: "Fat chance!"46 Across: Classroom assignments 49 Across: Pressing 50 Across: Cred 36 Down: Make "it," in a kids' game 37 Down: Ripening agent 39 Down: Body of policy advisers 41 Down: Bird named for a Titan 9 Across: Measure (up)14 Across: First in a line of 14 popes 15 Across: Some garage jobs 17 Across: Olympian Strug 52 Across: One-named Barbadian superstar 61 Across: "All right already, I'll do it!"74 Across: Like a smart aleck 3 Down: Apollo mission mementos 4 Down: Alternative to a strike [cough cough]8 Down: Anime style involving giant robots 12 Down: Sorcerous elder of folklore 28 Down: See 68-Down 43 Down: Like some short tennis matches 44 Down: Contrite answer to "Who put the empty ice cream carton back in the freezer?"54 Down: Screwballs 59 Down: Hung on the clothesline 1 Across: State trees of North Dakota 20 Across: Elder brother of Moses 21 Across: Brand whose name is derived from the French phrase "sans caféine"33 Across: Knowing what not to say, say

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