NYT Daily Crossword for September 18, 2025

11 Down: Barrier to entry, perhaps 12 Down: Chewed out 13 Down: Slothfulness 14 Down: Fortuitous gift 24 Down: Curved lines on sheet music 26 Down: France's third-largest city, after Paris and Marseille 28 Down: Quality to which a unique six-character code is assigned, in graphic design 31 Down: Arcade staple with a joystick 35 Down: Inside of 36 Down: Large chemical container 37 Down: Credit cards, so to speak 38 Down: Constellation whose name is Latin for "lizard"42 Down: Kind of illusion 43 Down: Do some storytelling 44 Down: Ascertained bit by bit 47 Down: Garden guardians 51 Down: Invader's tactic 48 Down: Italy's third-largest city, after Rome and Milan 19 Across: Variety of bark?51 Across: Who wrote "Existentialism Is a Humanism," 1945 21 Down: Holdings of winnings 57 Down: Its youngest host was a 7-year-old Drew Barrymore in '82 1 Across: Customizable, all-in-one internet digest 32 Across: Thingum 55 Across: Gershwin brother 8 Across: Shoots for the stars 27 Across: Counterparts of countesses in British peerage 48 Across: Borderer of the Indian state of Sikkim 50 Down: Words before a contingency plan 54 Down: Play-fight 59 Down: "If u ask me …"25 Across: Tennis do-over, in a way 30 Across: Sch. with a satellite campus in Calexico 37 Across: Heart-pumping stuff?56 Across: Muscle car whose name evokes a U.S. road trip 63 Across: Like some shoes at a cobbler's 5 Down: Gets away from 10 Down: Sister of Helios, in Greek myth 33 Down: Multiple-choice catchall 39 Down: U.S. History or Calculus BC, e.g.15 Across: Game played on an 8x8 board 17 Across: Meditation chant, in a sense 22 Across: ___ Ulrich, Metallica drummer 28 Across: Equine hybrid 41 Across: ___ Kong 46 Across: Bar from the bank?49 Across: Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking 52 Across: First person?58 Across: Action star Jet, in a nutshell 61 Across: Close contemporary 2 Down: One might say "Big savings all week!"4 Down: Like some nouns: Abbr.16 Across: "Thumbs down from me"18 Across: Sought-after 20 Across: Something you might change on a bed 23 Across: Gave a sneak preview of 29 Across: One in Bonn 31 Across: Terse reply to "Why?"34 Across: Superman portrayer Christopher, in so many words 40 Across: Goal to shoot for 45 Across: Steeplechase unit 53 Across: Spread some dirt 60 Across: "Don't worry about the check"62 Across: O-O and O-O-O, in chess notation 1 Down: Takes turns 3 Down: Rosh Hashana horns 7 Down: Mideast capital 9 Down: Sports bet based on total points scored 6 Down: Nickname for the medieval Spanish knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar 8 Down: Victorious military underdog in the Bible

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