NYT Daily Crossword for September 27, 2025

23 Down: Kind of contest with multiple chances to participate 27 Down: Is on the bottom?29 Down: What an insensitive joke might do 28 Across: It might be living on the edge 37 Across: Certain drug classification, in brief 43 Across: Period that begins on July 23 52 Across: WWE star Randy ___57 Across: Short 8 Down: "Mean Girls" writer 15 Down: Digital file?28 Down: One who's slow to pick things up 34 Down: Diagnostic tool, in brief 39 Down: Simplest possible phone plan 47 Down: Statement that might follow a hug 49 Down: Bandage 1 Across: Thin underlayer 9 Across: African capital whose name translates to "ants"20 Across: Backbiter?23 Across: They arose from Ra's tears, according to Egyptian mythology 25 Across: Components of some brick buildings 31 Across: Showing tough love, say 40 Across: Fathers 36 Down: Natural history museum collection 46 Down: Particle accelerator byproduct 48 Down: ___ Lines (ancient Peruvian geoglyphs)50 Down: Burns, e.g.5 Across: Comment often made with an eye roll 14 Across: Derby, e.g.17 Across: Ship-to-ship communication 19 Across: Parent whose child is taking steps to improve?24 Across: Cries of disappointment 35 Across: Wise 38 Across: Ally of Athens during the Peloponnesian War 41 Across: Two-humper 45 Across: Zest source 51 Across: Enterprise enterprise 54 Across: Part of a high-tech security system 56 Across: They go from season to season 58 Across: Hibernation stations 2 Down: Actress with a dual role in 1998's "The Parent Trap"6 Down: Kept hidden, as information 10 Down: Rubs the wrong way 12 Down: Classic rock?30 Down: Locale for many community courts 44 Across: It's not an option 55 Across: "Lift ___ Voice and Sing" (protest anthem)1 Down: Contempt, in slang 3 Down: Tends to some pressing matters 5 Down: The first Musketeer, alphabetically 9 Down: Firewood choice, or its destiny 11 Down: Alternative to a crib 13 Down: Paratha flour 43 Down: Solo sorts 16 Across: Commit a library taboo 21 Across: Puts in a protected place 4 Down: Punk 22 Down: Runs slowly 26 Down: [This makes me mad!]53 Down: What comes before 1/1 33 Across: "Please avoid brutal honesty!"31 Down: "Love Story" author Erich 42 Down: Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye, among others 54 Down: Drug discussed in Aldous Huxley's "Heaven and Hell"32 Across: Mash at a luau 50 Across: Brown alternative 59 Across: Seven ___7 Down: Product for winter sidewalk safety 18 Across: Lacks

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