The Crossword Answers NYT - September 24, 2025

across

• Light touches Crossword Clue

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  DABS

• Domino features Crossword Clue

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  PIPS

• Maine-to-Spain direction Crossword Clue

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  EAST

• Frequently Crossword Clue

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  ALOT

• MacDowell of "Groundhog Day" Crossword Clue

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  ANDIE

• Start of a new deal Crossword Clue

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  ANTE

• Participate in a blindside on "Survivor," say Crossword Clue

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  VOTE

• Dance craze named for a Southern city Crossword Clue

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  CHARLESTON

• Possible meaning of 54-/57-Across Crossword Clue

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  IHOPESO

• Possible meaning of 54-/57-Across Crossword Clue

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  IMLYING

• Cannonball Adderley's musical instrument, informally Crossword Clue

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  SAX

• Lead-in to struck or luck Crossword Clue

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  DUMB

• Fashionable time to arrive, it's said Crossword Clue

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  LATE

• "Odyssey" figure with many suitors Crossword Clue

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  PENELOPE

• Carry a debt Crossword Clue

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  OWE

• Business magnate Crossword Clue

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  BARON

• A hawk carrying a dove in its talons, in Book 15 of the "Odyssey" Crossword Clue

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  OMEN

• Affectionate sign-off Crossword Clue

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  XOX

• Like thrifted goods Crossword Clue

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  USED

• What's heard exactly twice in a lifetime? Crossword Clue

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  LONGI

• The Emerald Isle Crossword Clue

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  EIRE

• Tabs with psychedelic properties Crossword Clue

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  LSD

• Hang in the balance Crossword Clue

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  PEND

• Soft volleyball hits Crossword Clue

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  DINKS

• Jazz genre for Cannonball Adderley Crossword Clue

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  BOP

• Worked to learn Crossword Clue

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  INTERNED

• James of "The Godfather" Crossword Clue

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  CAAN

• Thailand, once Crossword Clue

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  SIAM

• A.L. West team, on scoreboards Crossword Clue

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  LAA

• With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters Crossword Clue

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  FINGERS

• See 54-Across Crossword Clue

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  CROSSED

• Taunt that may follow a failed gullibility test Crossword Clue

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  MADEYALOOK

• Bit of merchandise Crossword Clue

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  WARE

• ___ impasse Crossword Clue

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  ATAN

• Put off for now Crossword Clue

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  TABLE

• Situated above Crossword Clue

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  ATOP

• Witty remark Crossword Clue

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  JEST

• Craft store item Crossword Clue

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  BEAD

• "Hey!" Crossword Clue

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  PSST