All NYT Down Clues September 22, 2025 - 41 Vertical Answers with Hints
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 41 Down clues. We have all the vertical answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!
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About Today's Down Clues
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Date | September 22, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Monday |
| Total Down Clues | 41 clues |
| Direction | Vertical (Top to Bottom) |
| Difficulty | Challenging |
All Down Clues - Complete List
Here are all 41 Down clues for today's puzzle. These go vertically from top to bottom.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Down | 1. Kids these days |
| 2 Down | 2. "Not guilty," e.g. |
| 3 Down | 3. "You got that right, sister!" |
| 4 Down | 4. Certain evergreen |
| 5 Down | 5. Like some bars in gymnastics |
| 6 Down | 6. One who is barely seen? |
| 7 Down | 7. Jeer |
| 8 Down | 8. "How was ___ know?" |
| 9 Down | 9. Pamper |
| 10 Down | 10. Tour guide? |
| 11 Down | 11. Crash of thunder |
| 12 Down | 12. Promote enthusiastically |
| 13 Down | 13. "Need You Tonight" rock band |
| 14 Down | 19. Like speakeasies and refrigerators, at times |
| 15 Down | 21. Brand of cooler that shares its name with a Himalayan legend |
| 16 Down | 25. Opposite of tame |
| 17 Down | 26. Join into one |
| 18 Down | 27. Jacuzzi features |
| 19 Down | 28. Where to find the Jazz |
| 20 Down | 29. Long-winded tales |
| 21 Down | 30. Apply, as ointment |
| 22 Down | 31. City-related |
| 23 Down | 35. Desertlike |
| 24 Down | 36. Carefree motto, in modern lingo |
| 25 Down | 39. Low-scoring deadlock |
| 26 Down | 40. Richard of "Pretty Woman" |
| 27 Down | 41. Hurdles for srs. |
| 28 Down | 44. Sounded like a duck |
| 29 Down | 47. Farm docs |
| 30 Down | 49. Tartan patterns |
| 31 Down | 50. "Yeah, right" |
| 32 Down | 51. Bean |
| 33 Down | 54. Does some theater work |
| 34 Down | 55. Word before food or mate |
| 35 Down | 56. Refine, as a skill |
| 36 Down | 57. Castle defense |
| 37 Down | 59. What a whittler whittles |
| 38 Down | 60. Facts |
| 39 Down | 61. Relative of a butterfly |
| 40 Down | 63. Private online chats, for short |
| 41 Down | 64. Spicy |
Detailed Hints and Answers for All Down Clues
Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Down clue. Also check these helpful guides:
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Complete Down Solutions:
1 Down: "1. Kids these days"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'Z'
- Word pattern: G__Z
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
GENZ
2 Down: "2. "Not guilty," e.g."
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: P__A
- Similar words: supplication
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a humble request for help from someone in authority
- This is Down clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
PLEA
3 Down: "3. "You got that right, sister!""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: A__N
- Similar words: Amon, Amun
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
AMEN
4 Down: "4. Certain evergreen"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'R'
- Similar words: fir tree, true fir
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: nonresinous wood of a fir tree
- This is Down clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
FIR
5 Down: "5. Like some bars in gymnastics"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: U____N
- Similar words: mismatched, scratchy
- Opposite of: even
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture
- This is Down clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
UNEVEN
6 Down: "6. One who is barely seen?"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: N____T
- Similar words: naturist
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
NUDIST
7 Down: "7. Jeer"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: G__E
- Similar words: slam, jeer
- Opposite of: disagree
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
GIBE
8 Down: "8. "How was ___ know?""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ITO
9 Down: "9. Pamper"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: C____E
- Similar words: featherbed, cocker
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: treat with excessive indulgence
- This is Down clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CODDLE
10 Down: "10. Tour guide?"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: A_____P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
AREAMAP
11 Down: "11. Crash of thunder"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: C__P
- Similar words: bam, applaud
- Opposite of: boo
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a sudden very loud noise
- This is Down clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CLAP
12 Down: "12. Promote enthusiastically"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: T__T
- Similar words: ticket tout, brag
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TOUT
13 Down: "13. "Need You Tonight" rock band"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: I__S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
INXS
14 Down: "19. Like speakeasies and refrigerators, at times"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: R____D
- Similar words: raid, bust
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: search without warning
- This is Down clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
RAIDED
15 Down: "21. Brand of cooler that shares its name with a Himalayan legend"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'I'
- Word pattern: Y__I
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
YETI
16 Down: "25. Opposite of tame"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: W__D
- Similar words: godforsaken, savage
- Opposite of: tame
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
- This is Down clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
WILD
17 Down: "26. Join into one"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'F' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: F__E
- Similar words: merge, flux
- Opposite of: defuse
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
FUSE
18 Down: "27. Jacuzzi features"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'J' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: J__S
- Similar words: spurt, green
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
- This is Down clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
JETS
19 Down: "28. Where to find the Jazz"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: U__H
- Similar words: Mormon State, Beehive State
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
UTAH
20 Down: "29. Long-winded tales"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: S___S
- Similar words: saga
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SAGAS
21 Down: "30. Apply, as ointment"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: R___N
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
RUBON
22 Down: "31. City-related"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'U' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: U___N
- Opposite of: rural
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
URBAN
23 Down: "35. Desertlike"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: A__D
- Similar words: desiccated, waterless
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- This is Down clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ARID
24 Down: "36. Carefree motto, in modern lingo"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'Y' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: Y__O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
YOLO
25 Down: "39. Low-scoring deadlock"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: O____E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ONEONE
26 Down: "40. Richard of "Pretty Woman""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'G' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: G__E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
GERE
27 Down: "41. Hurdles for srs."
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: S__S
- Similar words: Sat, Saturday
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SATS
28 Down: "44. Sounded like a duck"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 7 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'Q' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: Q_____D
- Similar words: quack
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: utter quacking noises
- This is Down clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
QUACKED
29 Down: "47. Farm docs"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'V' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: V__S
- Similar words: veterinary, ex-serviceman
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- This is Down clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
VETS
30 Down: "49. Tartan patterns"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: P____S
- Similar words: tartan, plaid
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a cloth having a crisscross design
- This is Down clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
PLAIDS
31 Down: "50. "Yeah, right""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: I____E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
IMSURE
32 Down: "51. Bean"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'N'
- Word pattern: N____N
- Similar words: noodle, bonce
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: informal terms for a human head
- This is Down clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
NOGGIN
33 Down: "54. Does some theater work"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: A__S
- Similar words: number, deed
- Opposite of: refrain
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ACTS
34 Down: "55. Word before food or mate"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'L'
- Word pattern: S__L
- Similar words: person, someone
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SOUL
35 Down: "56. Refine, as a skill"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: H__E
- Similar words: perfect
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
HONE
36 Down: "57. Castle defense"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: M__T
- Similar words: fosse
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
- This is Down clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
MOAT
37 Down: "59. What a whittler whittles"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'D'
- Word pattern: W__D
- Similar words: Sir Henry Wood, forest
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
WOOD
38 Down: "60. Facts"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: I__O
- Similar words: information
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a message received and understood
- This is Down clue number 38
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
INFO
39 Down: "61. Relative of a butterfly"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'H'
- Word pattern: M__H
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 39
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
MOTH
40 Down: "63. Private online chats, for short"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'S'
- Similar words: decimeter, decimetre
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 40
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
DMS
41 Down: "64. Spicy"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'H' and ends with 'T'
- Similar words: live, raging
- Opposite of: cold
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 41
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
HOT
Expert Strategies for Solving Down Clues
Master the vertical clues with these professional tips:
Why Start with Down Clues?
- Down clues often reveal key letters for intersecting words
- Vertical patterns can unlock difficult sections
- Many prefixes and suffixes run vertically
- Down answers often help solve Across clues
Down Clue Patterns to Recognize
- Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Down entries
- Prefixes and suffixes: Common word parts often run vertically
- Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
- Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Down
- Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear vertically
Time-Saving Down Techniques
| Technique | How It Helps |
|---|---|
| Scan all Down first | Get a mental map of the vertical flow |
| Fill short Down words | 3-4 letter words are often prefixes or connectors |
| Use crossing letters | Across letters help confirm Down answers |
| Look for themes | Related Down answers often share a theme |
Frequently Asked Questions About Down Clues
What are Down clues in crossword puzzles?
Down clues are the vertical entries in a crossword puzzle that read from top to bottom. They're numbered and correspond to specific columns in the grid.
Should I solve Down or Across clues first?
Many solvers alternate between Down and Across clues to build momentum. Down clues can help unlock difficult sections by providing key intersecting letters. The best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.
How many Down clues are in today's puzzle?
Today's NYT crossword has 41 Down clues.
Are Down clues easier than Across clues?
Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Down clues often contain helpful prefixes, suffixes, and word parts that can be easier to guess.
How do Down clues interact with Across clues?
Down and Across clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.
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