Signs off on NYT Crossword Clue
ANSWER: OKS
The answer OKS to the clue “Signs off on” means approves or gives formal consent — to “OK” something is to authorize it, and the third-person plural/present-tense form OKs (often written without a hyphen in crosswords) fits the clue perfectly as the short, verb-form fill.
Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for September 17, 2025
Across
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1A Middling: SOSO
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5A Attractive, muscular guy: HUNK
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6A 1/23/45 and 6/7/89: DATES
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7A Big name in flat-pack furniture: IKEA
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8A Job benefit : PERK
Down
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1D Ice cream drink: SHAKE
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2D Word with space or Banks: OUTER
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3D Quarterback running play : SNEA
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4D Signs off on: OKS
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5D Buy the ___ (investing strategy): DIP
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