Android alternative

Latest answer — September 25, 2025

41 Across

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Across

  1. 1Onetime capital of the Mughal Empire
  2. 5Dad on "Family Guy"
  3. 10Word after long or before paper
  4. 14Film unit
  5. 15"Pardon me," in Padua
  6. 16Home of Minor League Baseball's SeaWolves (more than 350 miles from the ocean!)
  7. 17Airline known for tight security
  8. 18Continental products
  9. 19Disney character who asks "Have you ever met a shark?"
  10. 20Illegally siphon funds
  11. 23Grand Ole ___
  12. 24Subj. studied with the help of telescopes
  13. 25Property owner subject to a legal claim
  14. 28Law derived from the Quran
  15. 32"Not interested"
  16. 33Snitch
  17. 36Savanna antelope
  18. 37Common street name
  19. 38Quivers
  20. 41Android alternative
  21. 42Some necklines
  22. 44"I'm here to help"
  23. 45Look greedily
  24. 46Livestock identifiers
  25. 48Bit of fraternity party headgear
  26. 50Actress Garr
  27. 51Final stroke of most rounds
  28. 52What each Down answer needs from its clue in order to make sense
  29. 59Big name in laptops
  30. 60Only president not born in the continental U.S.
  31. 61"I'll handle that!"
  32. 62Beginning of every Washington State ZIP code
  33. 63Steakhouse choice
  34. 64Like John Lennon on a 1981 Rolling Stone cover
  35. 65Disapproving sounds
  36. 66Celebratory events
  37. 67Tore

Down

  1. 1Blast loudly
  2. 2Anaheim ballplayers
  3. 3String of wins or losses
  4. 4Studs
  5. 5Apple shop
  6. 6Spell out
  7. 7Replace the sod of
  8. 8Programs in advance
  9. 9Pastors' concerns
  10. 10Possibility
  11. 11Standard music equipment
  12. 12Scratch and save
  13. 13Carved part of a piece of jewelry
  14. 21Terrible storm
  15. 22Sees red
  16. 25Replace on the mound
  17. 26Traveler's aid, familiarly
  18. 27Storage item on some ocean voyages
  19. 29Stop slouching
  20. 30Shoe polish brand
  21. 31Determined
  22. 33Strain's partner
  23. 34Freeze-___
  24. 35Enter into a plot?
  25. 39Show that you think something isn't important
  26. 40The Chicago Bulls had a pair of them in the 1990s
  27. 43Hors d'oeuvre servers, maybe
  28. 45Shipping weight units
  29. 47Stop's opposite
  30. 49Alaska native
  31. 52Incubator occupant in a neonatal unit
  32. 53Crucial difficulty to get through
  33. 54Neophyte
  34. 55Shipwreck locales, often
  35. 56Headgear for a bicyclist
  36. 57Step with confidence
  37. 58Beat in competition

The answer to “Android alternative” in the New York Times crossword is IOS — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 25, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 41-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Android alternative” answer

IOS (3 letters)

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Why the answer is IOS

Look to Apple’s mobile operating system instead 📱

What does IOS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of IOS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • an operating system used for mobile devices manufactured by Apple Inc.

When else has “Android alternative” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 25, 2025 (most recent) → IOS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Android alternative”?

The answer is IOS, a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 25, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Android alternative”?

3 letters: IOS.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on September 25, 2025 (a Thursday puzzle), at 41-Across.

Can “Android alternative” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for September 25, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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