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NYT Crossword October 12 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, October 12 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Common sight near the entrance of a mall3 lettersSee answer ›4Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"?6 lettersSee answer ›10Gives some heat, say4 lettersSee answer ›14Cry of frustration4 lettersSee answer ›18Like3 lettersSee answer ›19Blew out7 lettersSee answer ›21Sound from a horn4 lettersSee answer ›22Bull in a Chihuahua shop4 lettersSee answer ›23Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.]11 lettersSee answer ›25Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short9 lettersSee answer ›27Angler's lure4 lettersSee answer ›28Words on a juice carton14 lettersSee answer ›30What many monks and yogis are8 lettersSee answer ›34"Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›35Director Rob6 lettersSee answer ›36Lampshade-shaped candy piece4 lettersSee answer ›37Rock band?4 lettersSee answer ›40Tidbits7 lettersSee answer ›41Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.]11 lettersSee answer ›45Faint5 lettersSee answer ›47"Please. It's my ___"5 lettersSee answer ›48Letter opener?14 lettersSee answer ›54Young girl in Scotland9 lettersSee answer ›57Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›58Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day4 lettersSee answer ›59Word with straw or exit4 lettersSee answer ›60Writer Silverstein4 lettersSee answer ›62Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say4 lettersSee answer ›63Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle19 lettersSee answer ›71Song in a book of songs4 lettersSee answer ›72Chance4 lettersSee answer ›73Biohazard regulator, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›74Platoon or battalion4 lettersSee answer ›75"The Facts of Life" girl5 lettersSee answer ›78Aerodynamic quality9 lettersSee answer ›83Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.]14 lettersSee answer ›87Plug, as water5 lettersSee answer ›88Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif.5 lettersSee answer ›89Observe the expected formalities11 lettersSee answer ›92Nays7 lettersSee answer ›96Job requirements for top research positions, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›97Facility4 lettersSee answer ›98Leveled6 lettersSee answer ›99Put on3 lettersSee answer ›101Buddhist riddles8 lettersSee answer ›105Split something equally [24 in.]14 lettersSee answer ›110Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!)4 lettersSee answer ›111Lamborghinis, to some9 lettersSee answer ›112Waving the white flag, so to speak11 lettersSee answer ›116Citrus drinks4 lettersSee answer ›117Rock's Nirvana, for one4 lettersSee answer ›118When mating typically occurs7 lettersSee answer ›119Org. that collaborates with MADD3 lettersSee answer ›120Quirky sort4 lettersSee answer ›121John, across the pond4 lettersSee answer ›122"Uh, your point is ...?"6 lettersSee answer ›123Sweets3 lettersSee answer ›

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1Green or black African menace5 lettersSee answer ›2Spider-Man, for one5 lettersSee answer ›3Freak out5 lettersSee answer ›4Good name for an apiarist?3 lettersSee answer ›5Rocker ___ Rose3 lettersSee answer ›6UPS competitor3 lettersSee answer ›7Sends to Hades5 lettersSee answer ›8Mishmash4 lettersSee answer ›9Bloke4 lettersSee answer ›10Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father"5 lettersSee answer ›11Chews (out)5 lettersSee answer ›12Classic car that shared its name with a planet, informally4 lettersSee answer ›13Postdebate areas9 lettersSee answer ›14Some old game consoles6 lettersSee answer ›15___ Gay, author of "Bad Feminist"6 lettersSee answer ›16Fairy tale sibling6 lettersSee answer ›17Doofuses, north of the border6 lettersSee answer ›20Absolutely, in slang3 lettersSee answer ›24Never-ending7 lettersSee answer ›26CPR pressure points6 lettersSee answer ›29Cycle at night?3 lettersSee answer ›31Core-strengthening Pilates exercises7 lettersSee answer ›32Badly3 lettersSee answer ›33It's covered in kernels3 lettersSee answer ›37___ gin fizz4 lettersSee answer ›38"Charlotte's Web" author's inits.3 lettersSee answer ›39Wood found in restaurant furniture3 lettersSee answer ›40Speck4 lettersSee answer ›41Online shorthand meaning "Victory!"3 lettersSee answer ›42Afore3 lettersSee answer ›43Previously known as3 lettersSee answer ›44Of help5 lettersSee answer ›45"Turn that frown upside down!"5 lettersSee answer ›46Clever sort3 lettersSee answer ›49Big name in vacuum cleaners5 lettersSee answer ›50[It's time for bed!]4 lettersSee answer ›51Sharply dressed4 lettersSee answer ›52Part4 lettersSee answer ›53The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards3 lettersSee answer ›55Pittance3 lettersSee answer ›56Camera type, for short3 lettersSee answer ›60Barista's flourish5 lettersSee answer ›61___ Eminence3 lettersSee answer ›63Mouthy bird?4 lettersSee answer ›64Name found in "whole milk"4 lettersSee answer ›65Prefix with matter4 lettersSee answer ›66One of many in the book of Job5 lettersSee answer ›67Actor Firth5 lettersSee answer ›68Employ3 lettersSee answer ›69Hot French beverage3 lettersSee answer ›70"Resolute" item in the Oval Office7 lettersSee answer ›71Hold dear, perhaps3 lettersSee answer ›75Men who marry later in life9 lettersSee answer ›76Rafts4 lettersSee answer ›77Ripen3 lettersSee answer ›78Settings of many Patrick O'Brian novels4 lettersSee answer ›79Recite7 lettersSee answer ›80Moody music genre3 lettersSee answer ›81Light up?3 lettersSee answer ›82Worker with a handler3 lettersSee answer ›84Easy-listening radio category6 lettersSee answer ›85"More or less"3 lettersSee answer ›86Business name abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›90Poor grade3 lettersSee answer ›91Took off3 lettersSee answer ›92Man who might be installing a baby gate6 lettersSee answer ›93Gild the lily, with "it"6 lettersSee answer ›94Facade6 lettersSee answer ›95Not distracted at work6 lettersSee answer ›96Email attachment type3 lettersSee answer ›99Body parts examined for arrhythmia5 lettersSee answer ›100Big name in vacuum cleaners5 lettersSee answer ›101Company that owns Words With Friends5 lettersSee answer ›102A, in Ashkelon5 lettersSee answer ›103"Totally cool!"5 lettersSee answer ›104Old Scratch5 lettersSee answer ›106Chow4 lettersSee answer ›107Pretty cool stuff3 lettersSee answer ›108Big Apple's bravest, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›109Something a beach lifeguard monitors4 lettersSee answer ›113Cry of frustration3 lettersSee answer ›114Insta chats3 lettersSee answer ›115Fair-hiring inits.3 lettersSee answer ›