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NYT Crossword September 12 2025 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated September 12 2025

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Every answer from the Friday, September 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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Across

1Shake off5 lettersSee answer ›6Collapse4 lettersSee answer ›10Ailment the morning after a loud concert, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›14Largest U.S. city with a majority-Hispanic population10 lettersSee answer ›16BTS ___ (K-pop group's fan base)4 lettersSee answer ›17Receiving a certain hormone treatment10 lettersSee answer ›18Sport4 lettersSee answer ›19Hem, but not haw?3 lettersSee answer ›20Word with crop or shotgun6 lettersSee answer ›21Literary heroine who described herself as "poor, obscure, plain and little"4 lettersSee answer ›22Give in4 lettersSee answer ›23Intoxicate, quaintly5 lettersSee answer ›25Idea for a pair of trick-or-treaters14 lettersSee answer ›30Chicken korma, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›31Network lineup5 lettersSee answer ›32End of a mayoral address?3 lettersSee answer ›33"Sad to say …"4 lettersSee answer ›34Case load?5 lettersSee answer ›35Bit of equipment in many athletic training exercises4 lettersSee answer ›36The Blues, on N.H.L. scoreboards3 lettersSee answer ›37___ incognita (unexplored area)5 lettersSee answer ›38Things left at the entrance of a mosque5 lettersSee answer ›39"I get it, I get it!"14 lettersSee answer ›42Like some silences5 lettersSee answer ›43Lose4 lettersSee answer ›44Spanish familial term of endearment4 lettersSee answer ›45French for "dainty"6 lettersSee answer ›48Word that becomes its own synonym when the last letter is changed to "r"3 lettersSee answer ›51Heartfelt exchange?4 lettersSee answer ›52Deep study10 lettersSee answer ›54Slight4 lettersSee answer ›55They make a high-pitched noise when they're pretty heated10 lettersSee answer ›56Creative domain, with "the"4 lettersSee answer ›57Classroom cry4 lettersSee answer ›58Weaken over time, as support5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Plural pronoun in Puebla4 lettersSee answer ›2Pointer up high4 lettersSee answer ›3Freshly4 lettersSee answer ›4"___ Lied von der Erde" (Mahler work)3 lettersSee answer ›5Chaotic state7 lettersSee answer ›6Area bereft of grocery stores10 lettersSee answer ›7Website for finding home services4 lettersSee answer ›8Something sold in a tax sale4 lettersSee answer ›9Medieval weapons traditionally made with yew8 lettersSee answer ›10Like one's most natural emotions6 lettersSee answer ›11Check-in line?10 lettersSee answer ›12Bets from the experts10 lettersSee answer ›13Burning structure4 lettersSee answer ›15Pianist's flourish5 lettersSee answer ›22Certain winter accouterments4 lettersSee answer ›24Suffix with heir3 lettersSee answer ›25Someone with a devoted following10 lettersSee answer ›26Classroom delivery, perhaps10 lettersSee answer ›27Cartoondom's "Princess of Power"5 lettersSee answer ›28Reptile known for its distinct color bands10 lettersSee answer ›29Days of anticipation4 lettersSee answer ›30"___ dolce ___" (Italian saying)4 lettersSee answer ›34Beast8 lettersSee answer ›35Land with two official languages — French and Arabic4 lettersSee answer ›37___ Fridays3 lettersSee answer ›38[More info below]7 lettersSee answer ›40They surround pupils6 lettersSee answer ›41River sourced by a glacier in the Swiss Alps5 lettersSee answer ›44Cotton variety4 lettersSee answer ›46Beverage that was invented in a Dairy Queen4 lettersSee answer ›47What a backpacker packs4 lettersSee answer ›48Accessory out West4 lettersSee answer ›49Like some cheese4 lettersSee answer ›50Where Ferrari is "RACE," for short4 lettersSee answer ›53Paper size: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›