NYT Crossword October 12, 2025 Answers

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1A Common sight near the entrance of a mall 3 4A Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"? 6 10A Gives some heat, say 4 14A Cry of frustration 4 18A Like 3 19A Blew out 7 21A Sound from a horn 4 22A Bull in a Chihuahua shop 4 23A Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.] 11 25A Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short 9 27A Angler's lure 4 28A Words on a juice carton 14 30A What many monks and yogis are 8 34A "Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief 3 35A Director Rob 6 36A Lampshade-shaped candy piece 4 37A Rock band? 4 40A Tidbits 7 41A Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.] 11 45A Faint 5 47A "Please. It's my ___" 5 48A Letter opener? 14 54A Young girl in Scotland 9 57A Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g. 5 58A Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day 4 59A Word with straw or exit 4 60A Writer Silverstein 4 62A Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say 4 63A Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle 19 71A Song in a book of songs 4 72A Chance 4 73A Biohazard regulator, in brief 4 74A Platoon or battalion 4 75A "The Facts of Life" girl 5 78A Aerodynamic quality 9 83A Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.] 14 87A Plug, as water 5 88A Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif. 5 89A Observe the expected formalities 11 92A Nays 7 96A Job requirements for top research positions, in brief 4 97A Facility 4 98A Leveled 6 99A Put on 3 101A Buddhist riddles 8 105A Split something equally [24 in.] 14 110A Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!) 4 111A Lamborghinis, to some 9 112A Waving the white flag, so to speak 11 116A Citrus drinks 4 117A Rock's Nirvana, for one 4 118A When mating typically occurs 7 119A Org. that collaborates with MADD 3 120A Quirky sort 4 121A John, across the pond 4 122A "Uh, your point is ...?" 6 123A Sweets 3

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1D Green or black African menace 5 2D Spider-Man, for one 5 3D Freak out 5 4D Good name for an apiarist? 3 5D Rocker ___ Rose 3 6D UPS competitor 3 7D Sends to Hades 5 8D Mishmash 4 9D Bloke 4 10D Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father" 5 11D Chews (out) 5 12D Classic car that shared its name with a planet, informally 4 13D Postdebate areas 9 14D Some old game consoles 6 15D ___ Gay, author of "Bad Feminist" 6 16D Fairy tale sibling 6 17D Doofuses, north of the border 6 20D Absolutely, in slang 3 24D Never-ending 7 26D CPR pressure points 6 29D Cycle at night? 3 31D Core-strengthening Pilates exercises 7 32D Badly 3 33D It's covered in kernels 3 37D ___ gin fizz 4 38D "Charlotte's Web" author's inits. 3 39D Wood found in restaurant furniture 3 40D Speck 4 41D Online shorthand meaning "Victory!" 3 42D Afore 3 43D Previously known as 3 44D Of help 5 45D "Turn that frown upside down!" 5 46D Clever sort 3 49D Big name in vacuum cleaners 5 50D [It's time for bed!] 4 51D Sharply dressed 4 52D Part 4 53D The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards 3 55D Pittance 3 56D Camera type, for short 3 60D Barista's flourish 5 61D ___ Eminence 3 63D Mouthy bird? 4 64D Name found in "whole milk" 4 65D Prefix with matter 4 66D One of many in the book of Job 5 67D Actor Firth 5 68D Employ 3 69D Hot French beverage 3 70D "Resolute" item in the Oval Office 7 71D Hold dear, perhaps 3 75D Men who marry later in life 9 76D Rafts 4 77D Ripen 3 78D Settings of many Patrick O'Brian novels 4 79D Recite 7 80D Moody music genre 3 81D Light up? 3 82D Worker with a handler 3 84D Easy-listening radio category 6 85D "More or less" 3 86D Business name abbr. 3 90D Poor grade 3 91D Took off 3 92D Man who might be installing a baby gate 6 93D Gild the lily, with "it" 6 94D Facade 6 95D Not distracted at work 6 96D Email attachment type 3 99D Body parts examined for arrhythmia 5 100D Big name in vacuum cleaners 5 101D Company that owns Words With Friends 5 102D A, in Ashkelon 5 103D "Totally cool!" 5 104D Old Scratch 5 106D Chow 4 107D Pretty cool stuff 3 108D Big Apple's bravest, in brief 4 109D Something a beach lifeguard monitors 4 113D Cry of frustration 3 114D Insta chats 3 115D Fair-hiring inits. 3