NYT Crossword October 13, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Image floating above the pyramid on a dollar bill 3 4A Now 5 9A Cook's garment 5 14A Note after fa 3 15A Beamed 5 16A Easily fooled 5 17A Microwaveable breakfast staple 9 19A Frighten off 5 20A Sephora competitor 4 21A Uno + dos + tres 4 23A Give temporarily 4 24A Raise up 7 27A ___-Aid (drink whose mascot is a walking pitcher) 4 29A Dorm room meal in a cup 12 34A Taste, metaphorically 6 37A Emotional state 4 38A Letters before an alias 3 39A In ___ (unborn) 5 40A Tree whose name comes phonetically between "tee" and "vee" 3 41A Back street 5 43A The "S" of E.S.T.: Abbr. 3 44A Bright, as highlighter colors 4 46A Open green areas 6 47A Thick porridge referenced in "Yankee Doodle" 12 50A Give off 4 51A Baby announcement, as on some blue balloons 7 55A Graceful bird in a pond 4 58A Sci. class in a lab 4 60A Title of a list 4 61A Flower in a Chinese pond 5 63A Fares at McDonald's and KFC … or a literal description of 17-, 29- and 47-Across 9 66A Elephant tusk material 5 67A Normal 5 68A "Whatevs" 3 69A Viral internet jokes 5 70A Helpful theorem, in math 5 71A ___ Lanka 3

Down

1D Suffix with Kafka or Roman 5 2D "___ thank me later!" 5 3D Like Stanford and Harvard 5 4D Cluck of disapproval 3 5D "Well, looky here!" 3 6D Complete one round of reps 6 7D Poker buy-in 4 8D "That's not news to me" 8 9D Furthermore 3 10D Spanish rice dish 6 11D Bar mitzvah, e.g. 4 12D Chamber under a stovetop 4 13D Bookish type, stereotypically 4 18D Eggs that can cost $1,000 per ounce 6 22D Explorer Hernando de ___ 4 25D All, for nothing, e.g. 7 26D China's Mao ___-tung 3 28D Decrees 7 30D Revise 5 31D The largest one in the U.S. is in Bloomington, Minn. 4 32D Scraped (out) 4 33D Opposing votes 4 34D Pull's opposite 4 35D "___ girl!" 4 36D Certain electric bulbs, in brief 4 40D Energetic, perhaps 8 42D Smoothly, in music 6 45D More than awesome 4 46D In good physical shape 3 48D Assistant professor's goal 6 49D Chinese small plates 6 52D Prosperous periods 5 53D More bizarre 5 54D Nintendo dinosaur 5 55D Like your chances of winning the lottery 4 56D Made a rug, e.g. 4 57D Molecule bit 4 59D Simplicity 4 62D The "S" of GPS: Abbr. 3 64D Scottish cap 3 65D Miami's home: Abbr. 3