NYT Crossword October 19, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Huge success 5 6A Seal, say 5 11A From the beginning 4 15A ___ sequencing (lab technique) 3 18A Lively Bohemian dances 6 20A Alternative to a tissue, informally 5 21A Bit in a hippie's necklace 8 23A Poker declaration 6 24A Remove, as a ribbon 5 25A Share confidences with 8 26A Business traveler's convenience 11 28A Divisions on a map 9 29A Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music" 3 30A Second volume 6 31A "hahaha im DEAD!" 4 32A Broadband inits. 3 33A Fights back tears? 5 34A Michelle Obama, to Princeton 4 36A Indulge (in) 7 40A National Arab American Heritage Month 5 43A Place to hang at home? 6 45A Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the" 6 46A Have an ominous presence 9 50A Sound of a joke going over one's head 6 52A Giant Middle-earth creature 3 53A Arched recess 4 54A Person I truly am 6 56A "Hey!" from on high 6 59A Word with pack or rug 3 60A Senior, informally 7 61A Org. that confiscates liquids 3 62A Knocked out of the park 4 65A Pop culture hit about dystopian technology 8 67A Former parent of NBC 3 69A Eliminators of some teams 8 72A Corn chip with a "Fuego" flavor 4 73A In the vein of 3 75A Smallish batteries 7 77A Rapper ___ Milli 3 78A Get involved 6 80A Perceptive 6 81A Hawaiian shindig 4 82A Clothes for a doze, in brief 3 85A Native of the Delaware Valley 6 87A Pursuers of utopian goals 9 89A Coffees that aren't single-origin 6 92A Self-admiring sort 6 94A Major Ukrainian seaport 5 95A Sisterly 7 97A Sneaky plot 4 98A Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia 5 101A Ear-related prefix 3 102A Not fully open 4 104A Hybrid pastry 6 106A P, to Pericles 3 109A Injection associated with a certain toxin 9 112A Annoyances for ticket holders 11 114A Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notably 8 115A Brown songbirds 5 116A Tale-telling brothers 6 117A Turned up 8 118A "Strike up the band!" 5 119A Neighbor of a Saudi 6 120A Nickname for Rachel 3 121A Verbally expresses disdain 4 122A Warning signs 5 123A Tightly packed 5

Down

1D Food enlivener 5 2D Hardly a genius 5 3D Home to a chapel with the Texas flag flying beside it 5 4D Spotify button 4 5D Loves, loves, loves the occasion 8 6D Hurls 6 7D Feature of a Hawaiian house 5 8D Being prosecuted 7 9D Go downhill fast, say 4 10D ___ candy 3 11D Chilly 5 12D Orange juice preference 6 13D With no one ahead or behind 4 14D Lost all liquid resources 7 15D Remove hair from 8 16D Main antagonist on HBO's "Euphoria" 4 17D Clamors 4 19D Mexicali mister 5 22D Ruptures 6 27D Over there, poetically 3 28D Openly reveal one's sexuality 7 31D Process for would-be Greeks 4 33D It's over a quarter of a quarter 4 35D Features of the names of many Apple products 11 37D N.Y.C. stadium eponym 4 38D Doll of a guy? 3 39D Vitals checker, in brief 3 40D Interrupter of dreams, maybe 5 41D Genre for Keith Haring 6 42D Political platforms? 6 43D Saxon's foe 4 44D Competitive athlete's goal, perhaps 8 47D Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant" 4 48D Bureaucratic barriers 7 49D Fuel source 8 51D "Care to dance?" 7 55D Sea, to Seurat 3 57D They may be caught in the summer 4 58D Prefix with sphere 3 60D Tribute in the Tribune, say 4 63D Flow out 6 64D Keys above C's 6 66D Blesses 3 68D "That feels ama-a-azing!" 3 70D Alan with six Emmys 4 71D Composer who led the U.S. Marine Band 5 74D Canniest, for instance 7 76D Artist's feedback session, informally 4 79D Olaf's creator in "Frozen" 4 81D Tops 4 82D Channel supported by pledge drives 3 83D "Jenny From the Block" singer, to fans 3 84D Immune cell variation 8 86D Flow (out) 4 88D Hung around idly 8 90D "Sorry, I'm unavailable!" 6 91D Tried to convey 7 93D Hide 7 96D Surgical instrument 6 98D Lifts with a pulley 6 99D "Dear ___" (greeting in an old advice column) 3 100D Overly fault-finding 5 103D "The Grapes of Wrath" family 5 105D Entered quickly 5 106D Food traditionally eaten with chopsticks 5 107D Songs on Sundays 5 108D Actor Davis who delivered Malcolm X's eulogy 5 109D Gelatinous thickener 4 110D ___ Valley 4 111D Shade lighter than cappuccino 4 112D Decorative auto upgrade 4 113D Mojito garnish 4 115D 50,000-watt clear-channel radio station in Iowa 3