NYT Crossword October 8, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Petri dish growth medium 4 5A Turns red, say 4 9A Michael of "Superbad" 4 13A Overhaul 4 14A European capital with canals 9 16A "Will Ruby go to prom with me?" 14 18A Helpful skill for guessers 3 19A "Black-eyed" or "sugar snap" legume 3 20A Take in 6 22A Requires 5 24A "Despicable Me" protagonist 3 26A Appliance that may have different floor settings, for short 3 27A Country between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf 4 28A Comics dog with a big red tongue 4 30A Singer with the 2011 #1 hit "Set Fire to the Rain" 5 32A I repeat: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?" 13 35A Fashion designer Spade 4 36A Pequod captain 4 37A Third time's the charm: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?" 13 42A Decrease in intensity 5 44A Swiss Army knives have many of these 4 45A Encourage, with "on" 4 46A N, E, W or S 3 47A Group that may have an organizational meeting in Sept. 3 48A Author of "L'Île Mystérieuse" 5 49A Solfège start 6 52A Hairy Halloween costume 3 54A Beethoven's "___ to Joy" 3 55A Provider of the answers at 16-, 32- and 37-Across 14 59A Completely immersed 9 60A Double Stuf cookie 4 61A Eye problem 4 62A A 2-1 record has one 4 63A "Hey! Over here!" 4

Down

1D It shares a 27-mile border with 27-Across 7 2D Erupting hot springs 7 3D "New and improved" and "For a limited time only" 7 4D Kanga's kid in "Winnie-the-Pooh" 3 5D Truth's alternative 4 6D Where volleyball and racquetball were invented, in brief 4 7D Demonym suffix 3 8D Elm and Maple are common ones: Abbr. 3 9D Grouch 4 10D East Coast counterpart to Dreyer's in the freezer aisle 4 11D Trampled 7 12D Lacking principles 6 15D Elder son of Isaac 4 17D Positive swings 3 21D More than 2,000 years ago, for short 3 23D 23andMe mailing 6 24D Martini or Negroni spirit 3 25D "I can ___" 6 28D Something you can be under when in court 4 29D Go extinct 6 30D Somewhat 4 31D Ariana ___, Best Supporting Actress winner for 2021's "West Side Story" 6 33D Receipts 4 34D Cries of enlightenment 4 37D Official authorization 7 38D Conference ___ (college athletic association) 3 39D Brouhahas 7 40D Dresses warmly, with "up" 7 41D Place to buy a fir at Christmas 7 42D Elaborate 3 43D Tundras and deserts, e.g. 6 47D ___ de gallo (Mexican salsa) 4 48D Scrutinize 3 50D Like soufflés 4 51D Bog 4 52D "10 and up" preceder 4 53D Degrees of success, for short? 4 56D Course for becoming bilingual, for short 3 57D Prefix with -morphic 3 58D Noggin knock 3