NYT Crossword October 9, 2025 Answers

Across

1A "Yeeesh!" 3 4A Snippet of greenery 5 9A Prized horses 5 14A Hominidae member 3 15A Like sci-fi's Jabba the Hutt 5 16A Infantry arm 5 17A Two down 9 19A Storage device that has fallen out of fashion 5 20A Mega 5 21A Weapon seen in "RoboCop" 3 23A Word after fire or before farm 3 24A Hydrating gel ingredient 4 25A One out 10 29A Staunchly supporting 7 31A Storage device that has fallen out of fashion 7 32A One of 300 at the National Mall 4 34A Variable in Newton's second law 4 35A Two moving around each other 11 39A Marvel series focused on Thor's brother 4 40A "Aw, shucks" response, maybe 4 41A Like some chicken before cooking 7 44A "What happened next …?" 7 49A Two up 10 51A Perfect 4 52A ___ de Armas, "Blade Runner 2049" actress 3 53A What Zuckerberg dropped from before "Facebook" in 2005 3 54A Section of the beverage aisle 5 55A "The Burghers of Calais" sculptor 5 58A Klutzy … and a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across 9 61A Set up 5 62A Poker action 5 63A Ivy League nickname 3 64A Authorization, informally 5 65A Space blanket material 5 66A Spot 3

Down

1D Auto's opposite 6 2D ___ Theater, where Ella Fitzgerald debuted on an Amateur Night in 1934 6 3D Many an item on a child's Christmas list 6 4D High-protein bean 4 5D Common lunchbox item, informally 3 6D Classic car based in Lansing, Mich. 3 7D Send out 5 8D Fogy 6 9D Hail Mary's path 3 10D Clear (of) 3 11D "True, unfortunately" 8 12D Dolly Parton and others 7 13D Plastic explosive used in many demolitions 6 18D Discipline 4 22D Statement from a witness 3 25D Tiny torment 4 26D Opposite of "Me too" 4 27D Source of some nondairy milk 6 28D Way to go 4 30D Some ancient Italians 6 33D O.E.D. part: Abbr. 3 35D Annual breast cancer awareness observance 8 36D "All right, already!" 4 37D Equivalent of five carats 4 38D Straight poker? 4 39D Heroine of Verdi's "Il Trovatore" 7 41D Overshadows 6 42D Direct deposit, in brief 3 43D Break the Hippocratic oath, say 6 45D The old you? 4 46D Fictional character who says "I am a brain …. The rest of me is a mere appendix" 6 47D Allow, as cookies 6 48D Cutesy name for a certain leviathan 6 50D Circuit switcher 5 54D ___ hair (iconic 1970s style) 4 56D PC discourse? 3 57D Prefix with cortex 3 59D Rapper ___ Baby 3 60D Grp. whose activities produce long lines 3