NYT Crossword September 12, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Shake off 5 6A Collapse 4 10A Ailment the morning after a loud concert, maybe 4 14A Largest U.S. city with a majority-Hispanic population 10 16A BTS ___ (K-pop group's fan base) 4 17A Receiving a certain hormone treatment 10 18A Sport 4 19A Hem, but not haw? 3 20A Word with crop or shotgun 6 21A Literary heroine who described herself as "poor, obscure, plain and little" 4 22A Give in 4 23A Intoxicate, quaintly 5 25A Idea for a pair of trick-or-treaters 14 30A Chicken korma, e.g. 5 31A Network lineup 5 32A End of a mayoral address? 3 33A "Sad to say …" 4 34A Case load? 5 35A Bit of equipment in many athletic training exercises 4 36A The Blues, on N.H.L. scoreboards 3 37A ___ incognita (unexplored area) 5 38A Things left at the entrance of a mosque 5 39A "I get it, I get it!" 14 42A Like some silences 5 43A Lose 4 44A Spanish familial term of endearment 4 45A French for "dainty" 6 48A Word that becomes its own synonym when the last letter is changed to "r" 3 51A Heartfelt exchange? 4 52A Deep study 10 54A Slight 4 55A They make a high-pitched noise when they're pretty heated 10 56A Creative domain, with "the" 4 57A Classroom cry 4 58A Weaken over time, as support 5

Down

1D Plural pronoun in Puebla 4 2D Pointer up high 4 3D Freshly 4 4D "___ Lied von der Erde" (Mahler work) 3 5D Chaotic state 7 6D Area bereft of grocery stores 10 7D Website for finding home services 4 8D Something sold in a tax sale 4 9D Medieval weapons traditionally made with yew 8 10D Like one's most natural emotions 6 11D Check-in line? 10 12D Bets from the experts 10 13D Burning structure 4 15D Pianist's flourish 5 22D Certain winter accouterments 4 24D Suffix with heir 3 25D Someone with a devoted following 10 26D Classroom delivery, perhaps 10 27D Cartoondom's "Princess of Power" 5 28D Reptile known for its distinct color bands 10 29D Days of anticipation 4 30D "___ dolce ___" (Italian saying) 4 34D Beast 8 35D Land with two official languages — French and Arabic 4 37D ___ Fridays 3 38D [More info below] 7 40D They surround pupils 6 41D River sourced by a glacier in the Swiss Alps 5 44D Cotton variety 4 46D Beverage that was invented in a Dairy Queen 4 47D What a backpacker packs 4 48D Accessory out West 4 49D Like some cheese 4 50D Where Ferrari is "RACE," for short 4 53D Paper size: Abbr. 3