NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 12, 2025

Complete answer list for the October 12, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Michael SchlossbergEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21140 clues

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Across 57

  1. 1Common sight near the entrance of a mall ↗MAP
  2. 4Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"? ↗BADDOG
  3. 10Gives some heat, say ↗ARMS
  4. 14Cry of frustration ↗ARGH
  5. 18Like ↗ALA
  6. 19Blew out ↗EXHALED
  7. 21Sound from a horn ↗BEEP
  8. 22Bull in a Chihuahua shop ↗TORO
  9. 23Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.] ↗MINEALLMINE
  10. 25Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short ↗BARISAXES
  11. 27Angler's lure ↗BAIT
  12. 28Words on a juice carton ↗NOTFROMCNTRATE
  13. 30What many monks and yogis are ↗ASCETICS
  14. 34"Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief ↗ETS
  15. 35Director Rob ↗REINER
  16. 36Lampshade-shaped candy piece ↗ROLO
  17. 37Rock band? ↗SEAM
  18. 40Tidbits ↗MORSELS
  19. 41Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.] ↗FENNELBULBS
  20. 45Faint ↗SWOON
  21. 47"Please. It's my ___" ↗TREAT
  22. 48Letter opener? ↗TOWHOMITMAYCRN
  23. 54Young girl in Scotland ↗WEELASSIE
  24. 57Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g. ↗RITES
  25. 58Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day ↗AHOY
  26. 59Word with straw or exit ↗POLL
  27. 60Writer Silverstein ↗SHEL
  28. 62Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say ↗WILY
  29. 63Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle ↗MEASURETWICECUTONCE
  30. 71Song in a book of songs ↗HYMN
  31. 72Chance ↗RISK
  32. 73Biohazard regulator, in brief ↗OSHA
  33. 74Platoon or battalion ↗UNIT
  34. 75"The Facts of Life" girl ↗BLAIR
  35. 78Aerodynamic quality ↗SLEEKNESS
  36. 83Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.] ↗GALILEOGALILEI
  37. 87Plug, as water ↗DAMUP
  38. 88Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif. ↗INTEL
  39. 89Observe the expected formalities ↗STANDREMONY
  40. 92Nays ↗NOVOTES
  41. 96Job requirements for top research positions, in brief ↗PHDS
  42. 97Facility ↗EASE
  43. 98Leveled ↗EVENED
  44. 99Put on ↗ADD
  45. 101Buddhist riddles ↗ZENKOANS
  46. 105Split something equally [24 in.] ↗WENTFIFTYFIFTY
  47. 110Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!) ↗FLEA
  48. 111Lamborghinis, to some ↗DREAMCARS
  49. 112Waving the white flag, so to speak ↗CDINGDEFEAT
  50. 116Citrus drinks ↗ADES
  51. 117Rock's Nirvana, for one ↗TRIO
  52. 118When mating typically occurs ↗ENDGAME
  53. 119Org. that collaborates with MADD ↗PTA
  54. 120Quirky sort ↗DORK
  55. 121John, across the pond ↗SEAN
  56. 122"Uh, your point is ...?" ↗YEAHSO
  57. 123Sweets ↗HON

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  1. 1Green or black African menace ↗MAMBA
  2. 2Spider-Man, for one ↗ALIAS
  3. 3Freak out ↗PANIC
  4. 4Good name for an apiarist? ↗BEA
  5. 5Rocker ___ Rose ↗AXL
  6. 6UPS competitor ↗DHL
  7. 7Sends to Hades ↗DAMNS
  8. 8Mishmash ↗OLIO
  9. 9Bloke ↗GENT
  10. 10Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father" ↗ABBOT
  11. 11Chews (out) ↗REAMS
  12. 12Classic car that shared its name with a planet, informally ↗MERC
  13. 13Postdebate areas ↗SPINROOMS
  14. 14Some old game consoles ↗ATARIS
  15. 15___ Gay, author of "Bad Feminist" ↗ROXANE
  16. 16Fairy tale sibling ↗GRETEL
  17. 17Doofuses, north of the border ↗HOSERS
  18. 20Absolutely, in slang ↗DEF
  19. 24Never-ending ↗ETERNAL
  20. 26CPR pressure points ↗STERNA
  21. 29Cycle at night? ↗REM
  22. 31Core-strengthening Pilates exercises ↗TOETAPS
  23. 32Badly ↗ILL
  24. 33It's covered in kernels ↗COB
  25. 37___ gin fizz ↗SLOE
  26. 38"Charlotte's Web" author's inits. ↗EBW
  27. 39Wood found in restaurant furniture ↗ASH
  28. 40Speck ↗MOTE
  29. 41Online shorthand meaning "Victory!" ↗FTW
  30. 42Afore ↗ERE
  31. 43Previously known as ↗NEE
  32. 44Of help ↗UTILE
  33. 45"Turn that frown upside down!" ↗SMILE
  34. 46Clever sort ↗WIT
  35. 49Big name in vacuum cleaners ↗ORECK
  36. 50[It's time for bed!] ↗YAWN
  37. 51Sharply dressed ↗CHIC
  38. 52Part ↗ROLE
  39. 53The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards ↗NYY
  40. 55Pittance ↗SOU
  41. 56Camera type, for short ↗SLR
  42. 60Barista's flourish ↗SWIRL
  43. 61___ Eminence ↗HIS
  44. 63Mouthy bird? ↗MYNA
  45. 64Name found in "whole milk" ↗EMIL
  46. 65Prefix with matter ↗ANTI
  47. 66One of many in the book of Job ↗TRIAL
  48. 67Actor Firth ↗COLIN
  49. 68Employ ↗USE
  50. 69Hot French beverage ↗THE
  51. 70"Resolute" item in the Oval Office ↗OAKDESK
  52. 71Hold dear, perhaps ↗HUG
  53. 75Men who marry later in life ↗BENEDICTS
  54. 76Rafts ↗LOTS
  55. 77Ripen ↗AGE
  56. 78Settings of many Patrick O'Brian novels ↗SEAS
  57. 79Recite ↗NAMEOFF
  58. 80Moody music genre ↗EMO
  59. 81Light up? ↗SUN
  60. 82Worker with a handler ↗SPY
  61. 84Easy-listening radio category ↗LITEFM
  62. 85"More or less" ↗ISH
  63. 86Business name abbr. ↗LTD
  64. 90Poor grade ↗DEE
  65. 91Took off ↗RAN
  66. 92Man who might be installing a baby gate ↗NEWDAD
  67. 93Gild the lily, with "it" ↗OVERDO
  68. 94Facade ↗VENEER
  69. 95Not distracted at work ↗ONTASK
  70. 96Email attachment type ↗PDF
  71. 99Body parts examined for arrhythmia ↗ATRIA
  72. 100Big name in vacuum cleaners ↗DYSON
  73. 101Company that owns Words With Friends ↗ZYNGA
  74. 102A, in Ashkelon ↗ALEPH
  75. 103"Totally cool!" ↗NEATO
  76. 104Old Scratch ↗SATAN
  77. 106Chow ↗FARE
  78. 107Pretty cool stuff ↗ICE
  79. 108Big Apple's bravest, in brief ↗FDNY
  80. 109Something a beach lifeguard monitors ↗TIDE
  81. 113Cry of frustration ↗GAH
  82. 114Insta chats ↗DMS
  83. 115Fair-hiring inits. ↗EEO