NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 9, 2025

Complete answer list for the October 9, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Freddie ChengEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1"Yeeesh!" ↗MAN
  2. 4Snippet of greenery ↗SPRIG
  3. 9Prized horses ↗ARABS
  4. 14Hominidae member ↗APE
  5. 15Like sci-fi's Jabba the Hutt ↗OBESE
  6. 16Infantry arm ↗RIFLE
  7. 17Two down ↗NOWAYJOSE
  8. 19Storage device that has fallen out of fashion ↗CDROM
  9. 20Mega ↗ULTRA
  10. 21Weapon seen in "RoboCop" ↗UZI
  11. 23Word after fire or before farm ↗ANT
  12. 24Hydrating gel ingredient ↗ALOE
  13. 25One out ↗INEEDARIDE
  14. 29Staunchly supporting ↗LOYALTO
  15. 31Storage device that has fallen out of fashion ↗ROLODEX
  16. 32One of 300 at the National Mall ↗ACRE
  17. 34Variable in Newton's second law ↗MASS
  18. 35Two moving around each other ↗NOTHINGTODO
  19. 39Marvel series focused on Thor's brother ↗LOKI
  20. 40"Aw, shucks" response, maybe ↗GRIN
  21. 41Like some chicken before cooking ↗DEBONED
  22. 44"What happened next …?" ↗ANDTHEN
  23. 49Two up ↗WORKSFORME
  24. 51Perfect ↗HONE
  25. 52___ de Armas, "Blade Runner 2049" actress ↗ANA
  26. 53What Zuckerberg dropped from before "Facebook" in 2005 ↗THE
  27. 54Section of the beverage aisle ↗COLAS
  28. 55"The Burghers of Calais" sculptor ↗RODIN
  29. 58Klutzy … and a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across ↗ALLTHUMBS
  30. 61Set up ↗FRAME
  31. 62Poker action ↗RAISE
  32. 63Ivy League nickname ↗ELI
  33. 64Authorization, informally ↗SAYSO
  34. 65Space blanket material ↗MYLAR
  35. 66Spot ↗SEE

Down 39

  1. 1Auto's opposite ↗MANUAL
  2. 2___ Theater, where Ella Fitzgerald debuted on an Amateur Night in 1934 ↗APOLLO
  3. 3Many an item on a child's Christmas list ↗NEWTOY
  4. 4High-protein bean ↗SOYA
  5. 5Common lunchbox item, informally ↗PBJ
  6. 6Classic car based in Lansing, Mich. ↗REO
  7. 7Send out ↗ISSUE
  8. 8Fogy ↗GEEZER
  9. 9Hail Mary's path ↗ARC
  10. 10Clear (of) ↗RID
  11. 11"True, unfortunately" ↗AFRAIDSO
  12. 12Dolly Parton and others ↗BLONDES
  13. 13Plastic explosive used in many demolitions ↗SEMTEX
  14. 18Discipline ↗AREA
  15. 22Statement from a witness ↗IDO
  16. 25Tiny torment ↗ITCH
  17. 26Opposite of "Me too" ↗NORI
  18. 27Source of some nondairy milk ↗ALMOND
  19. 28Way to go ↗ROAD
  20. 30Some ancient Italians ↗LATINS
  21. 33O.E.D. part: Abbr. ↗ENG
  22. 35Annual breast cancer awareness observance ↗NOBRADAY
  23. 36"All right, already!" ↗OKOK
  24. 37Equivalent of five carats ↗GRAM
  25. 38Straight poker? ↗TINE
  26. 39Heroine of Verdi's "Il Trovatore" ↗LEONORA
  27. 41Overshadows ↗DWARFS
  28. 42Direct deposit, in brief ↗EFT
  29. 43Break the Hippocratic oath, say ↗DOHARM
  30. 45The old you? ↗THOU
  31. 46Fictional character who says "I am a brain …. The rest of me is a mere appendix" ↗HOLMES
  32. 47Allow, as cookies ↗ENABLE
  33. 48Cutesy name for a certain leviathan ↗NESSIE
  34. 50Circuit switcher ↗RELAY
  35. 54___ hair (iconic 1970s style) ↗CHER
  36. 56PC discourse? ↗IMS
  37. 57Prefix with cortex ↗NEO
  38. 59Rapper ___ Baby ↗LIL
  39. 60Grp. whose activities produce long lines ↗TSA