NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Sep 12, 2025

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

By Joe MarquezEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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The Grid

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Across 35

  1. 1Shake off ↗EVADE
  2. 6Collapse ↗FALL
  3. 10Ailment the morning after a loud concert, maybe ↗RASP
  4. 14Largest U.S. city with a majority-Hispanic population ↗SANANTONIO
  5. 16BTS ___ (K-pop group's fan base) ↗ARMY
  6. 17Receiving a certain hormone treatment ↗ONESTROGEN
  7. 18Sport ↗WEAR
  8. 19Hem, but not haw? ↗SEW
  9. 20Word with crop or shotgun ↗RIDING
  10. 21Literary heroine who described herself as "poor, obscure, plain and little" ↗EYRE
  11. 22Give in ↗FOLD
  12. 23Intoxicate, quaintly ↗BESOT
  13. 25Idea for a pair of trick-or-treaters ↗COUPLESCOSTUME
  14. 30Chicken korma, e.g. ↗CURRY
  15. 31Network lineup ↗SHOWS
  16. 32End of a mayoral address? ↗GOV
  17. 33"Sad to say …" ↗ALAS
  18. 34Case load? ↗BEERS
  19. 35Bit of equipment in many athletic training exercises ↗CONE
  20. 36The Blues, on N.H.L. scoreboards ↗STL
  21. 37___ incognita (unexplored area) ↗TERRA
  22. 38Things left at the entrance of a mosque ↗SHOES
  23. 39"I get it, I get it!" ↗ALRIGHTALREADY
  24. 42Like some silences ↗EERIE
  25. 43Lose ↗SHED
  26. 44Spanish familial term of endearment ↗PAPI
  27. 45French for "dainty" ↗MIGNON
  28. 48Word that becomes its own synonym when the last letter is changed to "r" ↗BAN
  29. 51Heartfelt exchange? ↗IDOS
  30. 52Deep study ↗OCEANOLOGY
  31. 54Slight ↗MERE
  32. 55They make a high-pitched noise when they're pretty heated ↗TEAKETTLES
  33. 56Creative domain, with "the" ↗ARTS
  34. 57Classroom cry ↗HERE
  35. 58Weaken over time, as support ↗ERODE

Down 35

  1. 1Plural pronoun in Puebla ↗ESOS
  2. 2Pointer up high ↗VANE
  3. 3Freshly ↗ANEW
  4. 4"___ Lied von der Erde" (Mahler work) ↗DAS
  5. 5Chaotic state ↗ENTROPY
  6. 6Area bereft of grocery stores ↗FOODDESERT
  7. 7Website for finding home services ↗ANGI
  8. 8Something sold in a tax sale ↗LIEN
  9. 9Medieval weapons traditionally made with yew ↗LONGBOWS
  10. 10Like one's most natural emotions ↗RAWEST
  11. 11Check-in line? ↗AREYOUGOOD
  12. 12Bets from the experts ↗SMARTMONEY
  13. 13Burning structure ↗PYRE
  14. 15Pianist's flourish ↗TRILL
  15. 22Certain winter accouterments ↗FURS
  16. 24Suffix with heir ↗ESS
  17. 25Someone with a devoted following ↗CULTLEADER
  18. 26Classroom delivery, perhaps ↗ORALREPORT
  19. 27Cartoondom's "Princess of Power" ↗SHERA
  20. 28Reptile known for its distinct color bands ↗CORALSNAKE
  21. 29Days of anticipation ↗EVES
  22. 30"___ dolce ___" (Italian saying) ↗CASA
  23. 34Beast ↗BEHEMOTH
  24. 35Land with two official languages — French and Arabic ↗CHAD
  25. 37___ Fridays ↗TGI
  26. 38[More info below] ↗SEENOTE
  27. 40They surround pupils ↗IRISES
  28. 41River sourced by a glacier in the Swiss Alps ↗RHONE
  29. 44Cotton variety ↗PIMA
  30. 46Beverage that was invented in a Dairy Queen ↗ICEE
  31. 47What a backpacker packs ↗GEAR
  32. 48Accessory out West ↗BOLO
  33. 49Like some cheese ↗AGED
  34. 50Where Ferrari is "RACE," for short ↗NYSE
  35. 53Paper size: Abbr. ↗LTR