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New York Times Crossword October 12 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 140 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 140 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 12 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Common sight near the entrance of a mall31 AcrossReveal answer → Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"?64 AcrossReveal answer → Gives some heat, say410 AcrossReveal answer → Cry of frustration414 AcrossReveal answer → Like318 AcrossReveal answer → Blew out719 AcrossReveal answer → Sound from a horn421 AcrossReveal answer → Bull in a Chihuahua shop422 AcrossReveal answer → Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.]1123 AcrossReveal answer → Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short925 AcrossReveal answer → Angler's lure427 AcrossReveal answer → Words on a juice carton1428 AcrossReveal answer → What many monks and yogis are830 AcrossReveal answer → "Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief334 AcrossReveal answer → Director Rob635 AcrossReveal answer → Lampshade-shaped candy piece436 AcrossReveal answer → Rock band?437 AcrossReveal answer → Tidbits740 AcrossReveal answer → Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.]1141 AcrossReveal answer → Faint545 AcrossReveal answer → "Please. It's my ___"547 AcrossReveal answer → Letter opener?1448 AcrossReveal answer → Young girl in Scotland954 AcrossReveal answer → Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g.557 AcrossReveal answer → Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day458 AcrossReveal answer → Word with straw or exit459 AcrossReveal answer → Writer Silverstein460 AcrossReveal answer → Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say462 AcrossReveal answer → Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle1963 AcrossReveal answer → Song in a book of songs471 AcrossReveal answer → Chance472 AcrossReveal answer → Biohazard regulator, in brief473 AcrossReveal answer → Platoon or battalion474 AcrossReveal answer → "The Facts of Life" girl575 AcrossReveal answer → Aerodynamic quality978 AcrossReveal answer → Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.]1483 AcrossReveal answer → Plug, as water587 AcrossReveal answer → Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif.588 AcrossReveal answer → Observe the expected formalities1189 AcrossReveal answer → Nays792 AcrossReveal answer → Job requirements for top research positions, in brief496 AcrossReveal answer → Facility497 AcrossReveal answer → Leveled698 AcrossReveal answer → Put on399 AcrossReveal answer → Buddhist riddles8101 AcrossReveal answer → Split something equally [24 in.]14105 AcrossReveal answer → Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!)4110 AcrossReveal answer → Lamborghinis, to some9111 AcrossReveal answer → Waving the white flag, so to speak11112 AcrossReveal answer → Citrus drinks4116 AcrossReveal answer → Rock's Nirvana, for one4117 AcrossReveal answer → When mating typically occurs7118 AcrossReveal answer → Org. that collaborates with MADD3119 AcrossReveal answer → Quirky sort4120 AcrossReveal answer → John, across the pond4121 AcrossReveal answer → "Uh, your point is ...?"6122 AcrossReveal answer → Sweets3123 AcrossReveal answer →

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Green or black African menace51 DownReveal answer → Spider-Man, for one52 DownReveal answer → Freak out53 DownReveal answer → Good name for an apiarist?34 DownReveal answer → Rocker ___ Rose35 DownReveal answer → UPS competitor36 DownReveal answer → Sends to Hades57 DownReveal answer → Mishmash48 DownReveal answer → Bloke49 DownReveal answer → Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father"510 DownReveal answer → Chews (out)511 DownReveal answer → Classic car that shared its name with a planet, informally412 DownReveal answer → Postdebate areas913 DownReveal answer → Some old game consoles614 DownReveal answer → ___ Gay, author of "Bad Feminist"615 DownReveal answer → Fairy tale sibling616 DownReveal answer → Doofuses, north of the border617 DownReveal answer → Absolutely, in slang320 DownReveal answer → Never-ending724 DownReveal answer → CPR pressure points626 DownReveal answer → Cycle at night?329 DownReveal answer → Core-strengthening Pilates exercises731 DownReveal answer → Badly332 DownReveal answer → It's covered in kernels333 DownReveal answer → ___ gin fizz437 DownReveal answer → "Charlotte's Web" author's inits.338 DownReveal answer → Wood found in restaurant furniture339 DownReveal answer → Speck440 DownReveal answer → Online shorthand meaning "Victory!"341 DownReveal answer → Afore342 DownReveal answer → Previously known as343 DownReveal answer → Of help544 DownReveal answer → "Turn that frown upside down!"545 DownReveal answer → Clever sort346 DownReveal answer → Big name in vacuum cleaners549 DownReveal answer → [It's time for bed!]450 DownReveal answer → Sharply dressed451 DownReveal answer → Part452 DownReveal answer → The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards353 DownReveal answer → Pittance355 DownReveal answer → Camera type, for short356 DownReveal answer → Barista's flourish560 DownReveal answer → ___ Eminence361 DownReveal answer → Mouthy bird?463 DownReveal answer → Name found in "whole milk"464 DownReveal answer → Prefix with matter465 DownReveal answer → One of many in the book of Job566 DownReveal answer → Actor Firth567 DownReveal answer → Employ368 DownReveal answer → Hot French beverage369 DownReveal answer → "Resolute" item in the Oval Office770 DownReveal answer → Hold dear, perhaps371 DownReveal answer → Men who marry later in life975 DownReveal answer → Rafts476 DownReveal answer → Ripen377 DownReveal answer → Settings of many Patrick O'Brian novels478 DownReveal answer → Recite779 DownReveal answer → Moody music genre380 DownReveal answer → Light up?381 DownReveal answer → Worker with a handler382 DownReveal answer → Easy-listening radio category684 DownReveal answer → "More or less"385 DownReveal answer → Business name abbr.386 DownReveal answer → Poor grade390 DownReveal answer → Took off391 DownReveal answer → Man who might be installing a baby gate692 DownReveal answer → Gild the lily, with "it"693 DownReveal answer → Facade694 DownReveal answer → Not distracted at work695 DownReveal answer → Email attachment type396 DownReveal answer → Body parts examined for arrhythmia599 DownReveal answer → Big name in vacuum cleaners5100 DownReveal answer → Company that owns Words With Friends5101 DownReveal answer → A, in Ashkelon5102 DownReveal answer → "Totally cool!"5103 DownReveal answer → Old Scratch5104 DownReveal answer → Chow4106 DownReveal answer → Pretty cool stuff3107 DownReveal answer → Big Apple's bravest, in brief4108 DownReveal answer → Something a beach lifeguard monitors4109 DownReveal answer → Cry of frustration3113 DownReveal answer → Insta chats3114 DownReveal answer → Fair-hiring inits.3115 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, October 12, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.