NYT Crossword Answers 10/09/25

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Across Clues

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

Vertical Clues

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