NYT Crossword Answers 09/12/25

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Across Clues

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

Vertical Clues

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