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NYT Crossword — October 12, 2025

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

57 clues

1Common sight near the entrance of a mall

4Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"?

10Gives some heat, say

14Cry of frustration

21Sound from a horn

22Bull in a Chihuahua shop

23Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.]

25Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short

27Angler's lure

28Words on a juice carton

30What many monks and yogis are

34"Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief

36Lampshade-shaped candy piece

41Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.]

47"Please. It's my ___"

48Letter opener?

54Young girl in Scotland

57Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g.

58Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day

59Word with straw or exit

60Writer Silverstein

62Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say

63Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle

71Song in a book of songs

73Biohazard regulator, in brief

74Platoon or battalion

75"The Facts of Life" girl

78Aerodynamic quality

83Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.]

87Plug, as water

88Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif.

89Observe the expected formalities

96Job requirements for top research positions, in brief

101Buddhist riddles

105Split something equally [24 in.]

110Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!)

111Lamborghinis, to some

112Waving the white flag, so to speak

116Citrus drinks

117Rock's Nirvana, for one

118When mating typically occurs

119Org. that collaborates with MADD

121John, across the pond

122"Uh, your point is ...?"

Down

83 clues

1Green or black African menace

2Spider-Man, for one

4Good name for an apiarist?

5Rocker ___ Rose

6UPS competitor

7Sends to Hades

10Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father"

12Classic car that shared its name with a planet, informally

13Postdebate areas

14Some old game consoles

15___ Gay, author of "Bad Feminist"

16Fairy tale sibling

17Doofuses, north of the border

20Absolutely, in slang

26CPR pressure points

29Cycle at night?

31Core-strengthening Pilates exercises

33It's covered in kernels

38"Charlotte's Web" author's inits.

39Wood found in restaurant furniture

41Online shorthand meaning "Victory!"

43Previously known as

45"Turn that frown upside down!"

49Big name in vacuum cleaners

50[It's time for bed!]

51Sharply dressed

53The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards

56Camera type, for short

60Barista's flourish

64Name found in "whole milk"

65Prefix with matter

66One of many in the book of Job

69Hot French beverage

70"Resolute" item in the Oval Office

71Hold dear, perhaps

75Men who marry later in life

78Settings of many Patrick O'Brian novels

80Moody music genre

82Worker with a handler

84Easy-listening radio category

85"More or less"

86Business name abbr.

92Man who might be installing a baby gate

93Gild the lily, with "it"

95Not distracted at work

96Email attachment type

99Body parts examined for arrhythmia

100Big name in vacuum cleaners

101Company that owns Words With Friends

102A, in Ashkelon

103"Totally cool!"

107Pretty cool stuff

108Big Apple's bravest, in brief

109Something a beach lifeguard monitors

113Cry of frustration

115Fair-hiring inits.

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Stats & info

Sunday, Oct 12, 2025

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

82/359

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

19 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 12, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeMake No Mistake

ConstructorMichael Schlossberg

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split57 across · 83 down

Longest entries

63ACarpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle19 ltrs 28AWords on a juice carton14 ltrs 48ALetter opener?14 ltrs 83AScientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.]14 ltrs 105ASplit something equally [24 in.]14 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 82 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.