Faint Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Faint” from the New York Times crossword of October 12, 2025? It has 5 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, OCTOBER 12, 2025
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SWOON is the answer to “Faint”. It means to faint.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To faint.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: WNOSO.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Faint after eye contact with one's crush, say”.
More clues from the New York Times (October 12, 2025)
Across
- 1. Common sight near the entrance of a mall3 letters, starts with MMAP
- 4. Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"?6 letters, starts with BBADDOG
- 10. Gives some heat, say4 letters, starts with AARMS
- 14. Cry of frustration4 letters, starts with AARGH
- 18. Like3 letters, starts with AALA
- 19. Blew out7 letters, starts with EEXHALED
- 21. Sound from a horn4 letters, starts with BBEEP
- 22. Bull in a Chihuahua shop4 letters, starts with TTORO
- 23. Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.]11 letters, starts with MMINEALLMINE
- 25. Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short9 letters, starts with BBARISAXES
- 27. Angler's lure4 letters, starts with BBAIT
- 28. Words on a juice carton14 letters, starts with NNOTFROMCNTRATE
- 30. What many monks and yogis are8 letters, starts with AASCETICS
- 34. "Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief3 letters, starts with EETS
- 35. Director Rob6 letters, starts with RREINER
- 36. Lampshade-shaped candy piece4 letters, starts with RROLO
- 37. Rock band?4 letters, starts with SSEAM
- 40. Tidbits7 letters, starts with MMORSELS
- 41. Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.]11 letters, starts with FFENNELBULBS
- 45. Faint5 letters, starts with SSWOON
- 47. "Please. It's my ___"5 letters, starts with TTREAT
- 48. Letter opener?14 letters, starts with TTOWHOMITMAYCRN
- 54. Young girl in Scotland9 letters, starts with WWEELASSIE
- 57. Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g.5 letters, starts with RRITES
- 58. Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day4 letters, starts with AAHOY
- 59. Word with straw or exit4 letters, starts with PPOLL
- 60. Writer Silverstein4 letters, starts with SSHEL
- 62. Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say4 letters, starts with WWILY
- 63. Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle19 letters, starts with MMEASURETWICECUTONCE
- 71. Song in a book of songs4 letters, starts with HHYMN
- 72. Chance4 letters, starts with RRISK
- 73. Biohazard regulator, in brief4 letters, starts with OOSHA
- 74. Platoon or battalion4 letters, starts with UUNIT
- 75. "The Facts of Life" girl5 letters, starts with BBLAIR
- 78. Aerodynamic quality9 letters, starts with SSLEEKNESS
- 83. Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.]14 letters, starts with GGALILEOGALILEI
- 87. Plug, as water5 letters, starts with DDAMUP
- 88. Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif.5 letters, starts with IINTEL
- 89. Observe the expected formalities11 letters, starts with SSTANDREMONY
- 92. Nays7 letters, starts with NNOVOTES
- 96. Job requirements for top research positions, in brief4 letters, starts with PPHDS
- 97. Facility4 letters, starts with EEASE
- 98. Leveled6 letters, starts with EEVENED
- 99. Put on3 letters, starts with AADD
- 101. Buddhist riddles8 letters, starts with ZZENKOANS
- 105. Split something equally [24 in.]14 letters, starts with WWENTFIFTYFIFTY
- 110. Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!)4 letters, starts with FFLEA
- 111. Lamborghinis, to some9 letters, starts with DDREAMCARS
- 112. Waving the white flag, so to speak11 letters, starts with CCDINGDEFEAT
- 116. Citrus drinks4 letters, starts with AADES
- 117. Rock's Nirvana, for one4 letters, starts with TTRIO
- 118. When mating typically occurs7 letters, starts with EENDGAME
- 119. Org. that collaborates with MADD3 letters, starts with PPTA
- 120. Quirky sort4 letters, starts with DDORK
- 121. John, across the pond4 letters, starts with SSEAN
- 122. "Uh, your point is ...?"6 letters, starts with YYEAHSO
- 123. Sweets3 letters, starts with HHON
Down
- 1. Green or black African menace5 letters, starts with MMAMBA
- 2. Spider-Man, for one5 letters, starts with AALIAS
- 3. Freak out5 letters, starts with PPANIC
- 4. Good name for an apiarist?3 letters, starts with BBEA
- 5. Rocker ___ Rose3 letters, starts with AAXL
- 6. UPS competitor3 letters, starts with DDHL
- 7. Sends to Hades5 letters, starts with DDAMNS
- 8. Mishmash4 letters, starts with OOLIO
- 9. Bloke4 letters, starts with GGENT
- 10. Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father"5 letters, starts with AABBOT
- 11. Chews (out)5 letters, starts with RREAMS
- 12. Classic car that shared its name with a planet, informally4 letters, starts with MMERC
- 13. Postdebate areas9 letters, starts with SSPINROOMS
- 14. Some old game consoles6 letters, starts with AATARIS
- 15. ___ Gay, author of "Bad Feminist"6 letters, starts with RROXANE
- 16. Fairy tale sibling6 letters, starts with GGRETEL
- 17. Doofuses, north of the border6 letters, starts with HHOSERS
- 20. Absolutely, in slang3 letters, starts with DDEF
- 24. Never-ending7 letters, starts with EETERNAL
- 26. CPR pressure points6 letters, starts with SSTERNA
- 29. Cycle at night?3 letters, starts with RREM
- 31. Core-strengthening Pilates exercises7 letters, starts with TTOETAPS
- 32. Badly3 letters, starts with IILL
- 33. It's covered in kernels3 letters, starts with CCOB
- 37. ___ gin fizz4 letters, starts with SSLOE
- 38. "Charlotte's Web" author's inits.3 letters, starts with EEBW
- 39. Wood found in restaurant furniture3 letters, starts with AASH
- 40. Speck4 letters, starts with MMOTE
- 41. Online shorthand meaning "Victory!"3 letters, starts with FFTW
- 42. Afore3 letters, starts with EERE
- 43. Previously known as3 letters, starts with NNEE
- 44. Of help5 letters, starts with UUTILE
- 45. "Turn that frown upside down!"5 letters, starts with SSMILE
- 46. Clever sort3 letters, starts with WWIT
- 49. Big name in vacuum cleaners5 letters, starts with OORECK
- 50. [It's time for bed!]4 letters, starts with YYAWN
- 51. Sharply dressed4 letters, starts with CCHIC
- 52. Part4 letters, starts with RROLE
- 53. The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards3 letters, starts with NNYY
- 55. Pittance3 letters, starts with SSOU
- 56. Camera type, for short3 letters, starts with SSLR
- 60. Barista's flourish5 letters, starts with SSWIRL
- 61. ___ Eminence3 letters, starts with HHIS
- 63. Mouthy bird?4 letters, starts with MMYNA
- 64. Name found in "whole milk"4 letters, starts with EEMIL
- 65. Prefix with matter4 letters, starts with AANTI
- 66. One of many in the book of Job5 letters, starts with TTRIAL
- 67. Actor Firth5 letters, starts with CCOLIN
- 68. Employ3 letters, starts with UUSE
- 69. Hot French beverage3 letters, starts with TTHE
- 70. "Resolute" item in the Oval Office7 letters, starts with OOAKDESK
- 71. Hold dear, perhaps3 letters, starts with HHUG
- 75. Men who marry later in life9 letters, starts with BBENEDICTS
- 76. Rafts4 letters, starts with LLOTS
- 77. Ripen3 letters, starts with AAGE
- 78. Settings of many Patrick O'Brian novels4 letters, starts with SSEAS
- 79. Recite7 letters, starts with NNAMEOFF
- 80. Moody music genre3 letters, starts with EEMO
- 81. Light up?3 letters, starts with SSUN
- 82. Worker with a handler3 letters, starts with SSPY
- 84. Easy-listening radio category6 letters, starts with LLITEFM
- 85. "More or less"3 letters, starts with IISH
- 86. Business name abbr.3 letters, starts with LLTD
- 90. Poor grade3 letters, starts with DDEE
- 91. Took off3 letters, starts with RRAN
- 92. Man who might be installing a baby gate6 letters, starts with NNEWDAD
- 93. Gild the lily, with "it"6 letters, starts with OOVERDO
- 94. Facade6 letters, starts with VVENEER
- 95. Not distracted at work6 letters, starts with OONTASK
- 96. Email attachment type3 letters, starts with PPDF
- 99. Body parts examined for arrhythmia5 letters, starts with AATRIA
- 100. Big name in vacuum cleaners5 letters, starts with DDYSON
- 101. Company that owns Words With Friends5 letters, starts with ZZYNGA
- 102. A, in Ashkelon5 letters, starts with AALEPH
- 103. "Totally cool!"5 letters, starts with NNEATO
- 104. Old Scratch5 letters, starts with SSATAN
- 106. Chow4 letters, starts with FFARE
- 107. Pretty cool stuff3 letters, starts with IICE
- 108. Big Apple's bravest, in brief4 letters, starts with FFDNY
- 109. Something a beach lifeguard monitors4 letters, starts with TTIDE
- 113. Cry of frustration3 letters, starts with GGAH
- 114. Insta chats3 letters, starts with DDMS
- 115. Fair-hiring inits.3 letters, starts with EEEO
Seen before
This clue also appeared in the New York Times on July 12, 2025.
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Questions
What is the answer to “Faint”?
SWOON, 5 letters: to faint.
When was “Faint” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of October 12, 2025, and 1 more time before that.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with S.