Solution: Location where a video game character starts (or restarts) a level - NYT Crossword

Neither of these entries has appeared in a Times puzzle before, and I didn’t really recognize either of them. But they’re both well-known terms in their respective realms. At 2D, the [Location where a video game character starts (or restarts) a level] is a SPAWN POINT, which has apparently been a term since the role-playing games of the 1980s, and serves to help organize a game’s universe so you know where to look for players that are born, or reborn. Speaking of being born, 11D, the [Xenomorph who can produce humanoid offspring] is an ALIEN QUEEN from the “Alien” sci-fi franchise. These creatures are 20 feet tall, highly intelligent and capable of spawning tons of eggs that hatch into drones, warriors and something called facehuggers.