NYT Crossword October 23 2025 Answers

All 74 clues from the Thursday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Aimee LucidoEdited by Will Shortz

PUZZLE GRID15×15 · SPOILERS HIDDEN

1W2O3M4B5S6O7O8F9S10K11P12O13P14ARIAL15UNDO16ALDO17NINJAMA18STERS19REDS20NOTEPADS21A22TEASE23ALEX24NOT25I26HES27ERI28N29AR30GUME31N32T33CO34A35TROOM36GOV37L38A39TOSCA40CABIND41OORS42BMI43HAL44FSTEP45JAMESS46PADER47XE48N49A50QED51SE52C53S54ROS55H56J57OULE58S59SUN60BATHE61URAL62P63ICKLEBALL64MERE65ALOE66GOLEM67POET68TESS69AXLES

Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES74 CLUES

ACROSS

1AAreas of development5 lettersWOMBS

6APunch-in-the-stomach sounds4 lettersOOFS

10AGenre for Blackpink and Stray Kids4 lettersKPOP

14AHelvetica-like typeface5 lettersARIAL

15AButton to hit after accidentally deleting an entire manuscript4 lettersUNDO

16AInternational footwear retailer based in Quebec4 lettersALDO

17AStealthiest of stealthy warriors12 lettersNINJAMASTERS

19AWarren Beatty film based on "Ten Days That Shook the World"4 lettersREDS

20AReporters often carry them8 lettersNOTEPADS

21ARelaxed6 lettersATEASE

23A"Call Her Daddy" podcast host Cooper4 lettersALEX

24AWords of denial4 lettersNOTI

26A"___ Just Not That Into You"3 lettersHES

27AActivist Brockovich4 lettersERIN

29ACase opener8 lettersARGUMENT

33ALocation that requires tickets for checking out, but not checking in8 lettersCOATROOM

36AEnd of a municipal address?3 lettersGOV

37A1887 drama on which a Puccini opera is based7 lettersLATOSCA

40AThings opened before passengers exit an aircraft10 lettersCABINDOORS

42AComposers' rights org.3 lettersBMI

43ADifference between a B and a C, perhaps8 lettersHALFSTEP

45AStar of NBC's "The Blacklist"11 lettersJAMESSPADER

47ATV's warrior princess4 lettersXENA

50A"Done!," in geometry class3 lettersQED

51ABrief moments, in brief4 lettersSECS

54A___ Hashana4 lettersROSH

56AUnits equal to roughly a quarter of a calorie6 lettersJOULES

59ACook outside?8 lettersSUNBATHE

61ARiver through Kazakhstan4 lettersURAL

62ASports craze of the 2020s … as seen three times in this grid?10 lettersPICKLEBALL

64ALittle more than4 lettersMERE

65AIngredient in some mouthwashes4 lettersALOE

66AClay being of Jewish folklore5 lettersGOLEM

67ATroubadour, e.g.4 lettersPOET

68AThomas Hardy heroine who's described as "a pure woman"4 lettersTESS

69AWheel connectors5 lettersAXLES

DOWN

1D"Should we?," informally5 lettersWANNA

2DA.L. East athlete6 lettersORIOLE

3DMoney maker6 lettersMINTER

4DPeninsula south of California, colloquially10 lettersBAJAMEXICO

5DIt's an affront4 lettersSLAP

6DOne-up5 lettersOUTDO

7DWorst-possible Amazon rating7 lettersONESTAR

8DPrez on a U.S. coin3 lettersFDR

9DSlugger Sammy4 lettersSOSA

10DHolder of the N.B.A.'s career points record before LeBron passed him in 20236 lettersKAREEM

11D"You've overstayed your welcome"8 lettersPLEASEGO

12DFigures on DraftKings or FanDuel4 lettersODDS

13DPut forward4 lettersPOSE

18D___ Nicolas, remotest of California's Channel Islands3 lettersSAN

22DSet of notches in a dictionary10 lettersTHUMBINDEX

25DClassic Camaros5 lettersIROCS

28D"Didn't mean to offend you"7 lettersNOSHADE

30DBest ever, informally4 lettersGOAT

31DNeither's partner3 lettersNOR

32DCommon fixtures over fireplaces3 lettersTVS

34DPart of U.S.M.A.: Abbr.4 lettersACAD

35DAccounts5 lettersTALES

37DPrez two decades after 8-Down3 lettersLBJ

38D"I'll answer all your questions" session, online3 lettersAMA

39DSite of a huge annual crowd11 lettersTIMESSQUARE

41DHigh place to view a high art8 lettersOPERABOX

44DPaintings on plaster7 lettersFRESCOS

46DBit of food for a hamster6 lettersPELLET

48DSome6 lettersNOTALL

49D___ Simpson, musical sister of Jessica6 lettersASHLEE

52DCertain salad veggies5 lettersCUKES

53DWhere Rudolph could first be seen in 2000, for short3 lettersSNL

55DCommand posts5 lettersHELMS

56DCheckers move4 lettersJUMP

57DProduct with a Cakesters variety4 lettersOREO

58DSaid angrily4 lettersSPAT

60DLou ___, "Mambo No. 5" singer4 lettersBEGA

63DSpeck in la Seine3 lettersILE

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