NYT Crossword October 23 2025 Answers

All 74 clues from the Thursday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

Constructed by Aimee LucidoEdited by Will Shortz
ALL CLUES74 CLUES
ACROSS
1AAreas of development5 lettersSee answer ›6APunch-in-the-stomach sounds4 lettersSee answer ›10AGenre for Blackpink and Stray Kids4 lettersSee answer ›14AHelvetica-like typeface5 lettersSee answer ›15AButton to hit after accidentally deleting an entire manuscript4 lettersSee answer ›16AInternational footwear retailer based in Quebec4 lettersSee answer ›17AStealthiest of stealthy warriors12 lettersSee answer ›19AWarren Beatty film based on "Ten Days That Shook the World"4 lettersSee answer ›20AReporters often carry them8 lettersSee answer ›21ARelaxed6 lettersSee answer ›23A"Call Her Daddy" podcast host Cooper4 lettersSee answer ›24AWords of denial4 lettersSee answer ›26A"___ Just Not That Into You"3 lettersSee answer ›27AActivist Brockovich4 lettersSee answer ›29ACase opener8 lettersSee answer ›33ALocation that requires tickets for checking out, but not checking in8 lettersSee answer ›36AEnd of a municipal address?3 lettersSee answer ›37A1887 drama on which a Puccini opera is based7 lettersSee answer ›40AThings opened before passengers exit an aircraft10 lettersSee answer ›42AComposers' rights org.3 lettersSee answer ›43ADifference between a B and a C, perhaps8 lettersSee answer ›45AStar of NBC's "The Blacklist"11 lettersSee answer ›47ATV's warrior princess4 lettersSee answer ›50A"Done!," in geometry class3 lettersSee answer ›51ABrief moments, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›54A___ Hashana4 lettersSee answer ›56AUnits equal to roughly a quarter of a calorie6 lettersSee answer ›59ACook outside?8 lettersSee answer ›61ARiver through Kazakhstan4 lettersSee answer ›62ASports craze of the 2020s … as seen three times in this grid?10 lettersSee answer ›64ALittle more than4 lettersSee answer ›65AIngredient in some mouthwashes4 lettersSee answer ›66AClay being of Jewish folklore5 lettersSee answer ›67ATroubadour, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›68AThomas Hardy heroine who's described as "a pure woman"4 lettersSee answer ›69AWheel connectors5 lettersSee answer ›
DOWN
1D"Should we?," informally5 lettersSee answer ›2DA.L. East athlete6 lettersSee answer ›3DMoney maker6 lettersSee answer ›4DPeninsula south of California, colloquially10 lettersSee answer ›5DIt's an affront4 lettersSee answer ›6DOne-up5 lettersSee answer ›7DWorst-possible Amazon rating7 lettersSee answer ›8DPrez on a U.S. coin3 lettersSee answer ›9DSlugger Sammy4 lettersSee answer ›10DHolder of the N.B.A.'s career points record before LeBron passed him in 20236 lettersSee answer ›11D"You've overstayed your welcome"8 lettersSee answer ›12DFigures on DraftKings or FanDuel4 lettersSee answer ›13DPut forward4 lettersSee answer ›18D___ Nicolas, remotest of California's Channel Islands3 lettersSee answer ›22DSet of notches in a dictionary10 lettersSee answer ›25DClassic Camaros5 lettersSee answer ›28D"Didn't mean to offend you"7 lettersSee answer ›30DBest ever, informally4 lettersSee answer ›31DNeither's partner3 lettersSee answer ›32DCommon fixtures over fireplaces3 lettersSee answer ›34DPart of U.S.M.A.: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›35DAccounts5 lettersSee answer ›37DPrez two decades after 8-Down3 lettersSee answer ›38D"I'll answer all your questions" session, online3 lettersSee answer ›39DSite of a huge annual crowd11 lettersSee answer ›41DHigh place to view a high art8 lettersSee answer ›44DPaintings on plaster7 lettersSee answer ›46DBit of food for a hamster6 lettersSee answer ›48DSome6 lettersSee answer ›49D___ Simpson, musical sister of Jessica6 lettersSee answer ›52DCertain salad veggies5 lettersSee answer ›53DWhere Rudolph could first be seen in 2000, for short3 lettersSee answer ›55DCommand posts5 lettersSee answer ›56DCheckers move4 lettersSee answer ›57DProduct with a Cakesters variety4 lettersSee answer ›58DSaid angrily4 lettersSee answer ›60DLou ___, "Mambo No. 5" singer4 lettersSee answer ›63DSpeck in la Seine3 lettersSee answer ›
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