NYT Crossword October 25 2025 Answers

All 66 clues from the Saturday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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ALL CLUES66 CLUES
ACROSS
1ACalendar month between Sha'ban and Shawwal7 lettersSee answer ›8ASome solid marks7 lettersSee answer ›15A"Here's the hard truth …"15 lettersSee answer ›17A46 years?15 lettersSee answer ›18ASudden movement5 lettersSee answer ›19APinched5 lettersSee answer ›20A___ Maroni, Gotham City mobster in the DC Comics universe3 lettersSee answer ›21ARuns superbly4 lettersSee answer ›22ABug5 lettersSee answer ›23AWord on either side of "against"4 lettersSee answer ›24A1992 U2 hit inspired by German reunification3 lettersSee answer ›25ABusby Berkeley musical film that introduced "I Only Have Eyes for You"5 lettersSee answer ›26APrinting mark whose name is from the Latin for "is lacking"5 lettersSee answer ›27AFinancial reporter?8 lettersSee answer ›29ABalances6 lettersSee answer ›30A"You've called at a bad time"9 lettersSee answer ›32AHeads6 lettersSee answer ›35AShiva, for example8 lettersSee answer ›39ASuffix meaning "rule"5 lettersSee answer ›40ACombinations with numbers and sets5 lettersSee answer ›41A24-Across co-producer, whose name is the song title spelled backward3 lettersSee answer ›42AClimax of operational planning4 lettersSee answer ›43ABrand for which General Foods distributed orange-handled coffeepots to restaurants5 lettersSee answer ›44ACore supporters4 lettersSee answer ›45AFerrer who co-starred in "War and Peace," 19563 lettersSee answer ›46AShot-putter?5 lettersSee answer ›47ABaba ghanouj, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›48AWhere gold "beaver coins" were used as currency15 lettersSee answer ›51AGreen suit?15 lettersSee answer ›52APricey catering option7 lettersSee answer ›53AScuffled, in dialect7 lettersSee answer ›
DOWN
1DSharp blow to the chest7 lettersSee answer ›2DStaple in a poke bowl7 lettersSee answer ›3DTitular figure in a scandalous John Singer Sargent portrait7 lettersSee answer ›4DMaintains5 lettersSee answer ›5DNegative impression4 lettersSee answer ›6DSports org. in the 2024 film "Challengers"3 lettersSee answer ›7DLongship builders8 lettersSee answer ›8DIntoxicates6 lettersSee answer ›9D___ Farnsworth, inventor dubbed "The Father of Television"5 lettersSee answer ›10DTreasure hunter's find4 lettersSee answer ›11DLa ___ (leading Belgian French-language TV channel)3 lettersSee answer ›12DMocap suit components7 lettersSee answer ›13DBreak character?7 lettersSee answer ›14DSlender hospital tools7 lettersSee answer ›16DEspecially gratifying, so to speak13 lettersSee answer ›22DDone-up dos5 lettersSee answer ›23DEastern lines5 lettersSee answer ›25DVery iffy5 lettersSee answer ›26DThey might go faster with zinc5 lettersSee answer ›28DSuspect5 lettersSee answer ›29DBritish slang for a police car5 lettersSee answer ›31DImproviser at a workbench8 lettersSee answer ›32DCursed vibe7 lettersSee answer ›33DCall at the plate?7 lettersSee answer ›34DGeometry term from the Greek for "uneven"7 lettersSee answer ›36DApplication for smoother shifting7 lettersSee answer ›37DEven, or nearly so, at Wimbledon7 lettersSee answer ›38DNaïve-looking, in a way7 lettersSee answer ›40DTransaction with no money down6 lettersSee answer ›43DLeader of the Afrofuturistic jazz collective Arkestra for almost four decades5 lettersSee answer ›44DSeat fillers5 lettersSee answer ›46DGreenhorn, informally4 lettersSee answer ›47DOldest four-letter papal name4 lettersSee answer ›49DCall in a card game3 lettersSee answer ›50DEarly major producer of vacuum tubes3 lettersSee answer ›
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