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NYT Crossword — November 1, 2025

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 70 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

34 clues

1They're often engaged in engineering

10Like some on-the-go purchases

15Gift of Athena to Athenians

16Drilling site

17Controversial Richard Serra sculpture once seen in N.Y.C.'s Foley Square

18Campus opening?

19"Read Me" readers

20Mandolin accessory

23Salon service, for short

24St. Peter's Basilica attraction

26English writer/philosopher ___ Wollstonecraft

27The Rock's signature W.W.E. move

30Device built into most laptops

33Components of décadas

35Only mammals that can crack Brazil nut shells with their teeth

37Airline mechanic, at times

38Materialistic type of the 1980s

40Yearbook div.

41Superlatively absurd

44Disney-owned channel

45Name of eight popes

46Abbr. next to a year on a company sign

50FYI advertisement

51___ Games (Fortnite company)

52Speculative venture

53Commercial lead-in to -matic, once

55Acquaintance made at day care drop-off, perhaps

58High-performance British sports car

59Person giving a video testimonial, perhaps

60Nook book, e.g.

61Words next to an arrow in a maze

Down

36 clues

2Mertens of tennis

3Wasn't doing well

4One way to enjoy the great outdoors, informally

5They break after some drives

6Boarding datum, in brief

7Basic baseball stat

8Toyota models from 1978 to 1999

9Greek goddess whose name becomes a Mexican beer if you change the first letter to T

10Texter's disclaimer

11"___ am your father" (often-misquoted film line)

12Product with the onetime slogan "An adventure in every bowl!"

13Superficially conceal, as a problem

14Conflicts waged on behalf of third-party powers

21Whispered exhortation

24Settled a debt reluctantly

25When many take stock, informally?

28Put away some groceries?

29Like many houses

30"I'll think about this and decide later" grouping

31"Apparently no"

32Two-in-one computer command

37Atypical, to Antonius

39Certain smock

42Does self-checkout?

43Christian who was the 2018 N.L. M.V.P.

47Number of Spanish provincias that touch Portugal

49Founder of the record label Aftermath

51One direction

52Part of a Greek Row, informally

54Certain fancy attire, for short

56Cara ___ (Italian term of affection)

57Prez with a V.P. nicknamed "Cactus Jack"

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Stats & info

Saturday, Nov 1, 2025

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

27/198

Black / letter cells

5.7

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedNov 1, 2025

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorMichael Lieberman

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split34 across · 36 down

Longest entries

27AThe Rock's signature W.W.E. move12 ltrs 41ASuperlatively absurd12 ltrs 1AThey're often engaged in engineering9 ltrs 15AGift of Athena to Athenians9 ltrs 17AControversial Richard Serra sculpture once seen in N.Y.C.'s Foley Square9 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 27 black squares and averages 5.7 letters per entry.