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NYT Crossword — October 10, 2025

Friday’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

33 clues

1Viking of cartoon fame

6Claustrophobe's desire

15Best-selling singer whose album titles are all Arabic numerals

16Cosmetic injection

18Key ingredients in cong you bing, a savory Chinese pancake

19Cry after a reappearing act

21Christopher Nolan movie with a palindromic name

22Hard-to-miss shot

26Someone who spends a lot of time baking?

30The emperor and his subjects in Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove"

31Barrage with insults, in online lingo

32Sch. that's home to Mike the Tiger (and his 15,000-square-foot habitat)

34We're booked!

35The Yankees and the Red Sox, e.g.

3612 pgs., maybe

37Tempo between lento and adagio

38Ecological community

39Colonial homes?

41Packs of zombies

42Preceding periods

43Verbally threw tomatoes at

46The Beatles' "The End" has one at the beginning

49Where all of your knowledge might be wasted?

51Excessive enthusiasm

52Bit of a fast-food side order

53Blunt recap of a disappointing match

54Was totally awesome

55Longtime alternative to Altoids

Down

37 clues

1Instrument in the emblem of Ireland

2Together, musically

3Expert on inheritance

4Magician's cry

5Treats again, in a way, as a sprain

6Kaitlin of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"

7One-trillionth: Prefix

8A.Q.I. measurer

9Eagles and Ravens

11Base for a bust

12Source of relief

13One out of a hundred?

14Locales for some residents, in brief

23Sentiment during el día de San Valentín

24Greek letter that refers to a lone wolf, in Gen-Z slang

25Company whose stock price cratered in the early 2000s

26Not-so-private diaries

28Volunteer's suggestion

29Nonet of Greek mythology

34One-of-a-kind individual

35Something you might have while trying to move quickly

37Actress/activist Cox

38Part of a film studio's overhead?

40Was no longer under the weather

41The Rockets, on a scoreboard

43Shares a big fish story, say

44"Pretty please?"

45Rams legend Dickerson

47One might be ticked off

48Common parfait toppings

50By

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Stats & info

Friday, Oct 10, 2025

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

30/195

Black / letter cells

5.6

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 10, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorColin Adams

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 37 down

Longest entries

3DExpert on inheritance10 ltrs 27DA+ giver?10 ltrs 6AClaustrophobe's desire9 ltrs 16ACosmetic injection9 ltrs 18AKey ingredients in cong you bing, a savory Chinese pancake9 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 30 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.