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NYT Crossword — October 13, 2025

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues
1Image floating above the pyramid on a dollar bill
4Now
9Cook's garment
14Note after fa
15Beamed
16Easily fooled
17Microwaveable breakfast staple
19Frighten off
20Sephora competitor
21Uno + dos + tres
23Give temporarily
24Raise up
27___-Aid (drink whose mascot is a walking pitcher)
29Dorm room meal in a cup
34Taste, metaphorically
37Emotional state
38Letters before an alias
39In ___ (unborn)
40Tree whose name comes phonetically between "tee" and "vee"
41Back street
43The "S" of E.S.T.: Abbr.
44Bright, as highlighter colors
46Open green areas
47Thick porridge referenced in "Yankee Doodle"
50Give off
51Baby announcement, as on some blue balloons
55Graceful bird in a pond
58Sci. class in a lab
60Title of a list
61Flower in a Chinese pond
63Fares at McDonald's and KFC … or a literal description of 17-, 29- and 47-Across
66Elephant tusk material
67Normal
68"Whatevs"
69Viral internet jokes
70Helpful theorem, in math
71___ Lanka

Down

41 clues
1Suffix with Kafka or Roman
2"___ thank me later!"
3Like Stanford and Harvard
4Cluck of disapproval
5"Well, looky here!"
6Complete one round of reps
7Poker buy-in
8"That's not news to me"
9Furthermore
10Spanish rice dish
11Bar mitzvah, e.g.
12Chamber under a stovetop
13Bookish type, stereotypically
18Eggs that can cost $1,000 per ounce
22Explorer Hernando de ___
25All, for nothing, e.g.
26China's Mao ___-tung
28Decrees
30Revise
31The largest one in the U.S. is in Bloomington, Minn.
32Scraped (out)
33Opposing votes
34Pull's opposite
35"___ girl!"
36Certain electric bulbs, in brief
40Energetic, perhaps
42Smoothly, in music
45More than awesome
46In good physical shape
48Assistant professor's goal
49Chinese small plates
52Prosperous periods
53More bizarre
54Nintendo dinosaur
55Like your chances of winning the lottery
56Made a rug, e.g.
57Molecule bit
59Simplicity
62The "S" of GPS: Abbr.
64Scottish cap
65Miami's home: Abbr.

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Stats & info

Monday, Oct 13, 2025
15×15
Grid size
78
Total entries
36/189
Black / letter cells
4.8
Avg entry length
12 ltrs
Longest entry
Easiest
Monday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedOct 13, 2025
DayMonday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorKatherine Xiong
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split37 across · 41 down
Longest entries
29ADorm room meal in a cup12 ltrs47AThick porridge referenced in "Yankee Doodle"12 ltrs17AMicrowaveable breakfast staple9 ltrs63AFares at McDonald's and KFC … or a literal description of 17-, 29- and 47-Across9 ltrs8D"That's not news to me"8 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.