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NYT Crossword — October 14, 2025

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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37 clues

1Awards for athletic achievements

6Drove like mad

10Outer arm muscles, for short

14Talent seeker

15Follow instructions

16Help for a stumped solver

17"In what season are the Olympics during leap years, sweetie?" "___"

19Home of the Taj Mahal

20President Lincoln, informally

21Carnival attractions

22Multiple-choice option akin to "None of the above"

23Heavily edit with beauty filters, as a photo, in modern lingo

25Fares and fees

26"Which 'Little Rascals' character has a cowlick, sugar?" "___"

30Head-turning spectacle

33Puts out in public

34Pitcher's stat, for short

35These are visible when you sport an updo

38Say if you're attending, in brief

39Bird that can outrun the fastest human sprinters

40Stories passed down by word of mouth

41Makes more manageable

42"What are oils and watercolors examples of, dear?" "___"

46Watermelon leftovers

47"In all probability …"

51Skewered dish served with peanut sauce

52Symbol of poison, often

54What happy tails do

55Without warranty

56"What do you call a close-fitting hat, doll?" "___"

58Mule or moccasin

59Cobra's tooth

60Order from the doc's office

61Keep up to date across multiple devices

63Something a bloodhound picks up

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39 clues

1Bit of writing from Joan Didion

3Apples, pears and quinces, botanically

6"Should've listened to me!"

7Instrument similar to a heckelphone

8Makes go "Vroom!"

9Appreciation for design

10"Oh, really?"

11Moral justification

12Waiting to be used

13One of seven in the Big Dipper

24Comic ___ (font)

25Indicator of a penalty, in soccer

27Casual farewell

28"A pox on thee!"

29Keeps talking and talking and talking

31Avoiding the limelight, say

32Quality of a scholar

36Award nominations, so to speak

37Pop singer Rita

38Poverty, symbolically

40Noble title on TV's "Bridgerton"

41Having no boundaries

43"I'll be right there"

44Room to relax in

45Savory South Asian rice cake

49Yitzhak ___, two-time Israeli P.M.

50Country whose national soccer team is nicknamed the Pharaohs

52Circus clapper

53"Citizen ___"

56Someone you're super-tight with, in brief

57Secretly loop in, in a way

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Oct 14, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 14, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorStella Zawistowski

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

26A"Which 'Little Rascals' character has a cowlick, sugar?" "___"12 ltrs 42A"What are oils and watercolors examples of, dear?" "___"12 ltrs 17A"In what season are the Olympics during leap years, sweetie?" "___"10 ltrs 56A"What do you call a close-fitting hat, doll?" "___"10 ltrs 11DMoral justification9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.