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NYT Crossword — October 2, 2025

Thursday’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

39 clues

1"That so?" or "Uh-huh, that's so"

5Abbr. that often follows a comma

8Hardly anyone counts on this anymore

14Shakespearean villain

16Wine and dine

17How something distinctive appears

19Any member of a band dubbed "The President's Own"

20Leveled the playing field, say?

21Fight night sites

22Shortage of a sort

25Cardinal's honorific

29Feel 41-Across

30___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach

33Asian city one can view within Instagram?

34Among others, for short

37Well-informed

39Writer Zora ___ Hurston

41See 29-Across

42Its hands might be near one of yours

43Common daytime spots for first dates

44Part of a list at an awards show

46Biker's selection

47Doc seen for sinusitis

48Austin summer hrs.

50Board meeting handout

52Discusses at length

56Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain"

59Sounds heard in haunted houses

61What might prompt someone to close a window

62Classic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle?

66Eye, slangily

70Lift a finger, so to speak

71Output of a social media algorithm

Down

39 clues

1Sound from a puppy

3What might come after many years?

6Scrabble rackful

7Half of a noted crime duo

8Renowned house at Milan Fashion Week

9Cousin of a Danish

10Match, as subject and verb

11Biblical person who says "My punishment is greater than I can bear"

12Bone with a radial notch

13Candy company known for its chocolate and butterscotch

18Neighborhood in N.Y.C. or L.A.

22Home of the most Literature Nobelists in history

23Greece's largest airline

24Only video game to sell 300 million copies

26Selfish cry before an evil laugh

30One of four awarded to Bill Nye

31Crane's place, maybe

32Where the film "Argo" is set

35Features of some windows

36Spanish phone greeting

38Job listing info

40Moped alternative

51Out of the park

52Certain Kool-Aid flavor

53On the horizon

54Polite refusal

56___ platter (Chinese restaurant offering)

57Doing business

60The "s" in the acronym "scuba"

64Christmas ___

65Like Malbec wine

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Stats & info

Thursday, Oct 2, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

5.3

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 2, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorAidan Deshong

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 39 down

Longest entries

17AHow something distinctive appears11 ltrs 25ACardinal's honorific11 ltrs 62AClassic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle?11 ltrs 26DSelfish cry before an evil laugh11 ltrs 69ASabotage9 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 5.3 letters per entry.