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NYT Crossword — October 21, 2025

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 72 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 72 revealed

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Across

35 clues

1A right one is 90°

6Hairstyle for Questlove

13Luxury watch brand

14Half of a classic lunch special

16Reward for rolling over, perhaps

17Redwood or cottonwood

18Best starting hand in Texas hold ’em

19Device for capturing thermal images

22Little locking brick

23Radical religious groups

24Where you might dance to some underground music?

30Specialty coffee order

31Make a speech

35Valuable Minecraft blocks

37Postseason college football game

38Fig. on a college transcript

39Latin phrase that's often abbreviated

40Big name in briefs

41Venue for combatants wearing vests with sensors

44Maki or temaki

46Belgrade resident

47Wild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take?

53Bobber in a lake

55Nut-brown hue

58"Summer of ___," Questlove documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival

59Cone or sphere

61The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?"

62It might be picante

Down

37 clues

1The "A" of MoMA

2Seaweed wrap for maki

3Secluded valley

4Some info sheets

6One doing stellar work?

7Golfer's warning

9Major oil cartel, in brief

12Flat-topped landforms

20Tinder account datum that can't be edited

21The Hundred ___ Wood (storybook setting)

24Post to an online journal

25Org. for seniors

26Advances from third while the pitcher is distracted, say

27What team-building activities are designed to build

28Noodle that might be stuffed

34"Frozen" queen

36Suffix with lemon or stock

37Slow-cooked taco filling

39"___ just me, or …?"

40Rigorously demanding sort

42Nautical greetings

44Popular hummus brand

45Run-of-the-mill

48Rae of "Barbie"

49Inexperienced gamer, informally

51What "maki" means in Japanese

52Kardashian matriarch

56Contract enforcing secrecy, for short

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Oct 21, 2025

15×15

Grid size

72

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 21, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorSpencer Leach

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 37 down

Longest entries

19ADevice for capturing thermal images14 ltrs 47AWild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take?14 ltrs 24AWhere you might dance to some underground music?13 ltrs 41AVenue for combatants wearing vests with sensors13 ltrs 6DOne doing stellar work?10 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.