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NYT Crossword — October 22, 2025

Wednesday’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

37 clues

1Spots for cozy dates

10What A's and B's are good for

13Person with terrible manners

14Broadway great Menzel

16Nickname that's an alternative to Cam

17Some basic guidelines [2, Spanish]

19Nonprofit's domain name ender

20Paris agreement

21Take to court

24Molecule with a non-unique formula

26Fluorescent gemstone [4, Danish and Norwegian]

27"Girls" creator Dunham

30Some parallel bars

31Agrees (with)

33Rarely visited places on earth

34Climactic baseball event … or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across form?

36"Breaking Bad" sister-in-law

37Touches and Shuffles

38Black prom rentals

40Idiomatic sticking point

44Chemist who co-discovered 26-Down [8, Italian]

46It's controlled in meditation

48Food spread popular in England

49Levi's competitor

50Toilet paper thickness

51___ out of house and home

52Carpe diem [16, French]

55Picasso's "___ Demoiselles d'Avignon"

56A little under half of humanity

58Establishes what is, informally

59___ best friend

60Sidekick of Dora the Explorer

Down

33 clues

1Natural remedy that's used to treat anxiety

2Make hot and bothered

3Kind of cuisine

4Traveler's info, informally

5Electroreception, for sharks

6Jaunt on a hay wagon, e.g.

8"You got that right!"

9Key to search with, maybe

10Fans of a band

11Whirling visual effects in video games

12Watchful guardians

15Part of a belt

18Built to last

25David Bowie's astronaut persona

26Atomic reaction co-discovered by 44-Across

29Word with flower or feather

32Expression such as "Top o' the mornin'"

33Certain sports wager

34Sara Bareilles musical set in a diner

35Clean water org.

36Shape-shifted

38Language on the Horn of Africa

39Young woman, in Australia

41Outkast or Eric B. & Rakim

42"Thank God …!"

43"You're quite right"

45Premier squad

47Recovery phase

53In a chill state

54Subculture associated with skinny jeans

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Oct 22, 2025

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 22, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJesse Guzman

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 33 down

Longest entries

17ASome basic guidelines [2, Spanish]11 ltrs 34AClimactic baseball event … or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across form?11 ltrs 52ACarpe diem [16, French]11 ltrs 26AFluorescent gemstone [4, Danish and Norwegian]8 ltrs 44AChemist who co-discovered 26-Down [8, Italian]8 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.