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NYT Crossword — October 23, 2025

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 74 revealed
1W
2O
3M
4B
5S
6O
7O
8F
9S
10K
11P
12O
13P
14A
R
I
A
L
15U
N
D
O
16A
L
D
O
17N
I
N
JAM
A
18S
T
E
R
S
19R
E
D
S
20N
O
T
E
P
A
D
S
21A
22T
E
A
S
E
23A
L
E
X
24N
O
T
25I
26H
E
S
27E
R
I
28N
29A
R
30G
U
M
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31N
32T
33C
O
34A
35T
R
O
O
M
36G
O
V
37L
38A
39T
O
S
C
A
40C
A
BIND
41O
O
R
S
42B
M
I
43H
A
L
44F
S
T
E
P
45J
A
MESS
46P
A
D
E
R
47X
E
48N
49A
50Q
E
D
51S
E
52C
53S
54R
O
S
55H
56J
57O
U
L
E
58S
59S
U
N
60B
A
T
H
E
61U
R
A
L
62P
63I
C
K
L
E
B
A
L
L
64M
E
R
E
65A
L
O
E
66G
O
L
E
M
67P
O
E
T
68T
E
S
S
69A
X
L
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S

Across

36 clues
1Areas of development
6Punch-in-the-stomach sounds
10Genre for Blackpink and Stray Kids
14Helvetica-like typeface
15Button to hit after accidentally deleting an entire manuscript
16International footwear retailer based in Quebec
17Stealthiest of stealthy warriors
19Warren Beatty film based on "Ten Days That Shook the World"
20Reporters often carry them
21Relaxed
23"Call Her Daddy" podcast host Cooper
24Words of denial
26"___ Just Not That Into You"
27Activist Brockovich
29Case opener
33Location that requires tickets for checking out, but not checking in
36End of a municipal address?
371887 drama on which a Puccini opera is based
40Things opened before passengers exit an aircraft
42Composers' rights org.
43Difference between a B and a C, perhaps
45Star of NBC's "The Blacklist"
47TV's warrior princess
50"Done!," in geometry class
51Brief moments, in brief
54___ Hashana
56Units equal to roughly a quarter of a calorie
59Cook outside?
61River through Kazakhstan
62Sports craze of the 2020s … as seen three times in this grid?
64Little more than
65Ingredient in some mouthwashes
66Clay being of Jewish folklore
67Troubadour, e.g.
68Thomas Hardy heroine who's described as "a pure woman"
69Wheel connectors

Down

38 clues
1"Should we?," informally
2A.L. East athlete
3Money maker
4Peninsula south of California, colloquially
5It's an affront
6One-up
7Worst-possible Amazon rating
8Prez on a U.S. coin
9Slugger Sammy
10Holder of the N.B.A.'s career points record before LeBron passed him in 2023
11"You've overstayed your welcome"
12Figures on DraftKings or FanDuel
13Put forward
18___ Nicolas, remotest of California's Channel Islands
22Set of notches in a dictionary
25Classic Camaros
28"Didn't mean to offend you"
30Best ever, informally
31Neither's partner
32Common fixtures over fireplaces
34Part of U.S.M.A.: Abbr.
35Accounts
37Prez two decades after 8-Down
38"I'll answer all your questions" session, online
39Site of a huge annual crowd
41High place to view a high art
44Paintings on plaster
46Bit of food for a hamster
48Some
49___ Simpson, musical sister of Jessica
52Certain salad veggies
53Where Rudolph could first be seen in 2000, for short
55Command posts
56Checkers move
57Product with a Cakesters variety
58Said angrily
60Lou ___, "Mambo No. 5" singer
63Speck in la Seine

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Stats & info

Thursday, Oct 23, 2025
15×15
Grid size
74
Total entries
35/190
Black / letter cells
5.4
Avg entry length
12 ltrs
Longest entry
Tricky
Thursday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedOct 23, 2025
DayThursday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorAimee Lucido
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split36 across · 38 down
Longest entries
17AStealthiest of stealthy warriors12 ltrs45AStar of NBC's "The Blacklist"11 ltrs39DSite of a huge annual crowd11 ltrs40AThings opened before passengers exit an aircraft10 ltrs62ASports craze of the 2020s … as seen three times in this grid?10 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 35 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.