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NYT Crossword — October 24, 2025

Friday’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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33 clues

6Where the monster and Frankenstein cross paths, in "Frankenstein"

10It helps with server loads

15Opener for an aerial act

17Fictional sidekick on a donkey

18Synthetic oil producer?

19Settings for a mixer

22Complimentary words?

24Key of "Spring" in Vivaldi's "Four Seasons": Abbr.

28About 9% of the earth's total surface area

29Site once promoted with the slogan "A place for friends"

34Modern device with no filter, informally

37Snarky reply to a question that starts "Can I …?"

40Sight you can hardly believe

42Returns home?

43Spread followers

45Film director Nicolas

48Groups of assistants in some old offices

53Number discovered in the 1500s

55Makeshift arrangement

56Flag-waving, say

60Clarence ___, "The Wire" mayor

61Bobblehead, e.g.

62Ezra who co-founded Vox

65"What a shame"

Down

37 clues

1One side of a consumer "war"

2Not put up resistance, say

3Characters in "The Lord of the Rings"

4Condition formally known as atopic dermatitis

5Starting line at a starting line

6Mental health org.

7Word with extra or living

8Spinning ring, informally?

9Plan B, for seniors

10It's on the right in the second row

12Bolted some nuts down

13"___ Blues" (Beatles song)

16Derivative of sin

20Dismayed reaction to a tag

23Contents of some sheets

25"Bloody" queen

26Job that requires a lot of memorization

27Figure in Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment"

30Locales with many banks

31Kind of bar that's hard to pass

32It comes with a parting of the ways

33Houston and New Orleans

39Sound the alarm

44Chest: Prefix

46Break from the group, say

49Actress Alexander of "Get Out"

51Saint ___ (Caribbean isle)

54Small songbird

56Scoreboard tally: Abbr.

57It's good for tricks

59The 1900s, e.g.: Abbr.

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Stats & info

Friday, Oct 24, 2025

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

30/195

Black / letter cells

5.6

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 24, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorKelvin Zhou

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 37 down

Longest entries

37ASnarky reply to a question that starts "Can I …?"15 ltrs 9DPlan B, for seniors12 ltrs 20DDismayed reaction to a tag12 ltrs 22AComplimentary words?10 ltrs 48AGroups of assistants in some old offices10 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 30 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.