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NYT Crossword — October 27, 2025

Monday’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

37 clues

1Prepare, as samosas

4National park in Alberta

9Partner of Clark in exploration

14Olympic gymnast Sunisa

15Ad that's handed out on the street

16Put in one's two cents

17___ and downs

18Celestial event on September 22 or 23, typically

22"In ___ of gifts ..."

23Number of points "Q" is worth in Scrabble

24Application that might be put on with a spray mop

27You love, in Latin

30Useful gadget for international travelers

33"The most amazing part is ..."

38___ Island (smallest U.S. state)

40Browser that competes with Chrome

42I.C.U. staffers

43Red hair or hazel eyes, e.g.

45N.B.A. team in southern Florida

49Pretty ___ picture

50Taken-back auto

51Location of many gold reserves

56Weightlifting unit

57Mom on "Family Guy"

60Secondary medication results ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across

64Material for the woodman in "The Wizard of Oz"

65Indian or Pakistani

66Bowling scoresheet unit

67"Green" prefix

68Slow, musically

69Damascus's land

Down

41 clues

1Stuff of little substance

2What matching ends of magnets do

3Like 20 Questions questions

4Person who might have the other half of a heart necklace, in brief

5In the manner of

6Nabisco wafer brand

7Longtime Supreme Court justice Frankfurter

9Baseball's Gehrig

10Words set in stone?

11Establishment with red, white and rosé options

12Knowing, as a secret

13"___ sells" (advertising catchphrase)

19Campus courtyard

21Arrange from newest to oldest, say

25Santa's landing spot

26Service symbolized by a dot and three curved lines

28Believer in communism achieved through class struggle

30___ Romeo (sports car)

31Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay

33Computer-controlled players, in gaming lingo

34Continental cash

35Headed the cast of

41Ilhan of Congress

44"This cannot be stressed enough ..."

46Maori dance with rhythmic chanting

48"The Three Little Pigs" antagonist

51Full of passion

52One of seven won by "Oppenheimer"

54In the cooler

55Chemical element whose name starts with an 8-point Scrabble letter

56What yeast makes dough do

58Send-___ (farewells)

60Seasoning for una margarita

61Ambient music composer Brian

62"I wish I could unhear everything you just said!"

63Mermaid's milieu

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Stats & info

Monday, Oct 27, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 27, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorTarun Krishnamurthy

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 41 down

Longest entries

18ACelestial event on September 22 or 23, typically11 ltrs 60ASecondary medication results ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across11 ltrs 33A"The most amazing part is ..."9 ltrs 45AN.B.A. team in southern Florida9 ltrs 11DEstablishment with red, white and rosé options9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.