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NYT Crossword — October 28, 2025

Tuesday’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
5Portable speaker?
9Is behind
14Beginning
15Orbit, e.g.
16Little guys in striped coats
19Build-your-own breakfast spot
20Tattoo artist
22Child's living room hideaway
24Leftover piece
28Santa ___, Calif.
30Vessel with a spout
33Hook or Cook: Abbr.
37Alternative cut to a bob
39Comedian Margaret
40Style of a room
42Plea before an impulsive act
45Plop yourself down
47Melodramatic crying
49Beverage containers for people on the move
54A/C measure
55Adam of "The O.C."
56Reason why
61Eight, in Spain
63Tandoori-baked bread
64Businesswoman Lauder
66"Twilight" vampire Cullen
67General ___ shrimp
68Russian denial

Down

41 clues
3Bit of spa attire
4Magician of Arthurian legend
6Cuba y Puerto Rico
7Fashionably old-fashioned
8"___ a date!"
9Like some sandwiches
10Super-silly sort
11Thin air
12Brief
14It may be in the low 90s
17Make fizzy
23The 2% in 2% milk
25The dark side
26Longer than midi
27Diplomat's skill
31Vietnamese soup
32"That was clumsy of me!"
34Smoothie "superfruit"
35NSFW stuff
36Calc prerequisite
38"Get me out of here!"
40Person who's in the red
42Good name for a chef?
43Hanging over a baby's crib
46Very cold and wet
48John who wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress"
49Certain steak
50Deep-sea predators
51Give extreme effort, in slang
53Managed
57Informal shirts
58With dexterity
59Ore deposit
60Opposite of entrance
62Hot tub nozzle

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025
15×15
Grid size
78
Total entries
38/187
Black / letter cells
4.8
Avg entry length
10 ltrs
Longest entry
Easy
Tuesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedOct 28, 2025
DayTuesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorAdrianne Baik
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split37 across · 41 down
Longest entries

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.