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NYT Crossword — October 3, 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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2A

3N

4D

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6P

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17R

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37T

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38N

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41G

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Across

35 clues

1Smooths out some rough edges

6Content commonly consumed by commuters

14One end of a lap

15Service to foster parents?

16Like Miss Piggy and Captain Kirk, by birth

17Path to the Oscars

18Condition that may be treated with SSRIs

19"Bygones will be bygone, ___ fadin' into gray" (Taylor Swift lyric)

20They help you get a grip

23Diploma equivalent, for short

24Poet who wrote "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper"

25Animals whose name sounds like a letter that doesn't appear in its name

27Graduates in green-and-black regalia, in brief

30Stops on a world tour, say

31Something placed by a confident person

32Choo-choo train sound

33Professional juggling act?

36Pest control targets

37When repeated, a nonverbal "Can you hear me?"

39"May I help you?"

40Vans alternative

41Staggering blows?

43Alfresco dining spot

48Word after trumpet or tiger

51Ones who are quick to complain

53Modern-day home of the oldest discovered library in the world

54"If you don't believe me …"

55Fished off the coast of Maine, maybe

56Something raised during Oktoberfest

Down

35 clues

1Not listen to, as on Spotify

2"Apparently we weren't done with these"

3Some push notifications

4Bad internet connections?

5The first one was issued in 1936, for short

6"Hold on — we're working as fast as we can"

8Boxing Day mo.

9More than wants

10Stinging the eyes, say

11Ones easily fooled

12Cherry, but not strawberry

137-5 and 6-0, e.g.

15Forgets to proorfeed, say

19Can't get enough of something

22One under a mare's care

27Luxurious European gambling mecca

28Reality shows?

29One of 1,665 in the Eiffel Tower

30What comes before we go?

32One skilled at withholding details

34Besties, maybe

35Stage character who says "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"

40Stickler, of a sort

42Ridged rod in construction

45Not a striking personality?

48National symbol of England

52What a wave might mean

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Stats & info

Friday, Oct 3, 2025

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

32/193

Black / letter cells

5.5

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 3, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorRebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 35 down

Longest entries

33AProfessional juggling act?15 ltrs 6D"Hold on — we're working as fast as we can"15 ltrs 2D"Apparently we weren't done with these"10 ltrs 3DSome push notifications10 ltrs 27DLuxurious European gambling mecca10 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 32 black squares and averages 5.5 letters per entry.