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NYT Crossword — October 8, 2025

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

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Across

34 clues

1Petri dish growth medium

5Turns red, say

9Michael of "Superbad"

14European capital with canals

16"Will Ruby go to prom with me?"

18Helpful skill for guessers

19"Black-eyed" or "sugar snap" legume

24"Despicable Me" protagonist

26Appliance that may have different floor settings, for short

27Country between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf

28Comics dog with a big red tongue

30Singer with the 2011 #1 hit "Set Fire to the Rain"

32I repeat: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?"

35Fashion designer Spade

36Pequod captain

37Third time's the charm: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?"

42Decrease in intensity

44Swiss Army knives have many of these

45Encourage, with "on"

47Group that may have an organizational meeting in Sept.

48Author of "L'Île Mystérieuse"

49Solfège start

52Hairy Halloween costume

54Beethoven's "___ to Joy"

55Provider of the answers at 16-, 32- and 37-Across

59Completely immersed

60Double Stuf cookie

62A 2-1 record has one

63"Hey! Over here!"

Down

40 clues

1It shares a 27-mile border with 27-Across

2Erupting hot springs

3"New and improved" and "For a limited time only"

4Kanga's kid in "Winnie-the-Pooh"

5Truth's alternative

6Where volleyball and racquetball were invented, in brief

7Demonym suffix

8Elm and Maple are common ones: Abbr.

10East Coast counterpart to Dreyer's in the freezer aisle

12Lacking principles

15Elder son of Isaac

17Positive swings

21More than 2,000 years ago, for short

2323andMe mailing

24Martini or Negroni spirit

28Something you can be under when in court

31Ariana ___, Best Supporting Actress winner for 2021's "West Side Story"

34Cries of enlightenment

37Official authorization

38Conference ___ (college athletic association)

40Dresses warmly, with "up"

41Place to buy a fir at Christmas

43Tundras and deserts, e.g.

47___ de gallo (Mexican salsa)

50Like soufflés

52"10 and up" preceder

53Degrees of success, for short?

56Course for becoming bilingual, for short

57Prefix with -morphic

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

41/184

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 8, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorDaniel Trujillo Diaz

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split34 across · 40 down

Longest entries

16A"Will Ruby go to prom with me?"14 ltrs 55AProvider of the answers at 16-, 32- and 37-Across14 ltrs 32AI repeat: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?"13 ltrs 37AThird time's the charm: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?"13 ltrs 14AEuropean capital with canals9 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 41 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.