NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 13, 2025
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorKatherine Xiong
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Image floating above the pyramid on a dollar bill (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEYE→
9A
Cook's garment (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAPRON→
14A
Note after fa (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSOL→
15A
Beamed (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESHONE→
16A
Easily fooled (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENAIVE→
17A
Microwaveable breakfast staple (9)
Starts with Q, ends with SQUICKOATS→
19A
Frighten off (5)
Starts with D, ends with RDETER→
20A
Sephora competitor (4)
Starts with U, ends with AULTA→
21A
Uno + dos + tres (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSEIS→
23A
Give temporarily (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLEND→
24A
Raise up (7)
Starts with E, ends with EELEVATE→
27A
___-Aid (drink whose mascot is a walking pitcher) (4)
Starts with K, ends with LKOOL→
29A
Dorm room meal in a cup (12)
Starts with I, ends with NINSTANTRAMEN→
34A
Taste, metaphorically (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPALATE→
37A
Emotional state (4)
Starts with M, ends with DMOOD→
38A
Letters before an alias (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAKA→
39A
In ___ (unborn) (5)
Starts with U, ends with OUTERO→
40A
Tree whose name comes phonetically between "tee" and "vee" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with WYEW→
41A
Back street (5)
Starts with A, ends with YALLEY→
43A
The "S" of E.S.T.: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSTD→
44A
Bright, as highlighter colors (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNEON→
46A
Open green areas (6)
Starts with F, ends with SFIELDS→
47A
Thick porridge referenced in "Yankee Doodle" (12)
Starts with H, ends with GHASTYPUDDING→
50A
Give off (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEMIT→
51A
Baby announcement, as on some blue balloons (7)
Starts with I, ends with YITSABOY→
55A
Graceful bird in a pond (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSWAN→
58A
Sci. class in a lab (4)
Starts with C, ends with MCHEM→
60A
Title of a list (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTODO→
61A
Flower in a Chinese pond (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLOTUS→
63A
Fares at McDonald's and KFC … or a literal description of 17-, 29- and 47-Across (9)
Starts with F, ends with SFASTFOODS→
66A
Elephant tusk material (5)
Starts with I, ends with YIVORY→
67A
Normal (5)
Starts with U, ends with LUSUAL→
68A
"Whatevs" (3)
Starts with M, ends with HMEH→
69A
Viral internet jokes (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMEMES→
70A
Helpful theorem, in math (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALEMMA→
71A
___ Lanka (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISRI→
Down
1D
Suffix with Kafka or Roman (5)
Starts with E, ends with EESQUE→
2D
"___ thank me later!" (5)
Starts with Y, ends with LYOULL→
3D
Like Stanford and Harvard (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELITE→
4D
Cluck of disapproval (3)
Starts with T, ends with KTSK→
5D
"Well, looky here!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOHO→
6D
Complete one round of reps (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDOASET→
7D
Poker buy-in (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
8D
"That's not news to me" (8)
Starts with Y, ends with WYESIKNOW→
9D
Furthermore (3)
Starts with A, ends with DAND→
10D
Spanish rice dish (6)
Starts with P, ends with APAELLA→
11D
Bar mitzvah, e.g. (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERITE→
12D
Chamber under a stovetop (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOVEN→
13D
Bookish type, stereotypically (4)
Starts with N, ends with DNERD→
18D
Eggs that can cost $1,000 per ounce (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCAVIAR→
22D
Explorer Hernando de ___ (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSOTO→
25D
All, for nothing, e.g. (7)
Starts with A, ends with MANTONYM→
26D
China's Mao ___-tung (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETSE→
28D
Decrees (7)
Starts with O, ends with SORDAINS→
30D
Revise (5)
Starts with A, ends with DAMEND→
31D
The largest one in the U.S. is in Bloomington, Minn. (4)
Starts with M, ends with LMALL→
32D
Scraped (out) (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEKED→
33D
Opposing votes (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNAYS→
34D
Pull's opposite (4)
Starts with P, ends with HPUSH→
35D
"___ girl!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with AATTA→
36D
Certain electric bulbs, in brief (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLEDS→
40D
Energetic, perhaps (8)
Starts with Y, ends with LYOUTHFUL→
42D
Smoothly, in music (6)
Starts with L, ends with OLEGATO→
45D
More than awesome (4)
Starts with E, ends with CEPIC→
46D
In good physical shape (3)
Starts with F, ends with TFIT→
48D
Assistant professor's goal (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETENURE→
49D
Chinese small plates (6)
Starts with D, ends with MDIMSUM→
52D
Prosperous periods (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBOOMS→
53D
More bizarre (5)
Starts with O, ends with RODDER→
54D
Nintendo dinosaur (5)
Starts with Y, ends with IYOSHI→
55D
Like your chances of winning the lottery (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSLIM→
56D
Made a rug, e.g. (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWOVE→
57D
Molecule bit (4)
Starts with A, ends with MATOM→
59D
Simplicity (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEASE→
62D
The "S" of GPS: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSYS→
64D
Scottish cap (3)
Starts with T, ends with MTAM→
65D
Miami's home: Abbr. (3)
Starts with F, ends with AFLA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 13, 2025?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Katherine Xiong and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Image floating above the pyramid on a dollar bill (EYE); Now (TODAY); Cook's garment (APRON).
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