NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 14, 2025
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Clues76
Across37
Down39
ConstructorStella Zawistowski
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Awards for athletic achievements (5)
Starts with E, ends with SESPYS→
6A
Drove like mad (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETORE→
10A
Outer arm muscles, for short (4)
Starts with T, ends with STRIS→
14A
Talent seeker (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSCOUT→
15A
Follow instructions (4)
Starts with O, ends with YOBEY→
16A
Help for a stumped solver (4)
Starts with H, ends with THINT→
17A
"In what season are the Olympics during leap years, sweetie?" "___" (10)
Starts with S, ends with ESUMMERLOVE→
19A
Home of the Taj Mahal (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAGRA→
20A
President Lincoln, informally (3)
Starts with A, ends with EABE→
21A
Carnival attractions (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRIDES→
22A
Multiple-choice option akin to "None of the above" (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROTHER→
23A
Heavily edit with beauty filters, as a photo, in modern lingo (7)
Starts with Y, ends with YYASSIFY→
25A
Fares and fees (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCOSTS→
26A
"Which 'Little Rascals' character has a cowlick, sugar?" "___" (12)
Starts with A, ends with YALFALFAHONEY→
30A
Head-turning spectacle (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESCENE→
33A
Puts out in public (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIRS→
34A
Pitcher's stat, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
35A
These are visible when you sport an updo (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEARS→
36A
"Got it" (5)
Starts with N, ends with DNOTED→
38A
Say if you're attending, in brief (4)
Starts with R, ends with PRSVP→
39A
Bird that can outrun the fastest human sprinters (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEMU→
40A
Stories passed down by word of mouth (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELORE→
41A
Makes more manageable (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEASES→
42A
"What are oils and watercolors examples of, dear?" "___" (12)
Starts with M, ends with GMEDIADARLING→
46A
Watermelon leftovers (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRINDS→
47A
"In all probability …" (7)
Starts with O, ends with EODDSARE→
51A
Skewered dish served with peanut sauce (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSATAY→
52A
Symbol of poison, often (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSKULL→
54A
What happy tails do (3)
Starts with W, ends with GWAG→
55A
Without warranty (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASIS→
56A
"What do you call a close-fitting hat, doll?" "___" (10)
Starts with B, ends with YBEANIEBABY→
58A
Mule or moccasin (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESHOE→
59A
Cobra's tooth (4)
Starts with F, ends with GFANG→
60A
Order from the doc's office (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSCRIP→
61A
Keep up to date across multiple devices (4)
Starts with S, ends with CSYNC→
62A
Run away (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFLEE→
63A
Something a bloodhound picks up (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSCENT→
Down
1D
Bit of writing from Joan Didion (5)
Starts with E, ends with YESSAY→
2D
___ diver (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASCUBA→
3D
Apples, pears and quinces, botanically (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPOMES→
4D
"Dee-lish!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with MYUM→
5D
Bacteria-free (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESTERILE→
6D
"Should've listened to me!" (6)
Starts with T, ends with ATOLDYA→
7D
Instrument similar to a heckelphone (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
8D
Makes go "Vroom!" (4)
Starts with R, ends with SREVS→
9D
Appreciation for design (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEYE→
10D
"Oh, really?" (6)
Starts with T, ends with OTHATSO→
11D
Moral justification (9)
Starts with R, ends with SRIGHTNESS→
12D
Waiting to be used (9)
Starts with I, ends with EINRESERVE→
13D
One of seven in the Big Dipper (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTAR→
18D
Jazz lick (4)
Starts with R, ends with FRIFF→
22D
___ and aahs (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOOHS→
24D
Comic ___ (font) (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSANS→
25D
Indicator of a penalty, in soccer (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCARD→
27D
Casual farewell (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLATER→
28D
"A pox on thee!" (3)
Starts with F, ends with EFIE→
29D
Keeps talking and talking and talking (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYAPS→
30D
Come off as (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSEEM→
31D
Avoiding the limelight, say (9)
Starts with C, ends with YCAMERASHY→
32D
Quality of a scholar (9)
Starts with E, ends with NERUDITION→
36D
Award nominations, so to speak (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNODS→
37D
Pop singer Rita (3)
Starts with O, ends with AORA→
38D
Poverty, symbolically (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRAGS→
40D
Noble title on TV's "Bridgerton" (4)
Starts with L, ends with YLADY→
41D
Having no boundaries (7)
Starts with E, ends with SENDLESS→
43D
"I'll be right there" (6)
Starts with I, ends with CINASEC→
44D
Room to relax in (6)
Starts with L, ends with ELOUNGE→
45D
Savory South Asian rice cake (4)
Starts with I, ends with IIDLI→
48D
Cognizant (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAWARE→
49D
Yitzhak ___, two-time Israeli P.M. (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRABIN→
50D
Country whose national soccer team is nicknamed the Pharaohs (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEGYPT→
51D
Back talk (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSASS→
52D
Circus clapper (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSEAL→
53D
"Citizen ___" (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKANE→
56D
Someone you're super-tight with, in brief (3)
Starts with B, ends with FBFF→
57D
Secretly loop in, in a way (3)
Starts with B, ends with CBCC→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 14, 2025?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Stella Zawistowski and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Awards for athletic achievements (ESPYS); Drove like mad (TORE); Outer arm muscles, for short (TRIS).
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