NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 24, 2025
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Clues70
Across33
Down37
ConstructorKelvin Zhou
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Apple product (5)
Starts with P, ends with RPARER→
6A
Where the monster and Frankenstein cross paths, in "Frankenstein" (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALPS→
10A
It helps with server loads (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTRAY→
14A
Draw forth (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEDUCE→
15A
Opener for an aerial act (9)
Starts with P, ends with EPARACHUTE→
17A
Fictional sidekick on a donkey (5)
Starts with P, ends with APANZA→
18A
Synthetic oil producer? (9)
Starts with A, ends with RARTFORGER→
19A
Settings for a mixer (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSPEEDS→
21A
Silly ones (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGEESE→
22A
Complimentary words? (10)
Starts with I, ends with TITSMYTREAT→
24A
Key of "Spring" in Vivaldi's "Four Seasons": Abbr. (4)
Starts with E, ends with JEMAJ→
28A
About 9% of the earth's total surface area (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
29A
Site once promoted with the slogan "A place for friends" (7)
Starts with M, ends with EMYSPACE→
31A
Track unit (3)
Starts with L, ends with PLAP→
34A
Modern device with no filter, informally (4)
Starts with E, ends with GECIG→
36A
Sidesteps (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSKIRTS→
37A
Snarky reply to a question that starts "Can I …?" (15)
Starts with I, ends with UIDONTKNOWCANYOU→
40A
Sight you can hardly believe (6)
Starts with M, ends with EMIRAGE→
41A
Thai money (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBAHT→
42A
Returns home? (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIRS→
43A
Spread followers (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBETTORS→
45A
Film director Nicolas (4)
Starts with R, ends with GROEG→
47A
Bounce (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOUST→
48A
Groups of assistants in some old offices (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSTENOPOOLS→
53A
Number discovered in the 1500s (5)
Starts with E, ends with RETHER→
55A
Makeshift arrangement (6)
Starts with L, ends with PLASHUP→
56A
Flag-waving, say (9)
Starts with P, ends with CPATRIOTIC→
60A
Clarence ___, "The Wire" mayor (5)
Starts with R, ends with EROYCE→
61A
Bobblehead, e.g. (9)
Starts with T, ends with ETCHOTCHKE→
62A
Ezra who co-founded Vox (5)
Starts with K, ends with NKLEIN→
63A
Made out (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSEEN→
64A
Zen riddle (4)
Starts with K, ends with NKOAN→
65A
"What a shame" (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSOSAD→
Down
1D
One side of a consumer "war" (5)
Starts with P, ends with IPEPSI→
2D
Not put up resistance, say (5)
Starts with A, ends with TADAPT→
3D
Characters in "The Lord of the Rings" (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRUNES→
4D
Condition formally known as atopic dermatitis (6)
Starts with E, ends with AECZEMA→
5D
Starting line at a starting line (10)
Starts with R, ends with OREADYSETGO→
6D
Mental health org. (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAPA→
7D
Word with extra or living (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELARGE→
8D
Spinning ring, informally? (6)
Starts with P, ends with MPRTEAM→
9D
Plan B, for seniors (12)
Starts with S, ends with LSAFETYSCHOOL→
10D
It's on the right in the second row (8)
Starts with T, ends with NTHREEPIN→
11D
Throw, maybe (3)
Starts with R, ends with GRUG→
12D
Bolted some nuts down (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
13D
"___ Blues" (Beatles song) (3)
Starts with Y, ends with RYER→
16D
Derivative of sin (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCOS→
20D
Dismayed reaction to a tag (12)
Starts with S, ends with KSTICKERSHOCK→
23D
Contents of some sheets (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRAIN→
25D
"Bloody" queen (5)
Starts with M, ends with IMARYI→
26D
Job that requires a lot of memorization (5)
Starts with A, ends with RACTOR→
27D
Figure in Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" (5)
Starts with J, ends with SJESUS→
30D
Locales with many banks (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSKATEPARKS→
31D
Kind of bar that's hard to pass (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLIMBO→
32D
It comes with a parting of the ways (5)
Starts with A, ends with UADIEU→
33D
Houston and New Orleans (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPORTS→
38D
Ramble away (8)
Starts with N, ends with NNATTERON→
39D
Sound the alarm (4)
Starts with W, ends with NWARN→
44D
Chest: Prefix (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSTETHO→
46D
Break from the group, say (6)
Starts with G, ends with OGOSOLO→
49D
Actress Alexander of "Get Out" (5)
Starts with E, ends with AERIKA→
50D
"No doubt!" (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOHYES→
51D
Saint ___ (Caribbean isle) (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALUCIA→
52D
Lay out (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSPEND→
54D
Small songbird (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTIT→
56D
Scoreboard tally: Abbr. (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPTS→
57D
It's good for tricks (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
58D
Not just a (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETHE→
59D
The 1900s, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
Starts with C, ends with NCEN→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 24, 2025?+
70 clues: 33 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kelvin Zhou and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Apple product (PARER); Where the monster and Frankenstein cross paths, in "Frankenstein" (ALPS); It helps with server loads (TRAY).
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