NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 25, 2025
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Clues66
Across31
Down35
ConstructorByron Walden
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Calendar month between Sha'ban and Shawwal (7)
Starts with R, ends with NRAMADAN→
8A
Some solid marks (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBPLUSES→
15A
"Here's the hard truth …" (15)
Starts with I, ends with TIHAVETOBEHONEST→
17A
46 years? (15)
Starts with B, ends with YBIDENPRESIDENCY→
18A
Sudden movement (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTART→
19A
Pinched (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTOLE→
20A
___ Maroni, Gotham City mobster in the DC Comics universe (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSAL→
21A
Runs superbly (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHUMS→
23A
Word on either side of "against" (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHOPE→
24A
1992 U2 hit inspired by German reunification (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
25A
Busby Berkeley musical film that introduced "I Only Have Eyes for You" (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDAMES→
26A
Printing mark whose name is from the Latin for "is lacking" (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCARET→
27A
Financial reporter? (8)
Starts with T, ends with RTAXFILER→
29A
Balances (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPOISES→
30A
"You've called at a bad time" (9)
Starts with I, ends with KICANTTALK→
35A
Shiva, for example (8)
Starts with H, ends with DHINDUGOD→
39A
Suffix meaning "rule" (5)
Starts with A, ends with YARCHY→
40A
Combinations with numbers and sets (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBANDS→
41A
24-Across co-producer, whose name is the song title spelled backward (3)
Starts with E, ends with OENO→
42A
Climax of operational planning (4)
Starts with D, ends with YDDAY→
43A
Brand for which General Foods distributed orange-handled coffeepots to restaurants (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASANKA→
44A
Core supporters (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBASE→
45A
Ferrer who co-starred in "War and Peace," 1956 (3)
Starts with M, ends with LMEL→
46A
Shot-putter? (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENURSE→
47A
Baba ghanouj, e.g. (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPUREE→
48A
Where gold "beaver coins" were used as currency (15)
Starts with O, ends with YOREGONTERRITORY→
51A
Green suit? (15)
Starts with J, ends with EJUNIOREXECUTIVE→
52A
Pricey catering option (7)
Starts with O, ends with ROPENBAR→
53A
Scuffled, in dialect (7)
Starts with R, ends with DRASSLED→
Down
1D
Sharp blow to the chest (7)
Starts with R, ends with TRIBSHOT→
2D
Staple in a poke bowl (7)
Starts with A, ends with AAHITUNA→
3D
Titular figure in a scandalous John Singer Sargent portrait (7)
Starts with M, ends with XMADAMEX→
4D
Maintains (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAVERS→
5D
Negative impression (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDENT→
6D
Sports org. in the 2024 film "Challengers" (3)
Starts with A, ends with PATP→
7D
Longship builders (8)
Starts with N, ends with NNORSEMEN→
8D
Intoxicates (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBESOTS→
9D
___ Farnsworth, inventor dubbed "The Father of Television" (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPHILO→
10D
Treasure hunter's find (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELODE→
11D
La ___ (leading Belgian French-language TV channel) (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUNE→
12D
Mocap suit components (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSENSORS→
13D
Break character? (7)
Starts with E, ends with EESCAPEE→
14D
Slender hospital tools (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSTYLETS→
16D
Especially gratifying, so to speak (13)
Starts with B, ends with XBETTERTHANSEX→
22D
Done-up dos (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGALAS→
23D
Eastern lines (5)
Starts with H, ends with UHAIKU→
25D
Very iffy (5)
Starts with D, ends with YDICEY→
26D
They might go faster with zinc (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCOLDS→
28D
Suspect (5)
Starts with F, ends with YFISHY→
29D
British slang for a police car (5)
Starts with P, ends with APANDA→
31D
Improviser at a workbench (8)
Starts with T, ends with RTINKERER→
32D
Cursed vibe (7)
Starts with B, ends with OBADMOJO→
33D
Call at the plate? (7)
Starts with O, ends with PORDERUP→
34D
Geometry term from the Greek for "uneven" (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESCALENE→
36D
Application for smoother shifting (7)
Starts with G, ends with LGEAROIL→
37D
Even, or nearly so, at Wimbledon (7)
Starts with O, ends with EONSERVE→
38D
Naïve-looking, in a way (7)
Starts with D, ends with DDOEEYED→
40D
Transaction with no money down (6)
Starts with B, ends with RBARTER→
43D
Leader of the Afrofuturistic jazz collective Arkestra for almost four decades (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASUNRA→
44D
Seat fillers (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBUTTS→
46D
Greenhorn, informally (4)
Starts with N, ends with BNOOB→
47D
Oldest four-letter papal name (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPIUS→
49D
Call in a card game (3)
Starts with G, ends with NGIN→
50D
Early major producer of vacuum tubes (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARCA→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 25, 2025?+
66 clues: 31 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Byron Walden and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Calendar month between Sha'ban and Shawwal (RAMADAN); Some solid marks (BPLUSES); "Here's the hard truth …" (IHAVETOBEHONEST).
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