NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 28, 2025
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorAdrianne Baik
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
Six years, for a U.S. senator (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTERM→
5A
Portable speaker? (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISIRI→
9A
Is behind (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOWES→
13A
___ jelly, popular boba tea topping (4)
Starts with A, ends with EALOE→
14A
Beginning (5)
Starts with O, ends with TONSET→
15A
Orbit, e.g. (4)
Starts with P, ends with HPATH→
16A
Little guys in striped coats (10)
Starts with Z, ends with SZEBRACOLTS→
18A
What a booth in a recording studio shouldn't have (4)
Starts with E, ends with OECHO→
19A
Build-your-own breakfast spot (9)
Starts with O, ends with ROMELETBAR→
20A
Tattoo artist (5)
Starts with I, ends with RINKER→
21A
$$$ set aside for old age (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
22A
Child's living room hideaway (8)
Starts with S, ends with TSOFAFORT→
24A
Leftover piece (7)
Starts with R, ends with TREMNANT→
28A
Santa ___, Calif. (3)
Starts with A, ends with AANA→
29A
___ Max, singer with the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho" (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAVA→
30A
Vessel with a spout (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTEAPOT→
33A
Hook or Cook: Abbr. (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCAPT→
37A
Alternative cut to a bob (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPIXIE→
39A
Comedian Margaret (3)
Starts with C, ends with OCHO→
40A
Style of a room (5)
Starts with D, ends with RDECOR→
41A
Word before chance or pickings (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSLIM→
42A
Plea before an impulsive act (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESTOPME→
44A
Singer Grande, to fans (3)
Starts with A, ends with IARI→
45A
Plop yourself down (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSIT→
47A
Melodramatic crying (7)
Starts with S, ends with GSOBBING→
49A
Beverage containers for people on the move (8)
Starts with T, ends with STOGOCUPS→
54A
A/C measure (3)
Starts with B, ends with UBTU→
55A
Adam of "The O.C." (5)
Starts with B, ends with YBRODY→
56A
Reason why (9)
Starts with R, ends with ERATIONALE→
61A
Eight, in Spain (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOCHO→
62A
63A
Tandoori-baked bread (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNAAN→
64A
Businesswoman Lauder (5)
Starts with E, ends with EESTEE→
65A
German-based international supermarket chain (4)
Starts with A, ends with IALDI→
66A
"Twilight" vampire Cullen (4)
Starts with E, ends with EESME→
67A
General ___ shrimp (4)
Starts with T, ends with STSOS→
68A
Russian denial (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNYET→
Down
1D
Tea brand once owned by Starbucks (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTAZO→
2D
Kind of sch. for grades one to six (4)
Starts with E, ends with MELEM→
3D
Bit of spa attire (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROBE→
4D
Magician of Arthurian legend (6)
Starts with M, ends with NMERLIN→
5D
Sort who's too good for everyone else (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSNOB→
6D
Cuba y Puerto Rico (5)
Starts with I, ends with SISLAS→
7D
Fashionably old-fashioned (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORETRO→
8D
"___ a date!" (3)
Starts with I, ends with SITS→
9D
Like some sandwiches (8)
Starts with O, ends with EOPENFACE→
10D
Super-silly sort (5)
Starts with W, ends with OWACKO→
11D
Thin air (5)
Starts with E, ends with RETHER→
14D
It may be in the low 90s (6)
Starts with O, ends with EOCTANE→
17D
Make fizzy (6)
Starts with A, ends with EAERATE→
20D
McKellen who played Gandalf (3)
Starts with I, ends with NIAN→
23D
The 2% in 2% milk (3)
Starts with F, ends with TFAT→
24D
Performs like Playboi Carti, say (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRAPS→
25D
The dark side (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEVIL→
26D
Longer than midi (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMAXI→
27D
Diplomat's skill (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTACT→
31D
Vietnamese soup (3)
Starts with P, ends with OPHO→
32D
"That was clumsy of me!" (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOOPS→
34D
Smoothie "superfruit" (4)
Starts with A, ends with IACAI→
35D
NSFW stuff (4)
Starts with P, ends with NPORN→
36D
Calc prerequisite (4)
Starts with T, ends with GTRIG→
38D
"Get me out of here!" (8)
Starts with I, ends with EIMSODONE→
40D
Person who's in the red (6)
Starts with D, ends with RDEBTOR→
42D
Good name for a chef? (3)
Starts with S, ends with USTU→
43D
Hanging over a baby's crib (6)
Starts with M, ends with EMOBILE→
46D
Very cold and wet (3)
Starts with I, ends with YICY→
48D
John who wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress" (6)
Starts with B, ends with NBUNYAN→
49D
Certain steak (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETBONE→
50D
Deep-sea predators (5)
Starts with O, ends with SORCAS→
51D
Give extreme effort, in slang (5)
Starts with G, ends with MGOHAM→
52D
"Any ___ is good ___" (public relations saying) (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPRESS→
53D
Managed (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSAWTO→
57D
Informal shirts (4)
Starts with T, ends with STEES→
58D
With dexterity (4)
Starts with A, ends with YABLY→
59D
Ore deposit (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELODE→
60D
Opposite of entrance (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEXIT→
62D
Hot tub nozzle (3)
Starts with J, ends with TJET→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 28, 2025?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adrianne Baik and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Six years, for a U.S. senator (TERM); Portable speaker? (SIRI); Is behind (OWES).
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