NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 30, 2025
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Clues80
Across41
Down39
ConstructorHoward Neuthaler
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
Place for a pencil sharpener (4)
Starts with D, ends with KDESK→
5A
Argentine plain (5)
Starts with P, ends with APAMPA→
10A
Prayer leader (4)
Starts with I, ends with MIMAM→
14A
Droves (4)
Starts with A, ends with NATON→
15A
Disney princess who longs to be "part of that world" (5)
Starts with A, ends with LARIEL→
16A
Come to (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWAKE→
17A
Either acting sibling Andrew or Elisabeth (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESHUE→
18A
What pulls out all the stops? (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODRANO→
19A
Food generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers" (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOKRA→
20A
Start illegally, say (7)
Starts with H, ends with EHOTWIRE→
22A
What every baseball inning starts with (7)
Starts with N, ends with NNOONEON→
24A
"Kind of" suffix (3)
Starts with I, ends with HISH→
25A
Shore up the ranks (7)
Starts with R, ends with FRESTAFF→
27A
Little pest (3)
Starts with A, ends with TANT→
28A
Animal with a white rump (3)
Starts with E, ends with KELK→
30A
Highlands hat (3)
Starts with T, ends with MTAM→
31A
Epitome of simplicity (3)
Starts with A, ends with CABC→
35A
"I'll ___ you!" (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESUE→
36A
Pop-pop (5)
Starts with G, ends with PGRAMP→
39A
Country sharing the world's longest international border (6)
Starts with C, ends with ACANADA→
41A
Showed great pride, in a way (6)
Starts with B, ends with DBEAMED→
42A
Desirable Vegas couple? (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACES→
43A
Lake in the homeland of the Washoe people (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETAHOE→
47A
___ Blaster (toy) (4)
Starts with N, ends with FNERF→
48A
Inconsequential (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMERE→
49A
Journeys by foot (5)
Starts with T, ends with STREKS→
50A
Ones eliciting knee-jerk reactions, informally? (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDOCS→
51A
Exemplar (7)
Starts with P, ends with NPARAGON→
53A
Having a strong sense of direction? (5)
Starts with B, ends with YBOSSY→
57A
Likely oriented toward platonic relationships, in brief (3)
Starts with A, ends with OARO→
58A
Members of the dolphin family that prey on dolphins (5)
Starts with O, ends with SORCAS→
63A
Like a revving engine (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAROAR→
64A
Skater Midori (3)
Starts with I, ends with OITO→
65A
Words after "ding, ding, ding" (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTOAST→
66A
68A
See 66-Across (7)
Starts with G, ends with YGRAVITY→
70A
Bronzed (7)
Starts with G, ends with NGOTATAN→
71A
Not just yet (7)
Starts with L, ends with NLATERON→
72A
Abjures (7)
Starts with E, ends with SESCHEWS→
73A
Target of urban renewal, say (7)
Starts with E, ends with EEYESORE→
Down
1D
Soup stock in Japanese cuisine (5)
Starts with D, ends with IDASHI→
2D
*The ones over there (5)
Starts with E, ends with SETHOS→
3D
Washington, Jefferson or Madison (10)
Starts with S, ends with RSOUTHERNER→
4D
Already heard, say (4)
Starts with K, ends with WKNEW→
5D
*One selling commercial time, informally (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPADRE→
6D
Takes in (7)
Starts with A, ends with SARRESTS→
7D
The Marlins, on scoreboards (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMIA→
8D
Lewis Carroll or George Orwell (7)
Starts with P, ends with EPENNAME→
9D
*It's used to scrub in the tub (5)
Starts with A, ends with FALOOF→
10D
Jubilant postgame report (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIWON→
11D
Show up unannounced? (10)
Starts with M, ends with OMAKEACAMEO→
12D
*Some Scandinavian money (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAKRON→
13D
Indicated (5)
Starts with M, ends with TMEANT→
21D
Irritated (5)
Starts with I, ends with DIRKED→
23D
Old enough (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOFAGE→
26D
Symbol for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius (3)
Starts with T, ends with UTAU→
29D
*Stand before a meeting (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELEASE→
32D
*Genre for Aretha Franklin or Usher (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBRAND→
33D
One might start "Your Social Security number has been compromised" (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSCAM→
37D
Chicago exchange, for short (4)
Starts with M, ends with CMERC→
38D
Certain attachments (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPDFS→
40D
Flour used in Indian flatbreads (4)
Starts with A, ends with AATTA→
41D
Kiss in a telenovela (4)
Starts with B, ends with OBESO→
44D
Calls to court (8)
Starts with A, ends with SARRAIGNS→
45D
*Your home (5)
Starts with H, ends with THEART→
46D
Voice command to an Android device (8)
Starts with O, ends with EOKGOOGLE→
51D
Fool's gold (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPYRITE→
52D
Write, as music (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTATE→
53D
Symbol of authority (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBADGE→
54D
Small dessert sandwiches (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOREOS→
55D
Left of center? (5)
Starts with S, ends with CSOFTC→
56D
Get ready to have one's tonsils checked, perhaps (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSAYAH→
59D
Wanders (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROVES→
60D
World capital on the world's longest river (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCAIRO→
61D
Family name with an eponymous Row, Court, Place and Avenue in New York City (5)
Starts with A, ends with RASTOR→
62D
Composer Jule (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTYNE→
67D
Slangy refusal (3)
Starts with N, ends with WNAW→
69D
Fish also known as a batomorph (3)
Starts with R, ends with YRAY→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 30, 2025?+
80 clues: 41 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Howard Neuthaler and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Place for a pencil sharpener (DESK); Argentine plain (PAMPA); Prayer leader (IMAM).
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