NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 9, 2025
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Clues74
Across35
Down39
ConstructorFreddie Cheng
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
"Yeeesh!" (3)
Starts with M, ends with NMAN→
4A
Snippet of greenery (5)
Starts with S, ends with GSPRIG→
9A
Prized horses (5)
Starts with A, ends with SARABS→
14A
Hominidae member (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAPE→
15A
Like sci-fi's Jabba the Hutt (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOBESE→
16A
Infantry arm (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERIFLE→
17A
Two down (9)
Starts with N, ends with ENOWAYJOSE→
19A
Storage device that has fallen out of fashion (5)
Starts with C, ends with MCDROM→
21A
Weapon seen in "RoboCop" (3)
Starts with U, ends with IUZI→
23A
Word after fire or before farm (3)
Starts with A, ends with TANT→
24A
Hydrating gel ingredient (4)
Starts with A, ends with EALOE→
25A
One out (10)
Starts with I, ends with EINEEDARIDE→
29A
Staunchly supporting (7)
Starts with L, ends with OLOYALTO→
31A
Storage device that has fallen out of fashion (7)
Starts with R, ends with XROLODEX→
32A
One of 300 at the National Mall (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACRE→
34A
Variable in Newton's second law (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMASS→
35A
Two moving around each other (11)
Starts with N, ends with ONOTHINGTODO→
39A
Marvel series focused on Thor's brother (4)
Starts with L, ends with ILOKI→
40A
"Aw, shucks" response, maybe (4)
Starts with G, ends with NGRIN→
41A
Like some chicken before cooking (7)
Starts with D, ends with DDEBONED→
44A
"What happened next …?" (7)
Starts with A, ends with NANDTHEN→
49A
Two up (10)
Starts with W, ends with EWORKSFORME→
51A
Perfect (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHONE→
52A
___ de Armas, "Blade Runner 2049" actress (3)
Starts with A, ends with AANA→
53A
What Zuckerberg dropped from before "Facebook" in 2005 (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETHE→
54A
Section of the beverage aisle (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCOLAS→
55A
"The Burghers of Calais" sculptor (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRODIN→
58A
Klutzy … and a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across (9)
Starts with A, ends with SALLTHUMBS→
61A
Set up (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFRAME→
62A
Poker action (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERAISE→
63A
Ivy League nickname (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
64A
Authorization, informally (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSAYSO→
65A
Space blanket material (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMYLAR→
Down
1D
Auto's opposite (6)
Starts with M, ends with LMANUAL→
2D
___ Theater, where Ella Fitzgerald debuted on an Amateur Night in 1934 (6)
Starts with A, ends with OAPOLLO→
3D
Many an item on a child's Christmas list (6)
Starts with N, ends with YNEWTOY→
4D
High-protein bean (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASOYA→
5D
Common lunchbox item, informally (3)
Starts with P, ends with JPBJ→
6D
Classic car based in Lansing, Mich. (3)
Starts with R, ends with OREO→
7D
Send out (5)
Starts with I, ends with EISSUE→
9D
Hail Mary's path (3)
Starts with A, ends with CARC→
10D
Clear (of) (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRID→
11D
"True, unfortunately" (8)
Starts with A, ends with OAFRAIDSO→
12D
Dolly Parton and others (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBLONDES→
13D
Plastic explosive used in many demolitions (6)
Starts with S, ends with XSEMTEX→
18D
Discipline (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
22D
Statement from a witness (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIDO→
25D
Tiny torment (4)
Starts with I, ends with HITCH→
26D
Opposite of "Me too" (4)
Starts with N, ends with INORI→
27D
Source of some nondairy milk (6)
Starts with A, ends with DALMOND→
28D
Way to go (4)
Starts with R, ends with DROAD→
30D
Some ancient Italians (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLATINS→
33D
O.E.D. part: Abbr. (3)
Starts with E, ends with GENG→
35D
Annual breast cancer awareness observance (8)
Starts with N, ends with YNOBRADAY→
36D
"All right, already!" (4)
Starts with O, ends with KOKOK→
37D
Equivalent of five carats (4)
Starts with G, ends with MGRAM→
38D
Straight poker? (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETINE→
39D
Heroine of Verdi's "Il Trovatore" (7)
Starts with L, ends with ALEONORA→
41D
Overshadows (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDWARFS→
42D
Direct deposit, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEFT→
43D
Break the Hippocratic oath, say (6)
Starts with D, ends with MDOHARM→
45D
The old you? (4)
Starts with T, ends with UTHOU→
46D
Fictional character who says "I am a brain …. The rest of me is a mere appendix" (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHOLMES→
47D
Allow, as cookies (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENABLE→
48D
Cutesy name for a certain leviathan (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENESSIE→
50D
Circuit switcher (5)
Starts with R, ends with YRELAY→
54D
___ hair (iconic 1970s style) (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCHER→
56D
PC discourse? (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIMS→
57D
Prefix with cortex (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONEO→
59D
Rapper ___ Baby (3)
Starts with L, ends with LLIL→
60D
Grp. whose activities produce long lines (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATSA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 9, 2025?+
74 clues: 35 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Freddie Cheng and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "Yeeesh!" (MAN); Snippet of greenery (SPRIG); Prized horses (ARABS).
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