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NYT Crossword October 19, 2025 Answers
This NYT puzzle from October 19, 2025 contains 140 total clues —67 across and 73 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our NYT crossword archive .
Across Clues
#
Clue
Answer
1A
Huge success
SMASH
6A
Seal, say
CLOSE
11A
From the beginning
ANEW
15A
___ sequencing (lab technique)
DNA
18A
Lively Bohemian dances
POLKAS
20A
Alternative to a tissue, informally
HANKY
21A
Bit in a hippie's necklace
LOVEBEAD
23A
Poker declaration
IRAISE
24A
Remove, as a ribbon
UNTIE
25A
Share confidences with
OPENUPTO
26A
Business traveler's convenience
COMPANYCARD
28A
Divisions on a map
COUNTRIES
29A
Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music"
ENO
30A
Second volume
BOOKII
31A
"hahaha im DEAD!"
ROFL
32A
Broadband inits.
DSL
33A
Fights back tears?
DARNS
34A
Michelle Obama, to Princeton
ALUM
36A
Indulge (in)
PARTAKE
40A
National Arab American Heritage Month
APRIL
43A
Place to hang at home?
CLOSET
45A
Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the"
SYSTEM
46A
Have an ominous presence
LOOMLARGE
50A
Sound of a joke going over one's head
WHOOSH
52A
Giant Middle-earth creature
ENT
53A
Arched recess
APSE
54A
Person I truly am
REALME
56A
"Hey!" from on high
UPHERE
59A
Word with pack or rug
RAT
60A
Senior, informally
OLDSTER
61A
Org. that confiscates liquids
TSA
62A
Knocked out of the park
ACED
65A
Pop culture hit about dystopian technology
MRROBOTO
67A
Former parent of NBC
RCA
69A
Eliminators of some teams
PLAYOFFS
72A
Corn chip with a "Fuego" flavor
TAKI
73A
In the vein of
ALA
75A
Smallish batteries
AACELLS
77A
Rapper ___ Milli
FLO
78A
Get involved
STEPIN
80A
Perceptive
SHREWD
81A
Hawaiian shindig
LUAU
82A
Clothes for a doze, in brief
PJS
85A
Native of the Delaware Valley
LENAPE
87A
Pursuers of utopian goals
IDEALISTS
89A
Coffees that aren't single-origin
BLENDS
92A
Self-admiring sort
EGOIST
94A
Major Ukrainian seaport
ODESA
95A
Sisterly
SORORAL
97A
Sneaky plot
RUSE
98A
Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
HAJIS
101A
Ear-related prefix
OTO
102A
Not fully open
AJAR
104A
Hybrid pastry
CRONUT
106A
P, to Pericles
RHO
109A
Injection associated with a certain toxin
ANTIVENOM
112A
Annoyances for ticket holders
TRAINDELAYS
114A
Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notably
GAYMECCA
115A
Brown songbirds
WRENS
116A
Tale-telling brothers
GRIMMS
117A
Turned up
APPEARED
118A
"Strike up the band!"
HITIT
119A
Neighbor of a Saudi
YEMENI
120A
Nickname for Rachel
RAE
121A
Verbally expresses disdain
TUTS
122A
Warning signs
OMENS
123A
Tightly packed
DENSE
Down Clues
#
Clue
Answer
1D
Food enlivener
SPICE
2D
Hardly a genius
MORON
3D
Home to a chapel with the Texas flag flying beside it
ALAMO
4D
Spotify button
SKIP
5D
Loves, loves, loves the occasion
HASABALL
6D
Hurls
CHUCKS
7D
Feature of a Hawaiian house
LANAI
8D
Being prosecuted
ONTRIAL
9D
Go downhill fast, say
SKID
10D
___ candy
EYE
11D
Chilly
ALOOF
12D
Orange juice preference
NOPULP
13D
With no one ahead or behind
EVEN
14D
Lost all liquid resources
WENTDRY
15D
Remove hair from
DEPILATE
16D
Main antagonist on HBO's "Euphoria"
NATE
17D
Clamors
ADOS
19D
Mexicali mister
SENOR
22D
Ruptures
BURSTS
27D
Over there, poetically
YON
28D
Openly reveal one's sexuality
COMEOUT
31D
Process for would-be Greeks
RUSH
33D
It's over a quarter of a quarter
DIME
35D
Features of the names of many Apple products
LOWERCASEIS
37D
N.Y.C. stadium eponym
ASHE
38D
Doll of a guy?
KEN
39D
Vitals checker, in brief
EMT
40D
Interrupter of dreams, maybe
ALARM
41D
Genre for Keith Haring
POPART
42D
Political platforms?
ROSTRA
43D
Saxon's foe
CELT
44D
Competitive athlete's goal, perhaps
TOPSPEED
47D
Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant"
ARLO
48D
Bureaucratic barriers
REDTAPE
49D
Fuel source
GASOLINE
51D
"Care to dance?"
SHALLWE
55D
Sea, to Seurat
MER
57D
They may be caught in the summer
RAYS
58D
Prefix with sphere
ECO
60D
Tribute in the Tribune, say
OBIT
63D
Flow out
EFFUSEPOUR
64D
Keys above C's
DFLATS
66D
Blesses
OKS
68D
"That feels ama-a-azing!"
AAH
70D
Alan with six Emmys
ALDA
71D
Composer who led the U.S. Marine Band
SOUSA
74D
Canniest, for instance
ANAGRAM
76D
Artist's feedback session, informally
CRIT
79D
Olaf's creator in "Frozen"
ELSA
81D
Tops
LIDS
82D
Channel supported by pledge drives
PBS
83D
"Jenny From the Block" singer, to fans
JLO
84D
Immune cell variation
SEROTYPE
86D
Flow (out)
EFFUSEPOUR
88D
Hung around idly
LOITERED
90D
"Sorry, I'm unavailable!"
NOTIME
91D
Tried to convey
DROVEAT
93D
Hide
SECRETE
96D
Surgical instrument
LANCET
98D
Lifts with a pulley
HOISTS
99D
"Dear ___" (greeting in an old advice column)
ANN
100D
Overly fault-finding
JUDGY
103D
"The Grapes of Wrath" family
JOADS
105D
Entered quickly
RANIN
106D
Food traditionally eaten with chopsticks
RAMEN
107D
Songs on Sundays
HYMNS
108D
Actor Davis who delivered Malcolm X's eulogy
OSSIE
109D
Gelatinous thickener
AGAR
110D
___ Valley
NAPA
111D
Shade lighter than cappuccino
ECRU
112D
Decorative auto upgrade
TRIM
113D
Mojito garnish
LIME
115D
50,000-watt clear-channel radio station in Iowa
WHO
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