NYT Crossword October 24, 2025 Answers

Welcome to the complete solution for the New York Times Crossword published Friday, October 24, 2025. Widely regarded as the pinnacle of American crosswords, today's puzzle continues the NYT tradition of clever wordplay and cultural references.

NYT Crossword October 24, 2025 Answers

This NYT puzzle from October 24, 2025 contains 70 total clues—33 across and 37 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	Apple product	PARER
6A	Where the monster and Frankenstein cross paths, in "Frankenstein"	ALPS
10A	It helps with server loads	TRAY
14A	Draw forth	EDUCE
15A	Opener for an aerial act	PARACHUTE
17A	Fictional sidekick on a donkey	PANZA
18A	Synthetic oil producer?	ARTFORGER
19A	Settings for a mixer	SPEEDS
21A	Silly ones	GEESE
22A	Complimentary words?	ITSMYTREAT
24A	Key of "Spring" in Vivaldi's "Four Seasons": Abbr.	EMAJ
28A	About 9% of the earth's total surface area	ASIA
29A	Site once promoted with the slogan "A place for friends"	MYSPACE
31A	Track unit	LAP
34A	Modern device with no filter, informally	ECIG
36A	Sidesteps	SKIRTS
37A	Snarky reply to a question that starts "Can I …?"	IDONTKNOWCANYOU
40A	Sight you can hardly believe	MIRAGE
41A	Thai money	BAHT
42A	Returns home?	IRS
43A	Spread followers	BETTORS
45A	Film director Nicolas	ROEG
47A	Bounce	OUST
48A	Groups of assistants in some old offices	STENOPOOLS
53A	Number discovered in the 1500s	ETHER
55A	Makeshift arrangement	LASHUP
56A	Flag-waving, say	PATRIOTIC
60A	Clarence ___, "The Wire" mayor	ROYCE
61A	Bobblehead, e.g.	TCHOTCHKE
62A	Ezra who co-founded Vox	KLEIN
63A	Made out	SEEN
64A	Zen riddle	KOAN
65A	"What a shame"	SOSAD

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	One side of a consumer "war"	PEPSI
2D	Not put up resistance, say	ADAPT
3D	Characters in "The Lord of the Rings"	RUNES
4D	Condition formally known as atopic dermatitis	ECZEMA
5D	Starting line at a starting line	READYSETGO
6D	Mental health org.	APA
7D	Word with extra or living	LARGE
8D	Spinning ring, informally?	PRTEAM
9D	Plan B, for seniors	SAFETYSCHOOL
10D	It's on the right in the second row	THREEPIN
11D	Throw, maybe	RUG
12D	Bolted some nuts down	ATE
13D	"___ Blues" (Beatles song)	YER
16D	Derivative of sin	COS
20D	Dismayed reaction to a tag	STICKERSHOCK
23D	Contents of some sheets	RAIN
25D	"Bloody" queen	MARYI
26D	Job that requires a lot of memorization	ACTOR
27D	Figure in Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment"	JESUS
30D	Locales with many banks	SKATEPARKS
31D	Kind of bar that's hard to pass	LIMBO
32D	It comes with a parting of the ways	ADIEU
33D	Houston and New Orleans	PORTS
35D	Hunk	GOB
38D	Ramble away	NATTERON
39D	Sound the alarm	WARN
44D	Chest: Prefix	STETHO
46D	Break from the group, say	GOSOLO
49D	Actress Alexander of "Get Out"	ERIKA
50D	"No doubt!"	OHYES
51D	Saint ___ (Caribbean isle)	LUCIA
52D	Lay out	SPEND
54D	Small songbird	WREN
56D	Scoreboard tally: Abbr.	PTS
57D	It's good for tricks	ACE
58D	Not just a	THE
59D	The 1900s, e.g.: Abbr.	CEN

The New York Times Crossword has been published since 1942 and is widely considered the gold standard of American crosswords. The puzzle follows a weekly difficulty progression: Monday is the easiest, building up to Saturday's notoriously challenging grid. Sunday features a larger puzzle with Thursday-level difficulty. Edited by Will Shortz since 1993, the NYT crossword has launched countless constructors' careers and remains the most prestigious venue in crossword publishing.

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