NYT Crossword October 30, 2025 Answers

Welcome to the complete solution for the New York Times Crossword published Thursday, October 30, 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 30, 2025 Answers

This NYT puzzle from October 30, 2025 contains 80 total clues—41 across and 39 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	Place for a pencil sharpener	DESK
5A	Argentine plain	PAMPA
10A	Prayer leader	IMAM
14A	Droves	ATON
15A	Disney princess who longs to be "part of that world"	ARIEL
16A	Come to	WAKE
17A	Either acting sibling Andrew or Elisabeth	SHUE
18A	What pulls out all the stops?	DRANO
19A	Food generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers"	OKRA
20A	Start illegally, say	HOTWIRE
22A	What every baseball inning starts with	NOONEON
24A	"Kind of" suffix	ISH
25A	Shore up the ranks	RESTAFF
27A	Little pest	ANT
28A	Animal with a white rump	ELK
30A	Highlands hat	TAM
31A	Epitome of simplicity	ABC
33A	Binge	SPREE
35A	"I'll ___ you!"	SUE
36A	Pop-pop	GRAMP
39A	Country sharing the world's longest international border	CANADA
41A	Showed great pride, in a way	BEAMED
42A	Desirable Vegas couple?	ACES
43A	Lake in the homeland of the Washoe people	TAHOE
47A	___ Blaster (toy)	NERF
48A	Inconsequential	MERE
49A	Journeys by foot	TREKS
50A	Ones eliciting knee-jerk reactions, informally?	DOCS
51A	Exemplar	PARAGON
53A	Having a strong sense of direction?	BOSSY
57A	Likely oriented toward platonic relationships, in brief	ARO
58A	Members of the dolphin family that prey on dolphins	ORCAS
63A	Like a revving engine	AROAR
64A	Skater Midori	ITO
65A	Words after "ding, ding, ding"	TOAST
66A	With 68-Across, "Wicked" song suggested by the answers to the seven starred clues (and whose singer is spelled by the circled letters reading from left to right)	DEFYING
68A	See 66-Across	GRAVITY
70A	Bronzed	GOTATAN
71A	Not just yet	LATERON
72A	Abjures	ESCHEWS
73A	Target of urban renewal, say	EYESORE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Soup stock in Japanese cuisine	DASHI
2D	*The ones over there	ETHOS
3D	Washington, Jefferson or Madison	SOUTHERNER
4D	Already heard, say	KNEW
5D	*One selling commercial time, informally	PADRE
6D	Takes in	ARRESTS
7D	The Marlins, on scoreboards	MIA
8D	Lewis Carroll or George Orwell	PENNAME
9D	*It's used to scrub in the tub	ALOOF
10D	Jubilant postgame report	IWON
11D	Show up unannounced?	MAKEACAMEO
12D	*Some Scandinavian money	AKRON
13D	Indicated	MEANT
21D	Irritated	IRKED
23D	Old enough	OFAGE
26D	Symbol for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius	TAU
29D	*Stand before a meeting	LEASE
32D	*Genre for Aretha Franklin or Usher	BRAND
33D	One might start "Your Social Security number has been compromised"	SCAM
34D	Rate	PACE
37D	Chicago exchange, for short	MERC
38D	Certain attachments	PDFS
40D	Flour used in Indian flatbreads	ATTA
41D	Kiss in a telenovela	BESO
44D	Calls to court	ARRAIGNS
45D	*Your home	HEART
46D	Voice command to an Android device	OKGOOGLE
51D	Fool's gold	PYRITE
52D	Write, as music	NOTATE
53D	Symbol of authority	BADGE
54D	Small dessert sandwiches	OREOS
55D	Left of center?	SOFTC
56D	Get ready to have one's tonsils checked, perhaps	SAYAH
59D	Wanders	ROVES
60D	World capital on the world's longest river	CAIRO
61D	Family name with an eponymous Row, Court, Place and Avenue in New York City	ASTOR
62D	Composer Jule	STYNE
67D	Slangy refusal	NAW
69D	Fish also known as a batomorph	RAY

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