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New York Times Crossword October 16 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword October 16 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 78 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
"___ Talkin' ’bout Love" (Van Halen song)AINT4Across1 *Treat with kindnessBENTO5Across5 Noted works of the Roman poet HoraceODES4Across10 BruteBOOR4Across14 Statuette modeled after a knight holding a crusader’s swordOSCAR5Across15 Feeling associated with skipping a party, perhapsFOMO4Across16 UnchangeableSETINSTONE10Across17 Horned creature in "Pan's Labyrinth"FAUN4Across19 Hungers forCRAVES6Across20 Early Germanic peopleGOTHS5Across21 Move around the worldORBIT5Across23 *ExpensivePRY3Across24 LiftHOIST5Across26 Mardi Gras locale, informallyNOLA4Across29 Ovarian sac contentsROE3Across30 Fuddy-duddiesPRUDES6Across31 "Still ___" (1999 rap hit)DRE3Across32 MeanderWEND4Across33 High lights?AURORA6Across34 Practice chiromancyREADPALMS9Across35 Disappear, as a trailGOCOLD6Across37 "Central Park in the Dark" composerIVES4Across40 Music box?AMP3Across41 DivinerORACLE6Across44 Jerry’s uncle on "Seinfeld"LEO3Across45 Box a bitSPAR4Across46 Tonkatsu coatingPANKO5Across47 *Deli deviceSLR3Across48 Bug expert, for shortITPRO5Across49 Invite at the doorASKIN5Across50 Extreme pressureDURESS6Across52 El ___PASO4Across53 Felt tired during the day, sayNEEDEDANAP10Across55 Words to a betrayerETTU4Across58 “The Philosophy of Right” authorHEGEL5Across59 Like a computer with a running screensaverIDLE4Across60 How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred cluesNEAT4Across61 *Risky endeavor, idiomaticallyDROLL5Across62 Onetime resident of the Winter PalaceTSAR4Across63

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
BoltABSCOND7Down1 Certain Windows hard drive malfunctionIOERROR7Down2 *ConspicuousNOTABLE7Down3 Stupid stuff it's fun to knowTRIVIA6Down4 Level-ending foeBOSS4Down5 Educated guess: Abbr.EST3Down6 Sgt., e.g.NCO3Down7 Like lemon curdTANGY5Down8 Preceder of "Bites" and "Bars" in commercial namesOREO4Down9 *Chance to meet one-on-one with a professorOFFHOURS8Down10 "Copy me"DOASIDO7Down11 Runner Down UnderEMU3Down12 Certain heirSON3Down13 Make in the endNET3Down18 Steady humming soundsTHRUMS6Down22 Locale for catfish or carpPOND4Down24 What allows Neo to disconnect from the MatrixREDPILL7Down25 Spanish 101 verbSER3Down27 Whom you might greet with open arms, for short?TSA3Down28 Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth"READE5Down30 Prefix with botanistPALEO5Down31 "Sure … if you say so"WELLOK6Down33 Enjoys oneself uninhibitedly … or a punny title for this puzzleROCKSOUT8Down35 ProfessAVER4Down36 Something Lincoln once led, for shortGOP3Down37 Italian time unitORA3Down38 Card game with a winning score of 5,000 pointsCANASTA7Down39 *Book addendaAPPENDS7Down41 Chicken ___MARSALA7Down42 ThrivePROSPER7Down43 Narrow channelSTRAIT6Down46 Derisive lookSNEER5Down48 OB/GYN offeringIUD3Down49 Crisply shown, as on TVINHD4Down51 Wooded valleyDELL4Down52 CoopPEN3Down53 Performed amazingly, in slangATE3Down54 Id's counterpartEGO3Down56 The First State: Abbr.DEL3Down57

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, October 16, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.