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New York Times Crossword October 17 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 68 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 17 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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What a comment might be made in41 AcrossReveal answer → Plant often confused with algae45 AcrossReveal answer → "The Craft"59 AcrossReveal answer → Pulitzer-winning historian and journalist Applebaum414 AcrossReveal answer → Understanding response415 AcrossReveal answer → Amazon smart speakers516 AcrossReveal answer → British singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat"917 AcrossReveal answer → Some suitors519 AcrossReveal answer → Sets in motion620 AcrossReveal answer → Sake, for one821 AcrossReveal answer → Not fixed, as a stone523 AcrossReveal answer → Drinking game with projectiles924 AcrossReveal answer → Sign of healing425 AcrossReveal answer → New service member726 AcrossReveal answer → Mental image, for short?327 AcrossReveal answer → Fun-size, so to speak428 AcrossReveal answer → Stalk429 AcrossReveal answer → First releases631 AcrossReveal answer → Taking out the trash and others633 AcrossReveal answer → Lab liquids435 AcrossReveal answer → Max ___, boxer nicknamed "Madcap Maxie"436 AcrossReveal answer → Corn ___ (snack misnomer)337 AcrossReveal answer → Longtime Nestlé candy brand739 AcrossReveal answer → Arizona tribe with matrilineal clans441 AcrossReveal answer → 1992 Whoopi Goldberg comedy942 AcrossReveal answer → Survived, so to speak545 AcrossReveal answer → Portmanteau for evidence based solely on personal accounts846 AcrossReveal answer → Popular name of the 1958 Italian hit "Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu"647 AcrossReveal answer → ___ month548 AcrossReveal answer → Act of writing down whatever comes to mind in order to clear mental clutter949 AcrossReveal answer → Wipe551 AcrossReveal answer → Biblical locale in a Steinbeck title452 AcrossReveal answer → Golfer Aoki453 AcrossReveal answer → Rationed (out)554 AcrossReveal answer → Bleak455 AcrossReveal answer → Gravitate456 AcrossReveal answer →

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Historic Émile Zola letter of 189871 DownReveal answer → Improved82 DownReveal answer → Meaty dog treats "in a blanket"93 DownReveal answer → Less prolix64 DownReveal answer → Customizable Nintendo avatars45 DownReveal answer → Mac platform renamed in 201636 DownReveal answer → Condition of discretion77 DownReveal answer → More seductive68 DownReveal answer → One managing online content99 DownReveal answer → Drink that comes with free refills810 DownReveal answer → Word with easy or high511 DownReveal answer → Matter512 DownReveal answer → Insufferable sorts513 DownReveal answer → Court call318 DownReveal answer → Handles beautifully, in slang722 DownReveal answer → Bills worth 100 buckaroos424 DownReveal answer → British singer with the hits "R.I.P." and "Radioactive"726 DownReveal answer → Showed embarrassment, say928 DownReveal answer → Event typically occurring in one's late 40s or early 50s930 DownReveal answer → Hoped-for scenario832 DownReveal answer → America, for one: Abbr.433 DownReveal answer → DC figure since 1938834 DownReveal answer → Brand of rum mentioned in Hemingway novels736 DownReveal answer → Certain unit of detergent738 DownReveal answer → Pet gear often eschewed in favor of someone's lap640 DownReveal answer → "Stop the presses!"641 DownReveal answer → Capital that's home to the oldest university in the Western U.S. (1842)542 DownReveal answer → Habituate543 DownReveal answer → Upper house of the French parliament544 DownReveal answer → With, in Spanish345 DownReveal answer → Plant on a pergola447 DownReveal answer → ___ Lingus350 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, October 17, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.