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New York Times Crossword October 17 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword October 17 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 68 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#
What a comment might be made inJEST4Across1 Plant often confused with algaeMOSS4Across5 "The Craft"WICCA5Across9 Pulitzer-winning historian and journalist ApplebaumANNE4Across14 Understanding responseISEE4Across15 Amazon smart speakersECHOS5Across16 British singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat"CHARLIXCX9Across17 Some suitorsBEAUS5Across19 Sets in motionCAUSES6Across20 Sake, for oneRICEWINE8Across21 Not fixed, as a stoneUNSET5Across23 Drinking game with projectilesBEERDARTS9Across24 Sign of healingSCAR4Across25 New service memberRECRUIT7Across26 Mental image, for short?EEG3Across27 Fun-size, so to speakTINY4Across28 StalkSTEM4Across29 First releasesDEBUTS6Across31 Taking out the trash and othersCHORES6Across33 Lab liquidsSERA4Across35 Max ___, boxer nicknamed "Madcap Maxie"BAER4Across36 Corn ___ (snack misnomer)NUT3Across37 Longtime Nestlé candy brandSNOCAPS7Across39 Arizona tribe with matrilineal clansHOPI4Across41 1992 Whoopi Goldberg comedySISTERACT9Across42 Survived, so to speakCOPED5Across45 Portmanteau for evidence based solely on personal accountsANECDATA8Across46 Popular name of the 1958 Italian hit "Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu"VOLARE6Across47 ___ monthLUNAR5Across48 Act of writing down whatever comes to mind in order to clear mental clutterBRAINDUMP9Across49 WipeERASE5Across51 Biblical locale in a Steinbeck titleEDEN4Across52 Golfer AokiISAO4Across53 Rationed (out)METED5Across54 BleakDIRE4Across55 GravitateTEND4Across56

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Historic Émile Zola letter of 1898JACCUSE7Down1 ImprovedENHANCED8Down2 Meaty dog treats "in a blanket"SNAUSAGES9Down3 Less prolixTERSER6Down4 Customizable Nintendo avatarsMIIS4Down5 Mac platform renamed in 2016OSX3Down6 Condition of discretionSECRECY7Down7 More seductiveSEXIER6Down8 One managing online contentWEBEDITOR9Down9 Drink that comes with free refillsICEWATER8Down10 Word with easy or highCHAIR5Down11 MatterCOUNT5Down12 Insufferable sortsASSES5Down13 Court callLET3Down18 Handles beautifully, in slangCRUSHES7Down22 Bills worth 100 buckaroosBENS4Down24 British singer with the hits "R.I.P." and "Radioactive"RITAORA7Down26 Showed embarrassment, sayTURNEDRED9Down28 Event typically occurring in one's late 40s or early 50sMENOPAUSE9Down30 Hoped-for scenarioBESTCASE8Down32 America, for one: Abbr.CAPT4Down33 DC figure since 1938SUPERMAN8Down34 Brand of rum mentioned in Hemingway novelsBACARDI7Down36 Certain unit of detergentTIDEPOD7Down38 Pet gear often eschewed in favor of someone's lapCATBED6Down40 "Stop the presses!"HOLDIT6Down41 Capital that's home to the oldest university in the Western U.S. (1842)SALEM5Down42 HabituateINURE5Down43 Upper house of the French parliamentSENAT5Down44 With, in SpanishCON3Down45 Plant on a pergolaVINE4Down47 ___ LingusAER3Down50

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, October 17, 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.