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New York Times Crossword October 18 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword October 18 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 64 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#
Measure of rank in Maori culture, informallyFACETAT7Across1 BubblesFROTH5Across8 Sauce in Italian-American cuisineMARINARA8Across13 Knocked outINAWE5Across14 It's in right nowLATESTFAD9Across15 Was worthy ofRATED5Across16 Having a single purposeADHOC5Across17 Light that goes up when things are going down?FLARE5Across18 SnatchBAG3Across20 Crank cases?UFOLOGY7Across21 Something pulled in many car chase scenes, for shortEBRAKE6Across23 Home to the Arco di ConstantinoROMA4Across25 Present a chance to get aheadOPENDOORS9Across26 Spaniards roll themARS3Across29 Was really moving, in slangHAULEDASS9Across30 "Uh ... I guess"WELLSORTA9Across31 Sources of 24/7 supportHELPLINES9Across32 Many an attachmentPDF3Across33 Ones catching wavesRADIOSETS9Across36 Longtime name in Cuban politicsRAUL4Across37 Those playing the king of Egypt in "Aïda"BASSOS6Across38 Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New OrleansESSENCE7Across39 Easily removed locksWIG3Across41 Limited assignmentSTINT5Across42 Smallest member of the eurozone (122 square miles)MALTA5Across45 Appropriately change courseADAPT5Across46 Spirals out of control?TORNADOES9Across48 Panhellenic Games venueNEMEA5Across50 Can't cool offSTAYSMAD8Across51 GiftedADEPT5Across52 Culinary concurrenceYESCHEF7Across53

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
UnderstandsFATHOMS7Down1 Site of some piercingsAREOLA6Down2 "There's never been a better time" tech sloganeerCISCO5Down3 Fangorn residentENT3Down4 Sweet doings at a county fairTAFFYPULLS10Down5 ___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disasterARAL4Down6 Cry that might be made with a bowTADA4Down7 Responders to cruise ship emergenciesFIREBOATS9Down8 It works in translationRNA3Down9 Crunchy snacksOATBARS7Down10 Fine-tunesTWEAKS6Down11 Divider of lotsHEDGE5Down12 Really intoMADFOR6Down13 21st-century first ladyLAURA5Down15 Attire for many a flamenco dancerREDDRESS8Down19 Upright barGOALPOST8Down22 Bonheur who painted "Ploughing in the Nivernais"ROSA4Down24 Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabetELSIE5Down27 Colorful swimmers in the AmazonNEONTETRAS10Down28 Energy device that reflects sunlightHELIOSTAT9Down30 Rings up?WEDS4Down31 Can hold one's own, in modern lingoHASGAME7Down32 Bread purchase in the U.K.PANLOAF7Down33 Like a building's central air conditioningDUCTED6Down34 Dogbane?FLEAS5Down35 Like drug dens, sometimesRAIDED6Down36 FAQ headingREADME6Down37 East African honorificBWANA5Down38 Reduce to a pulpSMASH5Down40 MinuteITSY4Down43 Pay attention toNOTE4Down44 ZipPEP3Down47 Home to the U.S.'s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for shortNYC3Down49

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, October 18, 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.