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New York Times Crossword October 18 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 64 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 18 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Measure of rank in Maori culture, informally71 AcrossReveal answer → Bubbles58 AcrossReveal answer → Sauce in Italian-American cuisine813 AcrossReveal answer → Knocked out514 AcrossReveal answer → It's in right now915 AcrossReveal answer → Was worthy of516 AcrossReveal answer → Having a single purpose517 AcrossReveal answer → Light that goes up when things are going down?518 AcrossReveal answer → Snatch320 AcrossReveal answer → Crank cases?721 AcrossReveal answer → Something pulled in many car chase scenes, for short623 AcrossReveal answer → Home to the Arco di Constantino425 AcrossReveal answer → Present a chance to get ahead926 AcrossReveal answer → Spaniards roll them329 AcrossReveal answer → Was really moving, in slang930 AcrossReveal answer → "Uh ... I guess"931 AcrossReveal answer → Sources of 24/7 support932 AcrossReveal answer → Many an attachment333 AcrossReveal answer → Ones catching waves936 AcrossReveal answer → Longtime name in Cuban politics437 AcrossReveal answer → Those playing the king of Egypt in "Aïda"638 AcrossReveal answer → Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New Orleans739 AcrossReveal answer → Easily removed locks341 AcrossReveal answer → Limited assignment542 AcrossReveal answer → Smallest member of the eurozone (122 square miles)545 AcrossReveal answer → Appropriately change course546 AcrossReveal answer → Spirals out of control?948 AcrossReveal answer → Panhellenic Games venue550 AcrossReveal answer → Can't cool off851 AcrossReveal answer → Gifted552 AcrossReveal answer → Culinary concurrence753 AcrossReveal answer →

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Understands71 DownReveal answer → Site of some piercings62 DownReveal answer → "There's never been a better time" tech sloganeer53 DownReveal answer → Fangorn resident34 DownReveal answer → Sweet doings at a county fair105 DownReveal answer → ___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disaster46 DownReveal answer → Cry that might be made with a bow47 DownReveal answer → Responders to cruise ship emergencies98 DownReveal answer → It works in translation39 DownReveal answer → Crunchy snacks710 DownReveal answer → Fine-tunes611 DownReveal answer → Divider of lots512 DownReveal answer → Really into613 DownReveal answer → 21st-century first lady515 DownReveal answer → Attire for many a flamenco dancer819 DownReveal answer → Upright bar822 DownReveal answer → Bonheur who painted "Ploughing in the Nivernais"424 DownReveal answer → Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet527 DownReveal answer → Colorful swimmers in the Amazon1028 DownReveal answer → Energy device that reflects sunlight930 DownReveal answer → Rings up?431 DownReveal answer → Can hold one's own, in modern lingo732 DownReveal answer → Bread purchase in the U.K.733 DownReveal answer → Like a building's central air conditioning634 DownReveal answer → Dogbane?535 DownReveal answer → Like drug dens, sometimes636 DownReveal answer → FAQ heading637 DownReveal answer → East African honorific538 DownReveal answer → Reduce to a pulp540 DownReveal answer → Minute443 DownReveal answer → Pay attention to444 DownReveal answer → Zip347 DownReveal answer → Home to the U.S.'s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for short349 DownReveal answer →

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