New York Times Crossword October 19 2025 Answers

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Below are all the New York Times Crossword October 19 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 140 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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Huge successSMASH5Across1 Seal, sayCLOSE5Across6 From the beginningANEW4Across11 ___ sequencing (lab technique)DNA3Across15 Lively Bohemian dancesPOLKAS6Across18 Alternative to a tissue, informallyHANKY5Across20 Bit in a hippie's necklaceLOVEBEAD8Across21 Poker declarationIRAISE6Across23 Remove, as a ribbonUNTIE5Across24 Share confidences withOPENUPTO8Across25 Business traveler's convenienceCOMPANYCARD11Across26 Divisions on a mapCOUNTRIES9Across28 Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music"ENO3Across29 Second volumeBOOKII6Across30 "hahaha im DEAD!"ROFL4Across31 Broadband inits.DSL3Across32 Fights back tears?DARNS5Across33 Michelle Obama, to PrincetonALUM4Across34 Indulge (in)PARTAKE7Across36 National Arab American Heritage MonthAPRIL5Across40 Place to hang at home?CLOSET6Across43 Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the"SYSTEM6Across45 Have an ominous presenceLOOMLARGE9Across46 Sound of a joke going over one's headWHOOSH6Across50 Giant Middle-earth creatureENT3Across52 Arched recessAPSE4Across53 Person I truly amREALME6Across54 "Hey!" from on highUPHERE6Across56 Word with pack or rugRAT3Across59 Senior, informallyOLDSTER7Across60 Org. that confiscates liquidsTSA3Across61 Knocked out of the parkACED4Across62 Pop culture hit about dystopian technologyMRROBOTO8Across65 Former parent of NBCRCA3Across67 Eliminators of some teamsPLAYOFFS8Across69 Corn chip with a "Fuego" flavorTAKI4Across72 In the vein ofALA3Across73 Smallish batteriesAACELLS7Across75 Rapper ___ MilliFLO3Across77 Get involvedSTEPIN6Across78 PerceptiveSHREWD6Across80 Hawaiian shindigLUAU4Across81 Clothes for a doze, in briefPJS3Across82 Native of the Delaware ValleyLENAPE6Across85 Pursuers of utopian goalsIDEALISTS9Across87 Coffees that aren't single-originBLENDS6Across89 Self-admiring sortEGOIST6Across92 Major Ukrainian seaportODESA5Across94 SisterlySORORAL7Across95 Sneaky plotRUSE4Across97 Pilgrims in Saudi ArabiaHAJIS5Across98 Ear-related prefixOTO3Across101 Not fully openAJAR4Across102 Hybrid pastryCRONUT6Across104 P, to PericlesRHO3Across106 Injection associated with a certain toxinANTIVENOM9Across109 Annoyances for ticket holdersTRAINDELAYS11Across112 Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notablyGAYMECCA8Across114 Brown songbirdsWRENS5Across115 Tale-telling brothersGRIMMS6Across116 Turned upAPPEARED8Across117 "Strike up the band!"HITIT5Across118 Neighbor of a SaudiYEMENI6Across119 Nickname for RachelRAE3Across120 Verbally expresses disdainTUTS4Across121 Warning signsOMENS5Across122 Tightly packedDENSE5Across123

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Food enlivenerSPICE5Down1 Hardly a geniusMORON5Down2 Home to a chapel with the Texas flag flying beside itALAMO5Down3 Spotify buttonSKIP4Down4 Loves, loves, loves the occasionHASABALL8Down5 HurlsCHUCKS6Down6 Feature of a Hawaiian houseLANAI5Down7 Being prosecutedONTRIAL7Down8 Go downhill fast, saySKID4Down9 ___ candyEYE3Down10 ChillyALOOF5Down11 Orange juice preferenceNOPULP6Down12 With no one ahead or behindEVEN4Down13 Lost all liquid resourcesWENTDRY7Down14 Remove hair fromDEPILATE8Down15 Main antagonist on HBO's "Euphoria"NATE4Down16 ClamorsADOS4Down17 Mexicali misterSENOR5Down19 RupturesBURSTS6Down22 Over there, poeticallyYON3Down27 Openly reveal one's sexualityCOMEOUT7Down28 Process for would-be GreeksRUSH4Down31 It's over a quarter of a quarterDIME4Down33 Features of the names of many Apple productsLOWERCASEIS11Down35 N.Y.C. stadium eponymASHE4Down37 Doll of a guy?KEN3Down38 Vitals checker, in briefEMT3Down39 Interrupter of dreams, maybeALARM5Down40 Genre for Keith HaringPOPART6Down41 Political platforms?ROSTRA6Down42 Saxon's foeCELT4Down43 Competitive athlete's goal, perhapsTOPSPEED8Down44 Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant"ARLO4Down47 Bureaucratic barriersREDTAPE7Down48 Fuel sourceGASOLINE8Down49 "Care to dance?"SHALLWE7Down51 Sea, to SeuratMER3Down55 They may be caught in the summerRAYS4Down57 Prefix with sphereECO3Down58 Tribute in the Tribune, sayOBIT4Down60 Flow outEFFUSE6Down63 Keys above C'sDFLATS6Down64 BlessesOKS3Down66 "That feels ama-a-azing!"AAH3Down68 Alan with six EmmysALDA4Down70 Composer who led the U.S. Marine BandSOUSA5Down71 Canniest, for instanceANAGRAM7Down74 Artist's feedback session, informallyCRIT4Down76 Olaf's creator in "Frozen"ELSA4Down79 TopsLIDS4Down81 Channel supported by pledge drivesPBS3Down82 "Jenny From the Block" singer, to fansJLO3Down83 Immune cell variationSEROTYPE8Down84 Flow (out)POUR4Down86 Hung around idlyLOITERED8Down88 "Sorry, I'm unavailable!"NOTIME6Down90 Tried to conveyDROVEAT7Down91 HideSECRETE7Down93 Surgical instrumentLANCET6Down96 Lifts with a pulleyHOISTS6Down98 "Dear ___" (greeting in an old advice column)ANN3Down99 Overly fault-findingJUDGY5Down100 "The Grapes of Wrath" familyJOADS5Down103 Entered quicklyRANIN5Down105 Food traditionally eaten with chopsticksRAMEN5Down106 Songs on SundaysHYMNS5Down107 Actor Davis who delivered Malcolm X's eulogyOSSIE5Down108 Gelatinous thickenerAGAR4Down109 ___ ValleyNAPA4Down110 Shade lighter than cappuccinoECRU4Down111 Decorative auto upgradeTRIM4Down112 Mojito garnishLIME4Down113 50,000-watt clear-channel radio station in IowaWHO3Down115

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, October 19, 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.