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New York Times Crossword October 2 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 2 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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"That so?" or "Uh-huh, that's so"41 AcrossReveal answer → Abbr. that often follows a comma35 AcrossReveal answer → Hardly anyone counts on this anymore68 AcrossReveal answer → Shakespearean villain414 AcrossReveal answer → Zip315 AcrossReveal answer → Wine and dine616 AcrossReveal answer → How something distinctive appears1117 AcrossReveal answer → Any member of a band dubbed "The President's Own"619 AcrossReveal answer → Leveled the playing field, say?520 AcrossReveal answer → Fight night sites621 AcrossReveal answer → Shortage of a sort622 AcrossReveal answer → Cardinal's honorific1125 AcrossReveal answer → Suppose627 AcrossReveal answer → Feel 41-Across329 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach330 AcrossReveal answer → Asian city one can view within Instagram?433 AcrossReveal answer → Among others, for short434 AcrossReveal answer → Well-informed537 AcrossReveal answer → Writer Zora ___ Hurston539 AcrossReveal answer → See 29-Across341 AcrossReveal answer → Its hands might be near one of yours542 AcrossReveal answer → Common daytime spots for first dates543 AcrossReveal answer → Part of a list at an awards show744 AcrossReveal answer → Biker's selection446 AcrossReveal answer → Doc seen for sinusitis347 AcrossReveal answer → Austin summer hrs.348 AcrossReveal answer → Board meeting handout650 AcrossReveal answer → Discusses at length852 AcrossReveal answer → Pin number?355 AcrossReveal answer → Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain"656 AcrossReveal answer → Sounds heard in haunted houses559 AcrossReveal answer → What might prompt someone to close a window661 AcrossReveal answer → Classic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle?1162 AcrossReveal answer → Eye, slangily666 AcrossReveal answer → Actress Long367 AcrossReveal answer → "You'll ___"468 AcrossReveal answer → Sabotage969 AcrossReveal answer → Lift a finger, so to speak370 AcrossReveal answer → Output of a social media algorithm471 AcrossReveal answer →

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Sound from a puppy31 DownReveal answer → Balance aid32 DownReveal answer → What might come after many years?33 DownReveal answer → Ad ___74 DownReveal answer → Interweave75 DownReveal answer → Scrabble rackful56 DownReveal answer → Half of a noted crime duo57 DownReveal answer → Renowned house at Milan Fashion Week68 DownReveal answer → Cousin of a Danish89 DownReveal answer → Match, as subject and verb510 DownReveal answer → Biblical person who says "My punishment is greater than I can bear"411 DownReveal answer → Bone with a radial notch412 DownReveal answer → Candy company known for its chocolate and butterscotch413 DownReveal answer → Neighborhood in N.Y.C. or L.A.418 DownReveal answer → Home of the most Literature Nobelists in history622 DownReveal answer → Greece's largest airline623 DownReveal answer → Only video game to sell 300 million copies924 DownReveal answer → Selfish cry before an evil laugh1126 DownReveal answer → Moolah428 DownReveal answer → One of four awarded to Bill Nye630 DownReveal answer → Crane's place, maybe631 DownReveal answer → Where the film "Argo" is set632 DownReveal answer → Features of some windows535 DownReveal answer → Spanish phone greeting336 DownReveal answer → Job listing info438 DownReveal answer → Moped alternative840 DownReveal answer → Erode745 DownReveal answer → Figure out949 DownReveal answer → Out of the park451 DownReveal answer → Certain Kool-Aid flavor552 DownReveal answer → On the horizon853 DownReveal answer → Polite refusal554 DownReveal answer → ___ platter (Chinese restaurant offering)456 DownReveal answer → Doing business457 DownReveal answer → Carded458 DownReveal answer → The "s" in the acronym "scuba"460 DownReveal answer → Pizza, e.g.363 DownReveal answer → Christmas ___364 DownReveal answer → Like Malbec wine365 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, October 2, 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.