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New York Times Crossword October 20 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 20 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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Apple tablet41 AcrossReveal answer → Facing the pitcher55 AcrossReveal answer → Time to blow out the candles on a cake, informally410 AcrossReveal answer → Informal eatery414 AcrossReveal answer → Thanks, in France515 AcrossReveal answer → Singer Guthrie416 AcrossReveal answer → Says 2 + 2 = 5, e.g.417 AcrossReveal answer → Wedding cake figurine518 AcrossReveal answer → Last language alphabetically on Google Translate419 AcrossReveal answer → Milkshake flavor made with Oreos1320 AcrossReveal answer → The "A" of I.P.A.323 AcrossReveal answer → Pitcher Maddux who won the Cy Young Award in four consecutive years424 AcrossReveal answer → Welcome sights for thirsty people in deserts525 AcrossReveal answer → Accelerator or brake528 AcrossReveal answer → Music genre that Joan Jett "loves"930 AcrossReveal answer → Arcing tennis shot333 AcrossReveal answer → Member of a convent335 AcrossReveal answer → Lavatory, in Liverpool336 AcrossReveal answer → Pasta often filled with ricotta737 AcrossReveal answer → Listing on the Billboard Hot 100741 AcrossReveal answer → 50 years, for Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit"344 AcrossReveal answer → Play a part in a play345 AcrossReveal answer → "My man!"347 AcrossReveal answer → Two-part steakhouse entree948 AcrossReveal answer → Bonus552 AcrossReveal answer → Filmmaker Miyazaki556 AcrossReveal answer → Questions457 AcrossReveal answer → Color that means "stop"359 AcrossReveal answer → Like some scented stickers1360 AcrossReveal answer → Sorority's counterpart, in brief464 AcrossReveal answer → Mandarin "hello"566 AcrossReveal answer → Head ___ heels467 AcrossReveal answer → Chauffeured vehicle468 AcrossReveal answer → Message often accompanied by an exclamation point in a triangle569 AcrossReveal answer → Michelin product470 AcrossReveal answer → Alternative to a Lyft471 AcrossReveal answer → Jumps572 AcrossReveal answer → Make simpler473 AcrossReveal answer →

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What covers the North Pole61 DownReveal answer → End of some sentences62 DownReveal answer → Having a certain natural hairstyle63 DownReveal answer → Furniture piece for a talk show host44 DownReveal answer → Shade of yellow55 DownReveal answer → More abrupt in language66 DownReveal answer → Hire to the team77 DownReveal answer → Band with the aptly titled debut album "High Voltage"48 DownReveal answer → Stratum49 DownReveal answer → Marketplace with stalls610 DownReveal answer → Occasion for a percussionist to shine811 DownReveal answer → With 13-Down, "___ can eat" (restaurant come-on)312 DownReveal answer → See 12-Down313 DownReveal answer → Inuit's home521 DownReveal answer → Time unit aptly hidden in "paleontology"322 DownReveal answer → University in North Carolina426 DownReveal answer → Difficult, tiring work427 DownReveal answer → Comic actress Wong329 DownReveal answer → Unit of flour331 DownReveal answer → Door handle432 DownReveal answer → Untuneful trumpet sound434 DownReveal answer → Lacking much thought437 DownReveal answer → Water, in Oaxaca438 DownReveal answer → Aforementioned839 DownReveal answer → Hospital area with IVs340 DownReveal answer → News media542 DownReveal answer → Crosstown rivals of the Cubbies343 DownReveal answer → Windpipe746 DownReveal answer → Decision-making consideration649 DownReveal answer → Neither here ___ there350 DownReveal answer → Only black key in a G major scale651 DownReveal answer → Fodder for "Jeopardy!"653 DownReveal answer → Alludes (to)654 DownReveal answer → Not interrupted by commercials ... or shortened like the middle words of 20-, 30-, 48- and 60-Across?655 DownReveal answer → Ties that are hard to untie558 DownReveal answer → Super-uptight461 DownReveal answer → Bit of bathroom décor462 DownReveal answer → Do, re or mi463 DownReveal answer → It goes around every year364 DownReveal answer → Short ___ (beef cut)365 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, October 20, 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.