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New York Times Crossword October 21 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword October 21 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 72 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#
A right one is 90°ANGLE5Across1 Hairstyle for QuestloveAFRO4Across6 ___ de plumeNOM3Across10 Luxury watch brandROLEX5Across13 Half of a classic lunch specialSOUP4Across14 DonateGIVE4Across15 Reward for rolling over, perhapsTREAT5Across16 Redwood or cottonwoodTREE4Across17 Best starting hand in Texas hold ’emACES4Across18 Device for capturing thermal imagesINFRAREDCAMERA14Across19 Little locking brickLEGO4Across22 Radical religious groupsCULTS5Across23 Where you might dance to some underground music?BASEMENTPARTY13Across24 Specialty coffee orderLATTE5Across30 Make a speechORATE5Across31 Buck's mateDOE3Across32 Valuable Minecraft blocksORES4Across35 EntertainAMUSE5Across36 Postseason college football gameBOWL4Across37 Fig. on a college transcriptGPA3Across38 Latin phrase that's often abbreviatedIDEST5Across39 Big name in briefsHANES5Across40 Venue for combatants wearing vests with sensorsLASERTAGARENA13Across41 Maki or temakiSUSHI5Across44 Belgrade residentSERB4Across46 Wild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take?ASHOTINTHEDARK14Across47 Bobber in a lakeBUOY4Across53 PeevedSORE4Across54 Nut-brown hueACORN5Across55 Head-buttsRAMS4Across57 "Summer of ___," Questlove documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural FestivalSOUL4Across58 Cone or sphereSOLID5Across59 Pub orderALE3Across60 The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?"ABEL4Across61 It might be picanteSALSA5Across62

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
The "A" of MoMAART3Down1 Seaweed wrap for makiNORI4Down2 Secluded valleyGLEN4Down3 Some info sheetsLEAFLETS8Down4 RadicalEXTREME7Down5 One doing stellar work?ASTRONOMER10Down6 Golfer's warningFORE4Down7 RegrettedRUED4Down8 Major oil cartel, in briefOPEC4Down9 "Bravo!"NICELYDONE10Down10 BlatantOVERT5Down11 Flat-topped landformsMESAS5Down12 Full rangeGAMUT5Down15 Tinder account datum that can't be editedAGE3Down20 The Hundred ___ Wood (storybook setting)ACRE4Down21 Post to an online journalBLOG4Down24 Org. for seniorsAARP4Down25 Advances from third while the pitcher is distracted, saySTEALSHOME10Down26 What team-building activities are designed to buildTRUST5Down27 Noodle that might be stuffedPASTASHELL10Down28 DinedATE3Down29 Actor WilsonOWEN4Down33 "Frozen" queenELSA4Down34 Suffix with lemon or stockADE3Down36 Slow-cooked taco fillingBARBACOA8Down37 "___ just me, or …?"ISIT4Down39 Rigorously demanding sortHARDASS7Down40 Nautical greetingsAHOYS5Down42 "Gosh!"GEE3Down43 Popular hummus brandSABRA5Down44 Run-of-the-millUSUAL5Down45 Rae of "Barbie"ISSA4Down48 Inexperienced gamer, informallyNOOB4Down49 FactualTRUE4Down50 What "maki" means in JapaneseROLL4Down51 Kardashian matriarchKRIS4Down52 Contract enforcing secrecy, for shortNDA3Down56

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, October 21, 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.