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New York Times Crossword October 21 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 72 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 21 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
A right one is 90°51 AcrossReveal answer → Hairstyle for Questlove46 AcrossReveal answer → ___ de plume310 AcrossReveal answer → Luxury watch brand513 AcrossReveal answer → Half of a classic lunch special414 AcrossReveal answer → Donate415 AcrossReveal answer → Reward for rolling over, perhaps516 AcrossReveal answer → Redwood or cottonwood417 AcrossReveal answer → Best starting hand in Texas hold ’em418 AcrossReveal answer → Device for capturing thermal images1419 AcrossReveal answer → Little locking brick422 AcrossReveal answer → Radical religious groups523 AcrossReveal answer → Where you might dance to some underground music?1324 AcrossReveal answer → Specialty coffee order530 AcrossReveal answer → Make a speech531 AcrossReveal answer → Buck's mate332 AcrossReveal answer → Valuable Minecraft blocks435 AcrossReveal answer → Entertain536 AcrossReveal answer → Postseason college football game437 AcrossReveal answer → Fig. on a college transcript338 AcrossReveal answer → Latin phrase that's often abbreviated539 AcrossReveal answer → Big name in briefs540 AcrossReveal answer → Venue for combatants wearing vests with sensors1341 AcrossReveal answer → Maki or temaki544 AcrossReveal answer → Belgrade resident446 AcrossReveal answer → Wild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take?1447 AcrossReveal answer → Bobber in a lake453 AcrossReveal answer → Peeved454 AcrossReveal answer → Nut-brown hue555 AcrossReveal answer → Head-butts457 AcrossReveal answer → "Summer of ___," Questlove documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival458 AcrossReveal answer → Cone or sphere559 AcrossReveal answer → Pub order360 AcrossReveal answer → The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?"461 AcrossReveal answer → It might be picante562 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
The "A" of MoMA31 DownReveal answer → Seaweed wrap for maki42 DownReveal answer → Secluded valley43 DownReveal answer → Some info sheets84 DownReveal answer → Radical75 DownReveal answer → One doing stellar work?106 DownReveal answer → Golfer's warning47 DownReveal answer → Regretted48 DownReveal answer → Major oil cartel, in brief49 DownReveal answer → "Bravo!"1010 DownReveal answer → Blatant511 DownReveal answer → Flat-topped landforms512 DownReveal answer → Full range515 DownReveal answer → Tinder account datum that can't be edited320 DownReveal answer → The Hundred ___ Wood (storybook setting)421 DownReveal answer → Post to an online journal424 DownReveal answer → Org. for seniors425 DownReveal answer → Advances from third while the pitcher is distracted, say1026 DownReveal answer → What team-building activities are designed to build527 DownReveal answer → Noodle that might be stuffed1028 DownReveal answer → Dined329 DownReveal answer → Actor Wilson433 DownReveal answer → "Frozen" queen434 DownReveal answer → Suffix with lemon or stock336 DownReveal answer → Slow-cooked taco filling837 DownReveal answer → "___ just me, or …?"439 DownReveal answer → Rigorously demanding sort740 DownReveal answer → Nautical greetings542 DownReveal answer → "Gosh!"343 DownReveal answer → Popular hummus brand544 DownReveal answer → Run-of-the-mill545 DownReveal answer → Rae of "Barbie"448 DownReveal answer → Inexperienced gamer, informally449 DownReveal answer → Factual450 DownReveal answer → What "maki" means in Japanese451 DownReveal answer → Kardashian matriarch452 DownReveal answer → Contract enforcing secrecy, for short356 DownReveal answer →

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