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New York Times Crossword October 23 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword October 23 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 74 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#
Areas of developmentWOMBS5Across1 Punch-in-the-stomach soundsOOFS4Across6 Genre for Blackpink and Stray KidsKPOP4Across10 Helvetica-like typefaceARIAL5Across14 Button to hit after accidentally deleting an entire manuscriptUNDO4Across15 International footwear retailer based in QuebecALDO4Across16 Stealthiest of stealthy warriorsNINJAMASTERS12Across17 Warren Beatty film based on "Ten Days That Shook the World"REDS4Across19 Reporters often carry themNOTEPADS8Across20 RelaxedATEASE6Across21 "Call Her Daddy" podcast host CooperALEX4Across23 Words of denialNOTI4Across24 "___ Just Not That Into You"HES3Across26 Activist BrockovichERIN4Across27 Case openerARGUMENT8Across29 Location that requires tickets for checking out, but not checking inCOATROOM8Across33 End of a municipal address?GOV3Across36 1887 drama on which a Puccini opera is basedLATOSCA7Across37 Things opened before passengers exit an aircraftCABINDOORS10Across40 Composers' rights org.BMI3Across42 Difference between a B and a C, perhapsHALFSTEP8Across43 Star of NBC's "The Blacklist"JAMESSPADER11Across45 TV's warrior princessXENA4Across47 "Done!," in geometry classQED3Across50 Brief moments, in briefSECS4Across51 ___ HashanaROSH4Across54 Units equal to roughly a quarter of a calorieJOULES6Across56 Cook outside?SUNBATHE8Across59 River through KazakhstanURAL4Across61 Sports craze of the 2020s … as seen three times in this grid?PICKLEBALL10Across62 Little more thanMERE4Across64 Ingredient in some mouthwashesALOE4Across65 Clay being of Jewish folkloreGOLEM5Across66 Troubadour, e.g.POET4Across67 Thomas Hardy heroine who's described as "a pure woman"TESS4Across68 Wheel connectorsAXLES5Across69

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
"Should we?," informallyWANNA5Down1 A.L. East athleteORIOLE6Down2 Money makerMINTER6Down3 Peninsula south of California, colloquiallyBAJAMEXICO10Down4 It's an affrontSLAP4Down5 One-upOUTDO5Down6 Worst-possible Amazon ratingONESTAR7Down7 Prez on a U.S. coinFDR3Down8 Slugger SammySOSA4Down9 Holder of the N.B.A.'s career points record before LeBron passed him in 2023KAREEM6Down10 "You've overstayed your welcome"PLEASEGO8Down11 Figures on DraftKings or FanDuelODDS4Down12 Put forwardPOSE4Down13 ___ Nicolas, remotest of California's Channel IslandsSAN3Down18 Set of notches in a dictionaryTHUMBINDEX10Down22 Classic CamarosIROCS5Down25 "Didn't mean to offend you"NOSHADE7Down28 Best ever, informallyGOAT4Down30 Neither's partnerNOR3Down31 Common fixtures over fireplacesTVS3Down32 Part of U.S.M.A.: Abbr.ACAD4Down34 AccountsTALES5Down35 Prez two decades after 8-DownLBJ3Down37 "I'll answer all your questions" session, onlineAMA3Down38 Site of a huge annual crowdTIMESSQUARE11Down39 High place to view a high artOPERABOX8Down41 Paintings on plasterFRESCOS7Down44 Bit of food for a hamsterPELLET6Down46 SomeNOTALL6Down48 ___ Simpson, musical sister of JessicaASHLEE6Down49 Certain salad veggiesCUKES5Down52 Where Rudolph could first be seen in 2000, for shortSNL3Down53 Command postsHELMS5Down55 Checkers moveJUMP4Down56 Product with a Cakesters varietyOREO4Down57 Said angrilySPAT4Down58 Lou ___, "Mambo No. 5" singerBEGA4Down60 Speck in la SeineILE3Down63

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, October 23, 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.