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New York Times Crossword October 28 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword October 28 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 78 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#
Six years, for a U.S. senatorTERM4Across1 Portable speaker?SIRI4Across5 Is behindOWES4Across9 ___ jelly, popular boba tea toppingALOE4Across13 BeginningONSET5Across14 Orbit, e.g.PATH4Across15 Little guys in striped coatsZEBRACOLTS10Across16 What a booth in a recording studio shouldn't haveECHO4Across18 Build-your-own breakfast spotOMELETBAR9Across19 Tattoo artistINKER5Across20 $$$ set aside for old ageIRA3Across21 Child's living room hideawaySOFAFORT8Across22 Leftover pieceREMNANT7Across24 Santa ___, Calif.ANA3Across28 ___ Max, singer with the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho"AVA3Across29 Vessel with a spoutTEAPOT6Across30 Hook or Cook: Abbr.CAPT4Across33 Alternative cut to a bobPIXIE5Across37 Comedian MargaretCHO3Across39 Style of a roomDECOR5Across40 Word before chance or pickingsSLIM4Across41 Plea before an impulsive actSTOPME6Across42 Singer Grande, to fansARI3Across44 Plop yourself downSIT3Across45 Melodramatic cryingSOBBING7Across47 Beverage containers for people on the moveTOGOCUPS8Across49 A/C measureBTU3Across54 Adam of "The O.C."BRODY5Across55 Reason whyRATIONALE9Across56 Eight, in SpainOCHO4Across61 Personal treasure chest ... or what each of the five groups of shaded letters illustrates?JEWELRYBOX10Across62 Tandoori-baked breadNAAN4Across63 Businesswoman LauderESTEE5Across64 German-based international supermarket chainALDI4Across65 "Twilight" vampire CullenESME4Across66 General ___ shrimpTSOS4Across67 Russian denialNYET4Across68

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Tea brand once owned by StarbucksTAZO4Down1 Kind of sch. for grades one to sixELEM4Down2 Bit of spa attireROBE4Down3 Magician of Arthurian legendMERLIN6Down4 Sort who's too good for everyone elseSNOB4Down5 Cuba y Puerto RicoISLAS5Down6 Fashionably old-fashionedRETRO5Down7 "___ a date!"ITS3Down8 Like some sandwichesOPENFACE8Down9 Super-silly sortWACKO5Down10 Thin airETHER5Down11 BriefSHORT5Down12 It may be in the low 90sOCTANE6Down14 Make fizzyAERATE6Down17 McKellen who played GandalfIAN3Down20 The 2% in 2% milkFAT3Down23 Performs like Playboi Carti, sayRAPS4Down24 The dark sideEVIL4Down25 Longer than midiMAXI4Down26 Diplomat's skillTACT4Down27 Vietnamese soupPHO3Down31 "That was clumsy of me!"OOPS4Down32 Smoothie "superfruit"ACAI4Down34 NSFW stuffPORN4Down35 Calc prerequisiteTRIG4Down36 "Get me out of here!"IMSODONE8Down38 Person who's in the redDEBTOR6Down40 Good name for a chef?STU3Down42 Hanging over a baby's cribMOBILE6Down43 Very cold and wetICY3Down46 John who wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress"BUNYAN6Down48 Certain steakTBONE5Down49 Deep-sea predatorsORCAS5Down50 Give extreme effort, in slangGOHAM5Down51 "Any ___ is good ___" (public relations saying)PRESS5Down52 ManagedSAWTO5Down53 Informal shirtsTEES4Down57 With dexterityABLY4Down58 Ore depositLODE4Down59 Opposite of entranceEXIT4Down60 Hot tub nozzleJET3Down62

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, October 28, 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.