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New York Times Crossword October 3 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword October 3 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 70 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#
Smooths out some rough edgesSANDS5Across1 Content commonly consumed by commutersPODCASTS8Across6 One end of a lapKNEES5Across14 Service to foster parents?ELDERCARE9Across15 Like Miss Piggy and Captain Kirk, by birthIOWAN5Across16 Path to the OscarsREDCARPET9Across17 Condition that may be treated with SSRIsPTSD4Across18 "Bygones will be bygone, ___ fadin' into gray" (Taylor Swift lyric)ERAS4Across19 They help you get a gripVISES5Across20 SlapdashHALFASS7Across21 Diploma equivalent, for shortGED3Across23 Poet who wrote "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper"ELIOT5Across24 Animals whose name sounds like a letter that doesn't appear in its nameEWES4Across25 Graduates in green-and-black regalia, in briefMDS3Across27 Stops on a world tour, sayARENAS6Across30 Something placed by a confident personBET3Across31 Choo-choo train soundTOOT4Across32 Professional juggling act?WORKLIFEBALANCE15Across33 Pest control targetsANTS4Across36 When repeated, a nonverbal "Can you hear me?"TAP3Across37 On deckNEXTUP6Across38 "May I help you?"YES3Across39 Vans alternativePUMA4Across40 Staggering blows?GALES5Across41 Set unitREP3Across42 Alfresco dining spotTERRACE7Across43 StuffedSATED5Across45 Word after trumpet or tigerLILY4Across48 WelcomingWARM4Across49 Ones who are quick to complainCRYBABIES9Across51 Modern-day home of the oldest discovered library in the worldSYRIA5Across53 "If you don't believe me …"ASKANYONE9Across54 Fished off the coast of Maine, maybeEELED5Across55 Something raised during OktoberfestBEERTENT8Across56 SprangAROSE5Across57

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Not listen to, as on SpotifySKIP4Down1 "Apparently we weren't done with these"ANOTHERONE10Down2 Some push notificationsNEWSALERTS10Down3 Bad internet connections?DEADLINKS9Down4 The first one was issued in 1936, for shortSSN3Down5 "Hold on — we're working as fast as we can"PLEASEBEPATIENT15Down6 ChancesODDS4Down7 Boxing Day mo.DEC3Down8 More than wantsCRAVES6Down9 Stinging the eyes, sayACRID5Down10 Ones easily fooledSAPS4Down11 Cherry, but not strawberryTREE4Down12 7-5 and 6-0, e.g.SETS4Down13 Forgets to proorfeed, sayERRS4Down15 Can't get enough of somethingEATSITUP8Down19 One under a mare's careFOAL4Down22 Lose itGETANGRY8Down23 NetWEB3Down26 Luxurious European gambling meccaMONTECARLO10Down27 Reality shows?DOCUSERIES10Down28 One of 1,665 in the Eiffel TowerSTEP4Down29 What comes before we go?AWAY4Down30 One skilled at withholding detailsTAXLAWYER9Down32 Besties, maybeFAM3Down34 Stage character who says "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"LEAR4Down35 Stickler, of a sortPEDANT6Down40 Ridged rod in constructionREBAR5Down42 "Who ___?"ELSE4Down44 Not a striking personality?SCAB4Down45 British bumARSE4Down46 KiddoTYKE4Down47 National symbol of EnglandLION4Down48 Self-___MADE4Down50 What a wave might meanBYE3Down52 Vast amountSEA3Down53

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, October 3, 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.