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New York Times Crossword October 30 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 80 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword October 30 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 80 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#
Place for a pencil sharpenerDESK4Across1 Argentine plainPAMPA5Across5 Prayer leaderIMAM4Across10 DrovesATON4Across14 Disney princess who longs to be "part of that world"ARIEL5Across15 Come toWAKE4Across16 Either acting sibling Andrew or ElisabethSHUE4Across17 What pulls out all the stops?DRANO5Across18 Food generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers"OKRA4Across19 Start illegally, sayHOTWIRE7Across20 What every baseball inning starts withNOONEON7Across22 "Kind of" suffixISH3Across24 Shore up the ranksRESTAFF7Across25 Little pestANT3Across27 Animal with a white rumpELK3Across28 Highlands hatTAM3Across30 Epitome of simplicityABC3Across31 BingeSPREE5Across33 "I'll ___ you!"SUE3Across35 Pop-popGRAMP5Across36 Country sharing the world's longest international borderCANADA6Across39 Showed great pride, in a wayBEAMED6Across41 Desirable Vegas couple?ACES4Across42 Lake in the homeland of the Washoe peopleTAHOE5Across43 ___ Blaster (toy)NERF4Across47 InconsequentialMERE4Across48 Journeys by footTREKS5Across49 Ones eliciting knee-jerk reactions, informally?DOCS4Across50 ExemplarPARAGON7Across51 Having a strong sense of direction?BOSSY5Across53 Likely oriented toward platonic relationships, in briefARO3Across57 Members of the dolphin family that prey on dolphinsORCAS5Across58 Like a revving engineAROAR5Across63 Skater MidoriITO3Across64 Words after "ding, ding, ding"TOAST5Across65 With 68-Across, "Wicked" song suggested by the answers to the seven starred clues (and whose singer is spelled by the circled letters reading from left to right)DEFYING7Across66 See 66-AcrossGRAVITY7Across68 BronzedGOTATAN7Across70 Not just yetLATERON7Across71 AbjuresESCHEWS7Across72 Target of urban renewal, sayEYESORE7Across73

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Soup stock in Japanese cuisineDASHI5Down1 *The ones over thereETHOS5Down2 Washington, Jefferson or MadisonSOUTHERNER10Down3 Already heard, sayKNEW4Down4 *One selling commercial time, informallyPADRE5Down5 Takes inARRESTS7Down6 The Marlins, on scoreboardsMIA3Down7 Lewis Carroll or George OrwellPENNAME7Down8 *It's used to scrub in the tubALOOF5Down9 Jubilant postgame reportIWON4Down10 Show up unannounced?MAKEACAMEO10Down11 *Some Scandinavian moneyAKRON5Down12 IndicatedMEANT5Down13 IrritatedIRKED5Down21 Old enoughOFAGE5Down23 Symbol for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radiusTAU3Down26 *Stand before a meetingLEASE5Down29 *Genre for Aretha Franklin or UsherBRAND5Down32 One might start "Your Social Security number has been compromised"SCAM4Down33 RatePACE4Down34 Chicago exchange, for shortMERC4Down37 Certain attachmentsPDFS4Down38 Flour used in Indian flatbreadsATTA4Down40 Kiss in a telenovelaBESO4Down41 Calls to courtARRAIGNS8Down44 *Your homeHEART5Down45 Voice command to an Android deviceOKGOOGLE8Down46 Fool's goldPYRITE6Down51 Write, as musicNOTATE6Down52 Symbol of authorityBADGE5Down53 Small dessert sandwichesOREOS5Down54 Left of center?SOFTC5Down55 Get ready to have one's tonsils checked, perhapsSAYAH5Down56 WandersROVES5Down59 World capital on the world's longest riverCAIRO5Down60 Family name with an eponymous Row, Court, Place and Avenue in New York CityASTOR5Down61 Composer JuleSTYNE5Down62 Slangy refusalNAW3Down67 Fish also known as a batomorphRAY3Down69

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, October 30, 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.