NYT Crossword October 14, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Awards for athletic achievements 5 6A Drove like mad 4 10A Outer arm muscles, for short 4 14A Talent seeker 5 15A Follow instructions 4 16A Help for a stumped solver 4 17A "In what season are the Olympics during leap years, sweetie?" "___" 10 19A Home of the Taj Mahal 4 20A President Lincoln, informally 3 21A Carnival attractions 5 22A Multiple-choice option akin to "None of the above" 5 23A Heavily edit with beauty filters, as a photo, in modern lingo 7 25A Fares and fees 5 26A "Which 'Little Rascals' character has a cowlick, sugar?" "___" 12 30A Head-turning spectacle 5 33A Puts out in public 4 34A Pitcher's stat, for short 3 35A These are visible when you sport an updo 4 36A "Got it" 5 38A Say if you're attending, in brief 4 39A Bird that can outrun the fastest human sprinters 3 40A Stories passed down by word of mouth 4 41A Makes more manageable 5 42A "What are oils and watercolors examples of, dear?" "___" 12 46A Watermelon leftovers 5 47A "In all probability …" 7 51A Skewered dish served with peanut sauce 5 52A Symbol of poison, often 5 54A What happy tails do 3 55A Without warranty 4 56A "What do you call a close-fitting hat, doll?" "___" 10 58A Mule or moccasin 4 59A Cobra's tooth 4 60A Order from the doc's office 5 61A Keep up to date across multiple devices 4 62A Run away 4 63A Something a bloodhound picks up 5

Down

1D Bit of writing from Joan Didion 5 2D ___ diver 5 3D Apples, pears and quinces, botanically 5 4D "Dee-lish!" 3 5D Bacteria-free 7 6D "Should've listened to me!" 6 7D Instrument similar to a heckelphone 4 8D Makes go "Vroom!" 4 9D Appreciation for design 3 10D "Oh, really?" 6 11D Moral justification 9 12D Waiting to be used 9 13D One of seven in the Big Dipper 4 18D Jazz lick 4 22D ___ and aahs 4 24D Comic ___ (font) 4 25D Indicator of a penalty, in soccer 4 27D Casual farewell 5 28D "A pox on thee!" 3 29D Keeps talking and talking and talking 4 30D Come off as 4 31D Avoiding the limelight, say 9 32D Quality of a scholar 9 36D Award nominations, so to speak 4 37D Pop singer Rita 3 38D Poverty, symbolically 4 40D Noble title on TV's "Bridgerton" 4 41D Having no boundaries 7 43D "I'll be right there" 6 44D Room to relax in 6 45D Savory South Asian rice cake 4 48D Cognizant 5 49D Yitzhak ___, two-time Israeli P.M. 5 50D Country whose national soccer team is nicknamed the Pharaohs 5 51D Back talk 4 52D Circus clapper 4 53D "Citizen ___" 4 56D Someone you're super-tight with, in brief 3 57D Secretly loop in, in a way 3