NYT Crossword October 15, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Auto on the autobahn 3 4A Sign of justice 5 9A Middling grade 5 14A Acknowledgment of applause, maybe 3 15A Lead-up to a ski jump 5 16A Spots for solar panels 5 17A Really spectacular drill component? 9 19A Midwest city known as the "Rubber Capital of the World" 5 20A ___ Root, U.S. secretary of war who received a Nobel Peace Prize 5 21A Hobbled, in gamer slang 6 23A Seedy bar 4 24A Lively kind of saw for cutting intricate shapes? 10 28A Large catch of fish, say 6 30A Whole bunch 3 31A Host Glass of radio's "This American Life" 3 32A Pecan-chocolate-caramel candy 6 34A Noted chairman? 5 36A Truly awesome implement for ensuring stability? 9 39A "The Master Builder" playwright 5 42A Launches 6 44A Word that's often shortened to its middle letter in texts 3 45A Sister network of Paramount+, for short 3 48A General Motors subsidiary 6 50A Ideal instrument for shaping wood surfaces? 10 53A Always 4 55A Girlfriends in Madrid 6 56A Banish 5 57A Bit of grillmaster's attire 5 59A Something you might exclaim when talking about 17-, 24-, 36- or 50-Across? 9 62A Compose 5 63A Protection 5 64A Record label for SZA and A$AP Rocky 3 65A Falls short, say 5 66A Medium-term govt. security 5 67A Cerulean expanse 3

Down

1D Like some briskets and pork ribs, informally 5 2D "___ Rouge!" (2001 musical film) 6 3D One who may have stormed the beaches at Normandy, in brief 7 4D Place 4 5D ___ while 3 6D "Hang on a sec" 3 7D Feeling remorse for 5 8D Tidbit popular in Thai cuisine 6 9D Artisanal brewers' offerings 10 10D Lockup 5 11D Joseph Conrad novel made into a 1965 film starring Peter O'Toole 7 12D Frequent conspiracy subject 3 13D Something usually kept private, for short 3 18D London's underground 7 22D ___ Speed Wagon (vintage vehicle) 3 24D Protrudes 4 25D Unfortunate situations 4 26D Fury 3 27D Grand old time, in slang 3 29D Area of greatest danger 10 33D Llama's head? 3 35D Description of an online image 7 37D Kind of collar 4 38D It's blowing in the wind 4 39D "___ what ___" 3 40D "Dude …" 3 41D Humorist who describes his stint working as a Macy's Christmas elf in "Santaland Diaries" 7 43D Hero lifeguards, e.g. 7 46D Efficiency stat not needed in an E.V. 3 47D Scratch 6 49D Secure again, as a door 6 51D Overact 5 52D Visibly afraid 5 54D Race with an anchor 5 56D Comfort 4 57D Hole puncher 3 58D Reason to consider something favorably 3 60D Long ___ 3 61D Relative of the chickadee 3