NYT Crossword October 18, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Measure of rank in Maori culture, informally 7 8A Bubbles 5 13A Sauce in Italian-American cuisine 8 14A Knocked out 5 15A It's in right now 9 16A Was worthy of 5 17A Having a single purpose 5 18A Light that goes up when things are going down? 5 20A Snatch 3 21A Crank cases? 7 23A Something pulled in many car chase scenes, for short 6 25A Home to the Arco di Constantino 4 26A Present a chance to get ahead 9 29A Spaniards roll them 3 30A Was really moving, in slang 9 31A "Uh ... I guess" 9 32A Sources of 24/7 support 9 33A Many an attachment 3 36A Ones catching waves 9 37A Longtime name in Cuban politics 4 38A Those playing the king of Egypt in "Aïda" 6 39A Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New Orleans 7 41A Easily removed locks 3 42A Limited assignment 5 45A Smallest member of the eurozone (122 square miles) 5 46A Appropriately change course 5 48A Spirals out of control? 9 50A Panhellenic Games venue 5 51A Can't cool off 8 52A Gifted 5 53A Culinary concurrence 7

Down

1D Understands 7 2D Site of some piercings 6 3D "There's never been a better time" tech sloganeer 5 4D Fangorn resident 3 5D Sweet doings at a county fair 10 6D ___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disaster 4 7D Cry that might be made with a bow 4 8D Responders to cruise ship emergencies 9 9D It works in translation 3 10D Crunchy snacks 7 11D Fine-tunes 6 12D Divider of lots 5 13D Really into 6 15D 21st-century first lady 5 19D Attire for many a flamenco dancer 8 22D Upright bar 8 24D Bonheur who painted "Ploughing in the Nivernais" 4 27D Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet 5 28D Colorful swimmers in the Amazon 10 30D Energy device that reflects sunlight 9 31D Rings up? 4 32D Can hold one's own, in modern lingo 7 33D Bread purchase in the U.K. 7 34D Like a building's central air conditioning 6 35D Dogbane? 5 36D Like drug dens, sometimes 6 37D FAQ heading 6 38D East African honorific 5 40D Reduce to a pulp 5 43D Minute 4 44D Pay attention to 4 47D Zip 3 49D Home to the U.S.'s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for short 3