NYT Crossword October 2, 2025 Answers

Across

1A "That so?" or "Uh-huh, that's so" 4 5A Abbr. that often follows a comma 3 8A Hardly anyone counts on this anymore 6 14A Shakespearean villain 4 15A Zip 3 16A Wine and dine 6 17A How something distinctive appears 11 19A Any member of a band dubbed "The President's Own" 6 20A Leveled the playing field, say? 5 21A Fight night sites 6 22A Shortage of a sort 6 25A Cardinal's honorific 11 27A Suppose 6 29A Feel 41-Across 3 30A ___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach 3 33A Asian city one can view within Instagram? 4 34A Among others, for short 4 37A Well-informed 5 39A Writer Zora ___ Hurston 5 41A See 29-Across 3 42A Its hands might be near one of yours 5 43A Common daytime spots for first dates 5 44A Part of a list at an awards show 7 46A Biker's selection 4 47A Doc seen for sinusitis 3 48A Austin summer hrs. 3 50A Board meeting handout 6 52A Discusses at length 8 55A Pin number? 3 56A Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain" 6 59A Sounds heard in haunted houses 5 61A What might prompt someone to close a window 6 62A Classic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle? 11 66A Eye, slangily 6 67A Actress Long 3 68A "You'll ___" 4 69A Sabotage 9 70A Lift a finger, so to speak 3 71A Output of a social media algorithm 4

Down

1D Sound from a puppy 3 2D Balance aid 3 3D What might come after many years? 3 4D Ad ___ 7 5D Interweave 7 6D Scrabble rackful 5 7D Half of a noted crime duo 5 8D Renowned house at Milan Fashion Week 6 9D Cousin of a Danish 8 10D Match, as subject and verb 5 11D Biblical person who says "My punishment is greater than I can bear" 4 12D Bone with a radial notch 4 13D Candy company known for its chocolate and butterscotch 4 18D Neighborhood in N.Y.C. or L.A. 4 22D Home of the most Literature Nobelists in history 6 23D Greece's largest airline 6 24D Only video game to sell 300 million copies 9 26D Selfish cry before an evil laugh 11 28D Moolah 4 30D One of four awarded to Bill Nye 6 31D Crane's place, maybe 6 32D Where the film "Argo" is set 6 35D Features of some windows 5 36D Spanish phone greeting 3 38D Job listing info 4 40D Moped alternative 8 45D Erode 7 49D Figure out 9 51D Out of the park 4 52D Certain Kool-Aid flavor 5 53D On the horizon 8 54D Polite refusal 5 56D ___ platter (Chinese restaurant offering) 4 57D Doing business 4 58D Carded 4 60D The "s" in the acronym "scuba" 4 63D Pizza, e.g. 3 64D Christmas ___ 3 65D Like Malbec wine 3