NYT Crossword October 20, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Apple tablet 4 5A Facing the pitcher 5 10A Time to blow out the candles on a cake, informally 4 14A Informal eatery 4 15A Thanks, in France 5 16A Singer Guthrie 4 17A Says 2 + 2 = 5, e.g. 4 18A Wedding cake figurine 5 19A Last language alphabetically on Google Translate 4 20A Milkshake flavor made with Oreos 13 23A The "A" of I.P.A. 3 24A Pitcher Maddux who won the Cy Young Award in four consecutive years 4 25A Welcome sights for thirsty people in deserts 5 28A Accelerator or brake 5 30A Music genre that Joan Jett "loves" 9 33A Arcing tennis shot 3 35A Member of a convent 3 36A Lavatory, in Liverpool 3 37A Pasta often filled with ricotta 7 41A Listing on the Billboard Hot 100 7 44A 50 years, for Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit" 3 45A Play a part in a play 3 47A "My man!" 3 48A Two-part steakhouse entree 9 52A Bonus 5 56A Filmmaker Miyazaki 5 57A Questions 4 59A Color that means "stop" 3 60A Like some scented stickers 13 64A Sorority's counterpart, in brief 4 66A Mandarin "hello" 5 67A Head ___ heels 4 68A Chauffeured vehicle 4 69A Message often accompanied by an exclamation point in a triangle 5 70A Michelin product 4 71A Alternative to a Lyft 4 72A Jumps 5 73A Make simpler 4

Down

1D What covers the North Pole 6 2D End of some sentences 6 3D Having a certain natural hairstyle 6 4D Furniture piece for a talk show host 4 5D Shade of yellow 5 6D More abrupt in language 6 7D Hire to the team 7 8D Band with the aptly titled debut album "High Voltage" 4 9D Stratum 4 10D Marketplace with stalls 6 11D Occasion for a percussionist to shine 8 12D With 13-Down, "___ can eat" (restaurant come-on) 3 13D See 12-Down 3 21D Inuit's home 5 22D Time unit aptly hidden in "paleontology" 3 26D University in North Carolina 4 27D Difficult, tiring work 4 29D Comic actress Wong 3 31D Unit of flour 3 32D Door handle 4 34D Untuneful trumpet sound 4 37D Lacking much thought 4 38D Water, in Oaxaca 4 39D Aforementioned 8 40D Hospital area with IVs 3 42D News media 5 43D Crosstown rivals of the Cubbies 3 46D Windpipe 7 49D Decision-making consideration 6 50D Neither here ___ there 3 51D Only black key in a G major scale 6 53D Fodder for "Jeopardy!" 6 54D Alludes (to) 6 55D Not interrupted by commercials ... or shortened like the middle words of 20-, 30-, 48- and 60-Across? 6 58D Ties that are hard to untie 5 61D Super-uptight 4 62D Bit of bathroom décor 4 63D Do, re or mi 4 64D It goes around every year 3 65D Short ___ (beef cut) 3