NYT Crossword October 22, 2025 Answers
By Jesse Guzman · Edited by Will Shortz
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Every answer for the New York Times Crossword from October 22, 2025, organized by Across and Down. Tap any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and every past puzzle where it appeared.
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1A Spots for cozy dates 5 6A Slope 4 10A What A's and B's are good for 3 13A Person with terrible manners 5 14A Broadway great Menzel 5 16A Nickname that's an alternative to Cam 3 17A Some basic guidelines [2, Spanish] 11 19A Nonprofit's domain name ender 3 20A Paris agreement 3 21A Take to court 3 22A Act smart 7 24A Molecule with a non-unique formula 6 26A Fluorescent gemstone [4, Danish and Norwegian] 8 27A "Girls" creator Dunham 4 28A Slightly 4 30A Some parallel bars 5 31A Agrees (with) 5 33A Rarely visited places on earth 5 34A Climactic baseball event … or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across form? 11 36A "Breaking Bad" sister-in-law 5 37A Touches and Shuffles 5 38A Black prom rentals 5 39A Bubbly bar 4 40A Idiomatic sticking point 4 44A Chemist who co-discovered 26-Down [8, Italian] 8 46A It's controlled in meditation 6 48A Food spread popular in England 7 49A Levi's competitor 3 50A Toilet paper thickness 3 51A ___ out of house and home 3 52A Carpe diem [16, French] 11 55A Picasso's "___ Demoiselles d'Avignon" 3 56A A little under half of humanity 5 57A Entertain 5 58A Establishes what is, informally 3 59A ___ best friend 4 60A Sidekick of Dora the Explorer 5Down
1D Natural remedy that's used to treat anxiety 6 2D Make hot and bothered 6 3D Kind of cuisine 6 4D Traveler's info, informally 3 5D Electroreception, for sharks 5 6D Jaunt on a hay wagon, e.g. 4 7D "Me!" 3 8D "You got that right!" 6 9D Key to search with, maybe 5 10D Fans of a band 8 11D Whirling visual effects in video games 7 12D Watchful guardians 6 15D Part of a belt 8 18D Built to last 7 23D Gel 8 25D David Bowie's astronaut persona 8 26D Atomic reaction co-discovered by 44-Across 7 29D Word with flower or feather 3 32D Expression such as "Top o' the mornin'" 8 33D Certain sports wager 7 34D Sara Bareilles musical set in a diner 8 35D Clean water org. 3 36D Shape-shifted 7 38D Language on the Horn of Africa 6 39D Young woman, in Australia 6 41D Outkast or Eric B. & Rakim 6 42D "Thank God …!" 6 43D "You're quite right" 6 45D Premier squad 5 47D Recovery phase 5 49D Not as much 4 53D In a chill state 3 54D Subculture associated with skinny jeans 3Frequently Asked Questions
How many clues are in the October 22, 2025 NYT Crossword?
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