NYT Crossword October 24, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Apple product 5 6A Where the monster and Frankenstein cross paths, in "Frankenstein" 4 10A It helps with server loads 4 14A Draw forth 5 15A Opener for an aerial act 9 17A Fictional sidekick on a donkey 5 18A Synthetic oil producer? 9 19A Settings for a mixer 6 21A Silly ones 5 22A Complimentary words? 10 24A Key of "Spring" in Vivaldi's "Four Seasons": Abbr. 4 28A About 9% of the earth's total surface area 4 29A Site once promoted with the slogan "A place for friends" 7 31A Track unit 3 34A Modern device with no filter, informally 4 36A Sidesteps 6 37A Snarky reply to a question that starts "Can I …?" 15 40A Sight you can hardly believe 6 41A Thai money 4 42A Returns home? 3 43A Spread followers 7 45A Film director Nicolas 4 47A Bounce 4 48A Groups of assistants in some old offices 10 53A Number discovered in the 1500s 5 55A Makeshift arrangement 6 56A Flag-waving, say 9 60A Clarence ___, "The Wire" mayor 5 61A Bobblehead, e.g. 9 62A Ezra who co-founded Vox 5 63A Made out 4 64A Zen riddle 4 65A "What a shame" 5

Down

1D One side of a consumer "war" 5 2D Not put up resistance, say 5 3D Characters in "The Lord of the Rings" 5 4D Condition formally known as atopic dermatitis 6 5D Starting line at a starting line 10 6D Mental health org. 3 7D Word with extra or living 5 8D Spinning ring, informally? 6 9D Plan B, for seniors 12 10D It's on the right in the second row 8 11D Throw, maybe 3 12D Bolted some nuts down 3 13D "___ Blues" (Beatles song) 3 16D Derivative of sin 3 20D Dismayed reaction to a tag 12 23D Contents of some sheets 4 25D "Bloody" queen 5 26D Job that requires a lot of memorization 5 27D Figure in Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" 5 30D Locales with many banks 10 31D Kind of bar that's hard to pass 5 32D It comes with a parting of the ways 5 33D Houston and New Orleans 5 35D Hunk 3 38D Ramble away 8 39D Sound the alarm 4 44D Chest: Prefix 6 46D Break from the group, say 6 49D Actress Alexander of "Get Out" 5 50D "No doubt!" 5 51D Saint ___ (Caribbean isle) 5 52D Lay out 5 54D Small songbird 3 56D Scoreboard tally: Abbr. 3 57D It's good for tricks 3 58D Not just a 3 59D The 1900s, e.g.: Abbr. 3