NYT Crossword October 28, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Six years, for a U.S. senator 4 5A Portable speaker? 4 9A Is behind 4 13A ___ jelly, popular boba tea topping 4 14A Beginning 5 15A Orbit, e.g. 4 16A Little guys in striped coats 10 18A What a booth in a recording studio shouldn't have 4 19A Build-your-own breakfast spot 9 20A Tattoo artist 5 21A $$$ set aside for old age 3 22A Child's living room hideaway 8 24A Leftover piece 7 28A Santa ___, Calif. 3 29A ___ Max, singer with the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho" 3 30A Vessel with a spout 6 33A Hook or Cook: Abbr. 4 37A Alternative cut to a bob 5 39A Comedian Margaret 3 40A Style of a room 5 41A Word before chance or pickings 4 42A Plea before an impulsive act 6 44A Singer Grande, to fans 3 45A Plop yourself down 3 47A Melodramatic crying 7 49A Beverage containers for people on the move 8 54A A/C measure 3 55A Adam of "The O.C." 5 56A Reason why 9 61A Eight, in Spain 4 62A Personal treasure chest ... or what each of the five groups of shaded letters illustrates? 10 63A Tandoori-baked bread 4 64A Businesswoman Lauder 5 65A German-based international supermarket chain 4 66A "Twilight" vampire Cullen 4 67A General ___ shrimp 4 68A Russian denial 4

Down

1D Tea brand once owned by Starbucks 4 2D Kind of sch. for grades one to six 4 3D Bit of spa attire 4 4D Magician of Arthurian legend 6 5D Sort who's too good for everyone else 4 6D Cuba y Puerto Rico 5 7D Fashionably old-fashioned 5 8D "___ a date!" 3 9D Like some sandwiches 8 10D Super-silly sort 5 11D Thin air 5 12D Brief 5 14D It may be in the low 90s 6 17D Make fizzy 6 20D McKellen who played Gandalf 3 23D The 2% in 2% milk 3 24D Performs like Playboi Carti, say 4 25D The dark side 4 26D Longer than midi 4 27D Diplomat's skill 4 31D Vietnamese soup 3 32D "That was clumsy of me!" 4 34D Smoothie "superfruit" 4 35D NSFW stuff 4 36D Calc prerequisite 4 38D "Get me out of here!" 8 40D Person who's in the red 6 42D Good name for a chef? 3 43D Hanging over a baby's crib 6 46D Very cold and wet 3 48D John who wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress" 6 49D Certain steak 5 50D Deep-sea predators 5 51D Give extreme effort, in slang 5 52D "Any ___ is good ___" (public relations saying) 5 53D Managed 5 57D Informal shirts 4 58D With dexterity 4 59D Ore deposit 4 60D Opposite of entrance 4 62D Hot tub nozzle 3