NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 14, 2025

Complete answer list for the October 14, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 37

  1. 1Awards for athletic achievements ↗ESPYS
  2. 6Drove like mad ↗TORE
  3. 10Outer arm muscles, for short ↗TRIS
  4. 14Talent seeker ↗SCOUT
  5. 15Follow instructions ↗OBEY
  6. 16Help for a stumped solver ↗HINT
  7. 17"In what season are the Olympics during leap years, sweetie?" "___" ↗SUMMERLOVE
  8. 19Home of the Taj Mahal ↗AGRA
  9. 20President Lincoln, informally ↗ABE
  10. 21Carnival attractions ↗RIDES
  11. 22Multiple-choice option akin to "None of the above" ↗OTHER
  12. 23Heavily edit with beauty filters, as a photo, in modern lingo ↗YASSIFY
  13. 25Fares and fees ↗COSTS
  14. 26"Which 'Little Rascals' character has a cowlick, sugar?" "___" ↗ALFALFAHONEY
  15. 30Head-turning spectacle ↗SCENE
  16. 33Puts out in public ↗AIRS
  17. 34Pitcher's stat, for short ↗ERA
  18. 35These are visible when you sport an updo ↗EARS
  19. 36"Got it" ↗NOTED
  20. 38Say if you're attending, in brief ↗RSVP
  21. 39Bird that can outrun the fastest human sprinters ↗EMU
  22. 40Stories passed down by word of mouth ↗LORE
  23. 41Makes more manageable ↗EASES
  24. 42"What are oils and watercolors examples of, dear?" "___" ↗MEDIADARLING
  25. 46Watermelon leftovers ↗RINDS
  26. 47"In all probability …" ↗ODDSARE
  27. 51Skewered dish served with peanut sauce ↗SATAY
  28. 52Symbol of poison, often ↗SKULL
  29. 54What happy tails do ↗WAG
  30. 55Without warranty ↗ASIS
  31. 56"What do you call a close-fitting hat, doll?" "___" ↗BEANIEBABY
  32. 58Mule or moccasin ↗SHOE
  33. 59Cobra's tooth ↗FANG
  34. 60Order from the doc's office ↗SCRIP
  35. 61Keep up to date across multiple devices ↗SYNC
  36. 62Run away ↗FLEE
  37. 63Something a bloodhound picks up ↗SCENT

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  1. 1Bit of writing from Joan Didion ↗ESSAY
  2. 2___ diver ↗SCUBA
  3. 3Apples, pears and quinces, botanically ↗POMES
  4. 4"Dee-lish!" ↗YUM
  5. 5Bacteria-free ↗STERILE
  6. 6"Should've listened to me!" ↗TOLDYA
  7. 7Instrument similar to a heckelphone ↗OBOE
  8. 8Makes go "Vroom!" ↗REVS
  9. 9Appreciation for design ↗EYE
  10. 10"Oh, really?" ↗THATSO
  11. 11Moral justification ↗RIGHTNESS
  12. 12Waiting to be used ↗INRESERVE
  13. 13One of seven in the Big Dipper ↗STAR
  14. 18Jazz lick ↗RIFF
  15. 22___ and aahs ↗OOHS
  16. 24Comic ___ (font) ↗SANS
  17. 25Indicator of a penalty, in soccer ↗CARD
  18. 27Casual farewell ↗LATER
  19. 28"A pox on thee!" ↗FIE
  20. 29Keeps talking and talking and talking ↗YAPS
  21. 30Come off as ↗SEEM
  22. 31Avoiding the limelight, say ↗CAMERASHY
  23. 32Quality of a scholar ↗ERUDITION
  24. 36Award nominations, so to speak ↗NODS
  25. 37Pop singer Rita ↗ORA
  26. 38Poverty, symbolically ↗RAGS
  27. 40Noble title on TV's "Bridgerton" ↗LADY
  28. 41Having no boundaries ↗ENDLESS
  29. 43"I'll be right there" ↗INASEC
  30. 44Room to relax in ↗LOUNGE
  31. 45Savory South Asian rice cake ↗IDLI
  32. 48Cognizant ↗AWARE
  33. 49Yitzhak ___, two-time Israeli P.M. ↗RABIN
  34. 50Country whose national soccer team is nicknamed the Pharaohs ↗EGYPT
  35. 51Back talk ↗SASS
  36. 52Circus clapper ↗SEAL
  37. 53"Citizen ___" ↗KANE
  38. 56Someone you're super-tight with, in brief ↗BFF
  39. 57Secretly loop in, in a way ↗BCC