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NYT Crossword Answers Oct 15, 2025

Complete answer list for the October 15, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Nick Offerman and Christina IversonEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Auto on the autobahn ↗BMW
  2. 4Sign of justice ↗LIBRA
  3. 9Middling grade ↗CPLUS
  4. 14Acknowledgment of applause, maybe ↗BOW
  5. 15Lead-up to a ski jump ↗INRUN
  6. 16Spots for solar panels ↗ROOFS
  7. 17Really spectacular drill component? ↗QUITEABIT
  8. 19Midwest city known as the "Rubber Capital of the World" ↗AKRON
  9. 20___ Root, U.S. secretary of war who received a Nobel Peace Prize ↗ELIHU
  10. 21Hobbled, in gamer slang ↗NERFED
  11. 23Seedy bar ↗DIVE
  12. 24Lively kind of saw for cutting intricate shapes? ↗JIGGETYJIG
  13. 28Large catch of fish, say ↗NETFUL
  14. 30Whole bunch ↗GOB
  15. 31Host Glass of radio's "This American Life" ↗IRA
  16. 32Pecan-chocolate-caramel candy ↗TURTLE
  17. 34Noted chairman? ↗EAMES
  18. 36Truly awesome implement for ensuring stability? ↗BOSSLEVEL
  19. 39"The Master Builder" playwright ↗IBSEN
  20. 42Launches ↗STARTS
  21. 44Word that's often shortened to its middle letter in texts ↗ARE
  22. 45Sister network of Paramount+, for short ↗TMC
  23. 48General Motors subsidiary ↗ONSTAR
  24. 50Ideal instrument for shaping wood surfaces? ↗MODELPLANE
  25. 53Always ↗EVER
  26. 55Girlfriends in Madrid ↗AMIGAS
  27. 56Banish ↗EXILE
  28. 57Bit of grillmaster's attire ↗APRON
  29. 59Something you might exclaim when talking about 17-, 24-, 36- or 50-Across? ↗WHATATOOL
  30. 62Compose ↗WRITE
  31. 63Protection ↗AEGIS
  32. 64Record label for SZA and A$AP Rocky ↗RCA
  33. 65Falls short, say ↗LOSES
  34. 66Medium-term govt. security ↗TNOTE
  35. 67Cerulean expanse ↗SKY

Down 39

  1. 1Like some briskets and pork ribs, informally ↗BBQED
  2. 2"___ Rouge!" (2001 musical film) ↗MOULIN
  3. 3One who may have stormed the beaches at Normandy, in brief ↗WWIIVET
  4. 4Place ↗LIEU
  5. 5___ while ↗INA
  6. 6"Hang on a sec" ↗BRB
  7. 7Feeling remorse for ↗RUING
  8. 8Tidbit popular in Thai cuisine ↗ANTEGG
  9. 9Artisanal brewers' offerings ↗CRAFTBEERS
  10. 10Lockup ↗POKEY
  11. 11Joseph Conrad novel made into a 1965 film starring Peter O'Toole ↗LORDJIM
  12. 12Frequent conspiracy subject ↗UFO
  13. 13Something usually kept private, for short ↗SSN
  14. 18London's underground ↗THETUBE
  15. 22___ Speed Wagon (vintage vehicle) ↗REO
  16. 24Protrudes ↗JUTS
  17. 25Unfortunate situations ↗ILLS
  18. 26Fury ↗IRE
  19. 27Grand old time, in slang ↗GAS
  20. 29Area of greatest danger ↗FRONTLINES
  21. 33Llama's head? ↗ELS
  22. 35Description of an online image ↗ALTTEXT
  23. 37Kind of collar ↗ETON
  24. 38It's blowing in the wind ↗VANE
  25. 39"___ what ___" ↗IAM
  26. 40"Dude …" ↗BRO
  27. 41Humorist who describes his stint working as a Macy's Christmas elf in "Santaland Diaries" ↗SEDARIS
  28. 43Hero lifeguards, e.g. ↗SAVIORS
  29. 46Efficiency stat not needed in an E.V. ↗MPG
  30. 47Scratch ↗CLAWAT
  31. 49Secure again, as a door ↗RELOCK
  32. 51Overact ↗EMOTE
  33. 52Visibly afraid ↗ASHEN
  34. 54Race with an anchor ↗RELAY
  35. 56Comfort ↗EASE
  36. 57Hole puncher ↗AWL
  37. 58Reason to consider something favorably ↗PRO
  38. 60Long ___ ↗AGO
  39. 61Relative of the chickadee ↗TIT