NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 17, 2025

Complete answer list for the October 17, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Karen SteinbergEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1568 clues

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The Grid

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Across 36

  1. 1What a comment might be made in ↗JEST
  2. 5Plant often confused with algae ↗MOSS
  3. 9"The Craft" ↗WICCA
  4. 14Pulitzer-winning historian and journalist Applebaum ↗ANNE
  5. 15Understanding response ↗ISEE
  6. 16Amazon smart speakers ↗ECHOS
  7. 17British singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat" ↗CHARLIXCX
  8. 19Some suitors ↗BEAUS
  9. 20Sets in motion ↗CAUSES
  10. 21Sake, for one ↗RICEWINE
  11. 23Not fixed, as a stone ↗UNSET
  12. 24Drinking game with projectiles ↗BEERDARTS
  13. 25Sign of healing ↗SCAR
  14. 26New service member ↗RECRUIT
  15. 27Mental image, for short? ↗EEG
  16. 28Fun-size, so to speak ↗TINY
  17. 29Stalk ↗STEM
  18. 31First releases ↗DEBUTS
  19. 33Taking out the trash and others ↗CHORES
  20. 35Lab liquids ↗SERA
  21. 36Max ___, boxer nicknamed "Madcap Maxie" ↗BAER
  22. 37Corn ___ (snack misnomer) ↗NUT
  23. 39Longtime Nestlé candy brand ↗SNOCAPS
  24. 41Arizona tribe with matrilineal clans ↗HOPI
  25. 421992 Whoopi Goldberg comedy ↗SISTERACT
  26. 45Survived, so to speak ↗COPED
  27. 46Portmanteau for evidence based solely on personal accounts ↗ANECDATA
  28. 47Popular name of the 1958 Italian hit "Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu" ↗VOLARE
  29. 48___ month ↗LUNAR
  30. 49Act of writing down whatever comes to mind in order to clear mental clutter ↗BRAINDUMP
  31. 51Wipe ↗ERASE
  32. 52Biblical locale in a Steinbeck title ↗EDEN
  33. 53Golfer Aoki ↗ISAO
  34. 54Rationed (out) ↗METED
  35. 55Bleak ↗DIRE
  36. 56Gravitate ↗TEND

Down 32

  1. 1Historic Émile Zola letter of 1898 ↗JACCUSE
  2. 2Improved ↗ENHANCED
  3. 3Meaty dog treats "in a blanket" ↗SNAUSAGES
  4. 4Less prolix ↗TERSER
  5. 5Customizable Nintendo avatars ↗MIIS
  6. 6Mac platform renamed in 2016 ↗OSX
  7. 7Condition of discretion ↗SECRECY
  8. 8More seductive ↗SEXIER
  9. 9One managing online content ↗WEBEDITOR
  10. 10Drink that comes with free refills ↗ICEWATER
  11. 11Word with easy or high ↗CHAIR
  12. 12Matter ↗COUNT
  13. 13Insufferable sorts ↗ASSES
  14. 18Court call ↗LET
  15. 22Handles beautifully, in slang ↗CRUSHES
  16. 24Bills worth 100 buckaroos ↗BENS
  17. 26British singer with the hits "R.I.P." and "Radioactive" ↗RITAORA
  18. 28Showed embarrassment, say ↗TURNEDRED
  19. 30Event typically occurring in one's late 40s or early 50s ↗MENOPAUSE
  20. 32Hoped-for scenario ↗BESTCASE
  21. 33America, for one: Abbr. ↗CAPT
  22. 34DC figure since 1938 ↗SUPERMAN
  23. 36Brand of rum mentioned in Hemingway novels ↗BACARDI
  24. 38Certain unit of detergent ↗TIDEPOD
  25. 40Pet gear often eschewed in favor of someone's lap ↗CATBED
  26. 41"Stop the presses!" ↗HOLDIT
  27. 42Capital that's home to the oldest university in the Western U.S. (1842) ↗SALEM
  28. 43Habituate ↗INURE
  29. 44Upper house of the French parliament ↗SENAT
  30. 45With, in Spanish ↗CON
  31. 47Plant on a pergola ↗VINE
  32. 50___ Lingus ↗AER