NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 18, 2025

Complete answer list for the October 18, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Samuel SmalleyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1564 clues

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The Grid

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Across 31

  1. 1Measure of rank in Maori culture, informally ↗FACETAT
  2. 8Bubbles ↗FROTH
  3. 13Sauce in Italian-American cuisine ↗MARINARA
  4. 14Knocked out ↗INAWE
  5. 15It's in right now ↗LATESTFAD
  6. 16Was worthy of ↗RATED
  7. 17Having a single purpose ↗ADHOC
  8. 18Light that goes up when things are going down? ↗FLARE
  9. 20Snatch ↗BAG
  10. 21Crank cases? ↗UFOLOGY
  11. 23Something pulled in many car chase scenes, for short ↗EBRAKE
  12. 25Home to the Arco di Constantino ↗ROMA
  13. 26Present a chance to get ahead ↗OPENDOORS
  14. 29Spaniards roll them ↗ARS
  15. 30Was really moving, in slang ↗HAULEDASS
  16. 31"Uh ... I guess" ↗WELLSORTA
  17. 32Sources of 24/7 support ↗HELPLINES
  18. 33Many an attachment ↗PDF
  19. 36Ones catching waves ↗RADIOSETS
  20. 37Longtime name in Cuban politics ↗RAUL
  21. 38Those playing the king of Egypt in "Aïda" ↗BASSOS
  22. 39Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New Orleans ↗ESSENCE
  23. 41Easily removed locks ↗WIG
  24. 42Limited assignment ↗STINT
  25. 45Smallest member of the eurozone (122 square miles) ↗MALTA
  26. 46Appropriately change course ↗ADAPT
  27. 48Spirals out of control? ↗TORNADOES
  28. 50Panhellenic Games venue ↗NEMEA
  29. 51Can't cool off ↗STAYSMAD
  30. 52Gifted ↗ADEPT
  31. 53Culinary concurrence ↗YESCHEF

Down 33

  1. 1Understands ↗FATHOMS
  2. 2Site of some piercings ↗AREOLA
  3. 3"There's never been a better time" tech sloganeer ↗CISCO
  4. 4Fangorn resident ↗ENT
  5. 5Sweet doings at a county fair ↗TAFFYPULLS
  6. 6___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disaster ↗ARAL
  7. 7Cry that might be made with a bow ↗TADA
  8. 8Responders to cruise ship emergencies ↗FIREBOATS
  9. 9It works in translation ↗RNA
  10. 10Crunchy snacks ↗OATBARS
  11. 11Fine-tunes ↗TWEAKS
  12. 12Divider of lots ↗HEDGE
  13. 13Really into ↗MADFOR
  14. 1521st-century first lady ↗LAURA
  15. 19Attire for many a flamenco dancer ↗REDDRESS
  16. 22Upright bar ↗GOALPOST
  17. 24Bonheur who painted "Ploughing in the Nivernais" ↗ROSA
  18. 27Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet ↗ELSIE
  19. 28Colorful swimmers in the Amazon ↗NEONTETRAS
  20. 30Energy device that reflects sunlight ↗HELIOSTAT
  21. 31Rings up? ↗WEDS
  22. 32Can hold one's own, in modern lingo ↗HASGAME
  23. 33Bread purchase in the U.K. ↗PANLOAF
  24. 34Like a building's central air conditioning ↗DUCTED
  25. 35Dogbane? ↗FLEAS
  26. 36Like drug dens, sometimes ↗RAIDED
  27. 37FAQ heading ↗README
  28. 38East African honorific ↗BWANA
  29. 40Reduce to a pulp ↗SMASH
  30. 43Minute ↗ITSY
  31. 44Pay attention to ↗NOTE
  32. 47Zip ↗PEP
  33. 49Home to the U.S.'s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for short ↗NYC