NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 2, 2025

Complete answer list for the October 2, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Aidan DeshongEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1"That so?" or "Uh-huh, that's so" ↗YEAH
  2. 5Abbr. that often follows a comma ↗ETC
  3. 8Hardly anyone counts on this anymore ↗ABACUS
  4. 14Shakespearean villain ↗IAGO
  5. 15Zip ↗NIL
  6. 16Wine and dine ↗REGALE
  7. 17How something distinctive appears ↗PROMINENTLY
  8. 19Any member of a band dubbed "The President's Own" ↗MARINE
  9. 20Leveled the playing field, say? ↗MOWED
  10. 21Fight night sites ↗ARENAS
  11. 22Shortage of a sort ↗FAMINE
  12. 25Cardinal's honorific ↗HISEMINENCE
  13. 27Suppose ↗RECKON
  14. 29Feel 41-Across ↗AIL
  15. 30___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach ↗PAT
  16. 33Asian city one can view within Instagram? ↗AGRA
  17. 34Among others, for short ↗ETAL
  18. 37Well-informed ↗AWARE
  19. 39Writer Zora ___ Hurston ↗NEALE
  20. 41See 29-Across ↗ILL
  21. 42Its hands might be near one of yours ↗WATCH
  22. 43Common daytime spots for first dates ↗CAFES
  23. 44Part of a list at an awards show ↗NOMINEE
  24. 46Biker's selection ↗GEAR
  25. 47Doc seen for sinusitis ↗ENT
  26. 48Austin summer hrs. ↗CDT
  27. 50Board meeting handout ↗AGENDA
  28. 52Discusses at length ↗GOESINTO
  29. 55Pin number? ↗TEN
  30. 56Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain" ↗POIROT
  31. 59Sounds heard in haunted houses ↗MOANS
  32. 61What might prompt someone to close a window ↗UPDATE
  33. 62Classic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle? ↗MINESWEEPER
  34. 66Eye, slangily ↗PEEPER
  35. 67Actress Long ↗NIA
  36. 68"You'll ___" ↗LIVE
  37. 69Sabotage ↗UNDERMINE
  38. 70Lift a finger, so to speak ↗TRY
  39. 71Output of a social media algorithm ↗FEED

Down 39

  1. 1Sound from a puppy ↗YIP
  2. 2Balance aid ↗EAR
  3. 3What might come after many years? ↗AGO
  4. 4Ad ___ ↗HOMINEM
  5. 5Interweave ↗ENTWINE
  6. 6Scrabble rackful ↗TILES
  7. 7Half of a noted crime duo ↗CLYDE
  8. 8Renowned house at Milan Fashion Week ↗ARMANI
  9. 9Cousin of a Danish ↗BEARCLAW
  10. 10Match, as subject and verb ↗AGREE
  11. 11Biblical person who says "My punishment is greater than I can bear" ↗CAIN
  12. 12Bone with a radial notch ↗ULNA
  13. 13Candy company known for its chocolate and butterscotch ↗SEES
  14. 18Neighborhood in N.Y.C. or L.A. ↗NOHO
  15. 22Home of the most Literature Nobelists in history ↗FRANCE
  16. 23Greece's largest airline ↗AEGEAN
  17. 24Only video game to sell 300 million copies ↗MINECRAFT
  18. 26Selfish cry before an evil laugh ↗MINEALLMINE
  19. 28Moolah ↗KALE
  20. 30One of four awarded to Bill Nye ↗PATENT
  21. 31Crane's place, maybe ↗ARCADE
  22. 32Where the film "Argo" is set ↗TEHRAN
  23. 35Features of some windows ↗TINTS
  24. 36Spanish phone greeting ↗ALO
  25. 38Job listing info ↗WAGE
  26. 40Moped alternative ↗ESCOOTER
  27. 45Erode ↗EATAWAY
  28. 49Figure out ↗DETERMINE
  29. 51Out of the park ↗GONE
  30. 52Certain Kool-Aid flavor ↗GRAPE
  31. 53On the horizon ↗IMMINENT
  32. 54Polite refusal ↗NOSIR
  33. 56___ platter (Chinese restaurant offering) ↗PUPU
  34. 57Doing business ↗OPEN
  35. 58Carded ↗IDED
  36. 60The "s" in the acronym "scuba" ↗SELF
  37. 63Pizza, e.g. ↗PIE
  38. 64Christmas ___ ↗EVE
  39. 65Like Malbec wine ↗RED