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NYT Crossword Answers Oct 21, 2025

Complete answer list for the October 21, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Spencer LeachEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1A right one is 90° ↗ANGLE
  2. 6Hairstyle for Questlove ↗AFRO
  3. 10___ de plume ↗NOM
  4. 13Luxury watch brand ↗ROLEX
  5. 14Half of a classic lunch special ↗SOUP
  6. 15Donate ↗GIVE
  7. 16Reward for rolling over, perhaps ↗TREAT
  8. 17Redwood or cottonwood ↗TREE
  9. 18Best starting hand in Texas hold ’em ↗ACES
  10. 19Device for capturing thermal images ↗INFRAREDCAMERA
  11. 22Little locking brick ↗LEGO
  12. 23Radical religious groups ↗CULTS
  13. 24Where you might dance to some underground music? ↗BASEMENTPARTY
  14. 30Specialty coffee order ↗LATTE
  15. 31Make a speech ↗ORATE
  16. 32Buck's mate ↗DOE
  17. 35Valuable Minecraft blocks ↗ORES
  18. 36Entertain ↗AMUSE
  19. 37Postseason college football game ↗BOWL
  20. 38Fig. on a college transcript ↗GPA
  21. 39Latin phrase that's often abbreviated ↗IDEST
  22. 40Big name in briefs ↗HANES
  23. 41Venue for combatants wearing vests with sensors ↗LASERTAGARENA
  24. 44Maki or temaki ↗SUSHI
  25. 46Belgrade resident ↗SERB
  26. 47Wild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take? ↗ASHOTINTHEDARK
  27. 53Bobber in a lake ↗BUOY
  28. 54Peeved ↗SORE
  29. 55Nut-brown hue ↗ACORN
  30. 57Head-butts ↗RAMS
  31. 58"Summer of ___," Questlove documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival ↗SOUL
  32. 59Cone or sphere ↗SOLID
  33. 60Pub order ↗ALE
  34. 61The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?" ↗ABEL
  35. 62It might be picante ↗SALSA

Down 37

  1. 1The "A" of MoMA ↗ART
  2. 2Seaweed wrap for maki ↗NORI
  3. 3Secluded valley ↗GLEN
  4. 4Some info sheets ↗LEAFLETS
  5. 5Radical ↗EXTREME
  6. 6One doing stellar work? ↗ASTRONOMER
  7. 7Golfer's warning ↗FORE
  8. 8Regretted ↗RUED
  9. 9Major oil cartel, in brief ↗OPEC
  10. 10"Bravo!" ↗NICELYDONE
  11. 11Blatant ↗OVERT
  12. 12Flat-topped landforms ↗MESAS
  13. 15Full range ↗GAMUT
  14. 20Tinder account datum that can't be edited ↗AGE
  15. 21The Hundred ___ Wood (storybook setting) ↗ACRE
  16. 24Post to an online journal ↗BLOG
  17. 25Org. for seniors ↗AARP
  18. 26Advances from third while the pitcher is distracted, say ↗STEALSHOME
  19. 27What team-building activities are designed to build ↗TRUST
  20. 28Noodle that might be stuffed ↗PASTASHELL
  21. 29Dined ↗ATE
  22. 33Actor Wilson ↗OWEN
  23. 34"Frozen" queen ↗ELSA
  24. 36Suffix with lemon or stock ↗ADE
  25. 37Slow-cooked taco filling ↗BARBACOA
  26. 39"___ just me, or …?" ↗ISIT
  27. 40Rigorously demanding sort ↗HARDASS
  28. 42Nautical greetings ↗AHOYS
  29. 43"Gosh!" ↗GEE
  30. 44Popular hummus brand ↗SABRA
  31. 45Run-of-the-mill ↗USUAL
  32. 48Rae of "Barbie" ↗ISSA
  33. 49Inexperienced gamer, informally ↗NOOB
  34. 50Factual ↗TRUE
  35. 51What "maki" means in Japanese ↗ROLL
  36. 52Kardashian matriarch ↗KRIS
  37. 56Contract enforcing secrecy, for short ↗NDA