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NYT Crossword Answers Oct 22, 2025

Complete answer list for the October 22, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jesse GuzmanEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Spots for cozy dates ↗CAFES
  2. 6Slope ↗RISE
  3. 10What A's and B's are good for ↗GPA
  4. 13Person with terrible manners ↗BRUTE
  5. 14Broadway great Menzel ↗IDINA
  6. 16Nickname that's an alternative to Cam ↗RON
  7. 17Some basic guidelines [2, Spanish] ↗DOSANDDONTS
  8. 19Nonprofit's domain name ender ↗ORG
  9. 20Paris agreement ↗OUI
  10. 21Take to court ↗SUE
  11. 22Act smart ↗GETCUTE
  12. 24Molecule with a non-unique formula ↗ISOMER
  13. 26Fluorescent gemstone [4, Danish and Norwegian] ↗FIREOPAL
  14. 27"Girls" creator Dunham ↗LENA
  15. 28Slightly ↗ABIT
  16. 30Some parallel bars ↗RAILS
  17. 31Agrees (with) ↗JIBES
  18. 33Rarely visited places on earth ↗POLES
  19. 34Climactic baseball event … or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across form? ↗WORLDSERIES
  20. 36"Breaking Bad" sister-in-law ↗MARIE
  21. 37Touches and Shuffles ↗IPODS
  22. 38Black prom rentals ↗SUITS
  23. 39Bubbly bar ↗SOAP
  24. 40Idiomatic sticking point ↗CRAW
  25. 44Chemist who co-discovered 26-Down [8, Italian] ↗OTTOHAHN
  26. 46It's controlled in meditation ↗BREATH
  27. 48Food spread popular in England ↗MARMITE
  28. 49Levi's competitor ↗LEE
  29. 50Toilet paper thickness ↗PLY
  30. 51___ out of house and home ↗ATE
  31. 52Carpe diem [16, French] ↗SEIZETHEDAY
  32. 55Picasso's "___ Demoiselles d'Avignon" ↗LES
  33. 56A little under half of humanity ↗MALES
  34. 57Entertain ↗AMUSE
  35. 58Establishes what is, informally ↗IDS
  36. 59___ best friend ↗MANS
  37. 60Sidekick of Dora the Explorer ↗BOOTS

Down 33

  1. 1Natural remedy that's used to treat anxiety ↗CBDOIL
  2. 2Make hot and bothered ↗AROUSE
  3. 3Kind of cuisine ↗FUSION
  4. 4Traveler's info, informally ↗ETA
  5. 5Electroreception, for sharks ↗SENSE
  6. 6Jaunt on a hay wagon, e.g. ↗RIDE
  7. 7"Me!" ↗IDO
  8. 8"You got that right!" ↗SINGIT
  9. 9Key to search with, maybe ↗ENTER
  10. 10Fans of a band ↗GROUPIES
  11. 11Whirling visual effects in video games ↗PORTALS
  12. 12Watchful guardians ↗ANGELS
  13. 15Part of a belt ↗ASTEROID
  14. 18Built to last ↗DURABLE
  15. 23Gel ↗COALESCE
  16. 25David Bowie's astronaut persona ↗MAJORTOM
  17. 26Atomic reaction co-discovered by 44-Across ↗FISSION
  18. 29Word with flower or feather ↗BED
  19. 32Expression such as "Top o' the mornin'" ↗IRISHISM
  20. 33Certain sports wager ↗PROPBET
  21. 34Sara Bareilles musical set in a diner ↗WAITRESS
  22. 35Clean water org. ↗EPA
  23. 36Shape-shifted ↗MUTATED
  24. 38Language on the Horn of Africa ↗SOMALI
  25. 39Young woman, in Australia ↗SHEILA
  26. 41Outkast or Eric B. & Rakim ↗RAPDUO
  27. 42"Thank God …!" ↗ATLAST
  28. 43"You're quite right" ↗WHYYES
  29. 45Premier squad ↗ATEAM
  30. 47Recovery phase ↗REHAB
  31. 49Not as much ↗LESS
  32. 53In a chill state ↗ZEN
  33. 54Subculture associated with skinny jeans ↗EMO