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NYT Crossword Answers Oct 28, 2025

Complete answer list for the October 28, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Adrianne BaikEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Six years, for a U.S. senator ↗TERM
  2. 5Portable speaker? ↗SIRI
  3. 9Is behind ↗OWES
  4. 13___ jelly, popular boba tea topping ↗ALOE
  5. 14Beginning ↗ONSET
  6. 15Orbit, e.g. ↗PATH
  7. 16Little guys in striped coats ↗ZEBRACOLTS
  8. 18What a booth in a recording studio shouldn't have ↗ECHO
  9. 19Build-your-own breakfast spot ↗OMELETBAR
  10. 20Tattoo artist ↗INKER
  11. 21$$$ set aside for old age ↗IRA
  12. 22Child's living room hideaway ↗SOFAFORT
  13. 24Leftover piece ↗REMNANT
  14. 28Santa ___, Calif. ↗ANA
  15. 29___ Max, singer with the 2018 hit "Sweet but Psycho" ↗AVA
  16. 30Vessel with a spout ↗TEAPOT
  17. 33Hook or Cook: Abbr. ↗CAPT
  18. 37Alternative cut to a bob ↗PIXIE
  19. 39Comedian Margaret ↗CHO
  20. 40Style of a room ↗DECOR
  21. 41Word before chance or pickings ↗SLIM
  22. 42Plea before an impulsive act ↗STOPME
  23. 44Singer Grande, to fans ↗ARI
  24. 45Plop yourself down ↗SIT
  25. 47Melodramatic crying ↗SOBBING
  26. 49Beverage containers for people on the move ↗TOGOCUPS
  27. 54A/C measure ↗BTU
  28. 55Adam of "The O.C." ↗BRODY
  29. 56Reason why ↗RATIONALE
  30. 61Eight, in Spain ↗OCHO
  31. 62Personal treasure chest ... or what each of the five groups of shaded letters illustrates? ↗JEWELRYBOX
  32. 63Tandoori-baked bread ↗NAAN
  33. 64Businesswoman Lauder ↗ESTEE
  34. 65German-based international supermarket chain ↗ALDI
  35. 66"Twilight" vampire Cullen ↗ESME
  36. 67General ___ shrimp ↗TSOS
  37. 68Russian denial ↗NYET

Down 41

  1. 1Tea brand once owned by Starbucks ↗TAZO
  2. 2Kind of sch. for grades one to six ↗ELEM
  3. 3Bit of spa attire ↗ROBE
  4. 4Magician of Arthurian legend ↗MERLIN
  5. 5Sort who's too good for everyone else ↗SNOB
  6. 6Cuba y Puerto Rico ↗ISLAS
  7. 7Fashionably old-fashioned ↗RETRO
  8. 8"___ a date!" ↗ITS
  9. 9Like some sandwiches ↗OPENFACE
  10. 10Super-silly sort ↗WACKO
  11. 11Thin air ↗ETHER
  12. 12Brief ↗SHORT
  13. 14It may be in the low 90s ↗OCTANE
  14. 17Make fizzy ↗AERATE
  15. 20McKellen who played Gandalf ↗IAN
  16. 23The 2% in 2% milk ↗FAT
  17. 24Performs like Playboi Carti, say ↗RAPS
  18. 25The dark side ↗EVIL
  19. 26Longer than midi ↗MAXI
  20. 27Diplomat's skill ↗TACT
  21. 31Vietnamese soup ↗PHO
  22. 32"That was clumsy of me!" ↗OOPS
  23. 34Smoothie "superfruit" ↗ACAI
  24. 35NSFW stuff ↗PORN
  25. 36Calc prerequisite ↗TRIG
  26. 38"Get me out of here!" ↗IMSODONE
  27. 40Person who's in the red ↗DEBTOR
  28. 42Good name for a chef? ↗STU
  29. 43Hanging over a baby's crib ↗MOBILE
  30. 46Very cold and wet ↗ICY
  31. 48John who wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress" ↗BUNYAN
  32. 49Certain steak ↗TBONE
  33. 50Deep-sea predators ↗ORCAS
  34. 51Give extreme effort, in slang ↗GOHAM
  35. 52"Any ___ is good ___" (public relations saying) ↗PRESS
  36. 53Managed ↗SAWTO
  37. 57Informal shirts ↗TEES
  38. 58With dexterity ↗ABLY
  39. 59Ore deposit ↗LODE
  40. 60Opposite of entrance ↗EXIT
  41. 62Hot tub nozzle ↗JET