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NYT Crossword Answers Oct 29, 2025

Complete answer list for the October 29, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By John DoneganEdited by Will ShortzGrid 14×1676 clues

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The Grid

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Across 36

  1. 1The "R" of REM ↗RAPID
  2. 6States ↗SAYS
  3. 10Little devil ↗IMP
  4. 13Bring down ↗ABASE
  5. 14Milkshake ingredient that might get stuck in a straw ↗OREO
  6. 15"Whatever" ↗MEH
  7. 16Dracula's preferred way to eat wings? ↗RIGHTOFFTHEBAT
  8. 19"When u coming?" ↗ETA
  9. 20Jocular suffix for "most" ↗EST
  10. 21First aid stinger ↗IODINE
  11. 22Cell centers ↗NUCLEI
  12. 25Sebastian the ___, mascot of the Miami Hurricanes ↗IBIS
  13. 26What makes Dracula frantically hop around? ↗LIGHTONHISFEET
  14. 30Clickable pic ↗ICON
  15. 31Eldest Corleone brother ↗SONNY
  16. 32Felt something on your head? ↗FEDORA
  17. 35Food fight projectile ↗PEA
  18. 36Speedway sponsor ↗STP
  19. 39Some unidentified visitors, for short ↗ETS
  20. 40Wrap up ↗END
  21. 42Well-rounded figure? ↗SPHERE
  22. 44Showed sudden interest, in a way ↗SATUP
  23. 46Cry of victory ↗IWIN
  24. 47When Dracula doesn't feel seen? ↗UPONREFLECTION
  25. 52Lead-in to second ↗NANO
  26. 53Like Satan, in the Bible ↗FALLEN
  27. 54Knob on an electric guitar ↗TREBLE
  28. 57A.F.L.-___ ↗CIO
  29. 58"Despicable Me" antihero ↗GRU
  30. 61Get ready to attack Dracula and his pals? ↗RAISETHESTAKES
  31. 64Like some jobs ↗ODD
  32. 65Well-used pencil, say ↗STUB
  33. 66Rains hard? ↗HAILS
  34. 67Anti-traffic org. ↗DEA
  35. 68Sport whose athletes wear topknots ↗SUMO
  36. 69Mythical luster? ↗SATYR

Down 40

  1. 1Still red, say ↗RARE
  2. 2Not much ↗ABIT
  3. 3Jupiter and Mars ↗PAGANGODS
  4. 4"In a way" ↗ISH
  5. 5Pick up on ↗DETECT
  6. 6Loosens up ↗SOFTENS
  7. 7Response to "Speak!" ↗ARF
  8. 8Cold-weather cryptid ↗YETI
  9. 9Neighborhood in Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" ↗SOHO
  10. 10Knock back a few ↗IMBIBE
  11. 11Big bully ↗MEANIE
  12. 12Aquarium diagnostic ↗PHTEST
  13. 17World capital near the 60th parallel ↗OSLO
  14. 18Enlighten ↗EDIFY
  15. 23"Sorry, that's incorrect" ↗UHNO
  16. 24Restaurant chain acronym ↗IHOP
  17. 26Word with still or shelf ↗LIFE
  18. 27"New Jack City" co-star, 1991 ↗ICET
  19. 28Spanish name found in "business" ↗INES
  20. 29Fastener with an onomatopoeic name ↗SNAP
  21. 33Bring up ↗REAR
  22. 34Pot grower? ↗ANTE
  23. 36What contains a lot of darn stuff? ↗SEWINGKIT
  24. 37The "Amigos" of film, e.g. ↗TRIO
  25. 38Big name in magic ↗PENN
  26. 41Beer brand on "The Simpsons" ↗DUFF
  27. 43Feminist sex educator Shere ___ ↗HITE
  28. 44Pompous people ↗SNOBS
  29. 45Non-pharmacological component of a clinical trial ↗PLACEBO
  30. 47Pristine, as land ↗UNTROD
  31. 48Veterans Day event ↗PARADE
  32. 49Lake that's the "thumb" of New York's Finger Lakes ↗ONEIDA
  33. 50Certain Ivy Leaguers ↗ELIS
  34. 51Rags, e.g. ↗CLOTHS
  35. 55What a bargain hunter hopes to pay ↗LESS
  36. 56Ides of March rebuke ↗ETTU
  37. 59Depend (on) ↗RELY
  38. 60Old map inits. ↗USSR
  39. 62Sound of a good car engine ↗HUM
  40. 63Designation for the Toledo Mud Hens ↗AAA