NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 6, 2025

Complete answer list for the October 6, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Hannah BinneyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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The Grid

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Across 37

  1. 1Wished, as a goodbye ↗BADE
  2. 5English Lit or Intermediate French ↗CLASS
  3. 10Reckless ↗RASH
  4. 14One perched on a lily pad ↗FROG
  5. 15Yankees slugger Judge ↗AARON
  6. 16Sound heard in a cave ↗ECHO
  7. 17Fancy one-handed basketball shot ↗FINGERROLL
  8. 19Enter ↗GOIN
  9. 20H.S. senior's exam ↗SAT
  10. 21Serious theatrical work ↗DRAMA
  11. 22Concur ↗AGREE
  12. 23___ splicing ↗GENE
  13. 25Good-looking companion on the red carpet, say ↗ARMCANDY
  14. 27Language spoken in Kathmandu ↗NEPALI
  15. 29Destiny ↗FATE
  16. 30Org. looking for alien life ↗SETI
  17. 31Whoopi's role in 1985's "The Color Purple" ↗CELIE
  18. 33Bowler or sombrero ↗HAT
  19. 36Punch in the mouth, slangily ↗KNUCKLESANDWICH
  20. 40"Sure is" ↗YEP
  21. 41Ralph who ran for president four times ↗NADER
  22. 42Falco of "The Sopranos" ↗EDIE
  23. 43Popular brand of hiking sandals ↗TEVA
  24. 44Raked in ↗EARNED
  25. 47Cat's little pink paws, cutesily ↗TOEBEANS
  26. 51Feel sorry for ↗PITY
  27. 52Multinational currency since 2002 ↗EUROS
  28. 53Blokes ↗CHAPS
  29. 55Airer of "Euphoria" and "The Last of Us" ↗HBO
  30. 58Loads ↗ATON
  31. 59What a dog desires from the dinner table ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-Across ↗PEOPLEFOOD
  32. 61Tilt-a-Whirl or Teacups ↗RIDE
  33. 62Wipe the slate clean? ↗ERASE
  34. 63As well ↗ALSO
  35. 64Goes steady with ↗SEES
  36. 65Where shipwreck victims might be marooned ↗ISLES
  37. 66Cold one ↗BEER

Down 39

  1. 1Closest pals always ↗BFFS
  2. 2Song for a diva ↗ARIA
  3. 3"Stay seated" ↗DONTGETUP
  4. 4Sunny-side-up item ↗EGG
  5. 5Place for privacy in a library ↗CARREL
  6. 6___ Croft, "Tomb Raider" character ↗LARA
  7. 7Welcoming feature of a bakery ↗AROMA
  8. 8Sun phenomenon that can cause radio blackouts ↗SOLARFLARE
  9. 9TV show with the most Emmy nominations of all time, familiarly (350+) ↗SNL
  10. 10Music genre for Bob Marley ↗REGGAE
  11. 11Nut for a squirrel ↗ACORN
  12. 12Backed (away from) ↗SHIED
  13. 13Beehive production ↗HONEY
  14. 18Fashion designer Mode in "The Incredibles" ↗EDNA
  15. 22Performed on the stage ↗ACTED
  16. 24"Beowulf" or the "Iliad" ↗EPIC
  17. 26Street name in the center of town ↗MAIN
  18. 27Hawaiian goose ↗NENE
  19. 28Skaters who do lifts and twizzles ↗ICEDANCERS
  20. 30___ blue ↗SKY
  21. 32Language suffix ↗ESE
  22. 33Secret compartment, informally ↗HIDEYHOLE
  23. 34The "A" in DNA ↗ACID
  24. 35Most common English word ↗THE
  25. 37Where pants may need patching ↗KNEES
  26. 38Source of much igneous rock ↗LAVA
  27. 39Left the area ↗WENT
  28. 43Steakhouse options named for a letter ↗TBONES
  29. 45Fruit left on teachers' desks, perhaps ↗APPLES
  30. 46Stand up ↗RISE
  31. 47Rips ↗TEARS
  32. 48Protruding bellybutton type ↗OUTIE
  33. 49Gradually wear away, as soil ↗ERODE
  34. 50Sandbar ↗SHOAL
  35. 54Church area next to the chancel ↗APSE
  36. 56Big name in noise-canceling headphones ↗BOSE
  37. 57Stench ↗ODOR
  38. 59Architect I.M. ___ ↗PEI
  39. 60Just lovely, informally ↗FAB