NYT Crossword October 16 2025 Answers
All 78 clues from the Thursday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.
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1A"___ Talkin' ’bout Love" (Van Halen song)4 lettersSee answer ›5A*Treat with kindness5 lettersSee answer ›10ANoted works of the Roman poet Horace4 lettersSee answer ›14ABrute4 lettersSee answer ›15AStatuette modeled after a knight holding a crusader’s sword5 lettersSee answer ›16AFeeling associated with skipping a party, perhaps4 lettersSee answer ›17AUnchangeable10 lettersSee answer ›19AHorned creature in "Pan's Labyrinth"4 lettersSee answer ›20AHungers for6 lettersSee answer ›21AEarly Germanic people5 lettersSee answer ›23AMove around the world5 lettersSee answer ›24A*Expensive3 lettersSee answer ›26ALift5 lettersSee answer ›29AMardi Gras locale, informally4 lettersSee answer ›30AOvarian sac contents3 lettersSee answer ›31AFuddy-duddies6 lettersSee answer ›32A"Still ___" (1999 rap hit)3 lettersSee answer ›33AMeander4 lettersSee answer ›34AHigh lights?6 lettersSee answer ›35APractice chiromancy9 lettersSee answer ›37ADisappear, as a trail6 lettersSee answer ›40A"Central Park in the Dark" composer4 lettersSee answer ›41AMusic box?3 lettersSee answer ›44ADiviner6 lettersSee answer ›45AJerry’s uncle on "Seinfeld"3 lettersSee answer ›46ABox a bit4 lettersSee answer ›47ATonkatsu coating5 lettersSee answer ›48A*Deli device3 lettersSee answer ›49ABug expert, for short5 lettersSee answer ›50AInvite at the door5 lettersSee answer ›52AExtreme pressure6 lettersSee answer ›53AEl ___4 lettersSee answer ›55AFelt tired during the day, say10 lettersSee answer ›58AWords to a betrayer4 lettersSee answer ›59A“The Philosophy of Right” author5 lettersSee answer ›60ALike a computer with a running screensaver4 lettersSee answer ›61AHow whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues4 lettersSee answer ›62A*Risky endeavor, idiomatically5 lettersSee answer ›63AOnetime resident of the Winter Palace4 lettersSee answer ›DOWN
1DBolt7 lettersSee answer ›2DCertain Windows hard drive malfunction7 lettersSee answer ›3D*Conspicuous7 lettersSee answer ›4DStupid stuff it's fun to know6 lettersSee answer ›5DLevel-ending foe4 lettersSee answer ›6DEducated guess: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›7DSgt., e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›8DLike lemon curd5 lettersSee answer ›9DPreceder of "Bites" and "Bars" in commercial names4 lettersSee answer ›10D*Chance to meet one-on-one with a professor8 lettersSee answer ›11D"Copy me"7 lettersSee answer ›12DRunner Down Under3 lettersSee answer ›13DCertain heir3 lettersSee answer ›18DMake in the end3 lettersSee answer ›22DSteady humming sounds6 lettersSee answer ›24DLocale for catfish or carp4 lettersSee answer ›25DWhat allows Neo to disconnect from the Matrix7 lettersSee answer ›27DSpanish 101 verb3 lettersSee answer ›28DWhom you might greet with open arms, for short?3 lettersSee answer ›30DNovelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth"5 lettersSee answer ›31DPrefix with botanist5 lettersSee answer ›33D"Sure … if you say so"6 lettersSee answer ›35DEnjoys oneself uninhibitedly … or a punny title for this puzzle8 lettersSee answer ›36DProfess4 lettersSee answer ›37DSomething Lincoln once led, for short3 lettersSee answer ›38DItalian time unit3 lettersSee answer ›39DCard game with a winning score of 5,000 points7 lettersSee answer ›41D*Book addenda7 lettersSee answer ›42DChicken ___7 lettersSee answer ›43DThrive7 lettersSee answer ›46DNarrow channel6 lettersSee answer ›48DDerisive look5 lettersSee answer ›49DOB/GYN offering3 lettersSee answer ›51DCrisply shown, as on TV4 lettersSee answer ›52DWooded valley4 lettersSee answer ›53DCoop3 lettersSee answer ›54DPerformed amazingly, in slang3 lettersSee answer ›56DId's counterpart3 lettersSee answer ›57DThe First State: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›RECENT NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLES
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