NYT Crossword October 25 2026 Answers

All 138 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Dylan Schiff and John KugelmanEdited by Will Shortz“Relatively Speaking”

PUZZLE GRID21×21 · SPOILERS HIDDEN

1A2B3U4N5O6S7E8B9U10E11N12O13L14A15O16S17LAV18TORTA19INVAD20E21EIRE22LIT23TERBUG24OLIVER25STONE26LARAM27DE28SPITE29AISLOP30TACI31T32RHINE33GRITS34B35UTCHER36BLOCK37S38E39GNO40OHOK41ARYA42SAVE43L44O45P46ONO47B48AIO49L50I51GHTER52FLUI53D54POS55HEST56TRAINEE57TSA58TAHO59E60LOAMS61R62ERAN63S64H65UTTERF66LY67BUF68F69ERZONE70LUMPS71FAC72TS73YASIR74UMA75M76C77GUIRE78NATA79S80H81A82EAS83TERISLAN84D85AGUE86IOS87NSA88ASEA89R90AVI91ALMS92N93EWTS94B95OMBER96J97ACKET98M99E100ALY101DONOR102LOBED103ENTIR104E105SITEMA106P107LOIR108E109SOONER110STATE111HY112PERTEX113T114ACNE115RAINEY116ARENT117SPA118SHES119GRADE120MOPE121SOX

Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES138 CLUES

ACROSS

1A"Aladdin" sidekick3 lettersABU

4ASommelier's asset4 lettersNOSE

8A"Qué ___!" (Spanish "Awesome!")5 lettersBUENO

13ALocale of the food dishes larb and thum mak hoong4 lettersLAOS

17AThe British throne?3 lettersLAV

18AMexican sandwich5 lettersTORTA

19AEncroach on, as space6 lettersINVADE

21ALand that poets call Hibernia4 lettersEIRE

22AFirefly vis-à-vis a fruit fly?9 lettersLITTERBUG

24APeridot vis-à-vis jade?11 lettersOLIVERSTONE

26AN.F.L.'er with horns on his helmet5 lettersLARAM

27ANotwithstanding7 lettersDESPITE

29ALow-quality, machine-generated content, in modern lingo6 lettersAISLOP

30AImplied5 lettersTACIT

32ACologne waters5 lettersRHINE

33ASouthern dish made from hominy5 lettersGRITS

34AMuscle Beach vis-à-vis Venice Beach?12 lettersBUTCHERBLOCK

37ADal ___ (musical notation)5 lettersSEGNO

40A"Right, gotcha"4 lettersOHOK

41AStark sister from Winterfell4 lettersARYA

42AGoalie's goal4 lettersSAVE

43AApt rhyme for crop and chop3 lettersLOP

46AMusic artist on the 2012 album "Yokokimthurston"3 lettersONO

47A"Happy Days" actor Scott4 lettersBAIO

49AOil vis-à-vis water?12 lettersLIGHTERFLUID

54AMaximally ritzy7 lettersPOSHEST

56ANew hire at a factory7 lettersTRAINEE

57AWho can see right through you, in brief?3 lettersTSA

58AChevy S.U.V.5 lettersTAHOE

60AFertile soils5 lettersLOAMS

61AShowed again, in a way5 lettersRERAN

63AZipper up vis-à-vis zipper down?10 lettersSHUTTERFLY

67AWeight room vis-à-vis the cardio room?10 lettersBUFFERZONE

70ASugar amounts5 lettersLUMPS

71AThings some checkers check5 lettersFACTS

73AMan's name that means "prosperous" in Arabic5 lettersYASIR

74AThurman of "Pulp Fiction"3 lettersUMA

75A"Lizzie ___," Disney Channel sitcom starring Hilary Duff7 lettersMCGUIRE

78A"Poker Face" actress Lyonne7 lettersNATASHA

82AMaui vis-à-vis Oahu?12 lettersEASTERISLAND

85AShivering fit4 lettersAGUE

86AApple runs on it3 lettersIOS

87AIntelligence org.3 lettersNSA

88ANot on solid ground4 lettersASEA

89ASitarist Shankar4 lettersRAVI

91APious offerings4 lettersALMS

92AAmphibians taken on at least six different space missions5 lettersNEWTS

94ABlazer vis-à-vis a windbreaker?12 lettersBOMBERJACKET

98ALike a bad apple5 lettersMEALY

101AName on a museum plaque, maybe5 lettersDONOR

102ALike ears and brains5 lettersLOBED

103AUndivided6 lettersENTIRE

105ASurfer's navigational aid7 lettersSITEMAP

107AOrléans river5 lettersLOIRE

109ADelaware vis-à-vis the other 12 colonies?11 lettersSOONERSTATE

111A"OMG THIS IS AWESOME!!!!" vis-à-vis "good job i guess"?9 lettersHYPERTEXT

114AFace covering?4 lettersACNE

115ABlues singer Ma ___6 lettersRAINEY

116A"___ we all?"5 lettersARENT

117ASpring for a fancy hotel?3 lettersSPA

118AB.B. King's "___ Dynamite"4 lettersSHES

119ASubject of inflation5 lettersGRADE

120ABrood4 lettersMOPE

121AM.L.B.'ers with a red "B" on their caps3 lettersSOX

DOWN

1DEvery last one3 lettersALL

2DIllegal thing to jump4 lettersBAIL

3DArtistic designs that glow under black light9 lettersUVTATTOOS

4DMainstream sort, slangily6 lettersNORMIE

5DScepter topper3 lettersORB

6DBeefcake4 lettersSTUD

7DWith excitement7 lettersEAGERLY

8D"Gandhi," ""Amadeus" or "Malcolm X"6 lettersBIOPIC

9DBreak a tie?6 lettersUNLINK

10DDigital party request5 lettersEVITE

11DWhere a congregation congregates4 lettersNAVE

12DKeats wrote one to a nightingale3 lettersODE

13D"Time to get moving!"8 lettersLETSROLL

14DGarlicky emulsification5 lettersAIOLI

15D"... never mind"5 lettersORNOT

16DSlips through the cracks5 lettersSEEPS

18DCover letters, say?5 lettersTEACH

20DTime of one's life, in modern slang3 lettersERA

23DRecord number?5 lettersTRACK

25D37-Across, in English4 lettersSIGN

28DSandy hazard for sailors5 lettersSHOAL

31DBackstabber, e.g.7 lettersTRAITOR

34DPlayful tap on the head4 lettersBOOP

35D"Hmm ... pass"4 lettersUHNO

36DHomie3 lettersBRO

37DMeet, as all the requirements7 lettersSATISFY

38D"I can't ___!"4 lettersEVEN

39DRichard who had his first starring role in 1978's "Days of Heaven"4 lettersGERE

42DSeaWorld orca5 lettersSHAMU

44DNotable part of "Hey Jude" or "Layla"5 lettersOUTRO

45DFibonacci or Galileo, by birth5 lettersPISAN

47D"Heck if I know"7 lettersBEATSME

48DEponym of a U.S. Open stadium4 lettersASHE

50D"How was ___ know?"3 lettersITO

51DUp for ___5 lettersGRABS

52DIron compound in magnets7 lettersFERRITE

53DCopenhagen native4 lettersDANE

55DStart of an unencrypted web address4 lettersHTTP

59DGives off7 lettersEFFUSES

60DSpandex trademark5 lettersLYCRA

62D"The Snowy Day" author ___ Jack Keats4 lettersEZRA

63DTurn on an axis4 lettersSLUE

64DNot an extraterrestrial5 lettersHUMAN

65DAmherst sch.5 lettersUMASS

66DPugilist Ali5 lettersLAILA

68DOne displaying enthusiastic devotion7 lettersFANGIRL

69DBiblical brother who sold his birthright4 lettersESAU

72DHalf a score3 lettersTEN

76DSticking point?4 lettersCRAW

77DGeneral idea4 lettersGIST

79DBit of smooth eveningwear9 lettersSILKDRESS

80DTypical landing page, online4 lettersHOME

81DExecutive's underling: Abbr.4 lettersASST

83DBra straps might cause them8 lettersTANLINES

84DSick kid's in-house caregiver5 lettersDRMOM

85DAny of 17 Monopoly spaces: Abbr.3 lettersAVE

90DPresidential first name drawn from the Bible7 lettersABRAHAM

91DNail the test5 lettersACEIT

93DBrontë orphan4 lettersEYRE

94DLike a video with an inflated view count, maybe6 lettersBOTTED

95DFeature of the jacks of spades and hearts6 lettersONEEYE

96DDolly Parton classic6 lettersJOLENE

97DCancel, as a NASA mission5 lettersABORT

98DWestern landforms5 lettersMESAS

99DFather of Methuselah5 lettersENOCH

100DObserve Yom Kippur, say5 lettersATONE

101D"The Crown" role5 lettersDIANA

104DMess up3 lettersERR

105DWhat one should do periodically while caramelizing onions4 lettersSTIR

106DCriminal hothead?4 lettersPYRO

108DTrade show4 lettersEXPO

110DLose tautness3 lettersSAG

112DZing3 lettersPEP

113DBe a burden on3 lettersTAX

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