NYT Crossword October 30 2025 Answers

All 80 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.

Constructed by Howard NeuthalerEdited by Will Shortz
ALL CLUES80 CLUES
ACROSS
1APlace for a pencil sharpener4 lettersSee answer ›5AArgentine plain5 lettersSee answer ›10APrayer leader4 lettersSee answer ›14ADroves4 lettersSee answer ›15ADisney princess who longs to be "part of that world"5 lettersSee answer ›16ACome to4 lettersSee answer ›17AEither acting sibling Andrew or Elisabeth4 lettersSee answer ›18AWhat pulls out all the stops?5 lettersSee answer ›19AFood generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers"4 lettersSee answer ›20AStart illegally, say7 lettersSee answer ›22AWhat every baseball inning starts with7 lettersSee answer ›24A"Kind of" suffix3 lettersSee answer ›25AShore up the ranks7 lettersSee answer ›27ALittle pest3 lettersSee answer ›28AAnimal with a white rump3 lettersSee answer ›30AHighlands hat3 lettersSee answer ›31AEpitome of simplicity3 lettersSee answer ›33ABinge5 lettersSee answer ›35A"I'll ___ you!"3 lettersSee answer ›36APop-pop5 lettersSee answer ›39ACountry sharing the world's longest international border6 lettersSee answer ›41AShowed great pride, in a way6 lettersSee answer ›42ADesirable Vegas couple?4 lettersSee answer ›43ALake in the homeland of the Washoe people5 lettersSee answer ›47A___ Blaster (toy)4 lettersSee answer ›48AInconsequential4 lettersSee answer ›49AJourneys by foot5 lettersSee answer ›50AOnes eliciting knee-jerk reactions, informally?4 lettersSee answer ›51AExemplar7 lettersSee answer ›53AHaving a strong sense of direction?5 lettersSee answer ›57ALikely oriented toward platonic relationships, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›58AMembers of the dolphin family that prey on dolphins5 lettersSee answer ›63ALike a revving engine5 lettersSee answer ›64ASkater Midori3 lettersSee answer ›65AWords after "ding, ding, ding"5 lettersSee answer ›66AWith 68-Across, "Wicked" song suggested by the answers to the seven starred clues (and whose singer is spelled by the circled letters reading from left to right)7 lettersSee answer ›68ASee 66-Across7 lettersSee answer ›70ABronzed7 lettersSee answer ›71ANot just yet7 lettersSee answer ›72AAbjures7 lettersSee answer ›73ATarget of urban renewal, say7 lettersSee answer ›
DOWN
1DSoup stock in Japanese cuisine5 lettersSee answer ›2D*The ones over there5 lettersSee answer ›3DWashington, Jefferson or Madison10 lettersSee answer ›4DAlready heard, say4 lettersSee answer ›5D*One selling commercial time, informally5 lettersSee answer ›6DTakes in7 lettersSee answer ›7DThe Marlins, on scoreboards3 lettersSee answer ›8DLewis Carroll or George Orwell7 lettersSee answer ›9D*It's used to scrub in the tub5 lettersSee answer ›10DJubilant postgame report4 lettersSee answer ›11DShow up unannounced?10 lettersSee answer ›12D*Some Scandinavian money5 lettersSee answer ›13DIndicated5 lettersSee answer ›21DIrritated5 lettersSee answer ›23DOld enough5 lettersSee answer ›26DSymbol for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius3 lettersSee answer ›29D*Stand before a meeting5 lettersSee answer ›32D*Genre for Aretha Franklin or Usher5 lettersSee answer ›33DOne might start "Your Social Security number has been compromised"4 lettersSee answer ›34DRate4 lettersSee answer ›37DChicago exchange, for short4 lettersSee answer ›38DCertain attachments4 lettersSee answer ›40DFlour used in Indian flatbreads4 lettersSee answer ›41DKiss in a telenovela4 lettersSee answer ›44DCalls to court8 lettersSee answer ›45D*Your home5 lettersSee answer ›46DVoice command to an Android device8 lettersSee answer ›51DFool's gold6 lettersSee answer ›52DWrite, as music6 lettersSee answer ›53DSymbol of authority5 lettersSee answer ›54DSmall dessert sandwiches5 lettersSee answer ›55DLeft of center?5 lettersSee answer ›56DGet ready to have one's tonsils checked, perhaps5 lettersSee answer ›59DWanders5 lettersSee answer ›60DWorld capital on the world's longest river5 lettersSee answer ›61DFamily name with an eponymous Row, Court, Place and Avenue in New York City5 lettersSee answer ›62DComposer Jule5 lettersSee answer ›67DSlangy refusal3 lettersSee answer ›69DFish also known as a batomorph3 lettersSee answer ›
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