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NYT Crossword October 18 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Saturday, October 18 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Samuel Smalley · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Measure of rank in Maori culture, informally7 lettersSee answer ›8Bubbles5 lettersSee answer ›13Sauce in Italian-American cuisine8 lettersSee answer ›14Knocked out5 lettersSee answer ›15It's in right now9 lettersSee answer ›16Was worthy of5 lettersSee answer ›17Having a single purpose5 lettersSee answer ›18Light that goes up when things are going down?5 lettersSee answer ›20Snatch3 lettersSee answer ›21Crank cases?7 lettersSee answer ›23Something pulled in many car chase scenes, for short6 lettersSee answer ›25Home to the Arco di Constantino4 lettersSee answer ›26Present a chance to get ahead9 lettersSee answer ›29Spaniards roll them3 lettersSee answer ›30Was really moving, in slang9 lettersSee answer ›31"Uh ... I guess"9 lettersSee answer ›32Sources of 24/7 support9 lettersSee answer ›33Many an attachment3 lettersSee answer ›36Ones catching waves9 lettersSee answer ›37Longtime name in Cuban politics4 lettersSee answer ›38Those playing the king of Egypt in "Aïda"6 lettersSee answer ›39Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New Orleans7 lettersSee answer ›41Easily removed locks3 lettersSee answer ›42Limited assignment5 lettersSee answer ›45Smallest member of the eurozone (122 square miles)5 lettersSee answer ›46Appropriately change course5 lettersSee answer ›48Spirals out of control?9 lettersSee answer ›50Panhellenic Games venue5 lettersSee answer ›51Can't cool off8 lettersSee answer ›52Gifted5 lettersSee answer ›53Culinary concurrence7 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Understands7 lettersSee answer ›2Site of some piercings6 lettersSee answer ›3"There's never been a better time" tech sloganeer5 lettersSee answer ›4Fangorn resident3 lettersSee answer ›5Sweet doings at a county fair10 lettersSee answer ›6___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disaster4 lettersSee answer ›7Cry that might be made with a bow4 lettersSee answer ›8Responders to cruise ship emergencies9 lettersSee answer ›9It works in translation3 lettersSee answer ›10Crunchy snacks7 lettersSee answer ›11Fine-tunes6 lettersSee answer ›12Divider of lots5 lettersSee answer ›13Really into6 lettersSee answer ›1521st-century first lady5 lettersSee answer ›19Attire for many a flamenco dancer8 lettersSee answer ›22Upright bar8 lettersSee answer ›24Bonheur who painted "Ploughing in the Nivernais"4 lettersSee answer ›27Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet5 lettersSee answer ›28Colorful swimmers in the Amazon10 lettersSee answer ›30Energy device that reflects sunlight9 lettersSee answer ›31Rings up?4 lettersSee answer ›32Can hold one's own, in modern lingo7 lettersSee answer ›33Bread purchase in the U.K.7 lettersSee answer ›34Like a building's central air conditioning6 lettersSee answer ›35Dogbane?5 lettersSee answer ›36Like drug dens, sometimes6 lettersSee answer ›37FAQ heading6 lettersSee answer ›38East African honorific5 lettersSee answer ›40Reduce to a pulp5 lettersSee answer ›43Minute4 lettersSee answer ›44Pay attention to4 lettersSee answer ›47Zip3 lettersSee answer ›49Home to the U.S.'s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for short3 lettersSee answer ›