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NYT Crossword October 2 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Thursday, October 2 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1"That so?" or "Uh-huh, that's so"4 lettersSee answer ›5Abbr. that often follows a comma3 lettersSee answer ›8Hardly anyone counts on this anymore6 lettersSee answer ›14Shakespearean villain4 lettersSee answer ›15Zip3 lettersSee answer ›16Wine and dine6 lettersSee answer ›17How something distinctive appears11 lettersSee answer ›19Any member of a band dubbed "The President's Own"6 lettersSee answer ›20Leveled the playing field, say?5 lettersSee answer ›21Fight night sites6 lettersSee answer ›22Shortage of a sort6 lettersSee answer ›25Cardinal's honorific11 lettersSee answer ›27Suppose6 lettersSee answer ›29Feel 41-Across3 lettersSee answer ›30___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach3 lettersSee answer ›33Asian city one can view within Instagram?4 lettersSee answer ›34Among others, for short4 lettersSee answer ›37Well-informed5 lettersSee answer ›39Writer Zora ___ Hurston5 lettersSee answer ›41See 29-Across3 lettersSee answer ›42Its hands might be near one of yours5 lettersSee answer ›43Common daytime spots for first dates5 lettersSee answer ›44Part of a list at an awards show7 lettersSee answer ›46Biker's selection4 lettersSee answer ›47Doc seen for sinusitis3 lettersSee answer ›48Austin summer hrs.3 lettersSee answer ›50Board meeting handout6 lettersSee answer ›52Discusses at length8 lettersSee answer ›55Pin number?3 lettersSee answer ›56Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain"6 lettersSee answer ›59Sounds heard in haunted houses5 lettersSee answer ›61What might prompt someone to close a window6 lettersSee answer ›62Classic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle?11 lettersSee answer ›66Eye, slangily6 lettersSee answer ›67Actress Long3 lettersSee answer ›68"You'll ___"4 lettersSee answer ›69Sabotage9 lettersSee answer ›70Lift a finger, so to speak3 lettersSee answer ›71Output of a social media algorithm4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Sound from a puppy3 lettersSee answer ›2Balance aid3 lettersSee answer ›3What might come after many years?3 lettersSee answer ›4Ad ___7 lettersSee answer ›5Interweave7 lettersSee answer ›6Scrabble rackful5 lettersSee answer ›7Half of a noted crime duo5 lettersSee answer ›8Renowned house at Milan Fashion Week6 lettersSee answer ›9Cousin of a Danish8 lettersSee answer ›10Match, as subject and verb5 lettersSee answer ›11Biblical person who says "My punishment is greater than I can bear"4 lettersSee answer ›12Bone with a radial notch4 lettersSee answer ›13Candy company known for its chocolate and butterscotch4 lettersSee answer ›18Neighborhood in N.Y.C. or L.A.4 lettersSee answer ›22Home of the most Literature Nobelists in history6 lettersSee answer ›23Greece's largest airline6 lettersSee answer ›24Only video game to sell 300 million copies9 lettersSee answer ›26Selfish cry before an evil laugh11 lettersSee answer ›28Moolah4 lettersSee answer ›30One of four awarded to Bill Nye6 lettersSee answer ›31Crane's place, maybe6 lettersSee answer ›32Where the film "Argo" is set6 lettersSee answer ›35Features of some windows5 lettersSee answer ›36Spanish phone greeting3 lettersSee answer ›38Job listing info4 lettersSee answer ›40Moped alternative8 lettersSee answer ›45Erode7 lettersSee answer ›49Figure out9 lettersSee answer ›51Out of the park4 lettersSee answer ›52Certain Kool-Aid flavor5 lettersSee answer ›53On the horizon8 lettersSee answer ›54Polite refusal5 lettersSee answer ›56___ platter (Chinese restaurant offering)4 lettersSee answer ›57Doing business4 lettersSee answer ›58Carded4 lettersSee answer ›60The "s" in the acronym "scuba"4 lettersSee answer ›63Pizza, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›64Christmas ___3 lettersSee answer ›65Like Malbec wine3 lettersSee answer ›