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NYT Crossword October 20 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Monday, October 20 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

1Apple tablet4 lettersSee answer ›5Facing the pitcher5 lettersSee answer ›10Time to blow out the candles on a cake, informally4 lettersSee answer ›14Informal eatery4 lettersSee answer ›15Thanks, in France5 lettersSee answer ›16Singer Guthrie4 lettersSee answer ›17Says 2 + 2 = 5, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›18Wedding cake figurine5 lettersSee answer ›19Last language alphabetically on Google Translate4 lettersSee answer ›20Milkshake flavor made with Oreos13 lettersSee answer ›23The "A" of I.P.A.3 lettersSee answer ›24Pitcher Maddux who won the Cy Young Award in four consecutive years4 lettersSee answer ›25Welcome sights for thirsty people in deserts5 lettersSee answer ›28Accelerator or brake5 lettersSee answer ›30Music genre that Joan Jett "loves"9 lettersSee answer ›33Arcing tennis shot3 lettersSee answer ›35Member of a convent3 lettersSee answer ›36Lavatory, in Liverpool3 lettersSee answer ›37Pasta often filled with ricotta7 lettersSee answer ›41Listing on the Billboard Hot 1007 lettersSee answer ›4450 years, for Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit"3 lettersSee answer ›45Play a part in a play3 lettersSee answer ›47"My man!"3 lettersSee answer ›48Two-part steakhouse entree9 lettersSee answer ›52Bonus5 lettersSee answer ›56Filmmaker Miyazaki5 lettersSee answer ›57Questions4 lettersSee answer ›59Color that means "stop"3 lettersSee answer ›60Like some scented stickers13 lettersSee answer ›64Sorority's counterpart, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›66Mandarin "hello"5 lettersSee answer ›67Head ___ heels4 lettersSee answer ›68Chauffeured vehicle4 lettersSee answer ›69Message often accompanied by an exclamation point in a triangle5 lettersSee answer ›70Michelin product4 lettersSee answer ›71Alternative to a Lyft4 lettersSee answer ›72Jumps5 lettersSee answer ›73Make simpler4 lettersSee answer ›

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1What covers the North Pole6 lettersSee answer ›2End of some sentences6 lettersSee answer ›3Having a certain natural hairstyle6 lettersSee answer ›4Furniture piece for a talk show host4 lettersSee answer ›5Shade of yellow5 lettersSee answer ›6More abrupt in language6 lettersSee answer ›7Hire to the team7 lettersSee answer ›8Band with the aptly titled debut album "High Voltage"4 lettersSee answer ›9Stratum4 lettersSee answer ›10Marketplace with stalls6 lettersSee answer ›11Occasion for a percussionist to shine8 lettersSee answer ›12With 13-Down, "___ can eat" (restaurant come-on)3 lettersSee answer ›13See 12-Down3 lettersSee answer ›21Inuit's home5 lettersSee answer ›22Time unit aptly hidden in "paleontology"3 lettersSee answer ›26University in North Carolina4 lettersSee answer ›27Difficult, tiring work4 lettersSee answer ›29Comic actress Wong3 lettersSee answer ›31Unit of flour3 lettersSee answer ›32Door handle4 lettersSee answer ›34Untuneful trumpet sound4 lettersSee answer ›37Lacking much thought4 lettersSee answer ›38Water, in Oaxaca4 lettersSee answer ›39Aforementioned8 lettersSee answer ›40Hospital area with IVs3 lettersSee answer ›42News media5 lettersSee answer ›43Crosstown rivals of the Cubbies3 lettersSee answer ›46Windpipe7 lettersSee answer ›49Decision-making consideration6 lettersSee answer ›50Neither here ___ there3 lettersSee answer ›51Only black key in a G major scale6 lettersSee answer ›53Fodder for "Jeopardy!"6 lettersSee answer ›54Alludes (to)6 lettersSee answer ›55Not interrupted by commercials ... or shortened like the middle words of 20-, 30-, 48- and 60-Across?6 lettersSee answer ›58Ties that are hard to untie5 lettersSee answer ›61Super-uptight4 lettersSee answer ›62Bit of bathroom décor4 lettersSee answer ›63Do, re or mi4 lettersSee answer ›64It goes around every year3 lettersSee answer ›65Short ___ (beef cut)3 lettersSee answer ›