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NYT Crossword October 22 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, October 22 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Spots for cozy dates5 lettersSee answer ›6Slope4 lettersSee answer ›10What A's and B's are good for3 lettersSee answer ›13Person with terrible manners5 lettersSee answer ›14Broadway great Menzel5 lettersSee answer ›16Nickname that's an alternative to Cam3 lettersSee answer ›17Some basic guidelines [2, Spanish]11 lettersSee answer ›19Nonprofit's domain name ender3 lettersSee answer ›20Paris agreement3 lettersSee answer ›21Take to court3 lettersSee answer ›22Act smart7 lettersSee answer ›24Molecule with a non-unique formula6 lettersSee answer ›26Fluorescent gemstone [4, Danish and Norwegian]8 lettersSee answer ›27"Girls" creator Dunham4 lettersSee answer ›28Slightly4 lettersSee answer ›30Some parallel bars5 lettersSee answer ›31Agrees (with)5 lettersSee answer ›33Rarely visited places on earth5 lettersSee answer ›34Climactic baseball event … or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across form?11 lettersSee answer ›36"Breaking Bad" sister-in-law5 lettersSee answer ›37Touches and Shuffles5 lettersSee answer ›38Black prom rentals5 lettersSee answer ›39Bubbly bar4 lettersSee answer ›40Idiomatic sticking point4 lettersSee answer ›44Chemist who co-discovered 26-Down [8, Italian]8 lettersSee answer ›46It's controlled in meditation6 lettersSee answer ›48Food spread popular in England7 lettersSee answer ›49Levi's competitor3 lettersSee answer ›50Toilet paper thickness3 lettersSee answer ›51___ out of house and home3 lettersSee answer ›52Carpe diem [16, French]11 lettersSee answer ›55Picasso's "___ Demoiselles d'Avignon"3 lettersSee answer ›56A little under half of humanity5 lettersSee answer ›57Entertain5 lettersSee answer ›58Establishes what is, informally3 lettersSee answer ›59___ best friend4 lettersSee answer ›60Sidekick of Dora the Explorer5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Natural remedy that's used to treat anxiety6 lettersSee answer ›2Make hot and bothered6 lettersSee answer ›3Kind of cuisine6 lettersSee answer ›4Traveler's info, informally3 lettersSee answer ›5Electroreception, for sharks5 lettersSee answer ›6Jaunt on a hay wagon, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›7"Me!"3 lettersSee answer ›8"You got that right!"6 lettersSee answer ›9Key to search with, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›10Fans of a band8 lettersSee answer ›11Whirling visual effects in video games7 lettersSee answer ›12Watchful guardians6 lettersSee answer ›15Part of a belt8 lettersSee answer ›18Built to last7 lettersSee answer ›23Gel8 lettersSee answer ›25David Bowie's astronaut persona8 lettersSee answer ›26Atomic reaction co-discovered by 44-Across7 lettersSee answer ›29Word with flower or feather3 lettersSee answer ›32Expression such as "Top o' the mornin'"8 lettersSee answer ›33Certain sports wager7 lettersSee answer ›34Sara Bareilles musical set in a diner8 lettersSee answer ›35Clean water org.3 lettersSee answer ›36Shape-shifted7 lettersSee answer ›38Language on the Horn of Africa6 lettersSee answer ›39Young woman, in Australia6 lettersSee answer ›41Outkast or Eric B. & Rakim6 lettersSee answer ›42"Thank God …!"6 lettersSee answer ›43"You're quite right"6 lettersSee answer ›45Premier squad5 lettersSee answer ›47Recovery phase5 lettersSee answer ›49Not as much4 lettersSee answer ›53In a chill state3 lettersSee answer ›54Subculture associated with skinny jeans3 lettersSee answer ›