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NYT Crossword October 4 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Saturday, October 4 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

1Field of unknowns7 lettersSee answer ›8Lead role in the highest-grossing film of 19855 lettersSee answer ›13Scrapes from a motorcycle fall8 lettersSee answer ›15It "lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice," per Miguel de Cervantes5 lettersSee answer ›16"Marvelous" TV character played by Rachel Brosnahan9 lettersSee answer ›18Facedown5 lettersSee answer ›19Shrink back6 lettersSee answer ›20Place for eggs3 lettersSee answer ›22Muttonhead4 lettersSee answer ›23Cousin of a springbok5 lettersSee answer ›24Outdoor apparel company with mountains in its logo9 lettersSee answer ›26Delight4 lettersSee answer ›27Vulcans, for one9 lettersSee answer ›28Christmas carol contraction3 lettersSee answer ›29Actress Lily of "Killers of the Flower Moon"9 lettersSee answer ›30Slow-but-steady advancements9 lettersSee answer ›31Get a Lyft, say9 lettersSee answer ›32Short greetings3 lettersSee answer ›35They may stop the presses9 lettersSee answer ›36Henry ___, founder of Time, Life and Sports Illustrated4 lettersSee answer ›37Initial challenge9 lettersSee answer ›38Knock one out of the park5 lettersSee answer ›39With, en français4 lettersSee answer ›40Org. offering jumps3 lettersSee answer ›41Vittorio who directed "Bicycle Thieves"6 lettersSee answer ›42Buck the establishment5 lettersSee answer ›44Split9 lettersSee answer ›46Remains to be seen?5 lettersSee answer ›47Certain expectant parents8 lettersSee answer ›48Stopped vacillating5 lettersSee answer ›497-Eleven and Circle K, informally7 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Focus of an airplane battle, maybe7 lettersSee answer ›2Legendary rock singer?7 lettersSee answer ›3Containers that are often red7 lettersSee answer ›4Halley of Halley's comet6 lettersSee answer ›5Cornrow, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›6Skate park fixture4 lettersSee answer ›7Mount for Quixote's squire3 lettersSee answer ›8Award won four times in the W.N.B.A. by A'ja Wilson3 lettersSee answer ›9Assistance for short drivers?8 lettersSee answer ›10Walk with exaggerated motions7 lettersSee answer ›11___ Johnson, inventor of the Super Soaker6 lettersSee answer ›12California town thought (incorrectly) to be named from a backward "bakery" sign5 lettersSee answer ›14Type of argument with conflicting accounts13 lettersSee answer ›17Result of sleeping in, say9 lettersSee answer ›21Moves along quickly, as a horse7 lettersSee answer ›24Protects oneself, possum-style9 lettersSee answer ›25Fumble around in the dark5 lettersSee answer ›27Home of Banff National Park7 lettersSee answer ›29Wonder Woman portrayer5 lettersSee answer ›30Brouhaha8 lettersSee answer ›31"Welsh" dish with melted cheese7 lettersSee answer ›32Cuban container7 lettersSee answer ›33Water cooler?7 lettersSee answer ›34Colorful shawls7 lettersSee answer ›35"Are you done guessing?"6 lettersSee answer ›36Get bested by6 lettersSee answer ›37Grain with a nutty flavor5 lettersSee answer ›38Safe job?5 lettersSee answer ›41Netflix offerings until 20234 lettersSee answer ›43Source of some flashbacks3 lettersSee answer ›45Sucker, for short3 lettersSee answer ›