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NYT Crossword October 5 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, October 5 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Classic target of a troll9 lettersSee answer ›10Prized steed4 lettersSee answer ›14Little hellions4 lettersSee answer ›18Hard to understand10 lettersSee answer ›20Latvian capital4 lettersSee answer ›21Kindle competitor4 lettersSee answer ›22Sailor who drinks only the finest grog?11 lettersSee answer ›24Knockoff version of a sweet treat?9 lettersSee answer ›26ID on a credit check3 lettersSee answer ›27End-of-level showdown9 lettersSee answer ›29"When in the ___ of human events ..."6 lettersSee answer ›30Bridges5 lettersSee answer ›32Vote for3 lettersSee answer ›33Paint carelessly4 lettersSee answer ›34Alternative to kale5 lettersSee answer ›35Projectionist's item8 lettersSee answer ›38"If you ask me nicely …"4 lettersSee answer ›42Game with players known as "shooters"5 lettersSee answer ›43Convenient spot for a cat nap?10 lettersSee answer ›45Singer Rita3 lettersSee answer ›46Official hand gesture of Hawaii5 lettersSee answer ›47"Darn it!"4 lettersSee answer ›481950s political nickname3 lettersSee answer ›49Wild5 lettersSee answer ›51The 4,765-year-old "Methuselah" is one4 lettersSee answer ›52Zilch4 lettersSee answer ›53Prominent feature of dubstep music4 lettersSee answer ›55Wrap up tight6 lettersSee answer ›56Press coverage3 lettersSee answer ›57Scorching7 lettersSee answer ›59Agent's good news7 lettersSee answer ›60Cryptographers' needs4 lettersSee answer ›62Suitable for the middle-aged?11 lettersSee answer ›65"Oh, dear!"4 lettersSee answer ›66Flies the coop7 lettersSee answer ›68Pain-relieving drug7 lettersSee answer ›69The Chiffons' "___ So Fine"3 lettersSee answer ›70Knitted cap6 lettersSee answer ›71Pop icon with a Best Actress award4 lettersSee answer ›73Huff and puff?4 lettersSee answer ›74"Look what I did!"4 lettersSee answer ›75Bewildered5 lettersSee answer ›76Polynesian staple3 lettersSee answer ›77Twisted do4 lettersSee answer ›78Global currency market, for short5 lettersSee answer ›79Martial artist Bruce3 lettersSee answer ›80Suspicious absence from school?10 lettersSee answer ›84Taps on the snoot5 lettersSee answer ›85Places4 lettersSee answer ›87Snuggle8 lettersSee answer ›88Stooge who said "Soitenly!"5 lettersSee answer ›89Poses4 lettersSee answer ›91"What's up, ___?"3 lettersSee answer ›92Wise guys5 lettersSee answer ›93Crudely built shack6 lettersSee answer ›96Purple fruit with a distinctive inner shape9 lettersSee answer ›99Barista or barrister3 lettersSee answer ›102"How sad. You actually think you can win," e.g.?9 lettersSee answer ›104A locksmith getting stuck in bedroom handcuffs, say?11 lettersSee answer ›107Present opener?4 lettersSee answer ›108Unlike a cover: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›109Something parents may try to limit for their kids10 lettersSee answer ›110See 95-Down4 lettersSee answer ›111Creole staple4 lettersSee answer ›112In which actors barely go through the motions?9 lettersSee answer ›

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1Surreptitiously loops in, for short4 lettersSee answer ›2Troubles4 lettersSee answer ›3Low-fat4 lettersSee answer ›4___ Américas3 lettersSee answer ›5Many, many mos.3 lettersSee answer ›6Venues like New York City's Stonewall Inn7 lettersSee answer ›7Donny or Marie6 lettersSee answer ›8Stockpile5 lettersSee answer ›9Light rebukes4 lettersSee answer ›10"For crying out loud!"4 lettersSee answer ›11Hoot4 lettersSee answer ›12Before3 lettersSee answer ›13Referee's mistake7 lettersSee answer ›14Nighttime demons6 lettersSee answer ›15"Wuthering Heights" setting4 lettersSee answer ›16Is visually striking4 lettersSee answer ›17Portree is the capital of this isle4 lettersSee answer ›19Death-___7 lettersSee answer ›23Triangular sign5 lettersSee answer ›25Whom Uncle Sam wants for the U.S. Army3 lettersSee answer ›28Like wild meat, sometimes4 lettersSee answer ›30Manage to lose, as a tail5 lettersSee answer ›31He was a "rollin' stone," in a Motown classic4 lettersSee answer ›33Proofreader's mark4 lettersSee answer ›34Actor Affleck when he needs a nap?11 lettersSee answer ›35Some nonlicensed tributes6 lettersSee answer ›36Sluggers' stats4 lettersSee answer ›37Startled cries4 lettersSee answer ›39Half-woman, half-bird, all attitude?11 lettersSee answer ›40"Eureka!" shouter10 lettersSee answer ›41Benny Hill theme song9 lettersSee answer ›42Oolong or lapsang souchong10 lettersSee answer ›43Actor Bill of "Barry"5 lettersSee answer ›44Twists side-to-side4 lettersSee answer ›46Hybrid sport played with a trampoline-like net9 lettersSee answer ›47Swiss locale of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum5 lettersSee answer ›50Old-fashioned term of address4 lettersSee answer ›52Gratis5 lettersSee answer ›53Garden shelter5 lettersSee answer ›54Discovery of chemist John Dalton4 lettersSee answer ›55"You're cramping my ___"5 lettersSee answer ›58Evil alter ego of literature4 lettersSee answer ›59Waffle House alternatives5 lettersSee answer ›61Sound4 lettersSee answer ›63Not follow suit, in bridge6 lettersSee answer ›64Frequent on-screen partner of Hepburn5 lettersSee answer ›67"La Vie en rose" singer4 lettersSee answer ›71Sports journalist Linda4 lettersSee answer ›72"___, Silver!"4 lettersSee answer ›74Gimlets and screwdrivers5 lettersSee answer ›76Ad Council spots, for short4 lettersSee answer ›77Some memes of the 2000s7 lettersSee answer ›78Driver's warning4 lettersSee answer ›81Disgusting, in totspeak7 lettersSee answer ›82TV journalist Kotb4 lettersSee answer ›83What wavy lines in comic strips represent5 lettersSee answer ›84"I can't believe what I'm seeing!" facial reaction7 lettersSee answer ›86Became real, as bad news6 lettersSee answer ›88Southwestern culinary fusion6 lettersSee answer ›90Pigpen3 lettersSee answer ›92Extra5 lettersSee answer ›93Macbeth or Macduff4 lettersSee answer ›94Bygone iPhone button4 lettersSee answer ›95Common 110-Across stressor4 lettersSee answer ›96Move around and around4 lettersSee answer ›97Rapper with a feline-sounding name4 lettersSee answer ›98Chest muscles, for short4 lettersSee answer ›99Knit4 lettersSee answer ›100"This round's ___"4 lettersSee answer ›101Effortless ways to advance4 lettersSee answer ›103Vex3 lettersSee answer ›105Close of business?3 lettersSee answer ›10666, for example: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›