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NYT Crossword October 8 2025 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated October 8 2025

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Every answer from the Wednesday, October 8 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Daniel Trujillo Diaz · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Petri dish growth medium4 lettersSee answer ›5Turns red, say4 lettersSee answer ›9Michael of "Superbad"4 lettersSee answer ›13Overhaul4 lettersSee answer ›14European capital with canals9 lettersSee answer ›16"Will Ruby go to prom with me?"14 lettersSee answer ›18Helpful skill for guessers3 lettersSee answer ›19"Black-eyed" or "sugar snap" legume3 lettersSee answer ›20Take in6 lettersSee answer ›22Requires5 lettersSee answer ›24"Despicable Me" protagonist3 lettersSee answer ›26Appliance that may have different floor settings, for short3 lettersSee answer ›27Country between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf4 lettersSee answer ›28Comics dog with a big red tongue4 lettersSee answer ›30Singer with the 2011 #1 hit "Set Fire to the Rain"5 lettersSee answer ›32I repeat: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?"13 lettersSee answer ›35Fashion designer Spade4 lettersSee answer ›36Pequod captain4 lettersSee answer ›37Third time's the charm: "Will Ruby go to prom with me?"13 lettersSee answer ›42Decrease in intensity5 lettersSee answer ›44Swiss Army knives have many of these4 lettersSee answer ›45Encourage, with "on"4 lettersSee answer ›46N, E, W or S3 lettersSee answer ›47Group that may have an organizational meeting in Sept.3 lettersSee answer ›48Author of "L'Île Mystérieuse"5 lettersSee answer ›49Solfège start6 lettersSee answer ›52Hairy Halloween costume3 lettersSee answer ›54Beethoven's "___ to Joy"3 lettersSee answer ›55Provider of the answers at 16-, 32- and 37-Across14 lettersSee answer ›59Completely immersed9 lettersSee answer ›60Double Stuf cookie4 lettersSee answer ›61Eye problem4 lettersSee answer ›62A 2-1 record has one4 lettersSee answer ›63"Hey! Over here!"4 lettersSee answer ›

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1It shares a 27-mile border with 27-Across7 lettersSee answer ›2Erupting hot springs7 lettersSee answer ›3"New and improved" and "For a limited time only"7 lettersSee answer ›4Kanga's kid in "Winnie-the-Pooh"3 lettersSee answer ›5Truth's alternative4 lettersSee answer ›6Where volleyball and racquetball were invented, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›7Demonym suffix3 lettersSee answer ›8Elm and Maple are common ones: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›9Grouch4 lettersSee answer ›10East Coast counterpart to Dreyer's in the freezer aisle4 lettersSee answer ›11Trampled7 lettersSee answer ›12Lacking principles6 lettersSee answer ›15Elder son of Isaac4 lettersSee answer ›17Positive swings3 lettersSee answer ›21More than 2,000 years ago, for short3 lettersSee answer ›2323andMe mailing6 lettersSee answer ›24Martini or Negroni spirit3 lettersSee answer ›25"I can ___"6 lettersSee answer ›28Something you can be under when in court4 lettersSee answer ›29Go extinct6 lettersSee answer ›30Somewhat4 lettersSee answer ›31Ariana ___, Best Supporting Actress winner for 2021's "West Side Story"6 lettersSee answer ›33Receipts4 lettersSee answer ›34Cries of enlightenment4 lettersSee answer ›37Official authorization7 lettersSee answer ›38Conference ___ (college athletic association)3 lettersSee answer ›39Brouhahas7 lettersSee answer ›40Dresses warmly, with "up"7 lettersSee answer ›41Place to buy a fir at Christmas7 lettersSee answer ›42Elaborate3 lettersSee answer ›43Tundras and deserts, e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›47___ de gallo (Mexican salsa)4 lettersSee answer ›48Scrutinize3 lettersSee answer ›50Like soufflés4 lettersSee answer ›51Bog4 lettersSee answer ›52"10 and up" preceder4 lettersSee answer ›53Degrees of success, for short?4 lettersSee answer ›56Course for becoming bilingual, for short3 lettersSee answer ›57Prefix with -morphic3 lettersSee answer ›58Noggin knock3 lettersSee answer ›