NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 10, 2025
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Clues70
Across33
Down37
ConstructorColin Adams
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Viking of cartoon fame (5)
Starts with H, ends with RHAGAR→
6A
Claustrophobe's desire (9)
Starts with O, ends with EOPENSPACE→
15A
Best-selling singer whose album titles are all Arabic numerals (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADELE→
16A
Cosmetic injection (9)
Starts with L, ends with RLIPFILLER→
17A
Charge (5)
Starts with R, ends with TRUNAT→
18A
Key ingredients in cong you bing, a savory Chinese pancake (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSCALLIONS→
19A
Cry after a reappearing act (8)
Starts with P, ends with OPEEKABOO→
21A
Christopher Nolan movie with a palindromic name (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTENET→
22A
Hard-to-miss shot (5)
Starts with T, ends with NTAPIN→
23A
It's pitched (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTENT→
26A
Someone who spends a lot of time baking? (8)
Starts with B, ends with MBEACHBUM→
30A
The emperor and his subjects in Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove" (5)
Starts with I, ends with SINCAS→
31A
Barrage with insults, in online lingo (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFLAME→
32A
Sch. that's home to Mike the Tiger (and his 15,000-square-foot habitat) (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULSU→
33A
Mirthless (4)
Starts with G, ends with MGRIM→
34A
We're booked! (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROOMS→
35A
The Yankees and the Red Sox, e.g. (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFOES→
36A
12 pgs., maybe (3)
Starts with M, ends with SMOS→
37A
Tempo between lento and adagio (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLARGO→
38A
Ecological community (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBIOME→
39A
Colonial homes? (8)
Starts with A, ends with SANTFARMS→
41A
Packs of zombies (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHORDES→
42A
Preceding periods (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEVES→
43A
Verbally threw tomatoes at (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBOOED→
46A
The Beatles' "The End" has one at the beginning (8)
Starts with D, ends with ODRUMSOLO→
49A
Where all of your knowledge might be wasted? (9)
Starts with B, ends with ABARTRIVIA→
51A
Excessive enthusiasm (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMANIA→
52A
Bit of a fast-food side order (9)
Starts with O, ends with GONIONRING→
53A
Blunt recap of a disappointing match (5)
Starts with I, ends with TILOST→
54A
Was totally awesome (9)
Starts with K, ends with SKICKEDASS→
55A
Longtime alternative to Altoids (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCERTS→
Down
1D
Instrument in the emblem of Ireland (4)
Starts with H, ends with PHARP→
2D
Together, musically (4)
Starts with A, ends with EADUE→
3D
Expert on inheritance (10)
Starts with G, ends with TGENETICIST→
4D
Magician's cry (8)
Starts with A, ends with MALAKAZAM→
5D
Treats again, in a way, as a sprain (7)
Starts with R, ends with SRETAPES→
6D
Kaitlin of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOLSON→
7D
One-trillionth: Prefix (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPICO→
8D
A.Q.I. measurer (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEPA→
9D
Eagles and Ravens (8)
Starts with N, ends with SNFLTEAMS→
11D
Base for a bust (6)
Starts with P, ends with HPLINTH→
12D
Source of relief (4)
Starts with A, ends with EALOE→
13D
One out of a hundred? (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCENT→
14D
Locales for some residents, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with SERS→
20D
Offered (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBID→
23D
Sentiment during el día de San Valentín (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTEAMO→
24D
Greek letter that refers to a lone wolf, in Gen-Z slang (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASIGMA→
25D
Company whose stock price cratered in the early 2000s (5)
Starts with E, ends with NENRON→
26D
Not-so-private diaries (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBLOGS→
27D
A+ giver? (10)
Starts with B, ends with RBLOODDONOR→
28D
Volunteer's suggestion (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUSEME→
29D
Nonet of Greek mythology (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMUSES→
31D
Creates (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFORMS→
34D
One-of-a-kind individual (8)
Starts with R, ends with DRAREBIRD→
35D
Something you might have while trying to move quickly (8)
Starts with F, ends with EFIRESALE→
37D
Actress/activist Cox (7)
Starts with L, ends with ELAVERNE→
38D
Part of a film studio's overhead? (7)
Starts with B, ends with CBOOMMIC→
40D
Was no longer under the weather (6)
Starts with F, ends with KFELTOK→
41D
The Rockets, on a scoreboard (3)
Starts with H, ends with UHOU→
43D
Shares a big fish story, say (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBRAGS→
44D
"Pretty please?" (4)
Starts with C, ends with ICANI→
45D
Rams legend Dickerson (4)
Starts with E, ends with CERIC→
46D
Rackets (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDINS→
47D
One might be ticked off (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLIST→
48D
Common parfait toppings (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOATS→
49D
___ choy (3)
Starts with B, ends with KBOK→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 10, 2025?+
70 clues: 33 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Colin Adams and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Viking of cartoon fame (HAGAR); Claustrophobe's desire (OPENSPACE); Best-selling singer whose album titles are all Arabic numerals (ADELE).
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