NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 25, 2026
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues138
Across64
Down74
TitleRelatively Speaking
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
"Aladdin" sidekick (3)
Starts with A, ends with UABU→
4A
Sommelier's asset (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOSE→
8A
"Qué ___!" (Spanish "Awesome!") (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBUENO→
13A
Locale of the food dishes larb and thum mak hoong (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLAOS→
17A
The British throne? (3)
Starts with L, ends with VLAV→
18A
Mexican sandwich (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATORTA→
19A
Encroach on, as space (6)
Starts with I, ends with EINVADE→
21A
Land that poets call Hibernia (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEIRE→
22A
Firefly vis-à-vis a fruit fly? (9)
Starts with L, ends with GLITTERBUG→
24A
Peridot vis-à-vis jade? (11)
Starts with O, ends with EOLIVERSTONE→
26A
N.F.L.'er with horns on his helmet (5)
Starts with L, ends with MLARAM→
27A
Notwithstanding (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDESPITE→
29A
Low-quality, machine-generated content, in modern lingo (6)
Starts with A, ends with PAISLOP→
30A
Implied (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTACIT→
32A
Cologne waters (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERHINE→
33A
Southern dish made from hominy (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGRITS→
34A
Muscle Beach vis-à-vis Venice Beach? (12)
Starts with B, ends with KBUTCHERBLOCK→
37A
Dal ___ (musical notation) (5)
Starts with S, ends with OSEGNO→
40A
"Right, gotcha" (4)
Starts with O, ends with KOHOK→
41A
Stark sister from Winterfell (4)
Starts with A, ends with AARYA→
42A
Goalie's goal (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESAVE→
43A
Apt rhyme for crop and chop (3)
Starts with L, ends with PLOP→
46A
Music artist on the 2012 album "Yokokimthurston" (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
47A
"Happy Days" actor Scott (4)
Starts with B, ends with OBAIO→
49A
Oil vis-à-vis water? (12)
Starts with L, ends with DLIGHTERFLUID→
54A
Maximally ritzy (7)
Starts with P, ends with TPOSHEST→
56A
New hire at a factory (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETRAINEE→
57A
Who can see right through you, in brief? (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATSA→
58A
Chevy S.U.V. (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETAHOE→
60A
Fertile soils (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLOAMS→
61A
Showed again, in a way (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRERAN→
63A
Zipper up vis-à-vis zipper down? (10)
Starts with S, ends with YSHUTTERFLY→
67A
Weight room vis-à-vis the cardio room? (10)
Starts with B, ends with EBUFFERZONE→
70A
Sugar amounts (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLUMPS→
71A
Things some checkers check (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFACTS→
73A
Man's name that means "prosperous" in Arabic (5)
Starts with Y, ends with RYASIR→
74A
Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUMA→
75A
"Lizzie ___," Disney Channel sitcom starring Hilary Duff (7)
Starts with M, ends with EMCGUIRE→
78A
"Poker Face" actress Lyonne (7)
Starts with N, ends with ANATASHA→
82A
Maui vis-à-vis Oahu? (12)
Starts with E, ends with DEASTERISLAND→
85A
Shivering fit (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAGUE→
86A
Apple runs on it (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIOS→
87A
Intelligence org. (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANSA→
88A
Not on solid ground (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASEA→
89A
Sitarist Shankar (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRAVI→
91A
Pious offerings (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALMS→
92A
Amphibians taken on at least six different space missions (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNEWTS→
94A
Blazer vis-à-vis a windbreaker? (12)
Starts with B, ends with TBOMBERJACKET→
98A
Like a bad apple (5)
Starts with M, ends with YMEALY→
101A
Name on a museum plaque, maybe (5)
Starts with D, ends with RDONOR→
102A
Like ears and brains (5)
Starts with L, ends with DLOBED→
103A
Undivided (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENTIRE→
105A
Surfer's navigational aid (7)
Starts with S, ends with PSITEMAP→
107A
Orléans river (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELOIRE→
109A
Delaware vis-à-vis the other 12 colonies? (11)
Starts with S, ends with ESOONERSTATE→
111A
"OMG THIS IS AWESOME!!!!" vis-à-vis "good job i guess"? (9)
Starts with H, ends with THYPERTEXT→
114A
Face covering? (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACNE→
115A
Blues singer Ma ___ (6)
Starts with R, ends with YRAINEY→
116A
"___ we all?" (5)
Starts with A, ends with TARENT→
117A
Spring for a fancy hotel? (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
118A
B.B. King's "___ Dynamite" (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSHES→
119A
Subject of inflation (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGRADE→
121A
M.L.B.'ers with a red "B" on their caps (3)
Starts with S, ends with XSOX→
Down
1D
Every last one (3)
Starts with A, ends with LALL→
2D
Illegal thing to jump (4)
Starts with B, ends with LBAIL→
3D
Artistic designs that glow under black light (9)
Starts with U, ends with SUVTATTOOS→
4D
Mainstream sort, slangily (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENORMIE→
5D
Scepter topper (3)
Starts with O, ends with BORB→
6D
Beefcake (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSTUD→
7D
With excitement (7)
Starts with E, ends with YEAGERLY→
8D
"Gandhi," ""Amadeus" or "Malcolm X" (6)
Starts with B, ends with CBIOPIC→
9D
Break a tie? (6)
Starts with U, ends with KUNLINK→
10D
Digital party request (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEVITE→
11D
Where a congregation congregates (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENAVE→
12D
Keats wrote one to a nightingale (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
13D
"Time to get moving!" (8)
Starts with L, ends with LLETSROLL→
14D
Garlicky emulsification (5)
Starts with A, ends with IAIOLI→
15D
"... never mind" (5)
Starts with O, ends with TORNOT→
16D
Slips through the cracks (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEEPS→
18D
Cover letters, say? (5)
Starts with T, ends with HTEACH→
20D
Time of one's life, in modern slang (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
23D
Record number? (5)
Starts with T, ends with KTRACK→
25D
37-Across, in English (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSIGN→
28D
Sandy hazard for sailors (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSHOAL→
31D
Backstabber, e.g. (7)
Starts with T, ends with RTRAITOR→
34D
Playful tap on the head (4)
Starts with B, ends with PBOOP→
35D
"Hmm ... pass" (4)
Starts with U, ends with OUHNO→
37D
Meet, as all the requirements (7)
Starts with S, ends with YSATISFY→
38D
"I can't ___!" (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEVEN→
39D
Richard who had his first starring role in 1978's "Days of Heaven" (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGERE→
42D
SeaWorld orca (5)
Starts with S, ends with USHAMU→
44D
Notable part of "Hey Jude" or "Layla" (5)
Starts with O, ends with OOUTRO→
45D
Fibonacci or Galileo, by birth (5)
Starts with P, ends with NPISAN→
47D
"Heck if I know" (7)
Starts with B, ends with EBEATSME→
48D
Eponym of a U.S. Open stadium (4)
Starts with A, ends with EASHE→
50D
"How was ___ know?" (3)
Starts with I, ends with OITO→
51D
Up for ___ (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGRABS→
52D
Iron compound in magnets (7)
Starts with F, ends with EFERRITE→
53D
Copenhagen native (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDANE→
55D
Start of an unencrypted web address (4)
Starts with H, ends with PHTTP→
59D
Gives off (7)
Starts with E, ends with SEFFUSES→
60D
Spandex trademark (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALYCRA→
62D
"The Snowy Day" author ___ Jack Keats (4)
Starts with E, ends with AEZRA→
63D
Turn on an axis (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESLUE→
64D
Not an extraterrestrial (5)
Starts with H, ends with NHUMAN→
65D
Amherst sch. (5)
Starts with U, ends with SUMASS→
66D
Pugilist Ali (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALAILA→
68D
One displaying enthusiastic devotion (7)
Starts with F, ends with LFANGIRL→
69D
Biblical brother who sold his birthright (4)
Starts with E, ends with UESAU→
72D
Half a score (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTEN→
76D
Sticking point? (4)
Starts with C, ends with WCRAW→
77D
General idea (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGIST→
79D
Bit of smooth eveningwear (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSILKDRESS→
80D
Typical landing page, online (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHOME→
81D
Executive's underling: Abbr. (4)
Starts with A, ends with TASST→
83D
Bra straps might cause them (8)
Starts with T, ends with STANLINES→
84D
Sick kid's in-house caregiver (5)
Starts with D, ends with MDRMOM→
85D
Any of 17 Monopoly spaces: Abbr. (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAVE→
90D
Presidential first name drawn from the Bible (7)
Starts with A, ends with MABRAHAM→
91D
Nail the test (5)
Starts with A, ends with TACEIT→
93D
Brontë orphan (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEYRE→
94D
Like a video with an inflated view count, maybe (6)
Starts with B, ends with DBOTTED→
95D
Feature of the jacks of spades and hearts (6)
Starts with O, ends with EONEEYE→
96D
Dolly Parton classic (6)
Starts with J, ends with EJOLENE→
97D
Cancel, as a NASA mission (5)
Starts with A, ends with TABORT→
98D
Western landforms (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMESAS→
99D
Father of Methuselah (5)
Starts with E, ends with HENOCH→
100D
Observe Yom Kippur, say (5)
Starts with A, ends with EATONE→
101D
"The Crown" role (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADIANA→
104D
Mess up (3)
Starts with E, ends with RERR→
105D
What one should do periodically while caramelizing onions (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTIR→
106D
Criminal hothead? (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPYRO→
108D
Trade show (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEXPO→
110D
Lose tautness (3)
Starts with S, ends with GSAG→
113D
Be a burden on (3)
Starts with T, ends with XTAX→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 25, 2026?+
138 clues: 64 Across and 74 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Dylan Schiff and John Kugelman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "Aladdin" sidekick (ABU); Sommelier's asset (NOSE); "Qué ___!" (Spanish "Awesome!") (BUENO).
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