New York Times Crossword October 16 2025 Answers
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Below is the solved grid and the full clue list for the New York Times Crossword on October 16 2025, constructed by Kareem Ayas. Click any clue to reveal its answer.
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- 1A"___ Talkin' ’bout Love" (Van Halen song)›
- 5A*Treat with kindness›
- 10ANoted works of the Roman poet Horace›
- 14ABrute›
- 15AStatuette modeled after a knight holding a crusader’s sword›
- 16AFeeling associated with skipping a party, perhaps›
- 17AUnchangeable›
- 19AHorned creature in "Pan's Labyrinth"›
- 20AHungers for›
- 21AEarly Germanic people›
- 23AMove around the world›
- 24A*Expensive›
- 26ALift›
- 29AMardi Gras locale, informally›
- 30AOvarian sac contents›
- 31AFuddy-duddies›
- 32A"Still ___" (1999 rap hit)›
- 33AMeander›
- 34AHigh lights?›
- 35APractice chiromancy›
- 37ADisappear, as a trail›
- 40A"Central Park in the Dark" composer›
- 41AMusic box?›
- 44ADiviner›
- 45AJerry’s uncle on "Seinfeld"›
- 46ABox a bit›
- 47ATonkatsu coating›
- 48A*Deli device›
- 49ABug expert, for short›
- 50AInvite at the door›
- 52AExtreme pressure›
- 53AEl ___›
- 55AFelt tired during the day, say›
- 58AWords to a betrayer›
- 59A“The Philosophy of Right” author›
- 60ALike a computer with a running screensaver›
- 61AHow whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues›
- 62A*Risky endeavor, idiomatically›
- 63AOnetime resident of the Winter Palace›
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- 1DBolt›
- 2DCertain Windows hard drive malfunction›
- 3D*Conspicuous›
- 4DStupid stuff it's fun to know›
- 5DLevel-ending foe›
- 6DEducated guess: Abbr.›
- 7DSgt., e.g.›
- 8DLike lemon curd›
- 9DPreceder of "Bites" and "Bars" in commercial names›
- 10D*Chance to meet one-on-one with a professor›
- 11D"Copy me"›
- 12DRunner Down Under›
- 13DCertain heir›
- 18DMake in the end›
- 22DSteady humming sounds›
- 24DLocale for catfish or carp›
- 25DWhat allows Neo to disconnect from the Matrix›
- 27DSpanish 101 verb›
- 28DWhom you might greet with open arms, for short?›
- 30DNovelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth"›
- 31DPrefix with botanist›
- 33D"Sure … if you say so"›
- 35DEnjoys oneself uninhibitedly … or a punny title for this puzzle›
- 36DProfess›
- 37DSomething Lincoln once led, for short›
- 38DItalian time unit›
- 39DCard game with a winning score of 5,000 points›
- 41D*Book addenda›
- 42DChicken ___›
- 43DThrive›
- 46DNarrow channel›
- 48DDerisive look›
- 49DOB/GYN offering›
- 51DCrisply shown, as on TV›
- 52DWooded valley›
- 53DCoop›
- 54DPerformed amazingly, in slang›
- 56DId's counterpart›
- 57DThe First State: Abbr.›
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