Our New Yorker Crossword October 20, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.
The New Yorker Crossword October 20, 2025 Answers
If you need help solving the New Yorker Crossword on 10/20/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!
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| # |
Clue |
| 1A |
Fifth-century Central Asian |
| 4A |
Bean sprout? |
| 8A |
No longer relevant, with “up” |
| 14A |
Year, in São Paulo |
| 15A |
Cups that are topologically equivalent to doughnuts |
| 16A |
“O.K., but no promises” |
| 17A |
Immunity ___ (valuable item on “Survivor”) |
| 19A |
Unit for a poet |
| 20A |
Impede |
| 21A |
“We need to cut back on spending” . . . or one description of three squares in this puzzle |
| 24A |
Headed |
| 25A |
___ mess (English dessert) |
| 26A |
“I don’t make the ___!” |
| 28A |
Occurring simultaneously |
| 31A |
Confusing misunderstandings |
| 34A |
Pigeon pose, e.g. |
| 35A |
Co. owned by Verizon from 2015 to 2021 |
| 37A |
Prepares to bathe, say |
| 39A |
Water-filter brand |
| 40A |
Maa-ing pa |
| 42A |
Goal |
| 43A |
Like the era in which the Triple Entente was formed: Abbr. |
| 46A |
Femur-tibia connector, for short |
| 47A |
Field known for small breakthroughs? |
| 49A |
Type of account for a mortgagor |
| 51A |
Gets to weigh in |
| 53A |
Dispatches |
| 55A |
Secular |
| 56A |
Purported subject of some dark, blurry photos |
| 59A |
Liquid-asset shortages . . . or a second description of three squares in this puzzle |
| 64A |
Piece of Paralympic Winter Games equipment |
| 66A |
Chalcocite and bauxite, for two |
| 67A |
Offshoot |
| 68A |
Deli device |
| 69A |
Decadent |
| 70A |
“P” that sounds like an “R” |
| 71A |
Live |
| 72A |
Site for artisans |
| 73A |
Plant |
| 1D |
“Women in Music Pt. III” trio |
| 2D |
Edit-menu option |
| 3D |
“That sounds like a you problem” |
| 4D |
“Don’t worry about me” |
| 5D |
Pairs |
| 6D |
Acronymic achievement sought by Tracy Jordan on “30 Rock” |
| 7D |
Up and about |
| 8D |
Wanted things |
| 9D |
Written description of an online image |
| 10D |
Wily |
| 11D |
Code with tags |
| 12D |
Cleveland’s Great Lake |
| 13D |
Shifted in tone? |
| 18D |
Allow past the door |
| 22D |
Baby ___ (subject of many 2019 memes) |
| 23D |
Lead-in to drop or ball |
| 27D |
Baja California ___ (Mexican state) |
| 28D |
Offer a joint policy for |
| 29D |
“I vote against this legislation” |
| 30D |
Draped garment |
| 32D |
Coaches for benched players? |
| 33D |
Like vindaloo |
| 34D |
Grindr, for one |
| 36D |
___ Ness |
| 38D |
Texter’s “That’s disappointing” |
| 40D |
Taylor Swift became one in 2023 |
| 41D |
In the style of |
| 44D |
Places to go abroad, for short? |
| 45D |
Totalled |
| 47D |
Vindaloo accompaniment |
| 48D |
Nike competitor |
| 50D |
Dict. entries |
| 52D |
Cold drink flavored with syrup |
| 54D |
Coast |
| 56D |
Power dissolved in 1991 |
| 57D |
Tool at a salon |
| 58D |
Singer-songwriter Redding |
| 60D |
Attack that deals more damage than usual, in video-game lingo |
| 61D |
Suggestions, informally |
| 62D |
Sound in a cave |
| 63D |
Put away |
| 65D |
Part of N.S.F.: Abbr. |
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Weird that there’s no way to solve this online because one can only enter a single letter in a cell. Which is enough at other crossword sites. So C, B, N are understood to stand in for two or more letters.