Our NYT Crossword Hints for October 25, 2026 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.
NYT Crossword Hints October 25, 2026
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 10/25/26. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
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1A. "Aladdin" sidekick
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4A. Sommelier's asset
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8A. "Qué ___!" (Spanish "Awesome!")
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13A. Locale of the food dishes larb and thum mak hoong
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17A. The British throne?
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18A. Mexican sandwich
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19A. Encroach on, as space
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21A. Land that poets call Hibernia
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22A. Firefly vis-à-vis a fruit fly?
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24A. Peridot vis-à-vis jade?
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26A. N.F.L.'er with horns on his helmet
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27A. Notwithstanding
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29A. Low-quality, machine-generated content, in modern lingo
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30A. Implied
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32A. Cologne waters
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33A. Southern dish made from hominy
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34A. Muscle Beach vis-à-vis Venice Beach?
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37A. Dal ___ (musical notation)
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40A. "Right, gotcha"
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41A. Stark sister from Winterfell
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42A. Goalie's goal
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43A. Apt rhyme for crop and chop
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46A. Music artist on the 2012 album "Yokokimthurston"
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47A. "Happy Days" actor Scott
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49A. Oil vis-à-vis water?
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54A. Maximally ritzy
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56A. New hire at a factory
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57A. Who can see right through you, in brief?
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58A. Chevy S.U.V.
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60A. Fertile soils
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61A. Showed again, in a way
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63A. Zipper up vis-à-vis zipper down?
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67A. Weight room vis-à-vis the cardio room?
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70A. Sugar amounts
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71A. Things some checkers check
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73A. Man's name that means "prosperous" in Arabic
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74A. Thurman of "Pulp Fiction"
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75A. "Lizzie ___," Disney Channel sitcom starring Hilary Duff
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78A. "Poker Face" actress Lyonne
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82A. Maui vis-à-vis Oahu?
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85A. Shivering fit
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86A. Apple runs on it
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87A. Intelligence org.
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88A. Not on solid ground
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89A. Sitarist Shankar
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91A. Pious offerings
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92A. Amphibians taken on at least six different space missions
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94A. Blazer vis-à-vis a windbreaker?
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98A. Like a bad apple
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101A. Name on a museum plaque, maybe
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102A. Like ears and brains
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103A. Undivided
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105A. Surfer's navigational aid
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107A. Orléans river
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109A. Delaware vis-à-vis the other 12 colonies?
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111A. "OMG THIS IS AWESOME!!!!" vis-à-vis "good job i guess"?
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114A. Face covering?
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115A. Blues singer Ma ___
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116A. "___ we all?"
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117A. Spring for a fancy hotel?
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118A. B.B. King's "___ Dynamite"
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119A. Subject of inflation
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120A. Brood
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121A. M.L.B.'ers with a red "B" on their caps
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1D. Every last one
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2D. Illegal thing to jump
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3D. Artistic designs that glow under black light
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4D. Mainstream sort, slangily
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5D. Scepter topper
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6D. Beefcake
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7D. With excitement
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8D. "Gandhi," ""Amadeus" or "Malcolm X"
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9D. Break a tie?
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10D. Digital party request
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11D. Where a congregation congregates
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12D. Keats wrote one to a nightingale
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13D. "Time to get moving!"
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14D. Garlicky emulsification
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15D. "... never mind"
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16D. Slips through the cracks
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18D. Cover letters, say?
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20D. Time of one's life, in modern slang
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23D. Record number?
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25D. 37-Across, in English
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28D. Sandy hazard for sailors
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31D. Backstabber, e.g.
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34D. Playful tap on the head
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35D. "Hmm ... pass"
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36D. Homie
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37D. Meet, as all the requirements
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38D. "I can't ___!"
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39D. Richard who had his first starring role in 1978's "Days of Heaven"
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42D. SeaWorld orca
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44D. Notable part of "Hey Jude" or "Layla"
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45D. Fibonacci or Galileo, by birth
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47D. "Heck if I know"
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48D. Eponym of a U.S. Open stadium
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50D. "How was ___ know?"
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51D. Up for ___
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52D. Iron compound in magnets
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53D. Copenhagen native
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55D. Start of an unencrypted web address
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59D. Gives off
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60D. Spandex trademark
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62D. "The Snowy Day" author ___ Jack Keats
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63D. Turn on an axis
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64D. Not an extraterrestrial
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65D. Amherst sch.
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66D. Pugilist Ali
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68D. One displaying enthusiastic devotion
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69D. Biblical brother who sold his birthright
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72D. Half a score
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76D. Sticking point?
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77D. General idea
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79D. Bit of smooth eveningwear
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80D. Typical landing page, online
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81D. Executive's underling: Abbr.
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83D. Bra straps might cause them
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84D. Sick kid's in-house caregiver
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85D. Any of 17 Monopoly spaces: Abbr.
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90D. Presidential first name drawn from the Bible
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91D. Nail the test
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93D. Brontë orphan
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94D. Like a video with an inflated view count, maybe
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95D. Feature of the jacks of spades and hearts
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96D. Dolly Parton classic
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97D. Cancel, as a NASA mission
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98D. Western landforms
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99D. Father of Methuselah
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100D. Observe Yom Kippur, say
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101D. "The Crown" role
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104D. Mess up
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105D. What one should do periodically while caramelizing onions
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106D. Criminal hothead?
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108D. Trade show
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110D. Lose tautness
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112D. Zing
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113D. Be a burden on
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