NYT Crossword October 19 2025 Answers (10/19/25)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for October 19 2025 to help you finish it up!

Our NYT Crossword October 19, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle 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 New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword October 19, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 10/19/25, 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 Huge success
6A Seal, say
11A From the beginning
15A ___ sequencing (lab technique)
18A Lively Bohemian dances
20A Alternative to a tissue, informally
21A Bit in a hippie's necklace
23A Poker declaration
24A Remove, as a ribbon
25A Share confidences with
26A Business traveler's convenience
28A Divisions on a map
29A Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music"
30A Second volume
31A "hahaha im DEAD!"
32A Broadband inits.
33A Fights back tears?
34A Michelle Obama, to Princeton
36A Indulge (in)
40A National Arab American Heritage Month
43A Place to hang at home?
45A Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the"
46A Have an ominous presence
50A Sound of a joke going over one's head
52A Giant Middle-earth creature
53A Arched recess
54A Person I truly am
56A "Hey!" from on high
59A Word with pack or rug
60A Senior, informally
61A Org. that confiscates liquids
62A Knocked out of the park
65A Pop culture hit about dystopian technology
67A Former parent of NBC
69A Eliminators of some teams
72A Corn chip with a "Fuego" flavor
73A In the vein of
75A Smallish batteries
77A Rapper ___ Milli
78A Get involved
80A Perceptive
81A Hawaiian shindig
82A Clothes for a doze, in brief
85A Native of the Delaware Valley
87A Pursuers of utopian goals
89A Coffees that aren't single-origin
92A Self-admiring sort
94A Major Ukrainian seaport
95A Sisterly
97A Sneaky plot
98A Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
101A Ear-related prefix
102A Not fully open
104A Hybrid pastry
106A P, to Pericles
109A Injection associated with a certain toxin
112A Annoyances for ticket holders
114A Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notably
115A Brown songbirds
116A Tale-telling brothers
117A Turned up
118A "Strike up the band!"
119A Neighbor of a Saudi
120A Nickname for Rachel
121A Verbally expresses disdain
122A Warning signs
123A Tightly packed
1D Food enlivener
2D Hardly a genius
3D Home to a chapel with the Texas flag flying beside it
4D Spotify button
5D Loves, loves, loves the occasion
6D Hurls
7D Feature of a Hawaiian house
8D Being prosecuted
9D Go downhill fast, say
10D ___ candy
11D Chilly
12D Orange juice preference
13D With no one ahead or behind
14D Lost all liquid resources
15D Remove hair from
16D Main antagonist on HBO's "Euphoria"
17D Clamors
19D Mexicali mister
22D Ruptures
27D Over there, poetically
28D Openly reveal one's sexuality
31D Process for would-be Greeks
33D It's over a quarter of a quarter
35D Features of the names of many Apple products
37D N.Y.C. stadium eponym
38D Doll of a guy?
39D Vitals checker, in brief
40D Interrupter of dreams, maybe
41D Genre for Keith Haring
42D Political platforms?
43D Saxon's foe
44D Competitive athlete's goal, perhaps
47D Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant"
48D Bureaucratic barriers
49D Fuel source
51D "Care to dance?"
55D Sea, to Seurat
57D They may be caught in the summer
58D Prefix with sphere
60D Tribute in the Tribune, say
63D Flow out
64D Keys above C's
66D Blesses
68D "That feels ama-a-azing!"
70D Alan with six Emmys
71D Composer who led the U.S. Marine Band
74D Canniest, for instance
76D Artist's feedback session, informally
79D Olaf's creator in "Frozen"
81D Tops
82D Channel supported by pledge drives
83D "Jenny From the Block" singer, to fans
84D Immune cell variation
86D Flow (out)
88D Hung around idly
90D "Sorry, I'm unavailable!"
91D Tried to convey
93D Hide
96D Surgical instrument
98D Lifts with a pulley
99D "Dear ___" (greeting in an old advice column)
100D Overly fault-finding
103D "The Grapes of Wrath" family
105D Entered quickly
106D Food traditionally eaten with chopsticks
107D Songs on Sundays
108D Actor Davis who delivered Malcolm X's eulogy
109D Gelatinous thickener
110D ___ Valley
111D Shade lighter than cappuccino
112D Decorative auto upgrade
113D Mojito garnish
115D 50,000-watt clear-channel radio station in Iowa

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

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The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

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Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.

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Christine Mielke

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