NYT Crossword Answers 10/03/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Smooths out some rough edges SANDS
• 6 Content commonly consumed by commuters PODCASTS
• 14 One end of a lap KNEES
• 15 Service to foster parents? ELDERCARE
• 16 Like Miss Piggy and Captain Kirk, by birth IOWAN
• 17 Path to the Oscars REDCARPET
• 18 Condition that may be treated with SSRIs PTSD
• 19 “Bygones will be bygone, ___ fadin’ into gray” (Taylor Swift lyric) ERAS
• 20 They help you get a grip VISES
• 21 Slapdash HALFASS
• 23 Diploma equivalent, for short GED
• 24 Poet who wrote “This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper” ELIOT
• 25 Animals whose name sounds like a letter that doesn’t appear in its name EWES
• 27 Graduates in green-and-black regalia, in brief MDS
• 30 Stops on a world tour, say ARENAS
• 31 Something placed by a confident person BET
• 32 Choo-choo train sound TOOT
• 33 Professional juggling act? WORKLIFEBALANCE
• 36 Pest control targets ANTS
• 37 When repeated, a nonverbal “Can you hear me?” TAP
• 38 On deck NEXTUP
• 39 “May I help you?” YES
• 40 Vans alternative PUMA
• 41 Staggering blows? GALES
• 42 Set unit REP
• 43 Alfresco dining spot TERRACE
• 45 Stuffed SATED
• 48 Word after trumpet or tiger LILY
• 49 Welcoming WARM
• 51 Ones who are quick to complain CRYBABIES
• 53 Modern-day home of the oldest discovered library in the world SYRIA
• 54 “If you don’t believe me ?” ASKANYONE
• 55 Fished off the coast of Maine, maybe EELED
• 56 Something raised during Oktoberfest BEERTENT
• 57 Sprang AROSE

Vertical Clues

• 1 Not listen to, as on Spotify SKIP
• 2 “Apparently we weren’t done with these” ANOTHERONE
• 3 Some push notifications NEWSALERTS
• 4 Bad internet connections? DEADLINKS
• 5 The first one was issued in 1936, for short SSN
• 6 “Hold on ? we’re working as fast as we can” PLEASEBEPATIENT
• 7 Chances ODDS
• 8 Boxing Day mo. DEC
• 9 More than wants CRAVES
• 10 Stinging the eyes, say ACRID
• 11 Ones easily fooled SAPS
• 12 Cherry, but not strawberry TREE
• 13 7-5 and 6-0, e.g. SETS
• 15 Forgets to proorfeed, say ERRS
• 19 Can’t get enough of something EATSITUP
• 22 One under a mare’s care FOAL
• 23 Lose it GETANGRY
• 26 Net WEB
• 27 Luxurious European gambling mecca MONTECARLO
• 28 Reality shows? DOCUSERIES
• 29 One of 1,665 in the Eiffel Tower STEP
• 30 What comes before we go? AWAY
• 32 One skilled at withholding details TAXLAWYER
• 34 Besties, maybe FAM
• 35 Stage character who says “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is / To have a thankless child!” LEAR
• 40 Stickler, of a sort PEDANT
• 42 Ridged rod in construction REBAR
• 44 “Who ___?” ELSE
• 45 Not a striking personality? SCAB
• 46 British bum ARSE
• 47 Kiddo TYKE
• 48 National symbol of England LION
• 50 Self-___ MADE
• 52 What a wave might mean BYE
• 53 Vast amount SEA