NYT Crossword Answers 10/14/25

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Across Clues

• 1 Awards for athletic achievements ESPYS
• 6 Drove like mad TORE
• 10 Outer arm muscles, for short TRIS
• 14 Talent seeker SCOUT
• 15 Follow instructions OBEY
• 16 Help for a stumped solver HINT
• 17 “In what season are the Olympics during leap years, sweetie?” “___” SUMMERLOVE
• 19 Home of the Taj Mahal AGRA
• 20 President Lincoln, informally ABE
• 21 Carnival attractions RIDES
• 22 Multiple-choice option akin to “None of the above” OTHER
• 23 Heavily edit with beauty filters, as a photo, in modern lingo YASSIFY
• 25 Fares and fees COSTS
• 26 “Which ‘Little Rascals’ character has a cowlick, sugar?” “___” ALFALFAHONEY
• 30 Head-turning spectacle SCENE
• 33 Puts out in public AIRS
• 34 Pitcher’s stat, for short ERA
• 35 These are visible when you sport an updo EARS
• 36 “Got it” NOTED
• 38 Say if you’re attending, in brief RSVP
• 39 Bird that can outrun the fastest human sprinters EMU
• 40 Stories passed down by word of mouth LORE
• 41 Makes more manageable EASES
• 42 “What are oils and watercolors examples of, dear?” “___” MEDIADARLING
• 46 Watermelon leftovers RINDS
• 47 “In all probability ?” ODDSARE
• 51 Skewered dish served with peanut sauce SATAY
• 52 Symbol of poison, often SKULL
• 54 What happy tails do WAG
• 55 Without warranty ASIS
• 56 “What do you call a close-fitting hat, doll?” “___” BEANIEBABY
• 58 Mule or moccasin SHOE
• 59 Cobra’s tooth FANG
• 60 Order from the doc’s office SCRIP
• 61 Keep up to date across multiple devices SYNC
• 62 Run away FLEE
• 63 Something a bloodhound picks up SCENT

Vertical Clues

• 1 Bit of writing from Joan Didion ESSAY
• 2 ___ diver SCUBA
• 3 Apples, pears and quinces, botanically POMES
• 4 “Dee-lish!” YUM
• 5 Bacteria-free STERILE
• 6 “Should’ve listened to me!” TOLDYA
• 7 Instrument similar to a heckelphone OBOE
• 8 Makes go “Vroom!” REVS
• 9 Appreciation for design EYE
• 10 “Oh, really?” THATSO
• 11 Moral justification RIGHTNESS
• 12 Waiting to be used INRESERVE
• 13 One of seven in the Big Dipper STAR
• 18 Jazz lick RIFF
• 22 ___ and aahs OOHS
• 24 Comic ___ (font) SANS
• 25 Indicator of a penalty, in soccer CARD
• 27 Casual farewell LATER
• 28 “A pox on thee!” FIE
• 29 Keeps talking and talking and talking YAPS
• 30 Come off as SEEM
• 31 Avoiding the limelight, say CAMERASHY
• 32 Quality of a scholar ERUDITION
• 36 Award nominations, so to speak NODS
• 37 Pop singer Rita ORA
• 38 Poverty, symbolically RAGS
• 40 Noble title on TV’s “Bridgerton” LADY
• 41 Having no boundaries ENDLESS
• 43 “I’ll be right there” INASEC
• 44 Room to relax in LOUNGE
• 45 Savory South Asian rice cake IDLI
• 48 Cognizant AWARE
• 49 Yitzhak ___, two-time Israeli P.M. RABIN
• 50 Country whose national soccer team is nicknamed the Pharaohs EGYPT
• 51 Back talk SASS
• 52 Circus clapper SEAL
• 53 “Citizen ___” KANE
• 56 Someone you’re super-tight with, in brief BFF
• 57 Secretly loop in, in a way BCC