The full solution for the NY Times October 17 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Karen Steinberg and edited by Will Shortz.
Quick searchAcross Clues
- 1 What a comment might be made in JEST
- 5 Plant often confused with algae MOSS
- 9 “The Craft” WICCA
- 14 Pulitzer-winning historian and journalist Applebaum ANNE
- 15 Understanding response ISEE
- 16 Amazon smart speakers ECHOS
- 17 British singer with the top 10 albums “Crash” and “Brat” CHARLIXCX
- 19 Some suitors BEAUS
- 20 Sets in motion CAUSES
- 21 Sake, for one RICEWINE
- 23 Not fixed, as a stone UNSET
- 24 Drinking game with projectiles BEERDARTS
- 25 Sign of healing SCAR
- 26 New service member RECRUIT
- 27 Mental image, for short? EEG
- 28 Fun-size, so to speak TINY
- 29 Stalk STEM
- 31 First releases DEBUTS
- 33 Taking out the trash and others CHORES
- 35 Lab liquids SERA
- 36 Max ___, boxer nicknamed “Madcap Maxie” BAER
- 37 Corn ___ (snack misnomer) NUT
- 39 Longtime Nestlé candy brand SNOCAPS
- 41 Arizona tribe with matrilineal clans HOPI
- 42 1992 Whoopi Goldberg comedy SISTERACT
- 45 Survived, so to speak COPED
- 46 Portmanteau for evidence based solely on personal accounts ANECDATA
- 47 Popular name of the 1958 Italian hit “Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu” VOLARE
- 48 ___ month LUNAR
- 49 Act of writing down whatever comes to mind in order to clear mental clutter BRAINDUMP
- 51 Wipe ERASE
- 52 Biblical locale in a Steinbeck title EDEN
- 53 Golfer Aoki ISAO
- 54 Rationed (out) METED
- 55 Bleak DIRE
- 56 Gravitate TEND
Vertical Clues
- 1 Historic Émile Zola letter of 1898 JACCUSE
- 2 Improved ENHANCED
- 3 Meaty dog treats “in a blanket” SNAUSAGES
- 4 Less prolix TERSER
- 5 Customizable Nintendo avatars MIIS
- 6 Mac platform renamed in 2016 OSX
- 7 Condition of discretion SECRECY
- 8 More seductive SEXIER
- 9 One managing online content WEBEDITOR
- 10 Drink that comes with free refills ICEWATER
- 11 Word with easy or high CHAIR
- 12 Matter COUNT
- 13 Insufferable sorts ASSES
- 18 Court call LET
- 22 Handles beautifully, in slang CRUSHES
- 24 Bills worth 100 buckaroos BENS
- 26 British singer with the hits “R.I.P.” and “Radioactive” RITAORA
- 28 Showed embarrassment, say TURNEDRED
- 30 Event typically occurring in one’s late 40s or early 50s MENOPAUSE
- 32 Hoped-for scenario BESTCASE
- 33 America, for one: Abbr. CAPT
- 34 DC figure since 1938 SUPERMAN
- 36 Brand of rum mentioned in Hemingway novels BACARDI
- 38 Certain unit of detergent TIDEPOD
- 40 Pet gear often eschewed in favor of someone’s lap CATBED
- 41 “Stop the presses!” HOLDIT
- 42 Capital that’s home to the oldest university in the Western U.S. (1842) SALEM
- 43 Habituate INURE
- 44 Upper house of the French parliament SENAT
- 45 With, in Spanish CON
- 47 Plant on a pergola VINE
- 50 ___ Lingus AER
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