Our NYT Crossword Hints for October 16, 2025
If you find yourself stuck on a clue in the October 16, 2025, New York Times crossword puzzle, our NYT Crossword Hints are here to help you move through the grid with ease.
The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that challenges solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It is one of the most popular crosswords in the world, celebrated for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle appears both in the print edition of The New York Times and online, making it accessible to solvers everywhere.
### NYT Crossword Hints – October 16, 2025
Below you’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues featured in the NYT Crossword on October 16, 2025. The clues are listed with their corresponding numbers and lengths. You can click or tap on any clue to go to its dedicated page for more detailed hints and definitions.
If you prefer to avoid immediate spoilers, many clues allow you to reveal the answer letter by letter, offering a more gradual challenge before unveiling the full solution.
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**Across**
1A. “___ Talkin’ ’bout Love” (Van Halen song) (4 letters)
5A. Treat with kindness (5)
10A. Noted works of the Roman poet Horace (4)
14A. Brute (4)
15A. Statuette modeled after a knight holding a crusader’s sword (5)
16A. Feeling associated with skipping a party, perhaps (4)
17A. Unchangeable (10)
19A. Horned creature in “Pan’s Labyrinth” (4)
20A. Hungers (for) (6)
21A. Early Germanic people (5)
23A. Move around the world (5)
24A. Expensive (3)
26A. Lift (5)
29A. Mardi Gras locale, informally (4)
30A. Ovarian sac contents (3)
31A. Fuddy-duddies (6)
32A. “Still ___” (2022 rap hit) (3)
33A. Meander (5)
34A. High lights? (7)
35A. Practice chiromancy (9)
37A. Disappear as a trail (6)
40A. “Central Park in the Dark” composer (5)
41A. Music box? (4)
44A. Diviner (6)
45A. Jerry’s uncle, on “Seinfeld” (3)
46A. Box a bit (4)
47A. Tonkatsu coating (5)
48A. Deli device (3)
49A. Bug expert, for short (5)
50A. Invite at the door (5)
52A. Extreme pressure (7)
53A. El __ (4)
55A. Felt tired during the day, say (10)
58A. Words to a betrayer (4)
59A. “The Philosophy of Right” author (5)
60A. Like a computer with a running screensaver (4)
61A. How whiskey might be served — with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues? (4)
62A. *Risky endeavor, idiomatically (5)
63A. Onetime resident of the Winter Palace (4)
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**Down**
1D. Bolt (7)
2D. Certain Windows hard drive malfunction (7)
3D. Conspicuous (7)
4D. Stupid stuff it’s fun to know (6)
5D. Level-ending foe (4)
6D. Educated guess (Abbr.) (3)
7D. Sgt., e.g. (3)
8D. Like lemon curd (5)
9D. Preceder of “Bites” and “Bars” in commercial names (4)
10D. *Chance to meet one-on-one with a professor (8)
11D. “Copy me” (7)
12D. Runner Down Under (3)
13D. Certain heir (3)
18D. Make in the end (3)
22D. Steady humming sounds (6)
24D. Locale for catfish or carp (4)
25D. What allows Neo to disconnect from the Matrix? (7)
27D. Spanish 101 verb (3)
28D. Whom you might greet with open arms, for short? (3)
30D. Novelist Charles who wrote “The Cloister and the Hearth” (5)
31D. Prefix with botanist (5)
33D. “Sure paper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day’s puzzle.”
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Enjoy solving the October 16, 2025, NYT Crossword! For more detailed explanations and step-by-step hints, explore each clue’s page and uncover the answers at your own pace. Happy puzzling!
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