Chicken ___

Latest answer — October 16, 2025

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Across

  1. 1"___ Talkin' 'bout Love" (Van Halen song)
  2. 5*Treat with kindness
  3. 10Noted works of the Roman poet Horace
  4. 14Brute
  5. 15Statuette modeled after a knight holding a crusader's sword
  6. 16Feeling associated with skipping a party, perhaps
  7. 17Unchangeable
  8. 19Horned creature in "Pan's Labyrinth"
  9. 20Hungers for
  10. 21Early Germanic people
  11. 23Move around the world
  12. 24*Expensive
  13. 26Lift
  14. 29Mardi Gras locale, informally
  15. 30Ovarian sac contents
  16. 31Fuddy-duddies
  17. 32"Still ___" (1999 rap hit)
  18. 33Meander
  19. 34High lights?
  20. 35Practice chiromancy
  21. 37Disappear, as a trail
  22. 40"Central Park in the Dark" composer
  23. 41Music box?
  24. 44Diviner
  25. 45Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld"
  26. 46Box a bit
  27. 47Tonkatsu coating
  28. 48*Deli device
  29. 49Bug expert, for short
  30. 50Invite at the door
  31. 52Extreme pressure
  32. 53El ___
  33. 55Felt tired during the day, say
  34. 58Words to a betrayer
  35. 59"The Philosophy of Right" author
  36. 60Like a computer with a running screensaver
  37. 61How whiskey might be served ... with a hint to the answers to the seven starred clues
  38. 62*Risky endeavor, idiomatically
  39. 63Onetime resident of the Winter Palace

Down

  1. 1Bolt
  2. 2Certain Windows hard drive malfunction
  3. 3*Conspicuous
  4. 4Stupid stuff it's fun to know
  5. 5Level-ending foe
  6. 6Educated guess: Abbr.
  7. 7Sgt., e.g.
  8. 8Like lemon curd
  9. 9Preceder of "Bites" and "Bars" in commercial names
  10. 10*Chance to meet one-on-one with a professor
  11. 11"Copy me"
  12. 12Runner Down Under
  13. 13Certain heir
  14. 18Make in the end
  15. 22Steady humming sounds
  16. 24Locale for catfish or carp
  17. 25What allows Neo to disconnect from the Matrix
  18. 27Spanish 101 verb
  19. 28Whom you might greet with open arms, for short?
  20. 30Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth"
  21. 31Prefix with botanist
  22. 33"Sure ... if you say so"
  23. 35Enjoys oneself uninhibitedly ... or a punny title for this puzzle
  24. 36Profess
  25. 37Something Lincoln once led, for short
  26. 38Italian time unit
  27. 39Card game with a winning score of 5,000 points
  28. 41*Book addenda
  29. 42Chicken ___
  30. 43Thrive
  31. 46Narrow channel
  32. 48Derisive look
  33. 49OB/GYN offering
  34. 51Crisply shown, as on TV
  35. 52Wooded valley
  36. 53Coop
  37. 54Performed amazingly, in slang
  38. 56Id's counterpart
  39. 57The First State: Abbr.

The answer to “Chicken ___” in the New York Times crossword is MARSALA — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on October 16, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 42-Down. Other answers we've seen for this clue include KIEV. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Chicken ___” answer

MARSALA (7 letters) — most recent; also seen as KIEV

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is MARSALA.

Why the answer is MARSALA

MARSALA is the 7-letter solution that fits "Chicken ___" in the NYT Crossword crossword on October 16, 2025 (42-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does MARSALA mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of MARSALA is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a dark, sweet fortified dessert wine that resembles sherry, produced in Sicily

Other answers for “Chicken ___”

New York Times has used this clue with more than one solution. Besides MARSALA, it has also been KIEV. Every appearance we've indexed is listed below with the date it ran.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Chicken ___”?

The answer is MARSALA, a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on October 16, 2025. Other answers for this clue include KIEV.

How many letters is the answer to “Chicken ___”?

7 letters: MARSALA. Earlier fills for this clue have also been KIEV (4).

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on October 16, 2025 (a Thursday puzzle), at 42-Down. Earlier appearances: March 7, 2025 → KIEV.

Can “Chicken ___” have a different answer?

Yes. Besides MARSALA, New York Times has also used KIEV for this clue. Every date and answer is listed above.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for October 16, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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