Symbol for electric flux, in physics
Crossword Answer — October 11, 2025
NYT Crossword
Saturday, October 11, 2025
By Sam Ezersky
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Source of great power? — Answer: MASTERSWITCH
- 13. Common component of a digital watch, for short — Answer: LCD
- 16. It snaps with a tap — Answer: IPHONECAMERA
- 17. Symbol for electric flux, in physics — Answer: PHI
- 18. One way to grin — Answer: FROMEARTOEAR
- 19. What might be smelt? — Answer: ROE
- 20. Be just right for — Answer: FIT
- 21. Fortune — Answer: LOT
- 22. Go to the other side — Answer: DEFECT
- 24. Ambitious tactic in bridge — Answer: SLAMBID
- 27. Deck deception — Answer: FALSECUT
- 29. "My ___!" — Answer: STARS
- 30. Food sticker? — Answer: TINE
- 31. "___ Deo gloria" (Latin doctrine) — Answer: SOLI
- 32. What a camper or criminal hopes to leave — Answer: NOTRACE
- 34. Curved plumbing piece — Answer: PTRAP
- 35. Car touted for its dual efficiency — Answer: DIESELHYBRID
- 37. Serialized and melodramatic, as a show — Answer: SOAPY
- 39. Black Death-era Iberian king dubbed "the Ceremonious" — Answer: PETERIV
- 40. Initial cost of a sort — Answer: ANTE
- 41. Speechwriter's consideration — Answer: TONE
- 42. Put on ___ — Answer: ANACT
- 45. Meet face to face? — Answer: HEADBUTT
- 47. Spending quantities — Answer: OUTLAYS
- 49. Like some protective sunglasses, in brief — Answer: ANTIUV
- 50. Relaxed sigh — Answer: AHH. Hint: Sometimes a deep breath and a little sound can say it all! 😌
- 51. "Longest ___ chain," 2019 Guinness feat set by a cancer awareness cause (196,000+ items, 120+ miles) — Answer: BRA
- 52. Beam — Answer: RAY. Hint: A narrow streak of light or a joyful grin can fit this clue nicely 🌟
- 53. Youngest-ever QB to win multiple N.F.L. M.V.P. awards (by age 27) — Answer: LAMARJACKSON
- 58. Music box? — Answer: AMP
- 59. What magicians strive to do — Answer: BLOWYOURMIND
- 60. Past participle of the French "naître" — Answer: NEE
- 61. Under lines? — Answer: SUBWAYSYSTEM
Down
- 1. Ticks off — Answer: MIFFS
- 2. Taxing times — Answer: APRILS
- 3. Targeted, as a target — Answer: SHOTAT
- 4. East Egg resident in "The Great Gatsby" — Answer: TOM
- 5. Buffalo-to-Rochester dir. — Answer: ENE
- 6. They see things for what they are — Answer: REALISTS
- 7. Seafood staple of New England — Answer: SCROD
- 8. Engineer who supposedly found inspiration while tending to a boiling kettle — Answer: WATT
- 9. Shorthand for a stance — Answer: IMO
- 10. Top choice? — Answer: TEE
- 11. Birthplace, as of civilization — Answer: CRADLE
- 12. Big hoppers — Answer: HARES
- 13. "Wax" collectible, informally — Answer: LPRECORD
- 14. Count out for breakfast? — Answer: CHOCULA
- 15. Nutritionist's offering — Answer: DIETTIP
- 23. Lollapalooza, for instance — Answer: FESTIVAL
- 25. Job done on one's hands and feet? — Answer: MANIPEDI
- 26. Like typical frat boys, informally — Answer: BROEY
- 27. Johann ___, philosopher who influenced Hegel — Answer: FICHTE
- 28. Words on either side of "for" — Answer: ANEYE
- 30. "Everyone has ___. What's rare is the courage to follow [it] to the dark places where it leads": Erica Jong — Answer: TALENT
- 33. Move, as a plant — Answer: REPOT
- 34. Forensic unit's discovery — Answer: PRINT
- 35. String or integer, in computer science — Answer: DATATYPE
- 36. Spot to order a witbier or hefeweizen — Answer: BRAUHAUS
- 37. Very hot and dry — Answer: SAHARAN
- 38. What the singer Prince Rogers Nelson famously went by — Answer: ONENAME
- 41. With fewer than 11,000 people, the world's second-least-populous country, after Vatican City — Answer: TUVALU
- 43. Chooses traffic over train, perhaps — Answer: CABSIT
- 44. Lt. ___ Slothrop, main character in Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" — Answer: TYRONE
- 46. Some spring nursery purchases — Answer: BULBS
- 47. Sarcastic "That's just great" — Answer: OHJOY
- 48. Dominatrix's practice, for short — Answer: SANDM
- 50. TV sister of Sansa Stark — Answer: ARYA
- 54. ___ rule — Answer: MOB
- 55. Reaction to something sweet, maybe — Answer: AWW
- 56. React to something moving, maybe — Answer: CRY
- 57. Formula 1 divisions: Abbr. — Answer: KMS
The answer to “Symbol for electric flux, in physics” in the New York Times crossword is PHI — a 3-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on October 11, 2025, a Saturday puzzle, at 17-Across. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.
“Symbol for electric flux, in physics” answer
PHI (3 letters)
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Why the answer is PHI
PHI is the 3-letter solution that fits "Symbol for electric flux, in physics" in the NYT Crossword crossword on October 11, 2025 (17-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “Symbol for electric flux, in physics” appeared?
New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up before, and what the answer was each time — handy if you landed here from a puzzle on another date.
October 11, 2025 (this puzzle) → PHI. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword on October 11, 2025
Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.
- "Wax" collectible, informally → LPRECORD
- Count out for breakfast? → CHOCULA
- Nutritionist's offering → DIETTIP
- It snaps with a tap → IPHONECAMERA
- One way to grin → FROMEARTOEAR
- What might be smelt? → ROE
- Be just right for → FIT
- Common component of a digital watch, for short → LCD
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for October 11, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.
About the NYT Crossword
The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Saturday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.
Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “Symbol for electric flux, in physics”?
The answer is PHI, a 3-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on October 11, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Symbol for electric flux, in physics”?
3 letters: PHI.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on October 11, 2025 (a Saturday puzzle), at 17-Across.
Can “Symbol for electric flux, in physics” have a different answer?
Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.
Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?
The full grid for October 11, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.