Here are the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 19, 2025 — every solution for that day's 15×15 (21×21 on Sunday) puzzle, listed at the top of this page. Whether you're catching up on a puzzle you missed, settling a “what was the answer on October 19?” question, or checking a grid you finished that day, the complete clue-by-clue solution is right here. Looking for today's puzzle instead? Head to our live NYT Crossword answers page.
NYT Crossword answers for October 19, 2025
The full solution for the October 19 NYT Crossword is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Each answer is listed separately, so you can check just the clue you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Sunday, October 19.
Full NYT Crossword answer list for October 19, 2025
Every clue from the October 19 grid next to its solution — the same answers as the board above, in one plain list you can scan without tapping.
Across
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Huge success | SMASH |
| 6 | Seal, say | CLOSE |
| 11 | From the beginning | ANEW |
| 15 | ___ sequencing (lab technique) | DNA |
| 18 | Lively Bohemian dances | POLKAS |
| 20 | Alternative to a tissue, informally | HANKY |
| 21 | Bit in a hippie's necklace | LOVEBEAD |
| 23 | Poker declaration | IRAISE |
| 24 | Remove, as a ribbon | UNTIE |
| 25 | Share confidences with | OPENUPTO |
| 26 | Business traveler's convenience | COMPANYCARD |
| 28 | Divisions on a map | COUNTRIES |
| 29 | Brian ___, songwriter who popularized the term "generative music" | ENO |
| 30 | Second volume | BOOKII |
| 31 | "hahaha im DEAD!" | ROFL |
| 32 | Broadband inits. | DSL |
| 33 | Fights back tears? | DARNS |
| 34 | Michelle Obama, to Princeton | ALUM |
| 36 | Indulge (in) | PARTAKE |
| 40 | National Arab American Heritage Month | APRIL |
| 43 | Place to hang at home? | CLOSET |
| 45 | Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the" | SYSTEM |
| 46 | Have an ominous presence | LOOMLARGE |
| 50 | Sound of a joke going over one's head | WHOOSH |
| 52 | Giant Middle-earth creature | ENT |
| 53 | Arched recess | APSE |
| 54 | Person I truly am | REALME |
| 56 | "Hey!" from on high | UPHERE |
| 59 | Word with pack or rug | RAT |
| 60 | Senior, informally | OLDSTER |
| 61 | Org. that confiscates liquids | TSA |
| 62 | Knocked out of the park | ACED |
| 65 | Pop culture hit about dystopian technology | MRROBOTO |
| 67 | Former parent of NBC | RCA |
| 69 | Eliminators of some teams | PLAYOFFS |
| 72 | Corn chip with a "Fuego" flavor | TAKI |
| 73 | In the vein of | ALA |
| 75 | Smallish batteries | AACELLS |
| 77 | Rapper ___ Milli | FLO |
| 78 | Get involved | STEPIN |
| 80 | Perceptive | SHREWD |
| 81 | Hawaiian shindig | LUAU |
| 82 | Clothes for a doze, in brief | PJS |
| 85 | Native of the Delaware Valley | LENAPE |
| 87 | Pursuers of utopian goals | IDEALISTS |
| 89 | Coffees that aren't single-origin | BLENDS |
| 92 | Self-admiring sort | EGOIST |
| 94 | Major Ukrainian seaport | ODESA |
| 95 | Sisterly | SORORAL |
| 97 | Sneaky plot | RUSE |
| 98 | Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia | HAJIS |
| 101 | Ear-related prefix | OTO |
| 102 | Not fully open | AJAR |
| 104 | Hybrid pastry | CRONUT |
| 106 | P, to Pericles | RHO |
| 109 | Injection associated with a certain toxin | ANTIVENOM |
| 112 | Annoyances for ticket holders | TRAINDELAYS |
| 114 | Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notably | GAYMECCA |
| 115 | Brown songbirds | WRENS |
| 116 | Tale-telling brothers | GRIMMS |
| 117 | Turned up | APPEARED |
| 118 | "Strike up the band!" | HITIT |
| 119 | Neighbor of a Saudi | YEMENI |
| 120 | Nickname for Rachel | RAE |
| 121 | Verbally expresses disdain | TUTS |
| 122 | Warning signs | OMENS |
| 123 | Tightly packed | DENSE |
Down
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Food enlivener | SPICE |
| 2 | Hardly a genius | MORON |
| 3 | Home to a chapel with the Texas flag flying beside it | ALAMO |
| 4 | Spotify button | SKIP |
| 5 | Loves, loves, loves the occasion | HASABALL |
| 6 | Hurls | CHUCKS |
| 7 | Feature of a Hawaiian house | LANAI |
| 8 | Being prosecuted | ONTRIAL |
| 9 | Go downhill fast, say | SKID |
| 10 | ___ candy | EYE |
| 11 | Chilly | ALOOF |
| 12 | Orange juice preference | NOPULP |
| 13 | With no one ahead or behind | EVEN |
| 14 | Lost all liquid resources | WENTDRY |
| 15 | Remove hair from | DEPILATE |
| 16 | Main antagonist on HBO's "Euphoria" | NATE |
| 17 | Clamors | ADOS |
| 19 | Mexicali mister | SENOR |
| 22 | Ruptures | BURSTS |
| 27 | Over there, poetically | YON |
| 28 | Openly reveal one's sexuality | COMEOUT |
| 31 | Process for would-be Greeks | RUSH |
| 33 | It's over a quarter of a quarter | DIME |
| 35 | Features of the names of many Apple products | LOWERCASEIS |
| 37 | N.Y.C. stadium eponym | ASHE |
| 38 | Doll of a guy? | KEN |
| 39 | Vitals checker, in brief | EMT |
| 40 | Interrupter of dreams, maybe | ALARM |
| 41 | Genre for Keith Haring | POPART |
| 42 | Political platforms? | ROSTRA |
| 43 | Saxon's foe | CELT |
| 44 | Competitive athlete's goal, perhaps | TOPSPEED |
| 47 | Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant" | ARLO |
| 48 | Bureaucratic barriers | REDTAPE |
| 49 | Fuel source | GASOLINE |
| 51 | "Care to dance?" | SHALLWE |
| 55 | Sea, to Seurat | MER |
| 57 | They may be caught in the summer | RAYS |
| 58 | Prefix with sphere | ECO |
| 60 | Tribute in the Tribune, say | OBIT |
| 63 | Flow out | EFFUSE |
| 64 | Keys above C's | DFLATS |
| 66 | Blesses | OKS |
| 68 | "That feels ama-a-azing!" | AAH |
| 70 | Alan with six Emmys | ALDA |
| 71 | Composer who led the U.S. Marine Band | SOUSA |
| 74 | Canniest, for instance | ANAGRAM |
| 76 | Artist's feedback session, informally | CRIT |
| 79 | Olaf's creator in "Frozen" | ELSA |
| 81 | Tops | LIDS |
| 82 | Channel supported by pledge drives | PBS |
| 83 | "Jenny From the Block" singer, to fans | JLO |
| 84 | Immune cell variation | SEROTYPE |
| 86 | Flow (out) | POUR |
| 88 | Hung around idly | LOITERED |
| 90 | "Sorry, I'm unavailable!" | NOTIME |
| 91 | Tried to convey | DROVEAT |
| 93 | Hide | SECRETE |
| 96 | Surgical instrument | LANCET |
| 98 | Lifts with a pulley | HOISTS |
| 99 | "Dear ___" (greeting in an old advice column) | ANN |
| 100 | Overly fault-finding | JUDGY |
| 103 | "The Grapes of Wrath" family | JOADS |
| 105 | Entered quickly | RANIN |
| 106 | Food traditionally eaten with chopsticks | RAMEN |
| 107 | Songs on Sundays | HYMNS |
| 108 | Actor Davis who delivered Malcolm X's eulogy | OSSIE |
| 109 | Gelatinous thickener | AGAR |
| 110 | ___ Valley | NAPA |
| 111 | Shade lighter than cappuccino | ECRU |
| 112 | Decorative auto upgrade | TRIM |
| 113 | Mojito garnish | LIME |
| 115 | 50,000-watt clear-channel radio station in Iowa | WHO |
Hints for the October 19 puzzle
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