NYT Crossword Hints and Solutions for 25. October, 2026
The Crossword #24560 for Sunday, October 25, 2026 is a 21x21 grid with 138 clues (64 Across, 74 Down), starting with 1-Across: “"Aladdin" sidekick”. Every answer stays hidden until you reveal it.
Across
4 Across: Sommelier's asset
8 Across: "Qué ___!" (Spanish "Awesome!")
13 Across: Locale of the food dishes larb and thum mak hoong
17 Across: The British throne?
18 Across: Mexican sandwich
19 Across: Encroach on, as space
21 Across: Land that poets call Hibernia
22 Across: Firefly vis-à-vis a fruit fly?
24 Across: Peridot vis-à-vis jade?
26 Across: N.F.L.'er with horns on his helmet
27 Across: Notwithstanding
29 Across: Low-quality, machine-generated content, in modern lingo
30 Across: Implied
32 Across: Cologne waters
33 Across: Southern dish made from hominy
34 Across: Muscle Beach vis-à-vis Venice Beach?
37 Across: Dal ___ (musical notation)
40 Across: "Right, gotcha"
41 Across: Stark sister from Winterfell
42 Across: Goalie's goal
43 Across: Apt rhyme for crop and chop
46 Across: Music artist on the 2012 album "Yokokimthurston"
47 Across: "Happy Days" actor Scott
49 Across: Oil vis-à-vis water?
54 Across: Maximally ritzy
56 Across: New hire at a factory
57 Across: Who can see right through you, in brief?
58 Across: Chevy S.U.V.
60 Across: Fertile soils
61 Across: Showed again, in a way
63 Across: Zipper up vis-à-vis zipper down?
67 Across: Weight room vis-à-vis the cardio room?
70 Across: Sugar amounts
71 Across: Things some checkers check
73 Across: Man's name that means "prosperous" in Arabic
74 Across: Thurman of "Pulp Fiction"
75 Across: "Lizzie ___," Disney Channel sitcom starring Hilary Duff
78 Across: "Poker Face" actress Lyonne
82 Across: Maui vis-à-vis Oahu?
85 Across: Shivering fit
86 Across: Apple runs on it
87 Across: Intelligence org.
88 Across: Not on solid ground
89 Across: Sitarist Shankar
91 Across: Pious offerings
92 Across: Amphibians taken on at least six different space missions
94 Across: Blazer vis-à-vis a windbreaker?
98 Across: Like a bad apple
101 Across: Name on a museum plaque, maybe
102 Across: Like ears and brains
103 Across: Undivided
105 Across: Surfer's navigational aid
107 Across: Orléans river
109 Across: Delaware vis-à-vis the other 12 colonies?
111 Across: "OMG THIS IS AWESOME!!!!" vis-à-vis "good job i guess"?
114 Across: Face covering?
115 Across: Blues singer Ma ___
116 Across: "___ we all?"
117 Across: Spring for a fancy hotel?
118 Across: B.B. King's "___ Dynamite"
119 Across: Subject of inflation
120 Across: Brood
121 Across: M.L.B.'ers with a red "B" on their caps
Down
1 Down: Every last one
2 Down: Illegal thing to jump
3 Down: Artistic designs that glow under black light
4 Down: Mainstream sort, slangily
5 Down: Scepter topper
6 Down: Beefcake
7 Down: With excitement
8 Down: "Gandhi," ""Amadeus" or "Malcolm X"
9 Down: Break a tie?
10 Down: Digital party request
11 Down: Where a congregation congregates
12 Down: Keats wrote one to a nightingale
13 Down: "Time to get moving!"
14 Down: Garlicky emulsification
15 Down: "... never mind"
16 Down: Slips through the cracks
18 Down: Cover letters, say?
20 Down: Time of one's life, in modern slang
23 Down: Record number?
25 Down: 37-Across, in English
28 Down: Sandy hazard for sailors
31 Down: Backstabber, e.g.
34 Down: Playful tap on the head
35 Down: "Hmm ... pass"
36 Down: Homie
37 Down: Meet, as all the requirements
38 Down: "I can't ___!"
39 Down: Richard who had his first starring role in 1978's "Days of Heaven"
42 Down: SeaWorld orca
44 Down: Notable part of "Hey Jude" or "Layla"
45 Down: Fibonacci or Galileo, by birth
47 Down: "Heck if I know"
48 Down: Eponym of a U.S. Open stadium
50 Down: "How was ___ know?"
51 Down: Up for ___
52 Down: Iron compound in magnets
53 Down: Copenhagen native
55 Down: Start of an unencrypted web address
59 Down: Gives off
60 Down: Spandex trademark
62 Down: "The Snowy Day" author ___ Jack Keats
63 Down: Turn on an axis
64 Down: Not an extraterrestrial
65 Down: Amherst sch.
66 Down: Pugilist Ali
68 Down: One displaying enthusiastic devotion
69 Down: Biblical brother who sold his birthright
72 Down: Half a score
76 Down: Sticking point?
77 Down: General idea
79 Down: Bit of smooth eveningwear
80 Down: Typical landing page, online
81 Down: Executive's underling: Abbr.
83 Down: Bra straps might cause them
84 Down: Sick kid's in-house caregiver
85 Down: Any of 17 Monopoly spaces: Abbr.
90 Down: Presidential first name drawn from the Bible
91 Down: Nail the test
93 Down: Brontë orphan
94 Down: Like a video with an inflated view count, maybe
95 Down: Feature of the jacks of spades and hearts
96 Down: Dolly Parton classic
97 Down: Cancel, as a NASA mission
98 Down: Western landforms
99 Down: Father of Methuselah
100 Down: Observe Yom Kippur, say
101 Down: "The Crown" role
104 Down: Mess up
105 Down: What one should do periodically while caramelizing onions
106 Down: Criminal hothead?
108 Down: Trade show
110 Down: Lose tautness
112 Down: Zing
113 Down: Be a burden on
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Today's NYT Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in today's NYT Crossword crossword?
Today's Crossword (#24560, 2026-10-25) has 138 clues — 64 Across and 74 Down.
What size is today's Crossword grid?
A 21x21 grid.
What's the longest answer today?
12 letters — no spoilers, but that's your longest foothold if you're stuck.