25 October 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 October 2023

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T
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R
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O
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N
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D
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R
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J
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J
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A
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R
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G
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O
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N
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C
O
M
E
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T
R
U
E
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O
N
E
I
D
A
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M
E
G
W
H
I
T
E
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H
A
M
M
E
R
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C
O
P
A
R
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E
N
T
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L
U
C
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O
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R
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G
A
N
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B
I
E
B
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A
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M
S
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D
O
U
R
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R
A
N
S
O
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M
S
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I
M
S
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D
I
G
G
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N
A
S
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S
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E
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R
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S
E
S
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T
I
N
A
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W
H
I
T
T
L
E
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T
O
Y
I
N
G
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S
I
A
M
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O
M
A
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E
G
O
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T
I
S
M
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C
U
E
D
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B
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B
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Q
S
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S
E
C
T
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L
I
T
R
E
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Y
O
U
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S
T
A
K
E
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O
U
T
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G
R
A
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M
M
A
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D
R
U
M
R
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O
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L
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L
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U
N
D
O
E
R
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A
I
R
P
O
R
T
S
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M
E
S
M
E
R
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Y
A
S
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N
E
E
D

Hints & Clues

Across
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1982 sci-fi film with a 2010 sequel : TRON
5
Basketball great Erving, to fans : DRJ
8
Lingo : JARGON
14
Materialize : COMETRUE
16
Six Nations people : ONEIDA
17
Half of a 1990s-2000s rock duo with six Grammys : MEGWHITE
18
Hit hard : HAMMER
19
One sharing school drop-off duties, maybe : COPARENT
21
Director Jean-___ Godard : LUC
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Church fixture : ORGAN
25
Nickname for singer Justin, with "the" : BIEB
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Purposes : AIMS
27
Unsmiling in demeanor : DOUR
28
Return payments? : RANSOMS
30
WeChat chats, in brief : IMS
31
Online news aggregator founded in 2004 : DIGG
32
Leader prominent in the 1956 Suez Crisis : NASSER
36
Poetic form featuring lexical repetition rather than rhyme : SESTINA
38
Carve (away) : WHITTLE
39
Fiddling (with) : TOYING
40
Setting for "The King and I" : SIAM
41
German 53-Across : OMA
42
Number one focus? : EGOTISM
44
Gave prompt attention? : CUED
45
Some summer cookouts, informally : BBQS
48
Splinter group : SECT
49
Petrol measure : LITRE
50
"___ rock!" : YOU
51
Extended form of surveillance : STAKEOUT
53
Nana : GRAMMA
55
Display of skill one might request from 17-Across and 8- and 28-Down … depicted literally four times in this puzzle : DRUMROLL
59
Scandal, to a career, say : UNDOER
60
John Wayne and Ian Fleming, for two : AIRPORTS
61
Doctor who lent his name to a therapeutic system : MESMER
62
"___ queen!" : YAS
63
It's a must : NEED
Down
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Channel for vintage film buffs : TCM
2
Caviar : ROE
3
"WHOA!" : OMG
4
Stereotypical game show prize : NEWCAR
5
Boring person : DRIP
6
Vegetable with a purple top : RUTABAGA
7
Ballpark fare served with raspberries? : JEERING
8
Member of Led Zeppelin : JOHNBONHAM
9
Vet school subj. : ANAT
10
Dreamy sleep stage : REM
11
Dwarfs' representative in the Fellowship of the Ring : GIMLI
12
Ancient Greek theater : ODEUM
13
Deal breakers, informally? : NARCS
15
Read-a-___ : THON
20
Many M.I.T. grads: Abbr. : EES
22
Olds, Keats or Shelley : ODIST
23
Star-crossed Montague : ROMEO
24
Dress (up) : GUSSY
26
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
28
One of the Fab Four : RINGOSTARR
29
Badly hurt : MAIM
31
Fender blemish : DING
33
Hearty draft pick : STOUT
34
First name in "wabbit" hunting : ELMER
35
Duane ___ (drugstore chain) : READE
37
Fastens with string : TIES
38
Flowering plant that lent its name to a lane on "Desperate Housewives" : WISTERIA
40
Short time off work : SICKDAY
43
Something "spilled" by a gossip : TEA
44
Lemonlike fruit : CITRON
45
"I mean it!," quaintly : BYGUM
46
Carried along : BORNE
47
Targets of squats, informally : QUADS
49
Sugar serving : LUMP
51
Genial boatswain in "Peter Pan" : SMEE
52
Not just mine : OURS
54
Stereotypical word in a heart tattoo : MOM
56
Mine yield : ORE
57
Letters in the corner of a phone screen : LTE
58
Drug that's "dropped" : LSD