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New York Times, Saturday, November 1, 2025

November 01, 2025

By Michael Lieberman • 70 Clues

Across Clues

1. They're often engaged in engineering → GEARTEETH
10. Like some on-the-go purchases → INAPP
15. Gift of Athena to Athenians → OLIVETREE
16. Drilling site → MOLAR
17. Controversial Richard Serra sculpture once seen in N.Y.C.'s Foley Square → TILTEDARC
18. Campus opening? → HIPPO
19. "Read Me" readers → USERS
20. Mandolin accessory → CAPO
22. Malediction → HEX
23. Salon service, for short → PEDI
24. St. Peter's Basilica attraction → PIETA
26. English writer/philosopher ___ Wollstonecraft → MARY
27. The Rock's signature W.W.E. move → PEOPLESELBOW
30. Device built into most laptops → MIC
33. Components of décadas → ANOS
34. Spit it out! → SALIVA
35. Only mammals that can crack Brazil nut shells with their teeth → AGOUTIS
37. Airline mechanic, at times → RIVETER
38. Materialistic type of the 1980s → YUPPIE
39. Behind → LATE
40. Yearbook div. → SRS
41. Superlatively absurd → BEYONDPARODY
44. Disney-owned channel → ESPN
45. Name of eight popes → URBAN
46. Abbr. next to a year on a company sign → ESTD
50. FYI advertisement → PSA
51. ___ Games (Fortnite company) → EPIC
52. Speculative venture → FLIER
53. Commercial lead-in to -matic, once → INSTA
55. Acquaintance made at day care drop-off, perhaps → MOMFRIEND
58. High-performance British sports car → LOTUS
59. Person giving a video testimonial, perhaps → PAIDACTOR
60. Nook book, e.g. → ETEXT
61. Words next to an arrow in a maze → STARTHERE

Down Clues

1. Arose → GOTUP
2. Mertens of tennis → ELISE
3. Wasn't doing well → AILED
4. One way to enjoy the great outdoors, informally → RVTRIP
5. They break after some drives → TEES
6. Boarding datum, in brief → ETD
7. Basic baseball stat → ERA
8. Toyota models from 1978 to 1999 → TERCELS
9. Greek goddess whose name becomes a Mexican beer if you change the first letter to T → HECATE
10. Texter's disclaimer → IMHO
11. "___ am your father" (often-misquoted film line) → NOI
12. Product with the onetime slogan "An adventure in every bowl!" → ALPHABITS
13. Superficially conceal, as a problem → PAPEROVER
14. Conflicts waged on behalf of third-party powers → PROXYWARS
21. Whispered exhortation → PASSITON
24. Settled a debt reluctantly → PONIEDUP
25. When many take stock, informally? → IPOS
26. Fr. title → MLLE
28. Put away some groceries? → EATIN
29. Like many houses → EAVED
30. "I'll think about this and decide later" grouping → MAYBEPILE
31. "Apparently no" → IGUESSNOT
32. Two-in-one computer command → COPYPASTE
36. Atop → UPON
37. Atypical, to Antonius → RARA
39. Certain smock → LABCOAT
42. Does self-checkout? → PRIMPS
43. Christian who was the 2018 N.L. M.V.P. → YELICH
47. Number of Spanish provincias that touch Portugal → SIETE
48. Vibe → TENOR
49. Founder of the record label Aftermath → DRDRE
51. One direction → EAST
52. Part of a Greek Row, informally → FRAT
54. Certain fancy attire, for short → TUX
56. Cara ___ (Italian term of affection) → MIA
57. Prez with a V.P. nicknamed "Cactus Jack" → FDR