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New York Times, Wednesday, October 29, 2025

October 29, 2025

By John Donegan • 76 Clues

Across Clues

1. The "R" of REM → RAPID
6. States → SAYS
10. Little devil → IMP
13. Bring down → ABASE
14. Milkshake ingredient that might get stuck in a straw → OREO
15. "Whatever" → MEH
16. Dracula's preferred way to eat wings? → RIGHTOFFTHEBAT
19. "When u coming?" → ETA
20. Jocular suffix for "most" → EST
21. First aid stinger → IODINE
22. Cell centers → NUCLEI
25. Sebastian the ___, mascot of the Miami Hurricanes → IBIS
26. What makes Dracula frantically hop around? → LIGHTONHISFEET
30. Clickable pic → ICON
31. Eldest Corleone brother → SONNY
32. Felt something on your head? → FEDORA
35. Food fight projectile → PEA
36. Speedway sponsor → STP
39. Some unidentified visitors, for short → ETS
40. Wrap up → END
42. Well-rounded figure? → SPHERE
44. Showed sudden interest, in a way → SATUP
46. Cry of victory → IWIN
47. When Dracula doesn't feel seen? → UPONREFLECTION
52. Lead-in to second → NANO
53. Like Satan, in the Bible → FALLEN
54. Knob on an electric guitar → TREBLE
57. A.F.L.-___ → CIO
58. "Despicable Me" antihero → GRU
61. Get ready to attack Dracula and his pals? → RAISETHESTAKES
64. Like some jobs → ODD
65. Well-used pencil, say → STUB
66. Rains hard? → HAILS
67. Anti-traffic org. → DEA
68. Sport whose athletes wear topknots → SUMO
69. Mythical luster? → SATYR

Down Clues

1. Still red, say → RARE
2. Not much → ABIT
3. Jupiter and Mars → PAGANGODS
4. "In a way" → ISH
5. Pick up on → DETECT
6. Loosens up → SOFTENS
7. Response to "Speak!" → ARF
8. Cold-weather cryptid → YETI
9. Neighborhood in Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" → SOHO
10. Knock back a few → IMBIBE
11. Big bully → MEANIE
12. Aquarium diagnostic → PHTEST
17. World capital near the 60th parallel → OSLO
18. Enlighten → EDIFY
23. "Sorry, that's incorrect" → UHNO
24. Restaurant chain acronym → IHOP
26. Word with still or shelf → LIFE
27. "New Jack City" co-star, 1991 → ICET
28. Spanish name found in "business" → INES
29. Fastener with an onomatopoeic name → SNAP
33. Bring up → REAR
34. Pot grower? → ANTE
36. What contains a lot of darn stuff? → SEWINGKIT
37. The "Amigos" of film, e.g. → TRIO
38. Big name in magic → PENN
41. Beer brand on "The Simpsons" → DUFF
43. Feminist sex educator Shere ___ → HITE
44. Pompous people → SNOBS
45. Non-pharmacological component of a clinical trial → PLACEBO
47. Pristine, as land → UNTROD
48. Veterans Day event → PARADE
49. Lake that's the "thumb" of New York's Finger Lakes → ONEIDA
50. Certain Ivy Leaguers → ELIS
51. Rags, e.g. → CLOTHS
55. What a bargain hunter hopes to pay → LESS
56. Ides of March rebuke → ETTU
59. Depend (on) → RELY
60. Old map inits. → USSR
62. Sound of a good car engine → HUM
63. Designation for the Toledo Mud Hens → AAA