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New York Times, Friday, October 31, 2025

October 31, 2025

By Juliana Tringali Golden • 70 Clues

Across Clues

1. A large quantity → TONS
5. Where one may park to see the Super Bowl → SOFA
9. Boot → EJECT
14. Humans, gorillas and chimpanzees → GREATAPES
16. Like a skunk's tail → BUSHY
17. Hot-weather coolers → ICEWATERS
18. "Mangia!" → EATUP
19. It's cool while it's hot → FAD
20. Funny Fey → TINA
21. Upset → ENRAGE
22. Green bay? → LAURELTREE
25. Emerged (from) → STEMMED
27. Old-fashioned "w00t!" → HUZZAH
30. Earth goddess in "Das Rheingold" → ERDA
31. Overlay → DRAPE
33. Caroline Kepnes thriller written partly in the second person → YOU
35. Cookie marketing units → GIRLSCOUTTROOPS
39. Opposite of the Latin "odi" → AMO
40. Handled press agents? → IRONS
41. Stinky ___ ("Toy Story 2" antagonist) → PETE
42. Web host? → SPIDER
44. Some diving briefs → SPEEDOS
47. "We should get out of here" → LETSBOUNCE
49. Actress/singer Steinfeld → HAILEE
52. Easily crushed → ACED
53. Cone ___ (iconic Jean Paul Gaultier undergarment) → BRA
56. Lineup → ARRAY
57. Prayerful form of worship → ADORATION
59. Option at a dealership → LEASE
60. "See ya!" → IGOTTARUN
61. Flops → TANKS
62. Move, informally → RELO
63. Word with sound or snake → BITE

Down Clues

1. Something a workaholic is unlikely to say → TGIF
2. Predator in a pod → ORCA
3. Point in a film when an iconic song sets the scene → NEEDLEDROP
4. Caught → SAW
5. The Onion's output → SATIRE
6. Provided entrees → OPENEDDOORS
7. Wild → FERAL
8. Mother of a hinny → ASS
9. Yosemite Sam's role in "Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol" → EBENEZER
10. City across the Rio Grande from El Paso → JUAREZ
11. "No ___ mal" ("It's not bad," in Spanish) → ESTA
12. Repeated cry at a kegger → CHUG
13. Sort → TYPE
15. Channing of "Blink Twice" → TATUM
21. Hit the ceiling → ERUPT
23. Human rights lawyer Clooney → AMAL
24. "Wow, pretty sweet!" → THATSSOCOOL
25. Apt anagram of GAMES minus M → SEGA
26. Decorates → TRIMS
28. Emmy-winning actress for "The Bear" → AYOEDEBIRI
29. Get on (it) → HOPTO
32. "Hurry!" → RUN
34. A smartphone has many of these → USES
36. Suspicious looks → SIDEEYES
37. Island home of what may be the world's oldest living olive tree (2,000+ years) → CRETE
38. The U.A.E. is in it → OPEC
43. "Let me check with them" → ILLASK
45. Port of Spain? → PUERTO
46. Go up to → ENDAT
48. Good Neighbor or Design a Robot, e.g., in 35-Across → BADGE
49. Pull up → HALT
50. Purview → AREA
51. Founding member of 38-Down → IRAN
54. Easy triumph → ROUT
55. British monarch between William and George → ANNE
57. It's all around us → AIR
58. Spreadsheet feature → TAB