NYT Crossword Hints October 25 2023 – Try Hard Guides

Our NYT Crossword Hints for October 25, 2023 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.

NYT Crossword Hints, October 25, 2023

You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 10/25/23. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.

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  1982 sci-fi film with a 2010 sequel
  
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  Basketball great Erving, to fans
  
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  Lingo
  
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  Materialize
  
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  Six Nations people
  
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  Half of a 1990s-2000s rock duo with six Grammys
  
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  Hit hard
  
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  One sharing school drop-off duties, maybe
  
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  Director Jean-___ Godard
  
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  Church fixture
  
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  Nickname for singer Justin, with “the”
  
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  Purposes
  
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  Unsmiling in demeanor
  
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  Return payments?
  
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  WeChat chats, in brief
  
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  Online news aggregator founded in 2004
  
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  Leader prominent in the 1956 Suez Crisis
  
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  Poetic form featuring lexical repetition rather than rhyme
  
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  Carve (away)
  
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  Fiddling (with)
  
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  Setting for “The King and I”
  
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  German 53-Across
  
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  Number one focus?
  
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  Gave prompt attention?
  
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  Some summer cookouts, informally
  
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  Splinter group
  
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  Petrol measure
  
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  “___ rock!”
  
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  Extended form of surveillance
  
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  Nana
  
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  Display of skill one might request from 17-Across and 8- and 28-Down … depicted literally four times in this puzzle
  
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  Scandal, to a career, say
  
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  John Wayne and Ian Fleming, for two
  
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  Doctor who lent his name to a therapeutic system
  
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  “___ queen!”
  
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  It’s a must
  
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  Channel for vintage film buffs
  
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  Caviar
  
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  “WHOA!”
  
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  Stereotypical game show prize
  
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  Boring person
  
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  Vegetable with a purple top
  
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  Ballpark fare served with raspberries?
  
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  Member of Led Zeppelin
  
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  Vet school subj.
  
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  Dreamy sleep stage
  
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  Dwarfs’ representative in the Fellowship of the Ring
  
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  Ancient Greek theater
  
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  Deal breakers, informally?
  
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  Read-a-___
  
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  Many M.I.T. grads: Abbr.
  
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  Olds, Keats or Shelley
  
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  Star-crossed Montague
  
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  Dress (up)
  
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  Helper: Abbr.
  
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  One of the Fab Four
  
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  Badly hurt
  
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  Fender blemish
  
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  Hearty draft pick
  
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  First name in “wabbit” hunting
  
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  Duane ___ (drugstore chain)
  
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  Fastens with string
  
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  Flowering plant that lent its name to a lane on “Desperate Housewives”
  
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  Short time off work
  
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  Something “spilled” by a gossip
  
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  Lemonlike fruit
  
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  “I mean it!,” quaintly
  
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  Carried along
  
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  Targets of squats, informally
  
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  Sugar serving
  
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  Genial boatswain in “Peter Pan”
  
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  Not just mine
  
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  Stereotypical word in a heart tattoo
  
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  Mine yield
  
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  Letters in the corner of a phone screen
  
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  Drug that’s “dropped”
  

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15×15 grids on weekdays to larger 21×21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day’s puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.