New York Times AnswersThursday, 16th October 2025 There are 39 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 16th October 2025. View the answers below.. All New York Times Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "___ Talkin' ’bout Love" (Van Halen song) AINTAAcross 5: *Treat with kindnessBENTOAAcross 10: Noted works of the Roman poet HoraceODESAAcross 14: BruteBOORAAcross 15: Statuette modeled after a knight holding a crusader’s sword OSCARAAcross 16: Feeling associated with skipping a party, perhaps FOMOAAcross 17: UnchangeableSET IN STONEAAcross 19: Horned creature in "Pan's Labyrinth"FAUNAAcross 20: Hungers forCRAVESAAcross 21: Early Germanic peopleGOTHSAAcross 23: Move around the worldORBITAAcross 24: *ExpensivePRYAAcross 26: LiftHOISTAAcross 29: Mardi Gras locale, informallyNOLAAAcross 30: Ovarian sac contentsROEAAcross 31: Fuddy-duddiesPRUDESAAcross 32: "Still ___" (2022 rap hit)DREAAcross 33: MeanderWENDAAcross 34: High lights?AURORAAAcross 35: Practice chiromancyREADPALMSAAcross 37: Disappear, as a trailGOCOLDAAcross 40: "Central Park in the Dark" composerIVESAAcross 41: Music box?AMPAAcross 44: DivinerORACLEAAcross 45: Jerry’s uncle on "Seinfeld"LEOAAcross 46: Box a bitSPARAAcross 47: Tonkatsu coatingPANKOAAcross 48: *Deli deviceSLRAAcross 49: Bug expert, for shortITPROAAcross 50: Invite at the door ASK INAAcross 52: Extreme pressureDURESSAAcross 53: El ___ PASOAAcross 55: Felt tired during the day, sayNEEDEDANAPAAcross 58: Words to a betrayerETTUAAcross 59: “The Philosophy of Right” authorHEGELAAcross 60: Like a computer with a running screensaverIDLEAAcross 61: How whiskey might be served … with a hint to the answers to the seven starred cluesNEATAAcross 62: *Risky endeavor, idiomaticallyDROLLAAcross 63: Onetime resident of the Winter PalaceTSARDDown 1: BoltABSCONDDDown 2: Certain Windows hard drive malfunctionIOERRORDDown 3: *ConspicuousNOTABLEDDown 4: Stupid stuff it's fun to knowTRIVIADDown 5: Level-ending foeBOSSDDown 6: Educated guess: Abbr.ESTDDown 7: Sgt., e.g.NCODDown 8: Like lemon curdTANGYDDown 9: Preceder of "Bites" and "Bars" in commercial namesOREODDown 10: *Chance to meet one-on-one with a professorOFFHOURSDDown 11: "Copy me"DOASIDODDown 12: Runner Down UnderEMUDDown 13: Certain heirSONDDown 18: Make in the endNETDDown 22: Steady humming soundsTHRUMSDDown 24: Locale for catfish or carpPONDDDown 25: What allows Neo to disconnect from the MatrixREDPILLDDown 27: Spanish 101 verbSERDDown 28: Whom you might greet with open arms, for short?TSADDown 30: Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth"READEDDown 31: Prefix with botanistPALEODDown 33: "Sure … if you say so" WELLOKDDown 35: Enjoys oneself uninhibitedly … or a punny title for this puzzleROCKSOUTDDown 36: ProfessAVERDDown 37: Something Lincoln once led, for shortGOPDDown 38: Italian time unitORADDown 39: Card game with a winning score of 5,000 pointsCANASTADDown 41: *Book addendaAPPENDSDDown 42: Chicken ___MARSALADDown 43: ThrivePROSPERDDown 46: Narrow channelSTRAITDDown 48: Derisive lookSNEERDDown 49: OB/GYN offeringIUDDDown 51: Crisply shown, as on TVINHDDDown 52: Wooded valleyDELLDDown 53: CoopPENDDown 54: Performed amazingly, in slangATEDDown 56: Id's counterpartEGODDown 57: The First State: Abbr.DEL.DDown 57: The First State: Abbr.DEL