New York Times AnswersSaturday, 18th October 2025 There are 31 across clues and 33 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 18th October 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Measure of rank in Maori culture, informallyFACETATAAcross 8: BubblesFROTHAAcross 13: Sauce in Italian-American cuisineMARINARAAAcross 14: Knocked outINAWEAAcross 15: It's in right nowLATESTFADAAcross 16: Was worthy ofRATEDAAcross 17: Having a single purposeAD HOCAAcross 18: Light that goes up when things are going down?FLAREAAcross 20: SnatchBAGAAcross 21: Crank cases?UFOLOGYAAcross 23: Something pulled in many car chase scenes, for shortEBRAKEAAcross 25: Home to the Arco di ConstantinoROMAAAcross 26: Present a chance to get aheadOPENDOORSAAcross 29: Spaniards roll themARSAAcross 30: Was really moving, in slangHAULEDASSAAcross 31: "Uh ... I guess"WELLSORTAAAcross 32: Sources of 24/7 supportHELPLINESAAcross 33: Many an attachmentPDFAAcross 36: Ones catching wavesRADIOSETSAAcross 37: Longtime name in Cuban politicsRAULAAcross 38: Those playing the king of Egypt in "Aïda"BASSOSAAcross 39: Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New OrleansESSENCEAAcross 41: Easily removed locksWIGAAcross 42: Limited assignmentSTINTAAcross 45: Smallest member of the eurozone (122 square miles)MALTAAAcross 46: Appropriately change courseADAPTAAcross 48: Spirals out of control?TORNADOESAAcross 50: Panhellenic Games venueNEMEAAAcross 51: Can't cool offSTAYSMADAAcross 52: GiftedADEPTAAcross 53: Culinary concurrenceYESCHEFDDown 1: UnderstandsFATHOMSDDown 2: Site of some piercingsAREOLADDown 3: "There's never been a better time" tech sloganeerCISCODDown 4: Fangorn residentENTDDown 5: Sweet doings at a county fairTAFFYPULLSDDown 6: ___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disasterARALDDown 7: Cry that might be made with a bowTADADDown 8: Responders to cruise ship emergenciesFIREBOATSDDown 9: It works in translationRNADDown 10: Crunchy snacksOATBARSDDown 11: Fine-tunesTWEAKSDDown 12: Divider of lotsHEDGEDDown 13: Really intoMADFORDDown 15: 21st-century first ladyLAURADDown 19: Attire for many a flamenco dancerREDDRESSDDown 22: Upright barGOALPOSTDDown 24: Bonheur who painted "Ploughing in the Nivernais"ROSADDown 27: Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabetELSIEDDown 28: Colorful swimmers in the AmazonNEONTETRASDDown 30: Energy device that reflects sunlightHELIOSTATDDown 31: Rings up?WEDSDDown 32: Can hold one's own, in modern lingoHASGAMEDDown 33: Bread purchase in the U.K.PANLOAFDDown 34: Like a building's central air conditioningDUCTEDDDown 35: Dogbane?FLEASDDown 36: Like drug dens, sometimesRAIDEDDDown 37: FAQ headingREADMEDDown 38: East African honorificBWANADDown 40: Reduce to a pulpSMASHDDown 43: MinuteITSYDDown 44: Pay attention toNOTEDDown 47: ZipPEPDDown 49: Home to the U.S.'s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for shortNYC