The Crossword Puzzle Answers for 10/20/2025. The October 20 2025 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a Apple tabletIPAD
- 5a Facing the pitcherATBAT
- 10a Time to blow out the candles on a cake, informallyBDAY
- 14a Informal eateryCAFE
- 15a Thanks, in FranceMERCI
- 16a Singer GuthrieARLO
- 17a Says 2 + 2 = 5, e.g.ERRS
- 18a Wedding cake figurineBRIDE
- 19a Last language alphabetically on Google TranslateZULU
- 20a Milkshake flavor made with OreosCOOKIESNCREAM
- 23a The “A” of I.P.A.ALE
- 24a Pitcher Maddux who won the Cy Young Award in four consecutive yearsGREG
- 25a Welcome sights for thirsty people in desertsOASES
- 28a Accelerator or brakePEDAL
- 30a Music genre that Joan Jett “loves”ROCKNROLL
- 33a Arcing tennis shotLOB
- 35a Member of a conventNUN
- 36a Lavatory, in LiverpoolLOO
- 37a Pasta often filled with ricottaRAVIOLI
- 41a Listing on the Billboard Hot 100POPSONG
- 44a 50 years, for Bilbo Baggins in “The Hobbit”AGE
- 45a Play a part in a playACT
- 47a “My man!”BRO
- 48a Two-part steakhouse entreeSURFNTURF
- 52a BonusEXTRA
- 56a Filmmaker MiyazakiHAYAO
- 57a QuestionsASKS
- 59a Color that means “stop”RED
- 60a Like some scented stickersSCRATCHNSNIFF
- 64a Sorority’s counterpart, in briefFRAT
- 66a Mandarin “hello”NIHAO
- 67a Head ___ heelsOVER
- 68a Chauffeured vehicleLIMO
- 69a Message often accompanied by an exclamation point in a triangleALERT
- 70a Michelin productTIRE
- 71a Alternative to a LyftUBER
- 72a JumpsLEAPS
- 73a Make simplerEASE
- Down
- 1d What covers the North PoleICECAP
- 2d End of some sentencesPAROLE
- 3d Having a certain natural hairstyleAFROED
- 4d Furniture piece for a talk show hostDESK
- 5d Shade of yellowAMBER
- 6d More abrupt in languageTERSER
- 7d Hire to the teamBRINGON
- 8d Band with the aptly titled debut album “High Voltage”ACDC
- 9d StratumTIER
- 10d Marketplace with stallsBAZAAR
- 11d Occasion for a percussionist to shineDRUMSOLO
- 12d With 13-Down, “___ can eat” (restaurant come-on)ALL
- 13d See 12-DownYOU
- 21d Inuit’s homeIGLOO
- 22d Time unit aptly hidden in “paleontology”EON
- 26d University in North CarolinaELON
- 27d Difficult, tiring workSLOG
- 29d Comic actress WongALI
- 31d Unit of flourCUP
- 32d Door handleKNOB
- 34d Untuneful trumpet soundBLAT
- 37d Lacking much thoughtRASH
- 38d Water, in OaxacaAGUA
- 39d AforementionedVERYSAME
- 40d Hospital area with IVsICU
- 42d News mediaPRESS
- 43d Crosstown rivals of the CubbiesSOX
- 46d WindpipeTRACHEA
- 49d Decision-making considerationFACTOR
- 50d Neither here ___ thereNOR
- 51d Only black key in a G major scaleFSHARP
- 53d Fodder for “Jeopardy!”TRIVIA
- 54d Alludes (to)REFERS
- 55d Not interrupted by commercials … or shortened like the middle words of 20-, 30-, 48- and 60-Across?ADFREE
- 58d Ties that are hard to untieKNOTS
- 61d Super-uptightANAL
- 62d Bit of bathroom décorTILE
- 63d Do, re or miNOTE
- 64d It goes around every yearFLU
- 65d Short ___ (beef cut)RIB