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NYT Crossword hints: Saturday October 4th 2025
Below you can find all the hints in today’s NYT Crossword, listed first across, then down. If you need a bit of help on any of them, tap or click on the spoiler text below them to reveal our extra clue. And to reveal the answer for each clue separately, just expand the spoiler boxes below!
1a. Field of unknowns.
Our hint: A tough subject at school, perhaps.
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A fundamental branch of mathematics.
8a. Lead role in the highest grossing film of 1985.
Our hint: Featuring the DeLorean.
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Marty McFly.
13a. Scrapes from a motorcycle fall.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Preventable with the right gear (to an extent)
15a. It “lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice,” per Miguel de Cervante.
Our hint: Starts with a V.
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Courage in the face of danger.
16a. “Marvelous” TV character played by Rachel Brosnahan.
Our hint: Starts with an M.
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A stand up comedian in the early 60s striving for success in a male dominated industry.
18a. Face down.
Our hint: To be susceptible to something.
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To go prone is to lay flat on the ground on your stomach.
19a. Shrink back.
Our hint: Some powerful weapons have it.
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To spring back from force.
20a. Place for eggs.
Our hint: Spiders use them.
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A protective tactic.
22a. Muttonhead.
Our hint: Dim-witted.
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A way to insult someone’s intelligence.
23a. Cousin of a springbok.
Our hint: Native to Africa.
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The largest antelope species.
24a. Outdoor apparel company with mountains on its logo.
Our hint: Located at the southern tip of South America.
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An incredible location.
26a. Delight.
Our hint: What you do with emails.
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Via the postal service, perhaps!
27a. Vulcans, for one.
Our hint: Xenomorphs, for two.
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The Asari, for three!
28a. Christmas carol contraction.
Our hint: “___ the season to be Jolly”
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Old-fashioned way of saying “it’s”
29a. Actress Lily of “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Our hint: Starts with a G.
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Played Mollie Burkhart.
30a. Slow-but-steady advancements.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Slow and steady wins the race!
31a. Get a Lyft, say.
Our hint: Uber, for two.
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DiDi is another.
32a. Short greetings.
Our hint: A possessive pronoun.
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A male-focused possessive pronoun.
35a. They may stop the presses.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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A legal directive.
36a. Henry ___, founder of Time, Life, and Sports Illustrated.
Our hint: Starts with an L.
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A pioneering American magazine publisher.
37a. Initial challenge.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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A first test is an essential challenge!
38a. Knock one out of the park.
Our hint: One who loves pink sprinkled donuts.
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A slang term for home run.
39a. With, en francias.
Our hint: Starts with an A.
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The Duolingo Owl will be satisfied for today.
40a. Org, offering jumps.
Our hint: Roadside assistance.
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It’s important to have!
41a. Vittorio who directed “Bicycle Thieves”
Our hint: Starts with a D.
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A legendary Italian film director.
42a. Buck the establishment.
Our hint: Robin Hood and Joan of Arc, for example.
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To rebel is to go against the status quo.
44a. Split.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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It’s best to split things evenly.
46a. Remains to be seen?
Our hint: Usually ancient.
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Incredible sites like the Egyptian Pyramids and Angkor Wat.
47a. Certain expectant parents.
Our hint: A three word answer.
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How exciting!
48a. Stopped vacillating.
Our hint: ___ out.
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To decide.
49a. 7-Eleven and Circle-K, informally.
Our hint: Very convenient!
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Short for “convenience stores”
1d. Focus of an airplane battle, maybe.
Our hint: A battle of the elbows.
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Who will get the armrest?
2d. Legendary rock singer?
Our hint: Location in the Rhine River.
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Refers to a rock where it is said a siren used to sing.
3d. Containers that are often red.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Great for storing extra fuel.
4d. Halley of Halley’s comet.
Our hint: Starts with an E.
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A legendary English atronomer.
5d. Cornrow, e.g.
Our hint: Plait.
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A protective hairstyle.
6d. Skate park fixture.
Our hint: Or stairway fixture?
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To be ground or held for stability.
7d. Mount for Quixote’s squire.
Our hint: Donkey.
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Great for sitting!
8d. Award won four times in the W.N.B.A. by A’ja Wilson.
Our hint: An acronym.
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Stands for “Most Valuable Player”
9d. Assistance for short drivers?
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Allows you to pay your car off slowly rather than in one lump sum.
10d. Walk with exaggerated motions.
Our hint: Flamboyant.
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Much more fun than regular walking!
11d. ___ Johnson, inventor of the Super Soaker.
Our hint: Starts with an L.
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Thank you for your sevice, Lonnie.
12d. California town thought (incorrectly) to be named from a backward “bakery” sign.
Our hint: Starts with a Y.
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Yreka actually got its name from a Shasta word meaning “north mountain” or “white mountain”
14d. Type of argument with conflicting accounts.
Our hint: A four word answer.
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Usually involving little proof and relying upon both parties’ word.
17d. Result of sleeping in, say.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Oops!
21d. Moves along quickly, as a horse.
Our hint: Starts with a C.
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A three-beat gait.
24d. Protects oneself, possum-style.
Our hint: Go prone?
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A risky tactic.
25d. Fumble around in the dark.
Our hint: Get handsy.
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A bit too handsy, perhaps.
27d. Home of the Banff National Park.
Our hint: In Canada.
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A very beautiful place.
29d. Wonder Woman portrayer.
Our hint: Gal ___.
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A great Wonder Woman candidate!
30d. Brouhaha
Our hint: A two word answer.
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An uproar, for example.
31d. “Welsh” dish with melted cheese.
Our hint: Starts with an R.
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Hot, melted cheese sauce over toast.
32d. Cuban container.
Our hint: Cuban cigars, for example.
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Designed to maintain a certain level of humidity.
33d. Water cooler?
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Formed in a freezer.
34d. Colorful shawls.
Our hint: A traditional Mexican garment.
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Similar to a poncho.
35d. “Are you done guessing?”
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Don’t give up!
36d. Get bested by.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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You can’t win ’em all.
37d. Grain with a nutty flavor.
Our hint: A type of ancient wheat.
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Native to the Middle East.
38d. Safe job?
Our hint: The focus of Ocean’s Eleven, for example.
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A thoroughly thought out robbery.
41d. Netflix offerings until 2023.
Our hint: Blockbuster offers.
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Stands for “Digital Versatile Disc”
43d. Source of some flashbacks.
Our hint: Discovered accidentally by a Swiss chemist.
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Short for “Lysergic Acid Diethylamide”
45d. Sucker, for short.
Our hint: A cleaning device.
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Short for “vacuum”
NYT Crossword answers: Saturday October 4th 2025
Done figuring it all out for yourself? Here’s the full completed NYT Crossword showing all the answers for today’s puzzle:
And there she is! The completed NYT Crossword for the 4th of October in all of its glory. Hopefully, with the help of this guide, you were able to make it to the end!
There were many challenges here for me, particularly the ones involving influential American people. I also struggled with the Muttonhead riddle. I hadn’t heard either Muttonhead or Lunk before. I guess I need to brush up on my insults!
That’s all for today’s puzzle, but if you like to keep your brain active with more of NYT’s puzzles, you can also check out our guides on the Wordle hint and answer for Saturday 4th October and our Connections hint for Saturday 4th October.