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NYT Crossword hints: Wednesday October 8th 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. Petri dish growth medium.
Our hint: Starts with an A.
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Derived from seaweed!
5a. Turns red, say.
Our hint: The act of changing something’s color.
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Common with hair and clothes!
9a. Michael of “Superbad”
Our hint: Starts with a C.
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Also starred in “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”
13a. Overhaul.
Our hint: Do it again.
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Like a renovation, say.
14a. European capital with canals.
Our hint: Starts with an A.
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There are many adventures to be had there!
16a. “Will Ruby go to prom with me?”
Our hint: Could be found in a Magic 8 Ball.
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I guess it just wasn’t meant to be.
18a. Helpful skill for guessers.
Our hint: Something a psychic might use, for short.
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Short for “extrasensory perception”
19a. “Black-eyed” or “sugarsnap” legume.
Our hint: A princess’s worst nightmare.
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Can be felt under 20 mattresses and 20 featherbeds! Or so they say.
20a. Take in.
Our hint: Like a sponge does with water.
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Or like your mind does with knowledge!
22a. Requires.
Our hint: More than a want.
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Like water and food, for example.
24a. “Despicable Me” protagonist.
Our hint: Starts with a G.
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He wasn’t so evil in the end.
26a. Appliance that may have different floor settings, for short.
Our hint: It sucks.
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Short for vacuum.
27a. Country between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Our hint: Home of the Towers of Silence.
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Full of history.
28a. Comics dog with a big red tongue.
Our hint: Has a certain orange cat as a brother.
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From Garfield.
30a. Singer with the 2011 #1 hit “Set Fire to the Rain”
Our hint: Starts with an A.
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“Rolling in the Deep” is another hit.
32a. I repeat: “Will Ruby go to prom with me?”
Our hint: A three word answer.
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Maybe it’s still just not meant to be…
35a. Fashion designer Spade.
Our hint: Starts with a K.
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Quite expensive but good quality.
36a. Pequod captain.
Our hint: The Pequod is the whaling ship in Moby Dick.
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A classic tale.
37a. Third time’s the charm: “Will Ruby go to prom with me?”
Our hint: This one’s more positive.
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Finally!
42a. Decrease in intensity.
Our hint: Starts with an A.
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To lessen or reduce.
44a. Swiss Army knives have many of these.
Our hint: Purposes.
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There are many different attachments on Swiss Army knives!
45a. Encourage, with “on”
Our hint: Starts with an S.
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Wind up, say, but more positive.
46a. N, E, W, or S.
Our hint: For short.
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Short for directions!
47a. Group that may have an organizational meeting in September.
Our hint: Relating to schools.
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Meaning the “Parent Teacher Association”
48a. Author of “L’Ile Mystérieuse”
Our hint: Starts with a V.
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A novel by Jules Verne.
49a. Solfege start.
Our hint: A scale.
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To be sung!
52a. Hairy Halloween costume.
Our hint: Large and humanoid.
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A classic costume!
54a. Beethoven’s “___ to Joy”
Our hint: For, say.
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A very famous composition.
55a. Provider of the answers at 16, 32, and 37-Across.
Our hint: Three words.
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A fortune-teller of sorts.
59a. Completely immersed.
Our hint: Starts with an E.
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Engrossed in a good book, say.
60a. Double Stuf cookie.
Our hint: Great dipped in milk!
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One of the most iconic cookies, I’d say!
61a. Eye problem.
Our hint: An infection.
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Can be very bothersome.
62a. A 2-1 record has one.
Our hint: Most games have one.
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A feature of most games, unless they end in a tie!
63a. “Hey! Over here!”
Our hint: Heard before a secret.
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Trying to get someone’s attention quietly.
1d. It shares a 27-mile border with 27-Across.
Our hint: Serj Tankian from “System of a Down” is from there.
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Full of history, as well!
2d. Erupting hot springs.
Our hint: Starts with a G.
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Shoot water due to immense pressure.
3d. “New and improved” and “For a limited time only”
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Commonly used phrases in ads.
4d. Kanga’s kid in “Whinnie the Pooh”
Our hint: Starts with an R.
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Kanga and Roo!
5d. Truth’s alternative.
Our hint: In a popular party game.
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Usually followed by some outlandish demand.
6d. Where volleyball and racquetball were invented, for short.
Our hint: It’s not a city or country.
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Stands for “Young Men’s Christian Association”
7d. Demonym suffix.
Our hint: A demonym is a word used to describe people from a certain location.
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Japenese, Vietnamese, etc.
8d. Elm and Maple are common ones: Abbr.
Our hint: Locations.
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Short for “streets”
9d. Grouch.
Our hint: They have two claws and live in the water.
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Crabby is another word for grouchy!
10d. East Coast counterpart to Dreyer’s in the freezer aisle.
Our hint: ‘Competing’ ice cream brands.
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Founded by William Dreyer and Joseph Edy.
11d. Trampled.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Can also be done with cars.
12d. Lacking principles.
Our hint: Indifferent.
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Different to immoral, which is in direct opposition of morals. Amoral is when you just don’t really care either way.
15d. Elder son of Isaac.
Our hint: Starts with an E.
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A biblical figure.
17d. Positive swings.
Our hint: One of the directions an elevator goes?
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Downs are the negative swings.
21d. More than 2.000 years ago, for short.
Our hint: Before the Gregorian calendar.
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Stands for “Before Common Era”
23d. 23andMe mailing.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Helps you discover your heritage.
24d. Martini or Negroni spirit.
Our hint: Made from juniper berries.
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Great with tonic.
25d. “I can ___”
Our hint: Identify, in other words?
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Something relatable is something you can identify with.
28d. Something you can be under when in court.
Our hint: A promise of sorts.
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Being under oath means you are both legally and morally obliged to tell the truth.
29d. Go extinct.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Like many species of animals.
30d. Somewhat.
Our hint: Just a little bit.
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“Just a tad, please!”
31d. Ariana ___, Best Supporting Actress winner for 2021’s “West Side Story”
Our hint: Starts with a D.
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A celebrated actress, singer, and dancer.
33d. Receipts.
Our hint: Someone’s stride.
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Or something that helps people pass through while keeping animals in.
34d. Cries of enlightenment.
Our hint: Heard from someone who has just had an idea.
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Signifies a lightbulb moment.
37d. Official authorization.
Our hint: Arrest and search ones are common.
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Allows law enforcement to do what they need to do.
38d. Conference ___ (college athletic association)
Our hint: An acronym.
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Short for the United States of America.
39d. Brouhahas.
Our hint: Starts with a U.
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When something is entirely unacceptable.
40d. Dresses warmly, with “up”
Our hint: Can be done with babies.
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To bundle up is to rug up.
41d. Place to buy a fir at Christmas.
Our hint: A two word answer.
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Where you can pick your favorite one!
42d. Elaborate.
Our hint: Or subtract?
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To add is to make another addition.
43d. Tundras and deserts, e.g.
Our hint: Regions.
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Usually separated by climate.
47d. ___ de gallo (Mexican salsa)
Our hint: Starts with a P.
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Spanish for “rooster’s beak”
48d. Scrutinize.
Our hint: Who you take your sick pets to.
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Liefsavers!
50d. Like souffles.
Our hint: Or omelets.
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Made with eggs.
51d. Bog.
Our hint: Starts with an M.
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Wetlands.
52d. “10 and up” predecer.
Our hint: Seen on boardgame boxes.
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Signifies what ages the game is suitable for.
53d. Degrees of success, for short?
Our hint: Higher than your Bachelor.
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Very highly educated.
56d. Course for becoming bilingual, for short.
Our hint: Starts with an E.
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Stands for “English as a Second Language”
57d. Prefix with -morphic.
Our hint: Having the same form or structure.
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To match something else in form.
58d. Noggin knock.
Our hint: Or popular song?
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A catchy tune can be labelled a bop.
NYT Crossword answers: Wednesday October 8th 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 it is! The NYT Crossword for the 8th of October in all of its glory. Hopefully, we were able to help you out of any pickles you found yourself in with our extra hints and clues!
This NYT Crossword was a fun one. I very much enjoy when the crosswords have themes, and this one’s theme was Magic 8-Balls, the iconic future-telling toys that were so popular in the 80s and 90s. I’m glad I grew up in that era, because I am not sure how popular they are these days!
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 Wednesday 8th October and our Connections hint for Wednesday 8th October.