The Crossword Answers NYT - October 20, 2025

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• What covers the North Pole Crossword Clue

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  ICECAP

• End of some sentences Crossword Clue

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  PAROLE

• Having a certain natural hairstyle Crossword Clue

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  AFROED

• Furniture piece for a talk show host Crossword Clue

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  DESK

• Shade of yellow Crossword Clue

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  AMBER

• More abrupt in language Crossword Clue

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  TERSER

• Hire to the team Crossword Clue

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  BRINGON

• Band with the aptly titled debut album "High Voltage" Crossword Clue

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  ACDC

• Stratum Crossword Clue

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  TIER

• Marketplace with stalls Crossword Clue

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  BAZAAR

• Occasion for a percussionist to shine Crossword Clue

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  DRUMSOLO

• With 13-Down, "___ can eat" (restaurant come-on) Crossword Clue

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  ALL

• See 12-Down Crossword Clue

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  YOU

• Inuit's home Crossword Clue

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  IGLOO

• Time unit aptly hidden in "paleontology" Crossword Clue

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  EON

• University in North Carolina Crossword Clue

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  ELON

• Difficult, tiring work Crossword Clue

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  SLOG

• Comic actress Wong Crossword Clue

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  ALI

• Unit of flour Crossword Clue

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  CUP

• Door handle Crossword Clue

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  KNOB

• Untuneful trumpet sound Crossword Clue

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  BLAT

• Lacking much thought Crossword Clue

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  RASH

• Water, in Oaxaca Crossword Clue

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  AGUA

• Aforementioned Crossword Clue

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  VERYSAME

• Hospital area with IVs Crossword Clue

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  ICU

• News media Crossword Clue

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  PRESS

• Crosstown rivals of the Cubbies Crossword Clue

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  SOX

• Windpipe Crossword Clue

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  TRACHEA

• Decision-making consideration Crossword Clue

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  FACTOR

• Neither here ___ there Crossword Clue

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  NOR

• Only black key in a G major scale Crossword Clue

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  FSHARP

• Fodder for "Jeopardy!" Crossword Clue

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  TRIVIA

• Alludes (to) Crossword Clue

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  REFERS

• Not interrupted by commercials ... or shortened like the middle words of 20-, 30-, 48- and 60-Across? Crossword Clue

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  ADFREE

• Ties that are hard to untie Crossword Clue

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  KNOTS

• Super-uptight Crossword Clue

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  ANAL

• Bit of bathroom décor Crossword Clue

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  TILE

• Do, re or mi Crossword Clue

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  NOTE

• It goes around every year Crossword Clue

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  FLU

• Short ___ (beef cut) Crossword Clue

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  RIB