The Crossword Answers NYT - October 21, 2025

across

• A right one is 90° Crossword Clue

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  ANGLE

• Hairstyle for Questlove Crossword Clue

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  AFRO

• ___ de plume Crossword Clue

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  NOM

• Luxury watch brand Crossword Clue

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  ROLEX

• Half of a classic lunch special Crossword Clue

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  SOUP

• Donate Crossword Clue

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  GIVE

• Reward for rolling over, perhaps Crossword Clue

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  TREAT

• Redwood or cottonwood Crossword Clue

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  TREE

• Best starting hand in Texas hold ’em Crossword Clue

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  ACES

• Device for capturing thermal images Crossword Clue

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  INFRAREDCAMERA

• Little locking brick Crossword Clue

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  LEGO

• Radical religious groups Crossword Clue

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  CULTS

• Where you might dance to some underground music? Crossword Clue

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  BASEMENTPARTY

• Specialty coffee order Crossword Clue

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  LATTE

• Make a speech Crossword Clue

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  ORATE

• Buck's mate Crossword Clue

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  DOE

• Valuable Minecraft blocks Crossword Clue

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  ORES

• Entertain Crossword Clue

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  AMUSE

• Postseason college football game Crossword Clue

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  BOWL

• Fig. on a college transcript Crossword Clue

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  GPA

• Latin phrase that's often abbreviated Crossword Clue

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  IDEST

• Big name in briefs Crossword Clue

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  HANES

• Venue for combatants wearing vests with sensors Crossword Clue

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  LASERTAGARENA

• Maki or temaki Crossword Clue

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  SUSHI

• Belgrade resident Crossword Clue

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  SERB

• Wild guess … or what 19-, 24- and 41-Across let you take? Crossword Clue

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  ASHOTINTHEDARK

• Bobber in a lake Crossword Clue

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  BUOY

• Peeved Crossword Clue

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  SORE

• Nut-brown hue Crossword Clue

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  ACORN

• Head-butts Crossword Clue

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  RAMS

• "Summer of ___," Questlove documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival Crossword Clue

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  SOUL

• Cone or sphere Crossword Clue

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  SOLID

• Pub order Crossword Clue

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  ALE

• The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?" Crossword Clue

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  ABEL

• It might be picante Crossword Clue

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  SALSA