The Crossword Answers NYT - October 30, 2025

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• Place for a pencil sharpener Crossword Clue

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  DESK

• Argentine plain Crossword Clue

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  PAMPA

• Prayer leader Crossword Clue

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  IMAM

• Droves Crossword Clue

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  ATON

• Disney princess who longs to be "part of that world" Crossword Clue

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  ARIEL

• Come to Crossword Clue

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  WAKE

• Either acting sibling Andrew or Elisabeth Crossword Clue

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  SHUE

• What pulls out all the stops? Crossword Clue

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  DRANO

• Food generally known outside the U.S. as "lady's fingers" Crossword Clue

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  OKRA

• Start illegally, say Crossword Clue

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  HOTWIRE

• What every baseball inning starts with Crossword Clue

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  NOONEON

• "Kind of" suffix Crossword Clue

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  ISH

• Shore up the ranks Crossword Clue

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  RESTAFF

• Little pest Crossword Clue

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  ANT

• Animal with a white rump Crossword Clue

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  ELK

• Highlands hat Crossword Clue

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  TAM

• Epitome of simplicity Crossword Clue

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  ABC

• Binge Crossword Clue

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  SPREE

• "I'll ___ you!" Crossword Clue

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  SUE

• Pop-pop Crossword Clue

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  GRAMP

• Country sharing the world's longest international border Crossword Clue

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  CANADA

• Showed great pride, in a way Crossword Clue

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  BEAMED

• Desirable Vegas couple? Crossword Clue

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  ACES

• Lake in the homeland of the Washoe people Crossword Clue

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  TAHOE

• ___ Blaster (toy) Crossword Clue

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  NERF

• Inconsequential Crossword Clue

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  MERE

• Journeys by foot Crossword Clue

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  TREKS

• Ones eliciting knee-jerk reactions, informally? Crossword Clue

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  DOCS

• Exemplar Crossword Clue

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  PARAGON

• Having a strong sense of direction? Crossword Clue

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  BOSSY

• Likely oriented toward platonic relationships, in brief Crossword Clue

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  ARO

• Members of the dolphin family that prey on dolphins Crossword Clue

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  ORCAS

• Like a revving engine Crossword Clue

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  AROAR

• Skater Midori Crossword Clue

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  ITO

• Words after "ding, ding, ding" Crossword Clue

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  TOAST

• With 68-Across, "Wicked" song suggested by the answers to the seven starred clues (and whose singer is spelled by the circled letters reading from left to right) Crossword Clue

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  DEFYING

• See 66-Across Crossword Clue

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  GRAVITY

• Bronzed Crossword Clue

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  GOTATAN

• Not just yet Crossword Clue

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  LATERON

• Abjures Crossword Clue

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  ESCHEWS

• Target of urban renewal, say Crossword Clue

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  EYESORE