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Puzzles for October, 2025
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Wed 10/1/2025
BEGSSTORMLIST
ORALCAMEOANEW
ARMYRANGERICEE
EDAMSEALANE
ABBOTPAELLAPAN
CRAGWEBSMASTS
EELAIDASOL
ALIENINVASION
MRSDEFTNOD
ASAHIDOTEGLUE
MANOAMANOFLYNN
SHAOLINWOOF
TACKSUMMERRAIN
ERIEEBBEDINFO
LANDREADSASST
Thu 10/2/2025
YEAHETCABACUS
IAGONILREGALE
PROMNTLYMARINE
MOWEDARENAS
FAMHISEMNCE
RECKONAILPAT
AGRAETALAWARE
NEALEILLWATCH
CAFESNOMEGEAR
ENTCDTAGENDA
GOESINTOTEN
POIROTMOANS
UPDATEMSWEEPER
PEEPERNIALIVE
UNDERMTRYFEED

Boom!

Fri 10/3/2025
SANDSPODCASTS
KNEESELDERCARE
IOWANREDCARPET
PTSDERASVISES
HALFASSGED
ELIOTEWESMDS
ARENASBETTOOT
WORKLIFEBALANCE
ANTSTAPNEXTUP
YESPUMAGALES
REPTERRACE
SATEDLILYWARM
CRYBABIESSYRIA
ASKANYONEEELED
BEERTENTAROSE
Sat 10/4/2025
ALGEBRAMCFLY
ROADRASHVALOR
MRSMAISELPRONE
RECOILSACLUNK
ELANDPATAGONIA
SENDALIENRACE
TISGLADSTONE
BABYSTEPS
RIDESHAREHIS
GAGORDERSLUCE
FIRSTTESTHOMER
AVECAAADESICA
REBELDIVVIEDUP
RUINSDADSTOBE
OPTEDCSTORES
Sun 10/5/2025 All Too Wise
BILLYGOATARABIMPS
CLEARASMUDRIGANOOK
CLASSYMATEYGOODYCOPY
SSNBOSSFIGHTCOURSE
SPANSYEADAUB
CHARDFILMREELIMAY
CRAPSHANDYBELLYORA
SHAKADANGIKEAMUCK
PINENADABASSSWATHE
INKOVERHOTITSAHIT
KEYSFORTYWORTHYMYMY
ESCAPESDEMEROLHES
BEANIECHERVAPETADA
ATSEAPOILOCSFOREX
LEEFISHYHOOKYBOOPS
LAYSCANOODLECURLY
ASKSDOCSAGES
SHANTYSTARAPPLEJOB
COCKYPITYSTEAMYIRONY
OMNIORIGSCREENTIME
TEENOKRASEXSCENES
Mon 10/6/2025
BADECLASSRASH
FROGAARONECHO
FINGERROLLGOIN
SATDRAMAAGREE
GENEARMCANDY
NEPALIFATE
SETICELIEHAT
KNUCKLESANDWICH
YEPNADEREDIE
TEVAEARNED
TOEBEANSPITY
EUROSCHAPSHBO
ATONPEOPLEFOOD
RIDEERASEALSO
SEESISLESBEER
Tue 10/7/2025
GUTSLILACICE
IBETMADAMANAT
LOVESTEPONSPA
DAYINTHESUNTUT
STENOEROTIC
ROOTLIGHT
DENINTOTHINAIR
UVEATOTEDETNA
DOWNTOEARTHESP
ELITELAVA
UNIQUESTALL
OTTUNDERTHESEA
RIOICARUSSLAT
COWLAMINACAFE
ANNAPSESONYX
Wed 10/8/2025
AGARDYESCERA
REDOAMSTERDAM
MYSOURCESSAYNO
ESPPEAABSORB
NEEDSGRUVAC
IRANODIEADELE
ASKAGAINLATER
KATEAHAB
WITHOUTADOUBT
ABATEUSESSPUR
DIRPTAVERNE
DOREMIAPEODE
MAGICEIGHTBALL
ENGROSSEDOREO
STYELOSSPSST
Thu 10/9/2025
MANSPRIGARABS
APEOBESERIFLE
NOWAYJOSECDROM
ULTRAUZIANT
ALOEINEEDARIDE
LOYALTOROLODEX
ACREMASS
NOTHINGTODO
LOKIGRIN
DEBONEDANDTHEN
WORKSFORMEHONE
ANATHECOLAS
RODINALLTHUMBS
FRAMERAISEELI
SAYSOMYLARSEE
Fri 10/10/2025
HAGAROPENSPACE
ADELELIPFILLER
RUNATSCALLIONS
PEEKABOOTENET
TAPINTENT
SEIZEDBEACHBUM
INCASFLAMELSU
GRIMROOMSFOES
MOSLARGOBIOME
ANTFARMSHORDES
EVESBOOED
CELEBDRUMSOLO
BARTRIVIAMANIA
ONIONRINGILOST
KICKEDASSCERTS
Sat 10/11/2025
MASTERSWITCHLCD
IPHONECAMERAPHI
FROMEARTOEARROE
FITLOTDEFECT
SLAMBIDFALSECUT
STARSTINESOLI
NOTRACEPTRAP
DIESELHYBRID
SOAPYPETERIV
ANTETONEANACT
HEADBUTTOUTLAYS
ANTIUVAHHBRA
RAYLAMARJACKSON
AMPBLOWYOURMIND
NEESUBWAYSYSTEM
Sun 10/12/2025 Make No Mistake
MAPBADDOGARMSARGH
ALAEXHALEDBEEPTORO
MINEALLMINEBARISAXES
BAITNOTFROMCNTRATE
ASCETICSETSREINER
ROLOSEAMMORSELS
FENNELBULBSSWOON
TREATTOWHOMITMAYCRN
WEELASSIERITESAHOY
POLLSHELWILY
MEASURETWICECUTONCE
HYMNRISKOSHA
UNITBLAIRSLEEKNESS
GALILEOGALILEIDAMUP
INTELSTANDREMONY
NOVOTESPHDSEASE
EVENEDADDZENKOANS
WENTFIFTYFIFTYFLEA
DREAMCARSCDINGDEFEAT
ADESTRIOENDGAMEPTA
DORKSEANYEAHSOHON
Mon 10/13/2025
EYETODAYAPRON
SOLSHONENAIVE
QUICKOATSDETER
ULTASEISLEND
ELEVATEKOOL
INSTANTRAMEN
PALATEMOODAKA
UTEROYEWALLEY
STDNEONFIELDS
HASTYPUDDING
EMITITSABOY
SWANCHEMTODO
LOTUSFASTFOODS
IVORYUSUALMEH
MEMESLEMMASRI
Tue 10/14/2025
ESPYSTORETRIS
SCOUTOBEYHINT
SUMMERLOVEAGRA
ABERIDESOTHER
YASSIFYCOSTS
ALFALFAHONEY
SCENEAIRSERA
EARSNOTEDRSVP
EMULOREEASES
MEDIADARLING
RINDSODDSARE
SATAYSKULLWAG
ASISBEANIEBABY
SHOEFANGSCRIP
SYNCFLEESCENT
Wed 10/15/2025
BMWLIBRACPLUS
BOWINRUNROOFS
QUITEABITAKRON
ELIHUNERFED
DIVEJIGGETYJIG
NETFULGOBIRA
TURTLEEAMES
BOSSLEVEL
IBSENSTARTS
ARETMCONSTAR
MODELPLANEEVER
AMIGASEXILE
APRONWHATATOOL
WRITEAEGISRCA
LOSESTNOTESKY
Thu 10/16/2025
AINTBENTOODES
BOOROSCARFOMO
SETINSTONEFAUN
CRAVESGOTHS
ORBITPRYHOIST
NOLAROEPRUDES
DREWENDAURORA
READPALMS
GOCOLDIVESAMP
ORACLELEOSPAR
PANKOSLRITPRO
ASKINDURESS
PASONEEDEDANAP
ETTUHEGELIDLE
NEATDROLLTSAR
Fri 10/17/2025
JESTMOSSWICCA
ANNEISEEECHOS
CHARLIXCXBEAUS
CAUSESRICEWINE
UNSETBEERDARTS
SCARRECRUIT
EEGTINYSTEM
DEBUTSCHORES
SERABAERNUT
SNOCAPSHOPI
SISTERACTCOPED
ANECDATAVOLARE
LUNARBRAINDUMP
ERASEEDENISAO
METEDDIRETEND
Sat 10/18/2025
FACETATFROTH
MARINARAINAWE
LATESTFADRATED
ADHOCFLAREBAG
UFOLOGYEBRAKE
ROMAOPENDOORS
ARSHAULEDASS
WELLSORTA
HELPLINESPDF
RADIOSETSRAUL
BASSOSESSENCE
WIGSTINTMALTA
ADAPTTORNADOES
NEMEASTAYSMAD
ADEPTYESCHEF
Sun 10/19/2025 Same Difference
SMASHCLOSEANEWDNA
POLKASHANKYLOVEBEAD
IRAISEUNTIEOPENUPTO
COMPANYCARDCOUNTRIES
ENOBOOKIIROFLDSL
DARNSALUMPARTAKE
APRILCLOSETSYSTEM
LOOMLARGEWHOOSHENT
APSEREALMEUPHERE
RATOLDSTERTSAACED
MRROBOTORCAPLAYOFFS
TAKIALAAACELLSFLO
STEPINSHREWDLUAU
PJSLENAPEIDEALISTS
BLENDSEGOISTODESA
SORORALRUSEHAJIS
OTOAJARCRONUTRHO
ANTIVENOMTRAINDELAYS
GAYMECCAWRENSGRIMMS
APPEAREDHITITYEMENI
RAETUTSOMENSDENSE
Mon 10/20/2025
IPADATBATBDAY
CAFEMERCIARLO
ERRSBRIDEZULU
COOKIESNCREAM
ALEGREGOASES
PEDALROCKNROLL
LOBNUNLOO
RAVIOLIPOPSONG
AGEACTBRO
SURFNTURFEXTRA
HAYAOASKSRED
SCRATCHNSNIFF
FRATNIHAOOVER
LIMOALERTTIRE
UBERLEAPSEASE
Tue 10/21/2025
ANGLEAFRONOM
ROLEXSOUPGIVE
TREATTREEACES
INFRAREDCAMERA
LEGOCULTS
BASEMENTPARTY
LATTEORATEDOE
ORESAMUSEBOWL
GPAIDESTHANES
LASERTAGARENA
SUSHISERB
ASHOTINTHEDARK
BUOYSOREACORN
RAMSSOULSOLID
ALEABELSALSA
Wed 10/22/2025
CAFESRISEGPA
BRUTEIDINARON
DOSANDDONTSORG
OUISUEGETCUTE
ISOMERFIREOPAL
LENAABITRAILS
JIBESPOLES
WORLDSERIES
MARIEIPODS
SUITSSOAPCRAW
OTTOHAHNBREATH
MARMITELEEPLY
ATESEIZETHEDAY
LESMALESAMUSE
IDSMANSBOOTS
Thu 10/23/2025
WOMBSOOFSKPOP
ARIALUNDOALDO
NINJASTERSREDS
NOTEPADSATEASE
ALEXNOTIHES
ERINARGUMENT
COATROOMGOV
LATOSCACABOORS
BMIHALFSTEP
JAMPADERXENA
QEDSECSROSH
JOULESSUNBATHE
URALPICKLEBALL
MEREALOEGOLEM
POETTESSAXLES
Fri 10/24/2025
PARERALPSTRAY
EDUCEPARACHUTE
PANZAARTFORGER
SPEEDSGEESE
ITSMYTREATEMAJ
ASIAMYSPACE
LAPECIGSKIRTS
IDONTKNOWCANYOU
MIRAGEBAHTIRS
BETTORSROEG
OUSTSTENOPOOLS
ETHERLASHUP
PATRIOTICROYCE
TCHOTCHKEKLEIN
SEENKOANSOSAD
Sat 10/25/2025
RAMADANBPLUSES
IHAVETOBEHONEST
BIDENPRESIDENCY
STARTSTOLESAL
HUMSGETTOHOPE
ONEDAMESCARET
TAXFILERPOISES
ICANTTALK
BOSSESHINDUGOD
ARCHYBANDSENO
DDAYSANKABASE
MELNURSEPUREE
OREGONTERRITORY
JUNIOREXECUTIVE
OPENBARRASSLED
Sun 10/26/2025 Talkin' 'Bout My Generation
SCRAPPASTAEPICGABE
LOOSEARRAYPARRETON
RIGHTONTIMESTREETROD
NETTLESSKITSTRIKE
ROIDSCHILLINTHEAIR
NEDTHERMOASIA
ATTSERVERNOMOLAF
GHOSTBUSTERSBEEPMIB
EXPOTETACAINIBBLE
BUCFABFOURAVARICE
STANLAURELFLYBYNIGHT
KENDOLLSEAFOODSTU
YEASTSSTAYRUBOILS
SUNHOLESNACKCOUNTER
PACEYEACHITONYES
ASTITEENIETSA
SHIPPINGLANESWICCA
PORTIASARITIERACK
UNIONREPSSPLITSECOND
MONSALOELEAPTWIRED
ERASSITSEENSYSANER
Mon 10/27/2025
FRYBANFFLEWIS
LEEFLIEROPINE
UPSFALLEQUINOX
FENSLIEUTEN
FLOORWAXAMAS
ROIADAPTER
BESTOFALLRHODE
OUTFIREFOXRNS
TRAITMIAMIHEAT
SORROWSASA
REPOFORTKNOX
REPLOISAONE
SIDEEFFECTSTIN
ASIANFRAMEECO
LENTOSYRIADEN

Hey everyone! This is my third puzzle for The New York Times, which I made in the first weeks of 2025 and which was accepted (to my surprise!) in late March.

But today I don't want to talk about this puzzle. Let me take you back to November 9, 2024 - the end of a full-day high school marching band competition, when I felt exhausted on the bus ride home. Midway through, I got a surprise email from someone named Joel Fagliano. I instantly recognized his name as one of the Games editors at The Times. My heart was already racing from the competition, but I opened the email nonetheless. It turned out he was asking me to write a crossword for a Times-branded puzzle book titled Puzzle Mania!. I couldn't contain my excitement. Just a year earlier, I could never have imagined having a puzzle in The Times newspaper, but now the editor himself was inviting me to contribute to a book - an opportunity I never expected in my lifetime.

Fast forward to October 21, 2025: the book has been released, complete with my byline! It's available in most bookstores across the country. I am eternally grateful to Joel Fagliano for giving me the chance and platform to write a puzzle (and I believe I am the youngest constructor in the book!!).

With that aside, my first few months as a freshman at San Diego State University have been truly wonderful. I've made many friends and joined several biomedical and cultural organizations. Being a psychology/neuroscience honors student on the pre-med track has opened up countless avenues on campus, but I'm still looking for more ways to make a tangible impact on my community. I am currently in the midst of a clinical volunteering/internship/research/shadowing search in the San Diego area, and I hope any would-be employers enjoy this puzzle!

I'd love for you to reach out to me at tarunlive@live.com or on Instagram at @thetarunkrish to collaborate on crosswords, discuss potential biomedical opportunities, chat about the state of the world, or just talk about anything else.

And, as always, thanks for solving!

P.S. I am working on another big project with the Games team- stay tuned in 2026 :)

Tue 10/28/2025
TERMSIRIOWES
ALOEONSETPATH
ZEBRACOLTSECHO
OMELETBARINKER
IRASOFAFORT
REMNANTANA
AVATEAPOTCAPT
PIXIECHODECOR
SLIMSTOPMEARI
SITSOBBING
TOGOCUPSBTU
BRODYRATIONALE
OCHOJEWELRYBOX
NAANESTEEALDI
ESMETSOSNYET
Wed 10/29/2025
RAPIDSAYSIMP
ABASEOREOMEH
RIGHTOFFTHEBAT
ETAESTIODINE
NUCLEIIBIS
LIGHTONHISFEET
ICONSONNY
FEDORAPEASTP
ETSENDSPHERE
SATUPIWIN
UPONREFLECTION
NANOFALLEN
TREBLECIOGRU
RAISETHESTAKES
ODDSTUBHAILS
DEASUMOSATYR
Thu 10/30/2025
DESKPAMPAIMAM
ATONARIELWAKE
SHUEDRANOOKRA
HOTWIRENOONEON
ISHRESTAFFANT
ELKTAMABC
SPREESUEGRAMP
CANADABEAMED
ACESTAHOENERF
MERETREKSDOCS
PARAGON
BOSSYAROORCAS
AROARITOTOAST
DEFYINGGRAVITY
GOTATANLATERON
ESCHEWSEYESORE
Fri 10/31/2025
TONSSOFAEJECT
GREATAPESBUSHY
ICEWATERSEATUP
FADTINAENRAGE
LAURELTREE
STEMMEDHUZZAH
ERDADRAPEYOU
GIRLSCOUTTROOPS
AMOIRONSPETE
SPIDERSPEEDOS
LETSBOUNCE
HAILEEACEDBRA
ARRAYADORATION
LEASEIGOTTARUN
TANKSRELOBITE
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