This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Thursday, October 23, 2025 (20 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Thursday puzzles often have a trick, such as a rebus (several letters in one square) or answers that bend the rules.
Answer length: 8 squares
First letter
N _ _ _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
N _ _ _ _ _ _ S
Show the answer
About the answer
NOTEPADS as a word: A pad of paper, often bound, in which one jots down notes; a notebook.
NOTEPADS has been an answer once in the NYT Crossword and Mini puzzles we have on file, which go back to October 23, 2025.
More clues from this puzzle
- Button to hit after accidentally deleting an entire manuscript (15 Across)
- International footwear retailer based in Quebec (16 Across)
- Stealthiest of stealthy warriors (17 Across)
- Warren Beatty film based on "Ten Days That Shook the World" (19 Across)
- Relaxed (21 Across)
- "Call Her Daddy" podcast host Cooper (23 Across)
- Words of denial (24 Across)
- "___ Just Not That Into You" (26 Across)
Play today's NYT Crossword at The New York Times
All crossword clues · Today's NYT Crossword answers · Today's Mini answers