New York Times Crossword Answers

Wednesday, October 14 2026 · Updated today

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Today's NYT Crossword Answers

78 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for October 14 2026. In total there are 78 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Hot stuff5 letters 6Target4 letters 10Worshiper's locale, at times4 letters 14Poe's middle name5 letters 15Lingerie material4 letters 16Glimpse4 letters 17Response to "Good morning, everybody!"10 letters 19Glazier's product4 letters 20Consumed3 letters 21Debunked "facts"5 letters 22Amish, Shakers and others5 letters 23Long (for)4 letters 24Former Mideast bigwig4 letters 25Response to "Let's get this meeting going"13 letters 30Wrap, as rope4 letters 32Word before or after butt4 letters 33Flesh and blood3 letters 34Tree with edible nuts5 letters 36"A conversation carried out by other means," per Peter Ustinov3 letters 37Give in5 letters 39Triumphant cry3 letters 40Prefix with -meter4 letters 42Chilean money4 letters 43Response to "Why is everyone ignoring me?"13 letters 48Small valley4 letters 49They may be subject to inflation4 letters 50Flora and fauna, collectively5 letters 52Sharp part of a kite5 letters 54Chicago sights, for short3 letters 57Apartment option4 letters 58Reaction to the unsuccessful "conversation" in this puzzle10 letters 60Off base?4 letters 61___ test4 letters 62Isolated5 letters 63Befuddled state4 letters 64Deep-six4 letters 65Source of strength and resilience5 letters

Down

1Bygone Mesoamerican civilization4 letters 2Oodles4 letters 3Affix, in a way4 letters 4Besmirch3 letters 5Low on red blood cells, perhaps6 letters 6It's in wheat, but not buckwheat6 letters 7Requirement for a juror4 letters 8Wild cards, at times4 letters 9Took the helm3 letters 10Look6 letters 11Dandy10 letters 12Label on an email folder4 letters 13Scratches (out)4 letters 18Talkative bird4 letters 22Like a good tree or a bad deal5 letters 23Three-season star of the New York Cosmos4 letters 24Word before green or after Red3 letters 25Literary title character who's mostly unseen10 letters 26Pronoun with two homophones5 letters 27Curse3 letters 28Mechanic's canfuls4 letters 29Edit menu command4 letters 30Shoot the breeze4 letters 31Locale of the Battleship Missouri Memorial4 letters 35Who "turned my whole world upside down," in a 1970s rock hit5 letters 36"Rugrats" dad3 letters 38Announcements in The Economist, for short4 letters 41"What a riot!," in brief3 letters 44Irk6 letters 45Something to hum6 letters 46Sikorsky of aviation fame4 letters 47Cuban drums6 letters 50Unexciting4 letters 51"American Gothic" setting4 letters 52First word of "Ode on a Grecian Urn"4 letters 53Way off4 letters 54Alma mater for George Orwell and Hugh Laurie4 letters 55Cue from a cuer4 letters 56Hearty dish4 letters 58Ball3 letters 59Hollywood's Roth or Wallach3 letters

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