New York Times Crossword Answers

Wednesday, October 7 2026 · Updated today

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Today's NYT Crossword Answers

72 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for October 7 2026. In total there are 72 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1"No seats" sign3 letters 4Dolly Parton vis-à-vis Dollywood5 letters 9___-famous (reel popular?)5 letters 14LOL lite3 letters 15Come again5 letters 16Curry complements5 letters 17Call to cruisers, for short3 letters 18Well-manored men?5 letters 19Some concert refuse5 letters 20Staunchly loyal8 letters 22Solo for a soprano4 letters 23Wrecks beyond repair6 letters 24Popular date night8 letters 28Event-planning platform5 letters 29Big blare3 letters 30"I do"3 letters 31Team with a stadium on the Ohio River4 letters 32"Been there, done that"7 letters 36React with exaggerated surprise ... or how to form the shorter shaded answers from the longer ones13 letters 40Cut back a bit7 letters 41Protein source4 letters 43"That's infuriating!"3 letters 46B.C. neighbor3 letters 47Kid's comeback5 letters 48Macs and wellies, e.g.8 letters 51Snow bunnies are inclined to hit them6 letters 52Spots that may need clearing up4 letters 53Aquaman's domain8 letters 55Brought into being5 letters 57Like the descendants of some dinosaurs5 letters 58In Rio, janeiro starts it3 letters 59Mislead5 letters 60Expression de gratitude5 letters 61Abbr. on a box for an air conditioner3 letters 62Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire5 letters 63Serious schleps5 letters 64Lush3 letters

Down

1Break to pieces7 letters 2Gently scolded8 letters 3Sly reply to "You can't possibly know that!"8 letters 4Knob on an amplifier6 letters 5Becomes good as new5 letters 6Silk shade4 letters 7Stereotypically uncooperative creatures5 letters 8IV sites3 letters 9Collecting org.3 letters 10E-cigarette claim5 letters 11Durable6 letters 12Shin guards protect them6 letters 13Some chemistry lab procedures6 letters 21Vexes6 letters 25Musical artist with the fastest video to reach one billion views on YouTube5 letters 26Helped through a rough patch, with "over"5 letters 27Peck or parsec4 letters 32Patterned fabric5 letters 33Afro-Cuban dance5 letters 34Big name in cloud services3 letters 35Hall with a self-titled daytime talk show6 letters 37Regalia for some queens4 letters 38Monitor closely, with "on"8 letters 39Slowly get familiar with8 letters 42Chuck7 letters 43Pinup icon Betty6 letters 44Arrive out of breath, perhaps6 letters 45Close lookalike6 letters 47Singer Morissette with the 1995 #1 album "Jagged Little Pill"6 letters 49Real swell5 letters 50All-night party attendee5 letters 51In need of tightening, maybe5 letters 54Start to fade4 letters 56Trucker's measure3 letters 57Paycheck fig.3 letters

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