New York Times Crossword Answers

Monday, October 19 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 19 2026. In total there are 78 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Center of the solar system, with "the"3 letters 4"A Fish Called ___"5 letters 9Tiny terror3 letters 12"Where the Wild Things ___"3 letters 13Cafe overhang6 letters 15Hotel booking4 letters 17Supermarket franchise inits.3 letters 18Giving excessive praise and flattery11 letters 20Second-in-command6 letters 22Will of "Arrested Development"6 letters 23Gives the nod3 letters 24Dutch beer brand6 letters 27Bundle of hay4 letters 29Branch plant?4 letters 30"The Raven" writer, in footnotes5 letters 34Used goods disclaimer4 letters 35Urban casual fashion10 letters 37Sombrero or fedora3 letters 38Lout3 letters 39U.K. thank-yous3 letters 40Alias letters3 letters 41"You are correct"10 letters 44Perfect tennis serves4 letters 45Muscle-bone connector5 letters 46Some jeans that aren't Wranglers or Levi's4 letters 47Philosopher Descartes4 letters 48Made some waves?6 letters 50See 61-Across3 letters 51"Is it OK for me to leave?"6 letters 54Home country of Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling6 letters 57Punches the air … or a hint to what 1-Across creates in this puzzle11 letters 61With 50-Across, many a feel-good flick3 letters 62Giveaway, in poker4 letters 63Like a meditation retreat6 letters 64Letter between phi and psi3 letters 65Month with Mother's Day3 letters 66Law school class5 letters 67"You ___ to be there!"3 letters

Down

1Uttered4 letters 2Strong desire4 letters 3Tricolored ice cream flavor10 letters 4Floats in the breeze5 letters 5Not home4 letters 6180° from SSE3 letters 7Cacophony3 letters 8Darth Vader's childhood nickname3 letters 9Rule with no exceptions7 letters 10Change places4 letters 11What everyone becomes at the touch of love, per Plato's "Symposium"4 letters 14Little annoyance you might swat at4 letters 16"Rocky III" actor with a mohawk3 letters 19Waves to, e.g.6 letters 21Luau strings, informally4 letters 24Work likely to be shown at an independent cinema7 letters 25Debussy's "La ___"3 letters 26Was fuming mad7 letters 27Thai currency units5 letters 28Sapporo rival5 letters 29Pre-1917 Russian autocrat4 letters 31Antiwar protest10 letters 32Like some wine casks5 letters 33Clear, as a chalkboard5 letters 36Uber ___4 letters 38New York city, county or river6 letters 42Without enthusiasm7 letters 43"Golly!"3 letters 44Elvis Presley's middle name4 letters 49Uses oars4 letters 50Assignments for lawyers and judges5 letters 51Winter hrs. in Wichita3 letters 52Attention-getting sound4 letters 53Simba's mate in "The Lion King"4 letters 54Penny4 letters 55Capital of Qatar4 letters 56In amongst4 letters 58Wager3 letters 59Gold, in Granada3 letters 60Gen ___ (Zoomer's parent)3 letters

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