New York Times Crossword Answers

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140 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for October 11 2026. In total there are 140 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Easy putt5 letters 6Clever5 letters 11Exam for a future atty.4 letters 15Boulderer's safety item3 letters 18Muffin alternative5 letters 19Sea surrounding Mykonos6 letters 21Flour in Indian cooking4 letters 22"Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief3 letters 23Some "Star Trek" slang?12 letters 25Infamous Russian mystic8 letters 27Glow up?3 letters 28One might be liquid or frozen5 letters 29Street that might run all the way through town4 letters 31Like most autographs5 letters 32French filmmaker Jacques4 letters 34Secrets known only to E.N.T.s?14 letters 38Depression formed by a volcano's collapse7 letters 41Did a taxing job?7 letters 42C.I.A. forerunner3 letters 43Listened to "Rigoletto" way too many times?12 letters 46Mideast leaders5 letters 48Member of the South Asian diaspora4 letters 49Ocho menos uno5 letters 50Berkeley university, familiarly3 letters 53Rubber stamp go-with6 letters 56Many a David Foster Wallace piece5 letters 58Not gross3 letters 59Wild hogs5 letters 61"___ y plata" (Montana's motto)3 letters 62Sleuth, slangily3 letters 64"A sharp edge recalls a splinter's bite" or "The forest's final revenge is whisper-thin," e.g.?14 letters 69N.K. ___, "Broken Earth" trilogy author7 letters 73Summer in France3 letters 74Person discussed in Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution7 letters 75Spark joy?14 letters 80Educational inst.3 letters 81"Feast," in Arabic3 letters 82Count (up)5 letters 83Slippery swimmer3 letters 85Daniel ___ (children's TV character)5 letters 89"The heart of the internet," per its tagline6 letters 91Handful3 letters 93Those opposed5 letters 95Animated explorer4 letters 96Cornea-reshaping surgery5 letters 98Diwali or Holi?12 letters 101Queen ___ (pop nickname)3 letters 102Bouncing7 letters 105Some hair products7 letters 106Like the world's worst demolition company?14 letters 110Rose bowl?4 letters 111Status after a leadoff walk5 letters 112Drubbing4 letters 113Wibbly-wobbly5 letters 115Hot stone massage location3 letters 118Take a risk8 letters 120A whole bunch of ocean detritus?12 letters 124Tsp. or tbsp.3 letters 125Triumphal monument shape4 letters 126Off-target6 letters 127Family girl5 letters 128Fleur-de-___3 letters 129Luxury goods retailer since 18674 letters 130Needlessly adorns, in an idiom5 letters 131Massachusetts county in which the term "gerrymandering" was first applied5 letters

Down

1Disapproving sounds4 letters 2"Dissent is patriotic" grp.4 letters 3Anti-matter?9 letters 4Overnight stop3 letters 5Made irrelevant7 letters 6___ serif4 letters 7Free-for-all5 letters 8Stress-induced discomfort5 letters 9Stimpy's TV partner3 letters 10Make it?3 letters 11Roundup rope6 letters 12Comics legend behind the Fantastic Four7 letters 13Calls out on social media, slangily3 letters 14Odd-toed ungulate5 letters 15Document used for a travel companion who might sit under a seat11 letters 16Many characters in Pixar's "Elio"6 letters 17"The Bear" matriarch played by Jamie Lee Curtis5 letters 20Rootless7 letters 24Green Egyptian god6 letters 26Get into, as a cab, say6 letters 30DiFranco who made her Broadway debut in "Hadestown"3 letters 33Northernmost arm of the Mediterranean8 letters 35Like a blue moon or blue steak4 letters 36Something to chew on3 letters 37Ship brass8 letters 38Work with Python, say4 letters 39Park and Fifth, e.g.: Abbr.4 letters 40Tennis score following deuce4 letters 44Second-in-command4 letters 45___ Place, female companion of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid4 letters 47Closely examine7 letters 51"Dancing With the Stars" network3 letters 52Cardinals legend Brock3 letters 54With the bow, in music4 letters 55Sullen4 letters 57"Indeed!"7 letters 60Performed exceptionally, in slang3 letters 63Bibliography listing8 letters 65Louvre Pyramid architect3 letters 66Mail Boxes ___3 letters 67Chain that sells climbing gear3 letters 68Only egg-laying mammals besides platypuses8 letters 69Mocking cry4 letters 70"Night" memoirist Wiesel4 letters 71They might be the last to be booked on an airplane11 letters 72Grp. for Commanders and Chiefs3 letters 76Holiday classic starring Will Ferrell3 letters 77Soapmaker's supply3 letters 78Be inclined4 letters 79Cryptid with a Tibetan name4 letters 84Speech therapist's target4 letters 86Frigg and Freyja, e.g.9 letters 87One of the Great Lakes4 letters 88Cleaning cloths4 letters 90Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Flyers6 letters 92Train sound7 letters 93Home services website4 letters 94Dig up dirt, say6 letters 97"Barry Lyndon" director7 letters 99QB's worry: Abbr.3 letters 100Statement by someone who's out of date?7 letters 101Vietnamese sandwich6 letters 103Animals known for their slow metabolism6 letters 104Capital of ancient Troy?3 letters 106Alternative to express5 letters 107Ancient Andeans5 letters 108Like some allergy sprays5 letters 109Splendid5 letters 114Young newts4 letters 116A runner may need to pick it up4 letters 117Charger's option, informally4 letters 119Flop ___ (period of failure)3 letters 121Part of NGO: Abbr.3 letters 122Prefix with cycle3 letters 123Christmas carol contraction3 letters

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