New York Times Crossword Answers

Saturday, October 31 2026 · Updated today

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Today's NYT Crossword Answers

66 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for October 31 2026. In total there are 66 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Couldn't get any higher?9 letters 10Stamp collector?4 letters 14"No need to worry around me"9 letters 15To the point that5 letters 17Drawing pad9 letters 18Opera with the shepherd's song "Io de' sospiri"5 letters 19Brand of oven-baked crackers8 letters 20Subject of a statue near Liverpool's Cavern Club6 letters 21Feel bad3 letters 22Look over3 letters 23Not good, but not bad either3 letters 24Azog the Defiler in "The Hobbit," e.g.3 letters 25Leader with a dacha4 letters 27It feels like it might never end3 letters 28Reason for penalty shootouts3 letters 29Rap group with the 1992 #2 hit "Rump Shaker"13 letters 34Don't stop believing13 letters 35Store with expensive items?13 letters 36One fast with the one-liners3 letters 37Brooks in Hollywood3 letters 38Headed4 letters 40Kinda sorta3 letters 41Cash flow analyst, for short3 letters 42Cheerful person?3 letters 44Trig fig.3 letters 46Schöningen ___, German mine discoveries that may be up to 300,000 years old6 letters 48Instrument in a bell tower8 letters 50Rounded object that's 1-Down with two letters swapped5 letters 51Eisenhower was the first president to use it9 letters 52End of a letter5 letters 531997 animated movie in which John Cusack voiced Dimitri9 letters 54"Hurry!"4 letters 55Part of a surveillance system9 letters

Down

1Rounded object that's 50-Across with two letters swapped5 letters 2Deft6 letters 3That's a good one!15 letters 4Canalplasty docs4 letters 5Some capitol workers, for short9 letters 6Monk's home5 letters 7El Niño feature5 letters 8"Vous ___ ici"4 letters 9Bring home3 letters 10Not making a sound5 letters 11Nobody in particular, in brief4 letters 12"There's no doubt who's going to win"15 letters 13Flavor of some cough drops8 letters 16Surgical tool with a namesake medical journal6 letters 20In a row6 letters 23"Boulevard des Capucines" painter5 letters 26Sphere4 letters 27Boot5 letters 30Born losers6 letters 31It's nicknamed "Land of the Morning Calm"5 letters 32Arrived at via plane9 letters 33Count on one's fingers?4 letters 34Word after Rice or Cocoa8 letters 35Senegalese ___ (hairstyle)6 letters 39Canadian coin, informally6 letters 41Mastery5 letters 42F in physics5 letters 43Stand up5 letters 45Golf's "Slammin' Sammy"5 letters 47"The soul of opera," per Richard Strauss4 letters 48"Do you mind?"4 letters 49Idly look (through)4 letters 51American Airlines Center player, for short3 letters

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