New York Times Crossword Answers

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70 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for October 30 2026. In total there are 70 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

12019 film co-starring Taylor Swift as Bombalurina4 letters 5Like many fringe festival acts4 letters 9Logic components in electric circuits5 letters 14Travel lead-in to "méxico"4 letters 15Aching4 letters 16Aches5 letters 17Invented something, say4 letters 18Aid in evaluating some calls10 letters 20It's been a long time3 letters 21"Didn't we just say goodbye?"10 letters 22Trees whose nuts and leaves are toxic to humans8 letters 24Unrestricted, in a way, in brief3 letters 25___ teeth (proverbial rarity)4 letters 26Running things7 letters 30Like the ingredients in a French chef's mirepoix5 letters 32Classic potluck dish9 letters 34Take on5 letters 35Tony-winning actress Stroker3 letters 36Unmanned NASA craft5 letters 37Places for intertidal ecosystems9 letters 39Bass drum attachment5 letters 40Result of keeping a lid on too long?7 letters 41Push-up targets, informally4 letters 42Sites with clamps and curettes, for short3 letters 43Screens that stream8 letters 47"Hole-sale" outlets?10 letters 50"___ Short Day" ("Wicked" song)3 letters 51Lodging option for a trip with extended family10 letters 52Eye part whose name shares the same etymological root as a throat part4 letters 53Liqueur herb5 letters 54"Happier Than ___" (Billie Eilish hit)4 letters 55They've split4 letters 56Targets of some Audubon cameras5 letters 57Freshness4 letters 58Poses4 letters

Down

1First name that contains four of the first five letters of the alphabet5 letters 2Macronutrient group?5 letters 3Cover-up in an old detective film?10 letters 4Ground cover3 letters 5Pieces of writing from the French for "try"6 letters 6Opposite of agitato, in music5 letters 7Grasps, informally5 letters 8Some hedge shrubs4 letters 9They're at least 170 times hotter than Tabasco sauce12 letters 10Common fix for a prolbem?11 letters 11Alvin and the Chipmunks, e.g.4 letters 12The Kynge's College of Our Ladye of ___ besyde Windesore4 letters 13Grp. of nine, divided in three?3 letters 19Juliet, Ophelia and Desdemona, to an astronomer5 letters 21Take some liberties12 letters 23Monitors for accuracy, just because11 letters 26Goddess referenced in "Aida"4 letters 27Cordless heaters that you might order cords for?10 letters 28Third-largest of Italy's islands, after Sicily and Sardinia4 letters 29It might wind up near a tackle box4 letters 30Colon replacement4 letters 31"Any ___?"4 letters 32Part of a hand4 letters 33Brewer's barrelful3 letters 38Ovens for hops5 letters 41Pentagon ___ (subject of a 1971 Supreme Court ruling)6 letters 43Hindu god with three eyes5 letters 44Specks of dust5 letters 45Kind of sweater5 letters 46Parking spots?5 letters 47Finish line?4 letters 48Eponym of the company that marketed the first escalator4 letters 49Doesn't settle, say4 letters 51World's largest ethnic group3 letters 52Land that goes from coast to coast, in brief3 letters

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