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128 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for October 4 2026. In total there are 128 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Neglect to mention4 letters 5"Oh, and ..."4 letters 9Other sock4 letters 13Not much, as of lotion4 letters 17Prefix with technology4 letters 18You'll pay for this!4 letters 19Finishes off4 letters 20Liver's output4 letters 21"10-4"10 letters 24Profiteroles, by another name10 letters 27Fit perfectly10 letters 28Dieter's choice10 letters 29"___ the One" (song on Springsteen's "Born to Run")4 letters 30Tow job, maybe4 letters 33Hurt all over4 letters 34Philippine currency4 letters 35Certain graphical shapes4 letters 36Russian ruler of old4 letters 37One may be teen or false4 letters 39High-powered but lightweight racers10 letters 45Diminutive for "Elizabeth"4 letters 48"Most definitely!," in Mexico City4 letters 49"That's my preference as well"10 letters 50Crushing on4 letters 51"___ there!"4 letters 52"The 12 Days of Christmas" bird4 letters 53Ring4 letters 54Component of wine or vinegar4 letters 55No-nos for many high-profile actors10 letters 58Epoch conclusion?10 letters 61Titanic4 letters 62Central4 letters 63___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park"4 letters 64Pizzicato's opposite, musically4 letters 65Summer cookout dish10 letters 71Classic brand with the slogan "When it rains it pours"10 letters 77Fair4 letters 78Org. created in response to 67-Down4 letters 79Electronic musician Steve4 letters 80Stench4 letters 81Oversupply4 letters 82Takes to task10 letters 85___ cake4 letters 86Son of Adam and Eve4 letters 87Message about a suspicious login, e.g.10 letters 88Mimicked4 letters 89Hawaiian goose4 letters 92Sections of pre-K days4 letters 93Defense in a snowball fight4 letters 95Wedding vows4 letters 96Doc who might screen for HPV4 letters 97Deets4 letters 98Source of the Mississippi River10 letters 103Behaves as if one were going to fail10 letters 109At sea10 letters 11010/4 celebration … as suggested by this grid, which is made up entirely of 10- and 4-letter answers10 letters 111Noun-forming suffix4 letters 112"Ammunition" for a bubble gun4 letters 113Lewis who wrote "The Taste of Country Cooking"4 letters 114Morass4 letters 115"Yuck!"4 letters 116Both digits on Groundhog Day4 letters 117Nails will do it, but not teeth4 letters 118Texting button4 letters

Down

1Weight to bear4 letters 2Ginóbili in the Basketball Hall of Fame4 letters 3Busy with something else10 letters 4Conform10 letters 5"___ girl!"4 letters 6Pillager's plunder4 letters 7Blackthorn berry4 letters 8Drawback to a brownstone10 letters 9What gets a lot of viral views?10 letters 10About 75% of a football field4 letters 11Angry, with "off"4 letters 12Son of Isaac and Rebekah4 letters 13Resident of a Mideast capital10 letters 14Result of 10 – 4, e.g.10 letters 15___ Romeo4 letters 16Tops4 letters 22Ways to go: Abbr.4 letters 23OK4 letters 25Seven-plus-hour exam with a lunch break, in brief4 letters 26Neighbors of delts4 letters 31German article4 letters 32Furry friends4 letters 37Library ID4 letters 38Victor Hugo's religious epic poem4 letters 39Oblique look10 letters 40Ring around the doze-y?10 letters 41Wander4 letters 42Egyptian god of the sun disk4 letters 43Reflective post10 letters 44Beyoncé or Harry Styles, now10 letters 46Agitate4 letters 47Scotch's partner4 letters 56Like most Iranians4 letters 57Say "$%&!," say4 letters 59Kind of score between 300 and 8504 letters 60Ever's partner4 letters 65Dowels, e.g.4 letters 66Wheel support4 letters 67Pioneering satellite launched 10/4/5710 letters 68How some duels are fought10 letters 69Home to a majority of people4 letters 70Downloads that pair with your smartphone?10 letters 71Post office post10 letters 72Move like mud4 letters 73Large photovoltaic arrays10 letters 74Maxim about surviving in a rapidly changing world10 letters 75Cause of "that butterfly feeling"4 letters 76Prefix with "wife" for some influencers4 letters 83"Now ___ me down to sleep"4 letters 84Title for Horatio Magellan Crunch4 letters 90Femme fatale-filled genre4 letters 91Approx.4 letters 93Hall-of-Fame catcher Carlton4 letters 94Start of a fairy tale4 letters 98Gentle soul4 letters 99Son of Adam and Eve4 letters 100Rank of some profs: Abbr.4 letters 101Spectacle4 letters 102"See ya!"4 letters 104Language written from right to left4 letters 105Sisters4 letters 106Style of singing on Louis Armstrong's "Heebie Jeebies"4 letters 107Make4 letters 108Like denim fabric, typically4 letters

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