New York Times Crossword Answers

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Today's NYT Crossword Answers

70 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for October 23 2026. In total there are 70 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Have serious plans8 letters 9One of the fam5 letters 14Annual appraisal statement9 letters 15Positioned to win5 letters 16Track event won by the fastest four legs9 letters 17Marvel Comics villain with an explosive superpower5 letters 18American court org.4 letters 19Ensemble piece9 letters 21Some sous-chef scraps5 letters 23Three-time Olympic figure skating champion5 letters 24A.M. cupfuls3 letters 26Band at a Jimmy Buffett concert?3 letters 28"America's Largest Classroom"3 letters 29Cinch4 letters 30With whom one pools pounds for quarters8 letters 33Copy5 letters 34Count to 10, perhaps7 letters 35Opposite of proud7 letters 37Get past a paywall, say5 letters 38Boundaries between areas with different amounts of coverage8 letters 40Healing agent4 letters 41Hardly worth mentioning3 letters 42Counterpoint segue3 letters 43One who's left at the polls, informally?3 letters 44Bobby ___, first recipient of the Best New Artist Grammy Award (1960)5 letters 46Plague that precedes lice in Exodus5 letters 50"Let go of unrealistic expectations," e.g.9 letters 53Fabled example of poor competition strategy4 letters 54Actress Amanda of "Easy A"5 letters 55Penalty for exceeding a payroll threshold, in sports lingo9 letters 57Cartoonish bouncing sound5 letters 58"Hang on a sec"9 letters 59They can help one get a leg up, informally5 letters 60What all the buzz is about?8 letters

Down

1___ days (times past)5 letters 2Emma ___, protagonist of "A Woman of Substance"5 letters 3"Don't believe one word of that!"10 letters 4"I'm afraid not, laddie"3 letters 5Actress Sedgwick4 letters 6Word with comb or towel5 letters 7"Your offer is too good to refuse"7 letters 8Minestrone morsel9 letters 9Dwelling for clergy5 letters 10"The most beautiful river on earth," per Thomas Jefferson4 letters 11One may sit near a bench marking time9 letters 12Strap-and-buckle shoes named for a comic strip character who wore them9 letters 13Bother3 letters 14Beat but good4 letters 20Daughter of one's 9-Across3 letters 22Firmly committed to5 letters 25Beat a map app's arrival time estimate, say4 letters 27Global fiscal policy org.3 letters 29Poetic device with inexact sound-alikes10 letters 30"Ha! Betcha didn't see that coming!"9 letters 31Abnormal talkativeness9 letters 32Lingering aura of success9 letters 33Most important5 letters 34"Thou art fairer than the evening air ___ in the beauty of a thousand stars": Marlowe4 letters 36Said with a wink, say3 letters 39Reddish fish sometimes served tartare7 letters 41"Dang!"3 letters 44Pieces in the game Othello5 letters 45Scraps5 letters 47Writer of the story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"5 letters 48Funds for research5 letters 49Cellphone hot line?4 letters 51Care for4 letters 52Remedy for deflation4 letters 54Kind of joint associated with smoking, informally3 letters 56Pulitzer-winning biographer Chernow3 letters

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