New York Times Crossword Answers

Wednesday, October 28 2026 · Updated today

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86 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for October 28 2026. In total there are 86 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1"Futurama" robot6 letters 7Stadium shouts4 letters 11Like some vaccines4 letters 15Colored part of an eye6 letters 16Fish whose name is a synonym for "complain"4 letters 17Gullible sort4 letters 18Jack Torrance, in "The Shining"11 letters 20Machu Picchu constructor4 letters 21Not remain silent, maybe3 letters 22Top choices?4 letters 23Customary behaviors5 letters 24Dr. Frankenstein, in 1931's "Frankenstein"16 letters 29First in a line of 14 popes4 letters 30Draft cattle4 letters 31Not in financial trouble6 letters 34___ riser5 letters 37Dollop3 letters 40With 44-Across, Veronica Quaife, in "The Fly"10 letters 42Prefix with presence or science4 letters 43Light hit at the plate4 letters 44See 40-Across10 letters 47Combine3 letters 48Megastar's venue5 letters 50Slopes to the side6 letters 51Isolate, in corporate-speak4 letters 53"Stop," as said to someone filling a cup4 letters 54Jigsaw, in "Saw"16 letters 62Silently acknowledge5 letters 63Wallop4 letters 64Matcha or Darjeeling3 letters 65Affectedly cute4 letters 66Indicators of irony … or a way to describe the answers to 18-, 24-, 40-/44- and 54-Across?11 letters 70United Arab Emirates neighbor4 letters 71Visibility impediment4 letters 72Boxing match result, maybe6 letters 73Join securely4 letters 74Historian's segments4 letters 75Cut up6 letters

Down

1Religion with the key text Kitáb-i-Aqdas5 letters 2Build, as a building5 letters 3Old-timey "Darn!"5 letters 4One chasing the big bucks?3 letters 5Aboveground transports3 letters 6Colonial rule in India3 letters 7Brownish-yellow shade5 letters 8Hawaii's sixth-largest island5 letters 9German artist Max5 letters 10Profession in many Hitchcock films3 letters 11M.L.B. player whose cap has an orange visor6 letters 12Shuffling dance move popular in the 1990s10 letters 13"Abbott Elementary" airer5 letters 14One might be month-to-month5 letters 19"It's so clear," in slang4 letters 23Like some seals4 letters 25In the air5 letters 26King who disowns Cordelia4 letters 27Speck4 letters 28San José sun3 letters 31Popular band that had a 40-year gap (1981-2021) between its last two studio albums4 letters 32Fight à la the Capulets and Montagues4 letters 33Finalizes the business agreement, say10 letters 34Site of a tempting offer4 letters 35Pokémon critter with a yellow snout and short, pointed ears4 letters 36Jedi of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"3 letters 38"Consider this taken care of"4 letters 39Actions at auctions4 letters 41"___ got bad news"3 letters 42Member of the genus Pongo, informally5 letters 45Like a used grill4 letters 46Pet pest4 letters 48Etta James, vocally4 letters 49Cause a stink?3 letters 52Plan (to)6 letters 53Word with freeze or hike4 letters 54Being dragged along5 letters 55"Knock my socks off!"5 letters 56___ Isaac, Dr. Frankenstein portrayer in Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein"5 letters 57City square5 letters 58They might be shaped like minnows or flies5 letters 59Top-level storage space5 letters 60Group of antlered deer, humorously5 letters 61Made less severe5 letters 66The Beatles' "___ Came in Through the Bathroom Window"3 letters 67Jalen Hurts and Joe Montana, for two, informally3 letters 68Something to click3 letters 69Sí, across the Pyrenees3 letters

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