New York Times Crossword Answers

Friday, October 2 2026 · Updated today

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Today's NYT Crossword Answers

70 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for October 2 2026. In total there are 70 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Important figure on staff?4 letters 5Photographer's inits.3 letters 8"For real"5 letters 13Funky-smelling4 letters 14Sugar substitute?10 letters 16Within4 letters 17Core-focused workout in a humid room10 letters 18Unit of sound intensity3 letters 19Like Mitt Romney and Ken Jennings6 letters 20Lead-in to "coin" for a major cryptocurrency4 letters 21"Whew!"8 letters 23Whose fault your mistake might be6 letters 25Hybrid cat5 letters 26Member of a noble family5 letters 28Request after eating a habanero, perhaps4 letters 29What comes from needing little, per Epictetus6 letters 31Small dosage amts.3 letters 34Question posed at the end of a successful job interview15 letters 37Waze ways: Abbr.3 letters 38Spends a long time in front of the mirror, maybe6 letters 39Inkling4 letters 40Word with cane or corn5 letters 41Villainous expression5 letters 42Home to the Basilica of St. Clare6 letters 45Highly controlling?8 letters 48Like a golf course, regularly4 letters 49Snap, crackle and pop6 letters 51___ Cup, tournament established in the 2020s3 letters 52"Never been better!"10 letters 54Site of a 1956 international conflict4 letters 55Animal chased by Toto in "The Wizard of Oz"10 letters 56Key in a chain4 letters 57Figure with three faces, in Dante5 letters 58Brief bit3 letters 59They're stretched out before some workouts4 letters

Down

1Hard-shelled delicacies9 letters 2Public eye9 letters 3Written posts?9 letters 4Stoked3 letters 5Like some enemies5 letters 6"I need to get a word in!"15 letters 7Possible result of a default4 letters 8Before3 letters 9Not stop at the end of a chapter, say6 letters 10Suffragist Harriet Taylor ___5 letters 11One doing the lord's work?5 letters 12Words of affirmation5 letters 14"Skedaddle!"4 letters 15Condition that can be caused by excess earwax8 letters 19Debussy's "La ___"3 letters 22Jay ___, singer of the 2009 #1 hit "Down"4 letters 24Sounds from fans4 letters 27Clip follower4 letters 29Some weather service messages8 letters 30"Wheat Capital" of Oklahoma4 letters 31Label on some domestic products9 letters 32Eco-friendly area around a city9 letters 33Stares into space9 letters 35Ones doing balancing acts?4 letters 36Windows feature?4 letters 40Pictures6 letters 41Message that might be signaled with smoke3 letters 42Off5 letters 43European capital with layers of Thracian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman history5 letters 44Beads for an athlete5 letters 46Director Lee ___ Chung5 letters 47Neighbor of an Estonian, historically4 letters 50They're sometimes picked for their rarity4 letters 53Wiseman who directed "Ballerina" and "Live Free or Die Hard"3 letters 54___City3 letters

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