New York Times Crossword Answers

Tuesday, October 6 2026 · Updated today

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77 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for October 6 2026. In total there are 77 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1What a leaky faucet has4 letters 5Hands, informally … or coverings for hands5 letters 10"Not another peep out of you!"4 letters 14Classical Persian poet4 letters 15Nebraska home of Creighton University5 letters 16Between cruise ports, say4 letters 17Intl. oil group4 letters 18Like streakers5 letters 19Deep blue4 letters 20Pale and sickly5 letters 22Have an "aha" moment about3 letters 23Urged (on)5 letters 24One of six, supposedly, for a seer5 letters 25"___ Were a Rich Man"3 letters 26Rear of a boat5 letters 27Lifeless9 letters 30Who said "Revolutions are the locomotives of history"4 letters 33Video game section5 letters 34Pen points4 letters 38Number on a dating profile3 letters 39Gallops into the sunset, say7 letters 41"I've seen better"3 letters 42Attend without a date6 letters 44Sound in polka music6 letters 46Strategic disk game played on a vertical board11 letters 50Music genre for James Brown4 letters 51Device once used with a Blockbuster rental3 letters 52Mission-driven grps., often4 letters 54"___ you listening?"3 letters 55Who said "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth"5 letters 57May honoree3 letters 59Animal with a "mask"7 letters 62A step above amateur7 letters 65Peeved7 letters 66Like italic type7 letters 67With 68-Across, posable plaything ... or a verbal hint to each half of 4-, 7- and 10-Down and 46-Across6 letters 68See 67-Across6 letters

Down

1Is released, as an album5 letters 2Currency in Mumbai5 letters 3Clarifying phrase5 letters 4Interception returned for a touchdown7 letters 5Start of the workweek: Abbr.3 letters 6Saw in one's mind's eye8 letters 7Break for a few minutes8 letters 8Newspaper in New York, L.A. or Seattle, colloquially8 letters 9Bummed out3 letters 10Surf with one's toes off the front of the board7 letters 11What an electric meter measures5 letters 12Cut completely5 letters 13Joseph called "Father of the Symphony"5 letters 21Coin dated with the year of its country's imperial era3 letters 23Latin "is"3 letters 28Put in a row5 letters 29Unapproachable5 letters 30Newsstand purchase, informally3 letters 31In the past3 letters 32Feline adoption option9 letters 35Spur-of-the-moment9 letters 36Arthur of "The Golden Girls"3 letters 37"Zip it!"3 letters 39Place in a hierarchy4 letters 40Midnight's opposite4 letters 43Suffix in the names of many U.S. cities3 letters 45Starbucks keepsake, perhaps3 letters 47Hurdles or high jump, e.g.5 letters 48Loops in, digitally3 letters 49Secure tightly5 letters 50Swiss currency5 letters 53How you may feel after a workout vis-à-vis before5 letters 54Operatic solo4 letters 55Become a member of4 letters 56Subject of introspection4 letters 58Preset camera option4 letters 60___ effect (purported influence of police shows on juries' expectations for forensics)3 letters 61Yoko who participated in a bed-in3 letters 63___ tai3 letters 64Bank with a lion in its logo3 letters

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