New York Times Crossword Answers

Tuesday, October 13 2026 · Updated today

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Today's NYT Crossword Answers

72 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for October 13 2026. In total there are 72 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1___ classic ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show" or "Pulp Fiction," e.g.)4 letters 5Spongy wetlands4 letters 9Titleholder5 letters 14Engrave4 letters 15Dirt pie ingredient4 letters 16Greek goddesses of the seasons5 letters 17Optional mission in a video game9 letters 19Gradually eat away5 letters 20Selfless sort8 letters 21Shindig for someone to announce whether they're having a boy or a girl6 letters 23Lie next to4 letters 25Show on which Tina Fey and Seth Meyers have worked as head writers, in brief3 letters 26Tropical cocktail with bananas, strawberries, rum and coconut cream8 letters 31Go downhill fast3 letters 34Feedbag contents4 letters 36Shindig for someone settling into a new home5 letters 40Flips, say7 letters 42Skirt, as an issue5 letters 43Jennifer who wrote "A Visit From the Goon Squad"4 letters 45Auction unit3 letters 46Cowboy's kerchief8 letters 48Show stoppers?3 letters 51Goes bad4 letters 52Shindig for someone who's about to tie the knot6 letters 60Like a dish of veal or chicken dipped in egg and breadcrumbs, then fried in butter8 letters 62Surfers ride them5 letters 63Lunchroom9 letters 64Wolf in "The Jungle Book"5 letters 65Initials on a map until 19914 letters 66Shindig for the cast and crew after filming is done … with a hint to entering this answer and three others in the grid4 letters 68Boxing stats4 letters 69Jazz singer Sylvia4 letters

Down

1___ Millan, celebrity dog trainer5 letters 2Handy5 letters 3High-def flat screen, for short5 letters 4"Ay, ___ the rub"6 letters 5Broth that might come from a dissolved cube8 letters 6Magnetite and bauxite4 letters 7Whole that's greater than the sum of its parts, from the German7 letters 8Barfly3 letters 9Spotted African sprinters8 letters 10Car's honker4 letters 11Longtime Yankee slugger, familiarly4 letters 12Earned4 letters 13Member of a jury4 letters 18Ke Huy ___, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" actor4 letters 21Boss, in Britain3 letters 24Major Iraqi port city5 letters 27Adversary3 letters 28Quiet period4 letters 29Scandinavian capital4 letters 30Toward sunset4 letters 31Mop, as the deck4 letters 32Polynesian brew4 letters 33Smooth out, as a wrinkled shirt4 letters 35Talent broker5 letters 38Mediocre, in modern slang3 letters 39"’Tis entirely likely"8 letters 41Those going along with others' unhealthy habits8 letters 44Item worn with a hazmat suit7 letters 47Negative connector3 letters 49"Curses!"4 letters 50Fibrous connecting tissues6 letters 53Second-largest city in Northern Ireland5 letters 54"Take me ___"5 letters 55Bounds5 letters 56Substitute4 letters 57Ceremonial Maori dance4 letters 58Done4 letters 59Mark left by a whip4 letters 61"Should that be true …"4 letters 63Word before "one's losses" or "both ways"3 letters

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