New York Times Crossword Answers

Saturday, October 10 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 10 2026. In total there are 70 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Artist whose first two initials stand for "Maurits Cornelis"6 letters 7Get to know a little better, say8 letters 15Kind6 letters 16"Not today, Satan!"8 letters 17Like Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear6 letters 18Place where it's a hoot to raise a family?8 letters 19Part of a swearing-in ceremony4 letters 20Peak overlooking the Grindelwald Valley5 letters 22Do a bad job of helping?4 letters 23Frito ___ (Tex-Mex dish)3 letters 24"Float like a butterfly" and "sting like a bee"7 letters 26Office building abbr.3 letters 27It's a lot for one person to take11 letters 30Was hot (for)8 letters 31Likely gonna5 letters 35Natives call it Muncibeddu, meaning "mountain of mountains"4 letters 36Seattle's W.N.B.A. team5 letters 39Be boastful4 letters 40Member of the winning 2025 Super Bowl team5 letters 42Some 1980s Jane Fonda performances8 letters 44Round and round and round?11 letters 47Este día3 letters 50Determine the going price?7 letters 51London's ___ Gardens3 letters 53"That makes sense now"4 letters 55Patches up, in a way5 letters 56___ Dee, lead role on HBO's "Insecure"4 letters 57Played by oneself8 letters 59Animated character with a signature quiff hairstyle6 letters 61Croupier's query8 letters 62Hide, in a way, as a communication6 letters 63State revenue source8 letters 64Became the beneficiary of6 letters

Down

1Legally prohibit5 letters 2Kind of student9 letters 3In free fall9 letters 4Word with grade or school4 letters 5Prefix with dermis3 letters 6Gate8 letters 7Hip-hop's birthplace, colloquially15 letters 8"What a pity"6 letters 9Sports figure who traditionally wears an orange armband, in brief6 letters 10Some Caltech grads: Abbr.3 letters 11It's seen near a wrist4 letters 12Commoners5 letters 13Start5 letters 14"Buona ___" (bedtime words in Roma)5 letters 21"No more for me, thanks"5 letters 24Like a sketchy person3 letters 25One-named singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills"3 letters 28Flossing brand5 letters 29Walt Disney initially designed it as a utopian city5 letters 30Bit of concert merch3 letters 32Refueling spot9 letters 33Where a wallflower often stands9 letters 34Sounds of pain3 letters 37Podcaster Joe5 letters 381980s chart-topping band with a semi-duplicative name8 letters 41Camera brand named after a goddess3 letters 43Actor Penn3 letters 45Struck6 letters 46Neighbor of Francia6 letters 47Contents of a laugh track5 letters 48John who wrote "BUtterfield 8"5 letters 49Certain snack cake5 letters 52Abated5 letters 54Danny who was UNICEF's's first goodwill ambassador4 letters 56Peruvian ___ Orchid (dog breed)4 letters 58Title of a #1 Rihanna song and #1 SZA album3 letters 60Suffix with morph-3 letters

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