New York Times Crossword Answers

Monday, October 5 2026 · Updated today

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78 CLUES

Please find below all the New York Times Crossword answers for October 5 2026. In total there are 78 clues. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation.

Across

1Write on stone, maybe4 letters 5Request at the bottom of an invitation4 letters 9Follower of Jah, informally5 letters 14"Me neither"4 letters 15Great Plains tribe4 letters 16Set of moral principles5 letters 17Famous ___ cookies4 letters 18Downfall in pinball4 letters 19Course for future therapists, for short5 letters 20Spot to work out knotted muscles12 letters 23U.F.O. occupants, in brief3 letters 24Yank3 letters 25Reach quickly, as a conclusion6 letters 29Internet meme feline6 letters 31"___ your mouth!"4 letters 33Stadium cheer3 letters 34Holiday at the end of Ramadan, informally3 letters 35Memphis barbecue staple9 letters 37Military rank above cpl.3 letters 38Tusked animals5 letters 39Squiggle shape3 letters 40Key to Aladdin's success9 letters 42___ Paulo, Brazil3 letters 43Before, poetically3 letters 44Acorn growers4 letters 45Dress seen at Oktoberfest6 letters 48Black ___ (some spiders)6 letters 50Mental cloud3 letters 51Drag performer's accessory3 letters 52"Ah, that's where things get difficult" … or what can be said about 20-, 35- and 40-Across?12 letters 56Singer Baker5 letters 59When Fantine sings "I Dreamed a Dream" in "Les Misérables"4 letters 60Block toy with its own chain of theme parks4 letters 61Bathroom door sign5 letters 62Occasion for a teen to rent a tux4 letters 63Spot for a wolf pack4 letters 64Weapon in a scabbard5 letters 65Manager of an apt. bldg.4 letters 66Squeaks (by)4 letters

Down

1Tooth covering6 letters 2Fruit, botanically, that's treated as a vegetable6 letters 3One way to sit while meditating11 letters 4Snake's warning4 letters 5Cheap hooch6 letters 6___ Larsson, author of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"5 letters 7Bygone electric Chevy4 letters 8Org. that advocates for "cruelty-free" products4 letters 9Filled to the gills7 letters 10Completely lost5 letters 11Not likely to make the first move, say3 letters 12Unconscious mannerism3 letters 13German outburst3 letters 21Slightly4 letters 22Things you might see when you're not wearing glasses5 letters 26Escape from jail11 letters 27Clickables at the top of a computer screen4 letters 28Exclamations of surprise3 letters 30Commercial lead-in to card4 letters 31Inundates with junk mail5 letters 32Musical instrument in the Guinness logo4 letters 35Luxuriate in a bathtub4 letters 36"___ Window"4 letters 37South Asian dress4 letters 38Nonchalant5 letters 40Kitten's call3 letters 41Ranch worker7 letters 42[Oh, well]4 letters 45Serve a jail sentence6 letters 46Dance craze of the 2010s6 letters 47Hercules had 12 of these6 letters 49Playful aquatic animal5 letters 50Camera lens setting5 letters 53Emulates Big Boi and Lil' Kim4 letters 54Light beige4 letters 55Woods of "Legally Blonde"4 letters 56Reactions to something adorable3 letters 57"Immediately!"3 letters 58"If you ask me …," to a texter3 letters

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