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NYT Crossword October 17 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Saturday, October 17 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1It has its limits, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›5Award-winning culinary documentary series10 lettersSee answer ›15High number, perhaps4 lettersSee answer ›16Where some family secrets may be written10 lettersSee answer ›17Displaying finesse4 lettersSee answer ›18Actress who plays Trudy on "Mad Men" and Annie on "Community"10 lettersSee answer ›19Mothers in cotes4 lettersSee answer ›20Bedtime attire10 lettersSee answer ›21Silicon Valley V.I.P.7 lettersSee answer ›23Oslo Accords grp.3 lettersSee answer ›24Gold medalist in women's soccer and women's team foil (fencing) at 2024's Olympics, in brief5 lettersSee answer ›25Part of many home improvement projects8 lettersSee answer ›30Fissile rock5 lettersSee answer ›31Party leader?4 lettersSee answer ›32Something seized, for short4 lettersSee answer ›33Outdoor accommodations with flies5 lettersSee answer ›34"One ___" (Elizabeth Bishop poem that repeats the line "The ___ of losing isn't hard to master")3 lettersSee answer ›35Skin care brand from Japan5 lettersSee answer ›36Drive4 lettersSee answer ›37Give credit to4 lettersSee answer ›38Suitable for a game of 20 Questions, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›39Establishments selling craft products?8 lettersSee answer ›41Appears less impressive5 lettersSee answer ›42It's meant to be believed3 lettersSee answer ›43Rich7 lettersSee answer ›45Meet an unmet need10 lettersSee answer ›50___ bowl4 lettersSee answer ›51Queue words10 lettersSee answer ›52Discover alternative4 lettersSee answer ›53Author of the story collections "The Little Disturbances of Man" (1959) and "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute" (1974)10 lettersSee answer ›54___ mess (British dessert)4 lettersSee answer ›55Traditional Passover dish10 lettersSee answer ›56Scot's word meaning "past"4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Academy figure5 lettersSee answer ›2Line of passengers?10 lettersSee answer ›3Relocating to a different country, e.g.10 lettersSee answer ›4Destination for many a rescue10 lettersSee answer ›5Birds whose wings might be folded?6 lettersSee answer ›6Prefix with -trope5 lettersSee answer ›7Modern pen, of a sort4 lettersSee answer ›8Seafood-based ingredient in Eastern cuisines9 lettersSee answer ›9Like someone performing a monologue, maybe7 lettersSee answer ›10Part of the hamstring6 lettersSee answer ›11Fem. or masc.4 lettersSee answer ›12Tunnel (into)4 lettersSee answer ›13Lane in Superman movies4 lettersSee answer ›14Just gets (by)4 lettersSee answer ›22"Psst" and "Go!"4 lettersSee answer ›25Things that ships, computers and wine retailers all have5 lettersSee answer ›26Plant parts that develop as a seedling grows10 lettersSee answer ›27Urban locale that looks out on Ellis Island10 lettersSee answer ›28When anything goes10 lettersSee answer ›29Tie with string4 lettersSee answer ›30One getting ripped off at a venue4 lettersSee answer ›31Poison classification9 lettersSee answer ›35Relative of turquoise4 lettersSee answer ›37Competitor of Venmo7 lettersSee answer ›40Like the herbs on a 55-Across6 lettersSee answer ›41Wimpy friend?6 lettersSee answer ›43"The Duck Variations" playwright5 lettersSee answer ›44Lane in Superman movies5 lettersSee answer ›45States of confusion4 lettersSee answer ›46About4 lettersSee answer ›47Material theorized as a possible cause of ancient Rome's decline, given its widespread use4 lettersSee answer ›48Berate, with "into"4 lettersSee answer ›49___ monster4 lettersSee answer ›