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NYT Crossword October 18 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, October 18 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Beneficiary of early capital7 lettersSee answer ›8Bless, in a way6 lettersSee answer ›14Close female friend … in relative terms6 lettersSee answer ›20Less than satisfactory, slangily7 lettersSee answer ›21Like some cyborg parts6 lettersSee answer ›22Extended play?6 lettersSee answer ›23Heyhowareyou14 lettersSee answer ›25Journalist Michele with two Peabody Awards6 lettersSee answer ›26Walkers, informally4 lettersSee answer ›27Send5 lettersSee answer ›28Softens with sudden sympathy or affection5 lettersSee answer ›30"Behold," in Latin4 lettersSee answer ›31Bob ___, alter ego of Mr. Incredible4 lettersSee answer ›32"What"12 lettersSee answer ›35Mythical figure whose name means "murmuring rock"7 lettersSee answer ›38Justice ___ Coney Barrett3 lettersSee answer ›39Summer setting in S.F.3 lettersSee answer ›40Party takeaway5 lettersSee answer ›41N.F.L. accolade6 lettersSee answer ›44View spoiler7 lettersSee answer ›49All--can-eat buffet10 lettersSee answer ›51Fiber-rich substance4 lettersSee answer ›53Exam for future docs4 lettersSee answer ›54Fenway squad6 lettersSee answer ›55"Since brass, ___ stone, ___ earth, ___ boundless sea …": Shak.3 lettersSee answer ›56___-mo3 lettersSee answer ›57Steamy6 lettersSee answer ›59Zip3 lettersSee answer ›61It follows a coin toss7 lettersSee answer ›64Zip4 lettersSee answer ›65This19 lettersSee answer ›70Large volume4 lettersSee answer ›71They can make a pronounced difference7 lettersSee answer ›72Bond3 lettersSee answer ›73Historic figure targeted in Stephen King's time-travel novel "11/22/63"6 lettersSee answer ›75Small + or –3 lettersSee answer ›76Apt name for a thief3 lettersSee answer ›78Tree that can be a source of water for thirsty elephants6 lettersSee answer ›83Nibble4 lettersSee answer ›84Brand represented by Happy the Oil Drop4 lettersSee answer ›86See 88-Across10 lettersSee answer ›88Here7 lettersSee answer ›90Admits6 lettersSee answer ›92Follow-up to "Sit!"5 lettersSee answer ›93Off work, for short3 lettersSee answer ›94Figure, informally3 lettersSee answer ›95Making a strong effort7 lettersSee answer ›97Non, ni, 'a'ole12 lettersSee answer ›103Nickname for Ellen or Helen4 lettersSee answer ›104[Beep!]4 lettersSee answer ›105One of the Three Musketeers5 lettersSee answer ›106"S.N.L." alum Gardner5 lettersSee answer ›108Artist who kept a pet ocelot4 lettersSee answer ›112In6 lettersSee answer ›114Taib? Tbia?14 lettersSee answer ›117It's cold in Italy6 lettersSee answer ›118Shifts gears, say6 lettersSee answer ›119Nation bordering the Black Sea7 lettersSee answer ›120Analogue of a delete key6 lettersSee answer ›121In6 lettersSee answer ›122"That ship has sailed"7 lettersSee answer ›

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1Short cut4 lettersSee answer ›2Beep, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›3Undercover?4 lettersSee answer ›4Has regrets about4 lettersSee answer ›5___ Allen, host of "Chopped"3 lettersSee answer ›6Make public, as secret documents6 lettersSee answer ›7Novel form of summer escapism?8 lettersSee answer ›8Connive with, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›9Second-generation Japanese American5 lettersSee answer ›10Alley ___3 lettersSee answer ›11How a boss might communicate new policy7 lettersSee answer ›12With courtesy6 lettersSee answer ›13Immune system agent5 lettersSee answer ›14Toothpaste brand since 19619 lettersSee answer ›15Italian diminutive suffix3 lettersSee answer ›16It turns when driven5 lettersSee answer ›17Logo of the W.N.B.A.'s New York Liberty5 lettersSee answer ›18Name found in "Americana"5 lettersSee answer ›19Go back to square one5 lettersSee answer ›24Sex symbol of the 1950s-'60s, familiarly7 lettersSee answer ›29Hypercompetitive and driven, say5 lettersSee answer ›31Staff9 lettersSee answer ›33Street application3 lettersSee answer ›34Indigenous people of the Salt Lake Valley3 lettersSee answer ›35Weak, as an excuse4 lettersSee answer ›36"Ibis" poet4 lettersSee answer ›37Bob who painted "Cabin at Sunset," which sold for over $1 million to benefit public media4 lettersSee answer ›40Fragrant holiday purchase3 lettersSee answer ›42Gawker8 lettersSee answer ›43Goody-goody sort7 lettersSee answer ›45Young salmon5 lettersSee answer ›46Eight-related5 lettersSee answer ›47Like Amazon forests, typically5 lettersSee answer ›48Series finale?3 lettersSee answer ›50Maze's goal4 lettersSee answer ›51Comes into one's own8 lettersSee answer ›52[So-o-o funny!]4 lettersSee answer ›56Reason to head for the hills7 lettersSee answer ›58Drill9 lettersSee answer ›60"Geaux Tigers!" sch.3 lettersSee answer ›62John M. ___, director of 2024's "Wicked"3 lettersSee answer ›63Showing signs of working out, say3 lettersSee answer ›65"Let's do this!"5 lettersSee answer ›66Use a divining rod5 lettersSee answer ›67Midwest birthplace of Marlon Brando5 lettersSee answer ›68Buddies, in Bayonne4 lettersSee answer ›69Wisecrack4 lettersSee answer ›73Musical Yoko3 lettersSee answer ›74Big bang source9 lettersSee answer ›77Like London's Kew Gardens7 lettersSee answer ›79Surprised greeting4 lettersSee answer ›80Word with black or coffee4 lettersSee answer ›81Covenant keepers4 lettersSee answer ›82Something in which you might stand for a spell3 lettersSee answer ›85"Lay it on me"5 lettersSee answer ›87Ousted, democratically8 lettersSee answer ›89Sushi topper3 lettersSee answer ›90Boutonniere counterpart7 lettersSee answer ›91Eccentric3 lettersSee answer ›94Many a modern-day septuagenarian6 lettersSee answer ›96Pricing game on "The Price Is Right"6 lettersSee answer ›97Avatar, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›98Smash hit5 lettersSee answer ›99Teresa of ___5 lettersSee answer ›100Sacred Sanskrit texts5 lettersSee answer ›101Card game played in Dickens's "The Pickwick Papers"5 lettersSee answer ›102Drew back5 lettersSee answer ›107Website with a "Star Seller" program4 lettersSee answer ›108Binary4 lettersSee answer ›109Setting for most of the TV series "Pachinko"4 lettersSee answer ›110Time for a social media break, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›111___ fixe4 lettersSee answer ›113Office address abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›115Cupcake, in Ireland3 lettersSee answer ›116Not to3 lettersSee answer ›