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NYT Crossword October 19 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Monday, October 19 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Center of the solar system, with "the"3 lettersSee answer ›4"A Fish Called ___"5 lettersSee answer ›9Tiny terror3 lettersSee answer ›12"Where the Wild Things ___"3 lettersSee answer ›13Cafe overhang6 lettersSee answer ›15Hotel booking4 lettersSee answer ›17Supermarket franchise inits.3 lettersSee answer ›18Giving excessive praise and flattery11 lettersSee answer ›20Second-in-command6 lettersSee answer ›22Will of "Arrested Development"6 lettersSee answer ›23Gives the nod3 lettersSee answer ›24Dutch beer brand6 lettersSee answer ›27Bundle of hay4 lettersSee answer ›29Branch plant?4 lettersSee answer ›30"The Raven" writer, in footnotes5 lettersSee answer ›34Used goods disclaimer4 lettersSee answer ›35Urban casual fashion10 lettersSee answer ›37Sombrero or fedora3 lettersSee answer ›38Lout3 lettersSee answer ›39U.K. thank-yous3 lettersSee answer ›40Alias letters3 lettersSee answer ›41"You are correct"10 lettersSee answer ›44Perfect tennis serves4 lettersSee answer ›45Muscle-bone connector5 lettersSee answer ›46Some jeans that aren't Wranglers or Levi's4 lettersSee answer ›47Philosopher Descartes4 lettersSee answer ›48Made some waves?6 lettersSee answer ›50See 61-Across3 lettersSee answer ›51"Is it OK for me to leave?"6 lettersSee answer ›54Home country of Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling6 lettersSee answer ›57Punches the air … or a hint to what 1-Across creates in this puzzle11 lettersSee answer ›61With 50-Across, many a feel-good flick3 lettersSee answer ›62Giveaway, in poker4 lettersSee answer ›63Like a meditation retreat6 lettersSee answer ›64Letter between phi and psi3 lettersSee answer ›65Month with Mother's Day3 lettersSee answer ›66Law school class5 lettersSee answer ›67"You ___ to be there!"3 lettersSee answer ›

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1Uttered4 lettersSee answer ›2Strong desire4 lettersSee answer ›3Tricolored ice cream flavor10 lettersSee answer ›4Floats in the breeze5 lettersSee answer ›5Not home4 lettersSee answer ›6180° from SSE3 lettersSee answer ›7Cacophony3 lettersSee answer ›8Darth Vader's childhood nickname3 lettersSee answer ›9Rule with no exceptions7 lettersSee answer ›10Change places4 lettersSee answer ›11What everyone becomes at the touch of love, per Plato's "Symposium"4 lettersSee answer ›14Little annoyance you might swat at4 lettersSee answer ›16"Rocky III" actor with a mohawk3 lettersSee answer ›19Waves to, e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›21Luau strings, informally4 lettersSee answer ›24Work likely to be shown at an independent cinema7 lettersSee answer ›25Debussy's "La ___"3 lettersSee answer ›26Was fuming mad7 lettersSee answer ›27Thai currency units5 lettersSee answer ›28Sapporo rival5 lettersSee answer ›29Pre-1917 Russian autocrat4 lettersSee answer ›31Antiwar protest10 lettersSee answer ›32Like some wine casks5 lettersSee answer ›33Clear, as a chalkboard5 lettersSee answer ›36Uber ___4 lettersSee answer ›38New York city, county or river6 lettersSee answer ›42Without enthusiasm7 lettersSee answer ›43"Golly!"3 lettersSee answer ›44Elvis Presley's middle name4 lettersSee answer ›49Uses oars4 lettersSee answer ›50Assignments for lawyers and judges5 lettersSee answer ›51Winter hrs. in Wichita3 lettersSee answer ›52Attention-getting sound4 lettersSee answer ›53Simba's mate in "The Lion King"4 lettersSee answer ›54Penny4 lettersSee answer ›55Capital of Qatar4 lettersSee answer ›56In amongst4 lettersSee answer ›58Wager3 lettersSee answer ›59Gold, in Granada3 lettersSee answer ›60Gen ___ (Zoomer's parent)3 lettersSee answer ›