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NYT Crossword October 20 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated October 20 2026

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Every answer from the Tuesday, October 20 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by David Falkowski · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Las ___, Canary Islands6 lettersSee answer ›7Device with an addictive aerosol, for short4 lettersSee answer ›11Plant, as seeds3 lettersSee answer ›14Laid back6 lettersSee answer ›15"Hello ___" (smartphone tagline)4 lettersSee answer ›16"That's terrible!"3 lettersSee answer ›17Campfire cookout, informally11 lettersSee answer ›19Crafty3 lettersSee answer ›20Jake ___, 1980 Oscar-winning role for Robert De Niro7 lettersSee answer ›21[Hey, I can hear you, you know]4 lettersSee answer ›22Criticize very harshly4 lettersSee answer ›25Old-time winter excursion10 lettersSee answer ›27Loosey-goosey3 lettersSee answer ›28Not yet posted, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›29Bit in a nutrition bar3 lettersSee answer ›30Flattering lines?3 lettersSee answer ›31Indian yogurt dish5 lettersSee answer ›34Susceptible to bribery5 lettersSee answer ›38"Seriously, though ..." or a hint to 17-, 25-, 48- and 58-Across15 lettersSee answer ›41Unit of magnetic flux density5 lettersSee answer ›42One who says "Hell if I know!"?5 lettersSee answer ›43Subtle greeting3 lettersSee answer ›44Letter-shaped part of a blueprint3 lettersSee answer ›46Part of every day, in Italy3 lettersSee answer ›47Improvised instrument in folk music3 lettersSee answer ›48Pugilist's pain point, perhaps10 lettersSee answer ›53Serious aversion4 lettersSee answer ›54Make4 lettersSee answer ›55Farm storage building7 lettersSee answer ›57Short-term job3 lettersSee answer ›58Seattle landmark from which Mount Rainier can be seen11 lettersSee answer ›62Exploit3 lettersSee answer ›63What a dawdler may need to pick up, with "the"4 lettersSee answer ›64Further out there6 lettersSee answer ›65Flanders of "The Simpsons"3 lettersSee answer ›66Dust-ups4 lettersSee answer ›67Loud speaker, maybe6 lettersSee answer ›

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1What's shaken in the order to "Shake!"3 lettersSee answer ›2Filled up on3 lettersSee answer ›3Gymnast Suni3 lettersSee answer ›4Virile5 lettersSee answer ›5It's west of the Bering Strait4 lettersSee answer ›6Appears to be going down the drain8 lettersSee answer ›7Overact5 lettersSee answer ›8Mammal with a long ringed tail5 lettersSee answer ›9"We're on!"6 lettersSee answer ›10Tricked3 lettersSee answer ›11Dish with vinegared rice5 lettersSee answer ›12Eyed lustfully5 lettersSee answer ›13Question exclaimed after misfortune5 lettersSee answer ›18One way to spell relief, per ads7 lettersSee answer ›21Crafts, in Córdoba5 lettersSee answer ›22Part of a homecoming parade5 lettersSee answer ›23Big scoop5 lettersSee answer ›24Leaps for Michelle Kwan5 lettersSee answer ›26Fine cigar6 lettersSee answer ›28Hardships6 lettersSee answer ›32Madre's hermana3 lettersSee answer ›33French author ___ de Saint-Exupéry7 lettersSee answer ›35Stealthy spy with a blowgun5 lettersSee answer ›36It may follow deuce5 lettersSee answer ›37Overlook5 lettersSee answer ›39Designer Calvin5 lettersSee answer ›40Hummus bean8 lettersSee answer ›45Piece of goalie gear6 lettersSee answer ›48Started5 lettersSee answer ›49Not leave a bet as is5 lettersSee answer ›50Gave a push5 lettersSee answer ›51"Fire-breather" in the night sky5 lettersSee answer ›52Relays and rallies5 lettersSee answer ›53Shenzi in "The Lion King," e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›56Bottom4 lettersSee answer ›58Luxury resort amenity3 lettersSee answer ›59Relatively short Morse code bit3 lettersSee answer ›60Sign of summer3 lettersSee answer ›61Blunder3 lettersSee answer ›