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NYT Crossword October 21 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, October 21 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Teacher's pet, say, in slang6 lettersSee answer ›7Cumming who won a Tony for "Cabaret"4 lettersSee answer ›11White lie3 lettersSee answer ›14Not well known6 lettersSee answer ›15Driving range?4 lettersSee answer ›16N.H.L.'s Mammoth, on scoreboards3 lettersSee answer ›17Driver's Ed: B11 lettersSee answer ›19Alt tab?3 lettersSee answer ›20Sporty vehicles, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›21Reunion attendee, for short4 lettersSee answer ›22Blunts5 lettersSee answer ›24Crop whose trade contributed to the Opium Wars3 lettersSee answer ›25Parisian permission3 lettersSee answer ›26Tender bend-er7 lettersSee answer ›28Gym: B+13 lettersSee answer ›31___ faire (festival with jousting)3 lettersSee answer ›32Life phase, informally3 lettersSee answer ›33In the thick of4 lettersSee answer ›34Had dinner at home5 lettersSee answer ›37Great sorrow3 lettersSee answer ›38Nutrition sources5 lettersSee answer ›39___ saltado (Peruvian stir-fry dish)4 lettersSee answer ›40Tavern3 lettersSee answer ›41Baby boy3 lettersSee answer ›42Wood shop: A13 lettersSee answer ›46Have the same opinion about7 lettersSee answer ›47Chemical suffix that indicates a double bond3 lettersSee answer ›48"A Nightmare on ___ Street"3 lettersSee answer ›51Scene that may begin "Follow that car!"5 lettersSee answer ›52Like a tennis player who didn't even swing, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›54Sneaker brand4 lettersSee answer ›55Province with Niagara Falls: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›56History: A+11 lettersSee answer ›59Look back on with regret3 lettersSee answer ›60At any point4 lettersSee answer ›61Stephen King's telekinetic teen of horror6 lettersSee answer ›62Figures in some rumored landings, for short3 lettersSee answer ›63Short Instagram posting4 lettersSee answer ›64Difficult, as a problem6 lettersSee answer ›

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1Wrecked5 lettersSee answer ›2Like a passionate solver discovering a filled-in airline magazine crossword, say5 lettersSee answer ›3Edvard Munch painting, with "The"6 lettersSee answer ›4Fifth Avenue retailer4 lettersSee answer ›5Mono-3 lettersSee answer ›6Bird that gives pebbles as a courtship gesture7 lettersSee answer ›7Bravo preceder4 lettersSee answer ›8Made public8 lettersSee answer ›9Actress Dowd of "The Handmaid's Tale"3 lettersSee answer ›10"Can I help?"6 lettersSee answer ›11First and last, say8 lettersSee answer ›12"That checks out"8 lettersSee answer ›13Rotten apples8 lettersSee answer ›18Sly look, say4 lettersSee answer ›23Kyiv's country7 lettersSee answer ›25Bake-off need4 lettersSee answer ›27Sch. that's home to Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village3 lettersSee answer ›29Birds with a Baltimore species7 lettersSee answer ›30Physicist Ohm5 lettersSee answer ›34White tuna8 lettersSee answer ›35One that's hard to crack8 lettersSee answer ›36Airline headquartered in Dubai8 lettersSee answer ›37"Are you ready for this?"8 lettersSee answer ›38Fabulous, in slang4 lettersSee answer ›40Info that might include "Originally from ..."3 lettersSee answer ›41Open-air part of a cruise ship7 lettersSee answer ›43More profound6 lettersSee answer ›44Soak slowly4 lettersSee answer ›45Backslide6 lettersSee answer ›49Allowed5 lettersSee answer ›50Fellow crew member5 lettersSee answer ›53Shortcut key4 lettersSee answer ›54Musical lead-in to beat4 lettersSee answer ›57Blvd. crosser3 lettersSee answer ›58Tried for office3 lettersSee answer ›