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NYT Crossword October 22 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated October 22 2026

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Every answer from the Thursday, October 22 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by David J. Kahn · Edited by Will Shortz

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1Her breast milk created the Milky Way, in Greek myth4 lettersSee answer ›5Something passed at a charity event3 lettersSee answer ›8Bratty6 lettersSee answer ›14Some supermarkets, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›15What makes her hear?3 lettersSee answer ›16Island capital that's an anagram for a word meaning "steamy baths"6 lettersSee answer ›17*It may precede or follow "a million"8 lettersSee answer ›19*Line used in plotting points6 lettersSee answer ›20Dawn hrs.3 lettersSee answer ›21Succeeds without really trying6 lettersSee answer ›23Small grouse3 lettersSee answer ›24Nursery cry3 lettersSee answer ›25ZipRecruiter client5 lettersSee answer ›26Like some flaws5 lettersSee answer ›28By ___ (barely)5 lettersSee answer ›30*Trendy9 lettersSee answer ›32Pre-euro money4 lettersSee answer ›33Confection whose name is a contraction5 lettersSee answer ›34*Weapon in "Ivanhoe"7 lettersSee answer ›38*Second letter addendum, for short7 lettersSee answer ›42"Oz the Great and Powerful" director, 20135 lettersSee answer ›44Display, with "out"4 lettersSee answer ›45*Subs9 lettersSee answer ›49The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows," to "Wouldn't It Be Nice"5 lettersSee answer ›50Tablets that can't be swallowed5 lettersSee answer ›51Volkswagen compact5 lettersSee answer ›53"Who knew?!"3 lettersSee answer ›54Richard Branson, for one3 lettersSee answer ›55Tops of palaces?6 lettersSee answer ›56Unhealthy3 lettersSee answer ›57*Inventory clearance option6 lettersSee answer ›60"Forget it!" ... or a phonetic hint to aligning seven answers in this puzzle with their starred clues8 lettersSee answer ›62Like Alban Berg's opera "Lulu"6 lettersSee answer ›63When said five times, an Abba song3 lettersSee answer ›64Region that produces Riesling wine4 lettersSee answer ›65Core beliefs6 lettersSee answer ›66French possessive3 lettersSee answer ›6735mm options4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Was unable to go further8 lettersSee answer ›2Extreme boastfulness8 lettersSee answer ›3Instrument heard at Rosh Hashana services8 lettersSee answer ›4Wood used in making guitar bodies3 lettersSee answer ›5World capital known as the "City for Peace"5 lettersSee answer ›6World capital that's home to the Kocatepe Mosque6 lettersSee answer ›7Attachments to mortarboards7 lettersSee answer ›8Lead-in to much4 lettersSee answer ›9Late psychedelic artist Peter3 lettersSee answer ›10Fraternity letter3 lettersSee answer ›11Understands, despite efforts at concealment6 lettersSee answer ›12Dr. Seuss character in a red hat6 lettersSee answer ›13Step on it6 lettersSee answer ›18Post-marathon problem4 lettersSee answer ›22Disney street-smart mutt5 lettersSee answer ›26Bit of red tape4 lettersSee answer ›27Old pros6 lettersSee answer ›29Hallowed6 lettersSee answer ›31___ shu pork3 lettersSee answer ›35Dinghy gear4 lettersSee answer ›36"O ____ babbino caro" (Puccini aria)3 lettersSee answer ›37Thumbs Up or Thinking Face5 lettersSee answer ›39First out8 lettersSee answer ›40Item in a miniature collector's collection8 lettersSee answer ›41Team with the most Super Bowl wins in the 1970s8 lettersSee answer ›43"Seriously!"7 lettersSee answer ›45Alternative to boo6 lettersSee answer ›46Analgesic agent6 lettersSee answer ›47Brando with two Oscars6 lettersSee answer ›48Took big steps6 lettersSee answer ›49Big blowout4 lettersSee answer ›52___ de asador (Mexican meal)5 lettersSee answer ›55Some info on bus. cards4 lettersSee answer ›58Apt letters missing from j_i_ _d3 lettersSee answer ›59Tumbler's surface3 lettersSee answer ›61Ding-dong3 lettersSee answer ›