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NYT Crossword October 26 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated October 26 2026

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Every answer from the Monday, October 26 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Mimicking5 lettersSee answer ›6Altered mortgage, for short4 lettersSee answer ›10"___ Abner" of old comics3 lettersSee answer ›13Washer cycle after "wash"5 lettersSee answer ›14___ White, three-time Olympic gold medalist in snowboarding5 lettersSee answer ›15Wedding vow3 lettersSee answer ›16Walled area for a racket sport11 lettersSee answer ›18Aunt, in Tijuana3 lettersSee answer ›19"___ Lips Are Sealed" (1981 Go-Go's hit)3 lettersSee answer ›20Little hopper4 lettersSee answer ›21"It's boiling in here!"5 lettersSee answer ›23Food, water or shelter4 lettersSee answer ›25Band with the 1999 triple-platinum hit "All Star"10 lettersSee answer ›28Political connections3 lettersSee answer ›30"Laughing" beast5 lettersSee answer ›31Sonnets and such5 lettersSee answer ›34Partner of gloom4 lettersSee answer ›36Break off suddenly4 lettersSee answer ›39"Pretty please? I won't ask again"15 lettersSee answer ›42"Absolutely, amigo!"4 lettersSee answer ›43Kids' fun run length, for short4 lettersSee answer ›44Have a knee-jerk response, perhaps5 lettersSee answer ›45Something acute or obtuse5 lettersSee answer ›47Dinghy thingy3 lettersSee answer ›48Played mind games with10 lettersSee answer ›52Post-Christmas event4 lettersSee answer ›56Game with numbered balls5 lettersSee answer ›57"The ___ thickens"4 lettersSee answer ›59Beantown home team, informally3 lettersSee answer ›60"I am the eggman. They ___ the eggmen …" (Beatles lyric)3 lettersSee answer ›61All over the place … or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 25-, 39- and 48-Across11 lettersSee answer ›65Word before "a bird," "a plane" and "Superman!"3 lettersSee answer ›66Actress Shire of the "Godfather" trilogy5 lettersSee answer ›67"Old MacDonald" refrain5 lettersSee answer ›68___ King Cole3 lettersSee answer ›69Contract detail, informally4 lettersSee answer ›70Painter's stand5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Firing offense?5 lettersSee answer ›2Arouse, as interest5 lettersSee answer ›3Make accustomed (to)5 lettersSee answer ›4Hush-hush D.C. org.3 lettersSee answer ›5Bit of derring-do4 lettersSee answer ›6"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff5 lettersSee answer ›7All-vowel French 101 word3 lettersSee answer ›8Sable or mink3 lettersSee answer ›9Before the deadline6 lettersSee answer ›10Vilnius is its capital9 lettersSee answer ›11No-brainer?5 lettersSee answer ›12Reluctant (to)5 lettersSee answer ›14Phishing scheme, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›17Brother on TV's "Bonanza"4 lettersSee answer ›22Bogeymen8 lettersSee answer ›24Having a sharp outline8 lettersSee answer ›26"All ___ Up" (Elvis #1 hit)5 lettersSee answer ›27It's sung in praise4 lettersSee answer ›29Manhattan-based media org.3 lettersSee answer ›31Bedwear, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›32All-vowel French 101 word3 lettersSee answer ›33Blue-book event9 lettersSee answer ›34Partner of wined5 lettersSee answer ›35Suffix for some sugars3 lettersSee answer ›37"Better Call Saul" network3 lettersSee answer ›38___ peeve3 lettersSee answer ›40Reason to give a darn?4 lettersSee answer ›411970s feminist cause, for short3 lettersSee answer ›46Ends a relationship with by suddenly cutting off communication6 lettersSee answer ›47Central Plains tribe4 lettersSee answer ›48Without any toppings5 lettersSee answer ›49To a degree, informally5 lettersSee answer ›50Of the eyes5 lettersSee answer ›51Big name in cosmetics4 lettersSee answer ›53Grill residue5 lettersSee answer ›54Sergeant's superior, slangily5 lettersSee answer ›55Praise to the skies5 lettersSee answer ›58Word with family or fir4 lettersSee answer ›62One may be twist-off3 lettersSee answer ›63Pub pint, perhaps3 lettersSee answer ›64One-named "Chandelier" singer3 lettersSee answer ›