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NYT Crossword October 28 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, October 28 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1"Futurama" robot6 lettersSee answer ›7Stadium shouts4 lettersSee answer ›11Like some vaccines4 lettersSee answer ›15Colored part of an eye6 lettersSee answer ›16Fish whose name is a synonym for "complain"4 lettersSee answer ›17Gullible sort4 lettersSee answer ›18Jack Torrance, in "The Shining"11 lettersSee answer ›20Machu Picchu constructor4 lettersSee answer ›21Not remain silent, maybe3 lettersSee answer ›22Top choices?4 lettersSee answer ›23Customary behaviors5 lettersSee answer ›24Dr. Frankenstein, in 1931's "Frankenstein"16 lettersSee answer ›29First in a line of 14 popes4 lettersSee answer ›30Draft cattle4 lettersSee answer ›31Not in financial trouble6 lettersSee answer ›34___ riser5 lettersSee answer ›37Dollop3 lettersSee answer ›40With 44-Across, Veronica Quaife, in "The Fly"10 lettersSee answer ›42Prefix with presence or science4 lettersSee answer ›43Light hit at the plate4 lettersSee answer ›44See 40-Across10 lettersSee answer ›47Combine3 lettersSee answer ›48Megastar's venue5 lettersSee answer ›50Slopes to the side6 lettersSee answer ›51Isolate, in corporate-speak4 lettersSee answer ›53"Stop," as said to someone filling a cup4 lettersSee answer ›54Jigsaw, in "Saw"16 lettersSee answer ›62Silently acknowledge5 lettersSee answer ›63Wallop4 lettersSee answer ›64Matcha or Darjeeling3 lettersSee answer ›65Affectedly cute4 lettersSee answer ›66Indicators of irony … or a way to describe the answers to 18-, 24-, 40-/44- and 54-Across?11 lettersSee answer ›70United Arab Emirates neighbor4 lettersSee answer ›71Visibility impediment4 lettersSee answer ›72Boxing match result, maybe6 lettersSee answer ›73Join securely4 lettersSee answer ›74Historian's segments4 lettersSee answer ›75Cut up6 lettersSee answer ›

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1Religion with the key text Kitáb-i-Aqdas5 lettersSee answer ›2Build, as a building5 lettersSee answer ›3Old-timey "Darn!"5 lettersSee answer ›4One chasing the big bucks?3 lettersSee answer ›5Aboveground transports3 lettersSee answer ›6Colonial rule in India3 lettersSee answer ›7Brownish-yellow shade5 lettersSee answer ›8Hawaii's sixth-largest island5 lettersSee answer ›9German artist Max5 lettersSee answer ›10Profession in many Hitchcock films3 lettersSee answer ›11M.L.B. player whose cap has an orange visor6 lettersSee answer ›12Shuffling dance move popular in the 1990s10 lettersSee answer ›13"Abbott Elementary" airer5 lettersSee answer ›14One might be month-to-month5 lettersSee answer ›19"It's so clear," in slang4 lettersSee answer ›23Like some seals4 lettersSee answer ›25In the air5 lettersSee answer ›26King who disowns Cordelia4 lettersSee answer ›27Speck4 lettersSee answer ›28San José sun3 lettersSee answer ›31Popular band that had a 40-year gap (1981-2021) between its last two studio albums4 lettersSee answer ›32Fight à la the Capulets and Montagues4 lettersSee answer ›33Finalizes the business agreement, say10 lettersSee answer ›34Site of a tempting offer4 lettersSee answer ›35Pokémon critter with a yellow snout and short, pointed ears4 lettersSee answer ›36Jedi of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"3 lettersSee answer ›38"Consider this taken care of"4 lettersSee answer ›39Actions at auctions4 lettersSee answer ›41"___ got bad news"3 lettersSee answer ›42Member of the genus Pongo, informally5 lettersSee answer ›45Like a used grill4 lettersSee answer ›46Pet pest4 lettersSee answer ›48Etta James, vocally4 lettersSee answer ›49Cause a stink?3 lettersSee answer ›52Plan (to)6 lettersSee answer ›53Word with freeze or hike4 lettersSee answer ›54Being dragged along5 lettersSee answer ›55"Knock my socks off!"5 lettersSee answer ›56___ Isaac, Dr. Frankenstein portrayer in Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein"5 lettersSee answer ›57City square5 lettersSee answer ›58They might be shaped like minnows or flies5 lettersSee answer ›59Top-level storage space5 lettersSee answer ›60Group of antlered deer, humorously5 lettersSee answer ›61Made less severe5 lettersSee answer ›66The Beatles' "___ Came in Through the Bathroom Window"3 lettersSee answer ›67Jalen Hurts and Joe Montana, for two, informally3 lettersSee answer ›68Something to click3 lettersSee answer ›69Sí, across the Pyrenees3 lettersSee answer ›