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NYT Crossword October 7 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, October 7 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Ben Zimmer · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1"No seats" sign3 lettersSee answer ›4Dolly Parton vis-à-vis Dollywood5 lettersSee answer ›9___-famous (reel popular?)5 lettersSee answer ›14LOL lite3 lettersSee answer ›15Come again5 lettersSee answer ›16Curry complements5 lettersSee answer ›17Call to cruisers, for short3 lettersSee answer ›18Well-manored men?5 lettersSee answer ›19Some concert refuse5 lettersSee answer ›20Staunchly loyal8 lettersSee answer ›22Solo for a soprano4 lettersSee answer ›23Wrecks beyond repair6 lettersSee answer ›24Popular date night8 lettersSee answer ›28Event-planning platform5 lettersSee answer ›29Big blare3 lettersSee answer ›30"I do"3 lettersSee answer ›31Team with a stadium on the Ohio River4 lettersSee answer ›32"Been there, done that"7 lettersSee answer ›36React with exaggerated surprise ... or how to form the shorter shaded answers from the longer ones13 lettersSee answer ›40Cut back a bit7 lettersSee answer ›41Protein source4 lettersSee answer ›43"That's infuriating!"3 lettersSee answer ›46B.C. neighbor3 lettersSee answer ›47Kid's comeback5 lettersSee answer ›48Macs and wellies, e.g.8 lettersSee answer ›51Snow bunnies are inclined to hit them6 lettersSee answer ›52Spots that may need clearing up4 lettersSee answer ›53Aquaman's domain8 lettersSee answer ›55Brought into being5 lettersSee answer ›57Like the descendants of some dinosaurs5 lettersSee answer ›58In Rio, janeiro starts it3 lettersSee answer ›59Mislead5 lettersSee answer ›60Expression de gratitude5 lettersSee answer ›61Abbr. on a box for an air conditioner3 lettersSee answer ›62Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire5 lettersSee answer ›63Serious schleps5 lettersSee answer ›64Lush3 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Break to pieces7 lettersSee answer ›2Gently scolded8 lettersSee answer ›3Sly reply to "You can't possibly know that!"8 lettersSee answer ›4Knob on an amplifier6 lettersSee answer ›5Becomes good as new5 lettersSee answer ›6Silk shade4 lettersSee answer ›7Stereotypically uncooperative creatures5 lettersSee answer ›8IV sites3 lettersSee answer ›9Collecting org.3 lettersSee answer ›10E-cigarette claim5 lettersSee answer ›11Durable6 lettersSee answer ›12Shin guards protect them6 lettersSee answer ›13Some chemistry lab procedures6 lettersSee answer ›21Vexes6 lettersSee answer ›25Musical artist with the fastest video to reach one billion views on YouTube5 lettersSee answer ›26Helped through a rough patch, with "over"5 lettersSee answer ›27Peck or parsec4 lettersSee answer ›32Patterned fabric5 lettersSee answer ›33Afro-Cuban dance5 lettersSee answer ›34Big name in cloud services3 lettersSee answer ›35Hall with a self-titled daytime talk show6 lettersSee answer ›37Regalia for some queens4 lettersSee answer ›38Monitor closely, with "on"8 lettersSee answer ›39Slowly get familiar with8 lettersSee answer ›42Chuck7 lettersSee answer ›43Pinup icon Betty6 lettersSee answer ›44Arrive out of breath, perhaps6 lettersSee answer ›45Close lookalike6 lettersSee answer ›47Singer Morissette with the 1995 #1 album "Jagged Little Pill"6 lettersSee answer ›49Real swell5 lettersSee answer ›50All-night party attendee5 lettersSee answer ›51In need of tightening, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›54Start to fade4 lettersSee answer ›56Trucker's measure3 lettersSee answer ›57Paycheck fig.3 lettersSee answer ›