NYT Crossword: answers for Monday, October 28
Here’s the solution to today’s New York Times Crossword puzzle, but first, a quick intro!
The New York Times has a wide array of word games, from Wordle to Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword. These games are fun and engaging, but the daily crossword puzzle remains a classic favorite. This puzzle challenges your knowledge, helps sharpen your mental agility, and lets you flex your puzzle-solving muscles. If you’re stuck on any clues today, don’t worry! It takes practice to master crosswords, and every attempt gets you closer.
So, if you’re looking for a little help, here are all the answers for today’s clues:
Here are the answers to today’s New York Times Crossword puzzle:
Across
- BOT – Many a customer service assistant, nowadays
- MOOSE – Animal on the state seal of Maine
- TAUT – Lacking slack
- ACE – Blackjack card worth 1 or 11
- DONALD – Friend of Mickey and Goofy
- ANNA – Actress Kendrick
- ITS – “___ all good!”
- JACKANDJILL – Nursery rhyme about a disastrous trip up a hill
- TOTASTE – How salt and pepper may be added, in a recipe
- LAO – Southeast Asian language
- TIE – Knotted neckwear
- PALE – Susceptible to sunburn
- AGO – “Four score and seven years ___ …”
- GNATS – Pesky summer swarm
- HUMPTYDUMPTY – Nursery rhyme about the perils of sitting on a wall
- USES – Doesn’t waste
- EAT – Dine
- LOUDLY – How heavy metal bands typically play
- GEN – ___ Z, a.k.a. Zoomers
- AMY – Comedian Schumer or Poehler
- SAY – Verbalize
- EAU – Water, in French
- ESTATE – Subject of a will
- PUN – “My Zoom joke flopped … I guess it’s not remotely funny,” e.g.
- KARL – Marx who co-wrote “The Communist Manifesto”
- LONDONBRIDGE – Nursery rhyme about the hazards of decaying infrastructure
- STEAM – Energy, idiomatically
- AIR – Flat tire’s lack
- ELLE – Fashion magazine with a palindromic name
- OIL – Commodity measured in barrels
- IFS – Hypotheticals
- ITALICS – This typeface
- FALLCLASSIC – Nickname for the World Series … or what you might call 17-, 28- or 45-Across?
- NOT – Word repeated in a double negative
- ARIA – Operatic highlight
- INTENT – Purpose
- EKE – Barely scratch (out)
- RASP – Quality of a hoarse voice
- TIPSY – Drunk-ish
- SEW – Work with needle and thread
Down
- BAIT – Angler’s supply
- OCTOPUSES – Eight-armed creatures
- TESTAMENT – The Bible has an Old and New one
- MOAT – Obstacle for a would-be castle attacker
- ONCEADAY – How often many people brush their teeth (avert your eyes, dentists!)
- OAK – Acorn-bearing tree
- SLALOM – Downhill skiing event
- EDNA – Poet St. Vincent Millay
- TAJ – ___ Mahal
- ANITA – R&B singer Baker
- UNLIT – Like birthday candles before the party starts
- TALES – Stories
- DJSET – Turn at the turntables, for short
- DOGTOY – One might be squeaky or shaped like a bone
- ALPS – “Napoleon Crossing the ___” (painting series)
- GUT – Belly
- NYU – Sch. in Lower Manhattan
- HUGE – Ginormous
- YEMEN – Country south of Saudi Arabia
- PLANB – Fallback option
- DEADLINES – “Submit by” dates
- LARGECOKE – Beverage with a Big Mac, perhaps
- YULE – Christmas season
- ATOMIC – Kind of clock that’s ultraprecise
- SUNRISES – They brighten everyone’s days
- ALA – ___ carte
- POI – Hawaiian taro dish
- KILL – Pass idly, as time
- DASANI – Bottled water brand
- REACT – Respond to a stimulus
- SOFAR – To date
- TIARA – Sparkly headwear
- ELLIS – ___ Island (historic entry point for immigrants)
- FLIT – Dart around
- TINY – Very small
- STEW – Hearty meal in a bowl
- LAP – Place for a snuggly cat
- STP – Valvoline competiton
