NYT Crossword: answers for Monday, October 28

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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

  1. BOT – Many a customer service assistant, nowadays
  2. MOOSE – Animal on the state seal of Maine
  3. TAUT – Lacking slack
  4. ACE – Blackjack card worth 1 or 11
  5. DONALD – Friend of Mickey and Goofy
  6. ANNA – Actress Kendrick
  7. ITS – “___ all good!”
  8. JACKANDJILL – Nursery rhyme about a disastrous trip up a hill
  9. TOTASTE – How salt and pepper may be added, in a recipe
  10. LAO – Southeast Asian language
  11. TIE – Knotted neckwear
  12. PALE – Susceptible to sunburn
  13. AGO – “Four score and seven years ___ …”
  14. GNATS – Pesky summer swarm
  15. HUMPTYDUMPTY – Nursery rhyme about the perils of sitting on a wall
  16. USES – Doesn’t waste
  17. EAT – Dine
  18. LOUDLY – How heavy metal bands typically play
  19. GEN – ___ Z, a.k.a. Zoomers
  20. AMY – Comedian Schumer or Poehler
  21. SAY – Verbalize
  22. EAU – Water, in French
  23. ESTATE – Subject of a will
  24. PUN – “My Zoom joke flopped … I guess it’s not remotely funny,” e.g.
  25. KARL – Marx who co-wrote “The Communist Manifesto”
  26. LONDONBRIDGE – Nursery rhyme about the hazards of decaying infrastructure
  27. STEAM – Energy, idiomatically
  28. AIR – Flat tire’s lack
  29. ELLE – Fashion magazine with a palindromic name
  30. OIL – Commodity measured in barrels
  31. IFS – Hypotheticals
  32. ITALICS – This typeface
  33. FALLCLASSIC – Nickname for the World Series … or what you might call 17-, 28- or 45-Across?
  34. NOT – Word repeated in a double negative
  35. ARIA – Operatic highlight
  36. INTENT – Purpose
  37. EKE – Barely scratch (out)
  38. RASP – Quality of a hoarse voice
  39. TIPSY – Drunk-ish
  40. SEW – Work with needle and thread

Down

  1. BAIT – Angler’s supply
  2. OCTOPUSES – Eight-armed creatures
  3. TESTAMENT – The Bible has an Old and New one
  4. MOAT – Obstacle for a would-be castle attacker
  5. ONCEADAY – How often many people brush their teeth (avert your eyes, dentists!)
  6. OAK – Acorn-bearing tree
  7. SLALOM – Downhill skiing event
  8. EDNA – Poet St. Vincent Millay
  9. TAJ – ___ Mahal
  10. ANITA – R&B singer Baker
  11. UNLIT – Like birthday candles before the party starts
  12. TALES – Stories
  13. DJSET – Turn at the turntables, for short
  14. DOGTOY – One might be squeaky or shaped like a bone
  15. ALPS – “Napoleon Crossing the ___” (painting series)
  16. GUT – Belly
  17. NYU – Sch. in Lower Manhattan
  18. HUGE – Ginormous
  19. YEMEN – Country south of Saudi Arabia
  20. PLANB – Fallback option
  21. DEADLINES – “Submit by” dates
  22. LARGECOKE – Beverage with a Big Mac, perhaps
  23. YULE – Christmas season
  24. ATOMIC – Kind of clock that’s ultraprecise
  25. SUNRISES – They brighten everyone’s days
  26. ALA – ___ carte
  27. POI – Hawaiian taro dish
  28. KILL – Pass idly, as time
  29. DASANI – Bottled water brand
  30. REACT – Respond to a stimulus
  31. SOFAR – To date
  32. TIARA – Sparkly headwear
  33. ELLIS – ___ Island (historic entry point for immigrants)
  34. FLIT – Dart around
  35. TINY – Very small
  36. STEW – Hearty meal in a bowl
  37. LAP – Place for a snuggly cat
  38. STP – Valvoline competiton