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NYT Crossword: answers for Saturday, October 26

By Bhavya

The New York Times has plenty of word games on its roster today — with Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, there’s something for everyone — but the newspaper’s standard crossword puzzle still reigns supreme. The daily crossword is full of interesting trivia, helps improve mental flexibility, and, of course, gives you some bragging rights if you manage to finish it every day.

While the NYT puzzle might feel like an impossible task some days, solving a crossword is a skill, and it takes practice — don’t get discouraged if you can’t get every single word in a puzzle.

If you’re having trouble completing today’s NYT Crossword, we’re here to help. We’ve got all the answers for today’s clues down below.

 

Today’s New York Times Crossword Answers

Across

  1. Hotel room staple : TVSET
  2. “Hound Dog” singer Big ___ Thornton : MAMA
  3. Freshly pressed grapes before fermentation : MUST
  4. Way : ROUTE
  5. Reality show winner since 2002 : IDOL
  6. Bridge piece : IBAR
  7. Spotted, in a way : ACNED
  8. Meaning of a finger wag : NOPE
  9. Zip : NONE
  10. People to hang out with : PALS
  11. Mood : VIBE
  12. Fish whose egg casings are called “mermaid’s purses” : SKATE
  13. Oslo Accords signatory, for short : PLO
  14. Fail to tail : LOSE
  15. Not spent anymore : RESTED
  16. Two-time Oscar nominee Joan : CUSACK
  17. Go no further : HALT
  18. “We’ll let ourselves in” : DONTWAITUPFORUS
  19. Medical breakthrough of 1954 that yielded a Nobel Prize : ORGANTRANSPLANT
  20. Masters of bad impersonations? : IDENTITYTHIEVES
  21. Pub fixtures : LOOS
  22. Takes root : SETSIN
  23. Incite : URGEON
  24. Tony winner Judith : IVEY
  25. Letters on a Busch Stadium hat : STL
  26. She played Julia in 2009’s “Julie & Julia” : MERYL
  27. Cut and polish, maybe : EDIT
  28. Big bird : RHEA
  29. Two shakes : ASEC
  30. Spin out on the ice? : AXEL
  31. Reasons for some street closures : FAIRS
  32. In ___ (unmoved) : SITU
  33. Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month : OPAL
  34. “ER” actress Laura : INNES
  35. Go berserk : SNAP
  36. Slim winning margin : NOSE
  37. Quite the party : BIGDO

Down

  1. Name on the playbill for the 1936 Salzburg Festival : TRAPP
  2. One of a singing duo? : VOCALCORD
  3. Solarium : SUNLOUNGE
  4. Périodes chaudes de l’année : ETES
  5. With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond : TED
  6. Skimpy garments : MINISKIRTS
  7. Building block : ADOBE
  8. Brood : MOPE
  9. Drink mentioned four times in the prologue of “The Canterbury Tales” : ALE
  10. Deluxe wraps? : MINKSTOLES
  11. Menace in “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania” : UBOAT
  12. “À votre ___!” : SANTE
  13. Out on a limb, say : TREED
  14. Calling : VOCATION
  15. Something to wallow in : SELFPITY
  16. Spade, for one : LAWNTOOL
  17. Naughty list? : RAPSHEET
  18. Vessel that hasn’t crossed the Canadian border since 1993 : STANLEYCUP
  19. The so-called “Rocket City” of the South : HUNTSVILLE
  20. Emphatic agreement : DOI
  21. When doubled, a pop nickname : TAY
  22. Gorgeous : RAVISHING
  23. Not yet explored, as a tomb : UNENTERED
  24. Map abbrs. : STS
  25. Where Dr. J played college hoops, for short : UMASS
  26. Amber, e.g. : RESIN
  27. Van Susteren of TV news : GRETA
  28. They might be bright : IDEAS
  29. See 5-Down : LASSO
  30. National, formerly : EXPO
  31. Asian royal : RANI
  32. Chicago’s ___ Center, formerly known as the Amoco Building : AON
  33. Small invention : FIB

Good luck and enjoy the rest of your puzzle-solving!

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Bhavya