NYT Crossword: answers for Tuesday, October 1

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By Bhavya

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It sounds like you’re diving into the New York Times’ main crossword puzzle, which offers a fantastic challenge for both beginners and seasoned solvers alike! While it can be tricky, you’re not alone, and having a bit of help is never a bad thing. Below are the answers for today’s puzzle.

 

NYT Crossword Answers for Today:

Across:

  1. Stuff in Santa’s footprints : ASH
  2. Exchanged for cash, in a way : PAWNED
  3. West Coast wine valley : NAPA
  4. Buffett or Cook, for short : CEO
  5. Words after “Because” in a parent’s explanation : ISAYSO
  6. “Metamorphoses” poet : OVID
  7. A.F.C. South team (“Look in the lake! It’s … ah, never mind”) : TENNESSEE TITANS
  8. Triumphant shout : HOORAH
  9. Spot for abs or apple seeds : CORE
  10. Time spent in a seat : TERM
  11. Investigative journalism (“What was that in the sea?! I must be imagining things”) : MUCKRAKING
  12. Staggering this way and that : AREEL
  13. Fe, to chemists : IRON
  14. 1/16 of a gallon : CUP
  15. Napoleon Dynamite’s best friend : PEDRO
  16. Asia’s disappearing ___ Sea : ARAL
  17. Creates, as a goal : SETS
  18. Imperial unit of volume (“There’s another one! I swear he just slipped into those trees …”) : CUBIC FOOT
  19. Agile : SPRY
  20. Good old-fashioned butt-kicking : ROUT
  21. Corporate emblems : LOGOS
  22. Rage : IRE
  23. Place for ham-handed workers? : DELI
  24. Window dressing : DRAPE
  25. Professional proofreader (“Over there, in the snow! That had to be something, right?!”) : COPYEDITOR
  26. Frankenstein’s assistant : IGOR
  27. Smooth-talking : GLIB
  28. Life forms : BEINGS
  29. Pseudoscientist investigating the “sightings” in this puzzle : CRYPTOZOOLOGIST
  30. Word repeated four times in the chorus of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” : HATE
  31. “Sign us up!” : WEREIN
  32. Bear hair : FUR
  33. Wally ___, “famous” cookie maker : AMOS
  34. Bare minimums : LEASTS
  35. “I didn’t need to hear all that!” : TMI

Down:

  1. Play a part, or a play part : ACT
  2. “Now you listen to me …” : SEEHERE
  3. Paid homage to : HONORED
  4. Santa Monica tourist attraction : PIER
  5. Silk-producing region of India : ASSAM
  6. Sch. located in St. Louis, not Seattle : WASHU
  7. Bill ___, the Science Guy : NYE
  8. Compass heading : ESE
  9. Pointillism mark : DOT
  10. Against the rules : NOTOK
  11. Greed : AVARICE
  12. Pesto ingredient : PINENUT
  13. Many website banners : ADS
  14. What the ruthless show : NOMERCY
  15. Declaration of determination : ICAN
  16. Alternative to a swipe, for a credit card : TAP
  17. Lecture tour : CIRCUIT
  18. Company that merged with Heinz in 2015 : KRAFT
  19. Caramel-filled candy : ROLO
  20. Navigation aid that works through satellites, in brief : GPS
  21. Gehrig in Cooperstown : LOU
  22. Garlicky sauce : AIOLI
  23. Saving for later : STORING
  24. Born and ___ : BRED
  25. Like Father Time : OLD
  26. [not my mistake] : SIC
  27. “Get with the ___!” : PROGRAM
  28. Answer, as an email : REPLYTO
  29. Purchase for a white elephant exchange : GAGGIFT
  30. North America’s only marsupial : OPOSSUM
  31. To be, in Spanish : SER
  32. Money owed : DEBT
  33. “Yowzers!” : YIPES
  34. Orchestra woodwinds : OBOES
  35. Ignited again : RELIT
  36. They’re not free of charge : IONS
  37. “___-ching!” : CHA
  38. Pretentious friend of Winnie-the-Pooh : OWL
  39. Last section in a dictionary : ZEE
  40. ” … boy ___ girl?” : ORA
  41. Numerical prefix that sounds like a verb : TRI

Good luck with your next puzzle! Happy solving!

Bhavya
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