The full solution for the NY Times October 23 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Katie Hoody and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Have serious plans THINKBIG
- 9A One of the fam MOMMA
- 14A Annual appraisal statement WHATAYEAR
- 15A Positioned to win AHEAD
- 16A Track event won by the fastest four legs HORSERACE
- 17A Marvel Comics villain with an explosive superpower NITRO
- 18A American court org. USTA
- 19A Ensemble piece ACCESSORY
- 21A Some sous-chef scraps PEELS
- 23A Three-time Olympic figure skating champion HENIE
- 24A A.M. cupfuls OJS
- 26A Band at a Jimmy Buffett concert? LEI
- 28A “America’s Largest Classroom” PBS
- 29A Cinch SNAP
- 30A With whom one pools pounds for quarters FLATMATE
- 33A Copy CLONE
- 34A Count to 10, perhaps COOLOFF
- 35A Opposite of proud ASHAMED
- 37A Get past a paywall, say LOGIN
- 38A Boundaries between areas with different amounts of coverage TANLINES
- 40A Healing agent ALOE
- 41A Hardly worth mentioning MEH
- 42A Counterpoint segue YET
- 43A One who’s left at the polls, informally? DEM
- 44A Bobby ___, first recipient of the Best New Artist Grammy Award (1960) DARIN
- 46A Plague that precedes lice in Exodus FROGS
- 50A “Let go of unrealistic expectations,” e.g. DATINGTIP
- 53A Fabled example of poor competition strategy HARE
- 54A Actress Amanda of “Easy A” BYNES
- 55A Penalty for exceeding a payroll threshold, in sports lingo LUXURYTAX
- 57A Cartoonish bouncing sound BOINK
- 58A “Hang on a sec” ONEMOMENT
- 59A They can help one get a leg up, informally QUADS
- 60A What all the buzz is about? WASPNEST
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D ___ days (times past) THOSE
- 2D Emma ___, protagonist of “A Woman of Substance” HARTE
- 3D “Don’t believe one word of that!” ITSALLALIE
- 4D “I’m afraid not, laddie” NAE
- 5D Actress Sedgwick KYRA
- 6D Word with comb or towel BEACH
- 7D “Your offer is too good to refuse” IACCEPT
- 8D Minestrone morsel GREENBEAN
- 9D Dwelling for clergy MANSE
- 10D “The most beautiful river on earth,” per Thomas Jefferson OHIO
- 11D One may sit near a bench marking time METRONOME
- 12D Strap-and-buckle shoes named for a comic strip character who wore them MARYJANES
- 13D Bother ADO
- 14D Beat but good WHUP
- 20D Daughter of one’s 9-Across SIS
- 22D Firmly committed to SETON
- 25D Beat a map app’s arrival time estimate, say SPED
- 27D Global fiscal policy org. IMF
- 29D Poetic device with inexact sound-alikes SLANTRHYME
- 30D “Ha! Betcha didn’t see that coming!” FOOLEDYOU
- 31D Abnormal talkativeness LOGOMANIA
- 32D Lingering aura of success AFTERGLOW
- 33D Most important CHIEF
- 34D “Thou art fairer than the evening air ___ in the beauty of a thousand stars”: Marlowe CLAD
- 36D Said with a wink, say SLY
- 39D Reddish fish sometimes served tartare AHITUNA
- 41D “Dang!” MAN
- 44D Pieces in the game Othello DISKS
- 45D Scraps NIXES
- 47D Writer of the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” OATES
- 48D Funds for research GRANT
- 49D Cellphone hot line? SEXT
- 51D Care for TEND
- 52D Remedy for deflation PUMP
- 54D Kind of joint associated with smoking, informally BBQ
- 56D Pulitzer-winning biographer Chernow RON
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