The full solution for the NY Times October 02 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Joe Marquez and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Important figure on staff? CLEF
- 5A Photographer’s inits. SLR
- 8A “For real” TRULY
- 13A Funky-smelling RIPE
- 14A Sugar substitute? SWEETIEPIE
- 16A Within AMID
- 17A Core-focused workout in a humid room HOTPILATES
- 18A Unit of sound intensity BEL
- 19A Like Mitt Romney and Ken Jennings MORMON
- 20A Lead-in to “coin” for a major cryptocurrency DOGE
- 21A “Whew!” CLOSEONE
- 23A Whose fault your mistake might be NOONES
- 25A Hybrid cat LIGER
- 26A Member of a noble family SCION
- 28A Request after eating a habanero, perhaps AGUA
- 29A What comes from needing little, per Epictetus WEALTH
- 31A Small dosage amts. MGS
- 34A Question posed at the end of a successful job interview WHENCANYOUSTART
- 37A Waze ways: Abbr. STS
- 38A Spends a long time in front of the mirror, maybe PRIMPS
- 39A Inkling IDEA
- 40A Word with cane or corn CANDY
- 41A Villainous expression SNEER
- 42A Home to the Basilica of St. Clare ASSISI
- 45A Highly controlling? PILOTING
- 48A Like a golf course, regularly MOWN
- 49A Snap, crackle and pop NOISES
- 51A ___ Cup, tournament established in the 2020s NBA
- 52A “Never been better!” IFEELGREAT
- 54A Site of a 1956 international conflict SUEZ
- 55A Animal chased by Toto in “The Wizard of Oz” SIAMESECAT
- 56A Key in a chain ISLE
- 57A Figure with three faces, in Dante SATAN
- 58A Brief bit SEC
- 59A They’re stretched out before some workouts MATS
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Hard-shelled delicacies CRABCLAWS
- 2D Public eye LIMELIGHT
- 3D Written posts? EPILOGUES
- 4D Stoked FED
- 5D Like some enemies SWORN
- 6D “I need to get a word in!” LETMESAYMYPIECE
- 7D Possible result of a default REPO
- 8D Before TIL
- 9D Not stop at the end of a chapter, say READON
- 10D Suffragist Harriet Taylor ___ UPTON
- 11D One doing the lord’s work? LIEGE
- 12D Words of affirmation YESES
- 14D “Skedaddle!” SHOO
- 15D Condition that can be caused by excess earwax TINNITUS
- 19D Debussy’s “La ___” MER
- 22D Jay ___, singer of the 2009 #1 hit “Down” SEAN
- 24D Sounds from fans OOHS
- 27D Clip follower CLOP
- 29D Some weather service messages WARNINGS
- 30D “Wheat Capital” of Oklahoma ENID
- 31D Label on some domestic products MADEINUSA
- 32D Eco-friendly area around a city GREENBELT
- 33D Stares into space STARGAZES
- 35D Ones doing balancing acts? CPAS
- 36D Windows feature? TINT
- 40D Pictures CINEMA
- 41D Message that might be signaled with smoke SOS
- 42D Off AMISS
- 43D European capital with layers of Thracian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman history SOFIA
- 44D Beads for an athlete SWEAT
- 46D Director Lee ___ Chung ISAAC
- 47D Neighbor of an Estonian, historically LETT
- 50D They’re sometimes picked for their rarity ORES
- 53D Wiseman who directed “Ballerina” and “Live Free or Die Hard” LEN
- 54D ___City SIM
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