The full solution for the NY Times October 06 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Adam Vincent and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A What a leaky faucet has DRIP
- 5A Hands, informally ? or coverings for hands MITTS
- 10A “Not another peep out of you!” HUSH
- 14A Classical Persian poet RUMI
- 15A Nebraska home of Creighton University OMAHA
- 16A Between cruise ports, say ASEA
- 17A Intl. oil group OPEC
- 18A Like streakers NAKED
- 19A Deep blue NAVY
- 20A Pale and sickly PEAKY
- 22A Have an “aha” moment about GET
- 23A Urged (on) EGGED
- 24A One of six, supposedly, for a seer SENSE
- 25A “___ Were a Rich Man” IFI
- 26A Rear of a boat STERN
- 27A Lifeless INANIMATE
- 30A Who said “Revolutions are the locomotives of history” MARX
- 33A Video game section LEVEL
- 34A Pen points NIBS
- 38A Number on a dating profile AGE
- 39A Gallops into the sunset, say RIDESON
- 41A “I’ve seen better” MEH
- 42A Attend without a date GOSTAG
- 44A Sound in polka music OOMPAH
- 46A Strategic disk game played on a vertical board CONNECTFOUR
- 50A Music genre for James Brown FUNK
- 51A Device once used with a Blockbuster rental VCR
- 52A Mission-driven grps., often NGOS
- 54A “___ you listening?” ARE
- 55A Who said “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” JESUS
- 57A May honoree MOM
- 59A Animal with a “mask” RACCOON
- 62A A step above amateur SEMIPRO
- 65A Peeved INASNIT
- 66A Like italic type SLANTED
- 67A With 68-Across, posable plaything … or a verbal hint to each half of 4-, 7- and 10-Down and 46-Across ACTION
- 68A See 67-Across FIGURE
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Is released, as an album DROPS
- 2D Currency in Mumbai RUPEE
- 3D Clarifying phrase IMEAN
- 4D Interception returned for a touchdown PICKSIX
- 5D Start of the workweek: Abbr. MON
- 6D Saw in one’s mind’s eye IMAGINED
- 7D Break for a few minutes TAKEFIVE
- 8D Newspaper in New York, L.A. or Seattle, colloquially THETIMES
- 9D Bummed out SAD
- 10D Surf with one’s toes off the front of the board HANGTEN
- 11D What an electric meter measures USAGE
- 12D Cut completely SEVER
- 13D Joseph called “Father of the Symphony” HAYDN
- 21D Coin dated with the year of its country’s imperial era YEN
- 23D Latin “is” EST
- 28D Put in a row ALIGN
- 29D Unapproachable ALOOF
- 30D Newsstand purchase, informally MAG
- 31D In the past AGO
- 32D Feline adoption option RESCUECAT
- 35D Spur-of-the-moment IMPROMPTU
- 36D Arthur of “The Golden Girls” BEA
- 37D “Zip it!” SHH
- 39D Place in a hierarchy RANK
- 40D Midnight’s opposite NOON
- 43D Suffix in the names of many U.S. cities TON
- 45D Starbucks keepsake, perhaps MUG
- 47D Hurdles or high jump, e.g. EVENT
- 48D Loops in, digitally CCS
- 49D Secure tightly TRUSS
- 50D Swiss currency FRANC
- 53D How you may feel after a workout vis-Ã -vis before SORER
- 54D Operatic solo ARIA
- 55D Become a member of JOIN
- 56D Subject of introspection SELF
- 58D Preset camera option MODE
- 60D ___ effect (purported influence of police shows on juries’ expectations for forensics) CSI
- 61D Yoko who participated in a bed-in ONO
- 63D ___ tai MAI
- 64D Bank with a lion in its logo ING
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