New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 10/31/2026. The October 31 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Couldn’t get any higher?RATESATEN
- 10a Stamp collector?MAIL
- 14a “No need to worry around me”IDONTBITE
- 15a To the point thatUNTIL
- 17a Drawing padARTTABLET
- 18a Opera with the shepherd’s song “Io de’ sospiri”TOSCA
- 19a Brand of oven-baked crackersTOASTEDS
- 20a Subject of a statue near Liverpool’s Cavern ClubLENNON
- 21a Feel badAIL
- 22a Look overEYE
- 23a Not good, but not bad eitherMID
- 24a Azog the Defiler in “The Hobbit,” e.g.ORC
- 25a Leader with a dachaTSAR
- 27a It feels like it might never endEON
- 28a Reason for penalty shootoutsTIE
- 29a Rap group with the 1992 #2 hit “Rump Shaker”WRECKXNEFFECT
- 34a Don’t stop believingKEEPHOPEALIVE
- 35a Store with expensive items?TREASURETROVE
- 36a One fast with the one-linersWIT
- 37a Brooks in HollywoodMEL
- 38a HeadedWENT
- 40a Kinda sortaISH
- 41a Cash flow analyst, for shortCPA
- 42a Cheerful person?FAN
- 44a Trig fig.COS
- 46a Schöningen ___, German mine discoveries that may be up to 300,000 years oldSPEARS
- 48a Instrument in a bell towerCARILLON
- 50a Rounded object that’s 1-Down with two letters swappedTIARA
- 51a Eisenhower was the first president to use itMARINEONE
- 52a End of a letterSERIF
- 53a 1997 animated movie in which John Cusack voiced DimitriANASTASIA
- 54a “Hurry!”STAT
- 55a Part of a surveillance systemVIDEOFEED
- Down
- 1d Rounded object that’s 50-Across with two letters swappedRIATA
- 2d DeftADROIT
- 3d That’s a good one!TOTALSWEETHEART
- 4d Canalplasty docsENTS
- 5d Some capitol workers, for shortSTATEREPS
- 6d Monk’s homeABBEY
- 7d El Niño featureTILDE
- 8d “Vous ___ ici”ETES
- 9d Bring homeNET
- 10d Not making a soundMUTED
- 11d Nobody in particular, in briefANON
- 12d “There’s no doubt who’s going to win”ITSNOTEVENCLOSE
- 13d Flavor of some cough dropsLICORICE
- 16d Surgical tool with a namesake medical journalLANCET
- 20d In a rowLINEAR
- 23d “Boulevard des Capucines” painterMONET
- 26d SphereAREA
- 27d BootEXPEL
- 30d Born losersCHUMPS
- 31d It’s nicknamed “Land of the Morning Calm”KOREA
- 32d Arrived at via planeFLOWNINTO
- 33d Count on one’s fingers?FIVE
- 34d Word after Rice or CocoaKRISPIES
- 35d Senegalese ___ (hairstyle)TWISTS
- 39d Canadian coin, informallyTOONIE
- 41d MasteryCRAFT
- 42d F in physicsFARAD
- 43d Stand upARISE
- 45d Golf’s “Slammin’ Sammy”SNEAD
- 47d “The soul of opera,” per Richard StraussARIA
- 48d “Do you mind?”CANI
- 49d Idly look (through)LEAF
- 51d American Airlines Center player, for shortMAV