New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 10/17/2026. The October 17 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a It has its limits, in briefCALC
- 5a Award-winning culinary documentary seriesCHEFSTABLE
- 15a High number, perhapsARIA
- 16a Where some family secrets may be writtenRECIPEBOOK
- 17a Displaying finesseDEFT
- 18a Actress who plays Trudy on “Mad Men” and Annie on “Community”ALISONBRIE
- 19a Mothers in cotesEWES
- 20a Bedtime attireNIGHTDRESS
- 21a Silicon Valley V.I.P.TECHCEO
- 23a Oslo Accords grp.PLO
- 24a Gold medalist in women’s soccer and women’s team foil (fencing) at 2024’s Olympics, in briefTHEUS
- 25a Part of many home improvement projectsPAINTJOB
- 30a Fissile rockSHALE
- 31a Party leader?HOST
- 32a Something seized, for shortREPO
- 33a Outdoor accommodations with fliesTENTS
- 34a “One ___” (Elizabeth Bishop poem that repeats the line “The ___ of losing isn’t hard to master”)ART
- 35a Skin care brand from JapanCUREL
- 36a DriveURGE
- 37a Give credit toCITE
- 38a Suitable for a game of 20 Questions, in a wayYESNO
- 39a Establishments selling craft products?BEERBARS
- 41a Appears less impressivePALES
- 42a It’s meant to be believedISM
- 43a RichMONEYED
- 45a Meet an unmet needFILLTHEGAP
- 50a ___ bowlACAI
- 51a Queue wordsONEATATIME
- 52a Discover alternativeVISA
- 53a Author of the story collections “The Little Disturbances of Man” (1959) and “Enormous Changes at the Last Minute” (1974)GRACEPALEY
- 54a ___ mess (British dessert)ETON
- 55a Traditional Passover dishSEDERPLATE
- 56a Scot’s word meaning “past”SYNE
- Down
- 1d Academy figureCADET
- 2d Line of passengers?AREWETHERE
- 3d Relocating to a different country, e.g.LIFECHANGE
- 4d Destination for many a rescueCATSHELTER
- 5d Birds whose wings might be folded?CRANES
- 6d Prefix with -tropeHELIO
- 7d Modern pen, of a sortECIG
- 8d Seafood-based ingredient in Eastern cuisinesFISHPASTE
- 9d Like someone performing a monologue, maybeSPOTLIT
- 10d Part of the hamstringTENDON
- 11d Fem. or masc.ABBR
- 12d Tunnel (into)BORE
- 13d Lane in Superman moviesLOIS
- 14d Just gets (by)EKES
- 22d “Psst” and “Go!”CUES
- 25d Things that ships, computers and wine retailers all havePORTS
- 26d Plant parts that develop as a seedling growsTRUELEAVES
- 27d Urban locale that looks out on Ellis IslandJERSEYCITY
- 28d When anything goesOPENSEASON
- 29d Tie with stringBOLO
- 30d One getting ripped off at a venueSTUB
- 31d Poison classificationHAIRMETAL
- 35d Relative of turquoiseCYAN
- 37d Competitor of VenmoCASHAPP
- 40d Like the herbs on a 55-AcrossBITTER
- 41d Wimpy friend?POPEYE
- 43d “The Duck Variations” playwrightMAMET
- 44d Lane in Superman moviesDIANE
- 45d States of confusionFOGS
- 46d AboutINRE
- 47d Material theorized as a possible cause of ancient Rome’s decline, given its widespread useLEAD
- 48d Berate, with “into”LACE
- 49d ___ monsterGILA