New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 10/18/2026. The October 18 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Beneficiary of early capitalSTARTUP
- 8a Bless, in a wayANOINT
- 14a Close female friend ? in relative termsSISTER
- 20a Less than satisfactory, slangilyNOBUENO
- 21a Like some cyborg partsBIONIC
- 22a Extended play?ENCORE
- 23a HeyhowareyouINEEDSOMESPACE
- 25a Journalist Michele with two Peabody AwardsNORRIS
- 26a Walkers, informallyPEDS
- 27a SendELATE
- 28a Softens with sudden sympathy or affectionMELTS
- 30a “Behold,” in LatinECCE
- 31a Bob ___, alter ego of Mr. IncrediblePARR
- 32a “What”ITELLYOUWHAT
- 35a Mythical figure whose name means “murmuring rock”LORELEI
- 38a Justice ___ Coney BarrettAMY
- 39a Summer setting in S.F.PDT
- 40a Party takeawayFAVOR
- 41a N.F.L. accoladeALLPRO
- 44a View spoilerEYESORE
- 49a All–can-eat buffetIMISSEDYOU
- 51a Fiber-rich substanceBRAN
- 53a Exam for future docsMCAT
- 54a Fenway squadREDSOX
- 55a “Since brass, ___ stone, ___ earth, ___ boundless sea ?”: Shak.NOR
- 56a ___-moSLO
- 57a SteamyEROTIC
- 59a ZipNIL
- 61a It follows a coin tossKICKOFF
- 64a ZipELAN
- 65a ThisIDONTSAYTHISLIGHTLY
- 70a Large volumeTOME
- 71a They can make a pronounced differenceUMLAUTS
- 72a BondTIE
- 73a Historic figure targeted in Stephen King’s time-travel novel “11/22/63”OSWALD
- 75a Small + or ?ION
- 76a Apt name for a thiefROB
- 78a Tree that can be a source of water for thirsty elephantsBAOBAB
- 83a NibbleNOSH
- 84a Brand represented by Happy the Oil DropESSO
- 86a See 88-AcrossIMOVERHERE
- 88a HereONEARTH
- 90a AdmitsCOPSTO
- 92a Follow-up to “Sit!”SHAKE
- 93a Off work, for shortOOO
- 94a Figure, informallyBOD
- 95a Making a strong effortATPAINS
- 97a Non, ni, ‘a’oleIHAVENOWORDS
- 103a Nickname for Ellen or HelenNELL
- 104a [Beep!]MOVE
- 105a One of the Three MusketeersATHOS
- 106a “S.N.L.” alum GardnerHEIDI
- 108a Artist who kept a pet ocelotDALI
- 112a InAMIDST
- 114a Taib? Tbia?IMABITCONFUSED
- 117a It’s cold in ItalyGELATO
- 118a Shifts gears, saySEGUES
- 119a Nation bordering the Black SeaUKRAINE
- 120a Analogue of a delete keyERASER
- 121a InTRENDY
- 122a “That ship has sailed”TOOLATE
- Down
- 1d Short cutSNIP
- 2d Beep, e.g.TONE
- 3d Undercover?ABED
- 4d Has regrets aboutRUES
- 5d ___ Allen, host of “Chopped”TED
- 6d Make public, as secret documentsUNSEAL
- 7d Novel form of summer escapism?POOLREAD
- 8d Connive with, maybeABET
- 9d Second-generation Japanese AmericanNISEI
- 10d Alley ___OOP
- 11d How a boss might communicate new policyINAMEMO
- 12d With courtesyNICELY
- 13d Immune system agentTCELL
- 14d Toothpaste brand since 1961SENSODYNE
- 15d Italian diminutive suffixINO
- 16d It turns when drivenSCREW
- 17d Logo of the W.N.B.A.’s New York LibertyTORCH
- 18d Name found in “Americana”ERICA
- 19d Go back to square oneRESET
- 24d Sex symbol of the 1950s-’60s, familiarlyMARILYN
- 29d Hypercompetitive and driven, sayTYPEA
- 31d StaffPERSONNEL
- 33d Street applicationTAR
- 34d Indigenous people of the Salt Lake ValleyUTE
- 35d Weak, as an excuseLAME
- 36d “Ibis” poetOVID
- 37d Bob who painted “Cabin at Sunset,” which sold for over $1 million to benefit public mediaROSS
- 40d Fragrant holiday purchaseFIR
- 42d GawkerLOOKYLOO
- 43d Goody-goody sortPURITAN
- 45d Young salmonSMOLT
- 46d Eight-relatedOCTAL
- 47d Like Amazon forests, typicallyRAINY
- 48d Series finale?ETC
- 50d Maze’s goalEXIT
- 51d Comes into one’s ownBLOSSOMS
- 52d [So-o-o funny!]ROFL
- 56d Reason to head for the hillsSKITRIP
- 58d DrillREHEARSAL
- 60d “Geaux Tigers!” sch.LSU
- 62d John M. ___, director of 2024’s “Wicked”CHU
- 63d Showing signs of working out, sayFIT
- 65d “Let’s do this!”ITSON
- 66d Use a divining rodDOWSE
- 67d Midwest birthplace of Marlon BrandoOMAHA
- 68d Buddies, in BayonneAMIS
- 69d WisecrackGIBE
- 73d Musical YokoONO
- 74d Big bang sourceDETONATOR
- 77d Like London’s Kew GardensBOTANIC
- 79d Surprised greetingOHHI
- 80d Word with black or coffeeBEAN
- 81d Covenant keepersARKS
- 82d Something in which you might stand for a spellBEE
- 85d “Lay it on me”SHOOT
- 87d Ousted, democraticallyVOTEDOUT
- 89d Sushi topperROE
- 90d Boutonniere counterpartCORSAGE
- 91d EccentricODD
- 94d Many a modern-day septuagenarianBOOMER
- 96d Pricing game on “The Price Is Right”PLINKO
- 97d Avatar, e.g.IMAGE
- 98d Smash hitHOMER
- 99d Teresa of ___AVILA
- 100d Sacred Sanskrit textsVEDAS
- 101d Card game played in Dickens’s “The Pickwick Papers”WHIST
- 102d Drew backSHIED
- 107d Website with a “Star Seller” programETSY
- 108d BinaryDUAL
- 109d Setting for most of the TV series “Pachinko”ASIA
- 110d Time for a social media break, maybeLENT
- 111d ___ fixeIDEE
- 113d Office address abbr.STE
- 115d Cupcake, in IrelandBUN
- 116d Not toFRO