New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 10/02/2026. The October 02 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Important figure on staff?CLEF
- 5a Photographer’s inits.SLR
- 8a “For real”TRULY
- 13a Funky-smellingRIPE
- 14a Sugar substitute?SWEETIEPIE
- 16a WithinAMID
- 17a Core-focused workout in a humid roomHOTPILATES
- 18a Unit of sound intensityBEL
- 19a Like Mitt Romney and Ken JenningsMORMON
- 20a Lead-in to “coin” for a major cryptocurrencyDOGE
- 21a “Whew!”CLOSEONE
- 23a Whose fault your mistake might beNOONES
- 25a Hybrid catLIGER
- 26a Member of a noble familySCION
- 28a Request after eating a habanero, perhapsAGUA
- 29a What comes from needing little, per EpictetusWEALTH
- 31a Small dosage amts.MGS
- 34a Question posed at the end of a successful job interviewWHENCANYOUSTART
- 37a Waze ways: Abbr.STS
- 38a Spends a long time in front of the mirror, maybePRIMPS
- 39a InklingIDEA
- 40a Word with cane or cornCANDY
- 41a Villainous expressionSNEER
- 42a Home to the Basilica of St. ClareASSISI
- 45a Highly controlling?PILOTING
- 48a Like a golf course, regularlyMOWN
- 49a Snap, crackle and popNOISES
- 51a ___ Cup, tournament established in the 2020sNBA
- 52a “Never been better!”IFEELGREAT
- 54a Site of a 1956 international conflictSUEZ
- 55a Animal chased by Toto in “The Wizard of Oz”SIAMESECAT
- 56a Key in a chainISLE
- 57a Figure with three faces, in DanteSATAN
- 58a Brief bitSEC
- 59a They’re stretched out before some workoutsMATS
- Down
- 1d Hard-shelled delicaciesCRABCLAWS
- 2d Public eyeLIMELIGHT
- 3d Written posts?EPILOGUES
- 4d StokedFED
- 5d Like some enemiesSWORN
- 6d “I need to get a word in!”LETMESAYMYPIECE
- 7d Possible result of a defaultREPO
- 8d BeforeTIL
- 9d Not stop at the end of a chapter, sayREADON
- 10d Suffragist Harriet Taylor ___UPTON
- 11d One doing the lord’s work?LIEGE
- 12d Words of affirmationYESES
- 14d “Skedaddle!”SHOO
- 15d Condition that can be caused by excess earwaxTINNITUS
- 19d Debussy’s “La ___”MER
- 22d Jay ___, singer of the 2009 #1 hit “Down”SEAN
- 24d Sounds from fansOOHS
- 27d Clip followerCLOP
- 29d Some weather service messagesWARNINGS
- 30d “Wheat Capital” of OklahomaENID
- 31d Label on some domestic productsMADEINUSA
- 32d Eco-friendly area around a cityGREENBELT
- 33d Stares into spaceSTARGAZES
- 35d Ones doing balancing acts?CPAS
- 36d Windows feature?TINT
- 40d PicturesCINEMA
- 41d Message that might be signaled with smokeSOS
- 42d OffAMISS
- 43d European capital with layers of Thracian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman historySOFIA
- 44d Beads for an athleteSWEAT
- 46d Director Lee ___ ChungISAAC
- 47d Neighbor of an Estonian, historicallyLETT
- 50d They’re sometimes picked for their rarityORES
- 53d Wiseman who directed “Ballerina” and “Live Free or Die Hard”LEN
- 54d ___CitySIM