New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 10/22/2026. The October 22 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Her breast milk created the Milky Way, in Greek mythHERA
- 5a Something passed at a charity eventHAT
- 8a BrattyIMPISH
- 14a Some supermarkets, in briefIGAS
- 15a What makes her hear?ANA
- 16a Island capital that’s an anagram for a word meaning “steamy baths”NASSAU
- 17a *It may precede or follow “a million”TOMHANKS
- 19a *Line used in plotting pointsAXIOMS
- 20a Dawn hrs.AMS
- 21a Succeeds without really tryingCOASTS
- 23a Small grouseNIT
- 24a Nursery cryWAH
- 25a ZipRecruiter clientHIRER
- 26a Like some flawsFATAL
- 28a By ___ (barely)ANOSE
- 30a *TrendyALAMODOME
- 32a Pre-euro moneyLIRA
- 33a Confection whose name is a contractionSMORE
- 34a *Weapon in “Ivanhoe”LANCOME
- 38a *Second letter addendum, for shortPOMPOMS
- 42a “Oz the Great and Powerful” director, 2013RAIMI
- 44a Display, with “out”TROT
- 45a *SubsHOMEROOMS
- 49a The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows,” to “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”BSIDE
- 50a Tablets that can’t be swallowedIPADS
- 51a Volkswagen compactJETTA
- 53a “Who knew?!”GEE
- 54a Richard Branson, for oneSIR
- 55a Tops of palaces?TIARAS
- 56a UnhealthyILL
- 57a *Inventory clearance optionSALOME
- 60a “Forget it!” … or a phonetic hint to aligning seven answers in this puzzle with their starred cluesNOCHANCE
- 62a Like Alban Berg’s opera “Lulu”ATONAL
- 63a When said five times, an Abba songIDO
- 64a Region that produces Riesling wineSAAR
- 65a Core beliefsTENETS
- 66a French possessiveTES
- 67a 35mm optionsSLRS
- Down
- 1d Was unable to go furtherHITAWALL
- 2d Extreme boastfulnessEGOMANIA
- 3d Instrument heard at Rosh Hashana servicesRAMSHORN
- 4d Wood used in making guitar bodiesASH
- 5d World capital known as the “City for Peace”HANOI
- 6d World capital that’s home to the Kocatepe MosqueANKARA
- 7d Attachments to mortarboardsTASSELS
- 8d Lead-in to muchINAS
- 9d Late psychedelic artist PeterMAX
- 10d Fraternity letterPSI
- 11d Understands, despite efforts at concealmentISONTO
- 12d Dr. Seuss character in a red hatSAMIAM
- 13d Step on itHUSTLE
- 18d Post-marathon problemACHE
- 22d Disney street-smart muttTRAMP
- 26d Bit of red tapeFORM
- 27d Old prosADEPTS
- 29d HallowedSACRED
- 31d ___ shu porkMOO
- 35d Dinghy gearOARS
- 36d “O ____ babbino caro” (Puccini aria)MIO
- 37d Thumbs Up or Thinking FaceEMOJI
- 39d First outORIGINAL
- 40d Item in a miniature collector’s collectionMODELCAR
- 41d Team with the most Super Bowl wins in the 1970sSTEELERS
- 43d “Seriously!”IMEANIT
- 45d Alternative to booHISSAT
- 46d Analgesic agentOPIATE
- 47d Brando with two OscarsMARLON
- 48d Took big stepsSTRODE
- 49d Big blowoutBASH
- 52d ___ de asador (Mexican meal)TACOS
- 55d Some info on bus. cardsTELS
- 58d Apt letters missing from j_i_ _dONE
- 59d Tumbler’s surfaceMAT
- 61d Ding-dongASS