New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 10/26/2026. The October 26 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a MimickingAPING
- 6a Altered mortgage, for shortREFI
- 10a “___ Abner” of old comicsLIL
- 13a Washer cycle after “wash”RINSE
- 14a ___ White, three-time Olympic gold medalist in snowboardingSHAUN
- 15a Wedding vowIDO
- 16a Walled area for a racket sportSQUASHCOURT
- 18a Aunt, in TijuanaTIA
- 19a “___ Lips Are Sealed” (1981 Go-Go’s hit)OUR
- 20a Little hopperTOAD
- 21a “It’s boiling in here!”IMHOT
- 23a Food, water or shelterNEED
- 25a Band with the 1999 triple-platinum hit “All Star”SMASHMOUTH
- 28a Political connectionsINS
- 30a “Laughing” beastHYENA
- 31a Sonnets and suchPOESY
- 34a Partner of gloomDOOM
- 36a Break off suddenlySNAP
- 39a “Pretty please? I won’t ask again”JUSTTHISONETIME
- 42a “Absolutely, amigo!”SISI
- 43a Kids’ fun run length, for shortONEK
- 44a Have a knee-jerk response, perhapsREACT
- 45a Something acute or obtuseANGLE
- 47a Dinghy thingyOAR
- 48a Played mind games withPSYCHEDOUT
- 52a Post-Christmas eventSALE
- 56a Game with numbered ballsLOTTO
- 57a “The ___ thickens”PLOT
- 59a Beantown home team, informallySOX
- 60a “I am the eggman. They ___ the eggmen ?” (Beatles lyric)ARE
- 61a All over the place ? or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 25-, 39- and 48-AcrossSCATTERSHOT
- 65a Word before “a bird,” “a plane” and “Superman!”ITS
- 66a Actress Shire of the “Godfather” trilogyTALIA
- 67a “Old MacDonald” refrainEIEIO
- 68a ___ King ColeNAT
- 69a Contract detail, informallySPEC
- 70a Painter’s standEASEL
- Down
- 1d Firing offense?ARSON
- 2d Arouse, as interestPIQUE
- 3d Make accustomed (to)INURE
- 4d Hush-hush D.C. org.NSA
- 5d Bit of derring-doGEST
- 6d “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” spinoffRHODA
- 7d All-vowel French 101 wordEAU
- 8d Sable or minkFUR
- 9d Before the deadlineINTIME
- 10d Vilnius is its capitalLITHUANIA
- 11d No-brainer?IDIOT
- 12d Reluctant (to)LOATH
- 14d Phishing scheme, e.g.SCAM
- 17d Brother on TV’s “Bonanza”HOSS
- 22d BogeymenMONSTERS
- 24d Having a sharp outlineDISTINCT
- 26d “All ___ Up” (Elvis #1 hit)SHOOK
- 27d It’s sung in praiseHYMN
- 29d Manhattan-based media org.NYT
- 31d Bedwear, in briefPJS
- 32d All-vowel French 101 wordOUI
- 33d Blue-book eventESSAYTEST
- 34d Partner of winedDINED
- 35d Suffix for some sugarsOSE
- 37d “Better Call Saul” networkAMC
- 38d ___ peevePET
- 40d Reason to give a darn?HOLE
- 41d 1970s feminist cause, for shortERA
- 46d Ends a relationship with by suddenly cutting off communicationGHOSTS
- 47d Central Plains tribeOTOE
- 48d Without any toppingsPLAIN
- 49d To a degree, informallySORTA
- 50d Of the eyesOPTIC
- 51d Big name in cosmeticsULTA
- 53d Grill residueASHES
- 54d Sergeant’s superior, slangilyLOOIE
- 55d Praise to the skiesEXTOL
- 58d Word with family or firTREE
- 62d One may be twist-offCAP
- 63d Pub pint, perhapsALE
- 64d One-named “Chandelier” singerSIA