New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 10/28/2026. The October 28 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a “Futurama” robotBENDER
- 7a Stadium shoutsOLES
- 11a Like some vaccinesORAL
- 15a Colored part of an eyeAREOLA
- 16a Fish whose name is a synonym for “complain”CARP
- 17a Gullible sortRUBE
- 18a Jack Torrance, in “The Shining”HERESJOHNNY
- 20a Machu Picchu constructorINCA
- 21a Not remain silent, maybeACT
- 22a Top choices?BRAS
- 23a Customary behaviorsWONTS
- 24a Dr. Frankenstein, in 1931’s “Frankenstein”ITSALIVEITSALIVE
- 29a First in a line of 14 popesLEOI
- 30a Draft cattleOXEN
- 31a Not in financial troubleAFLOAT
- 34a ___ riserEARLY
- 37a DollopGOB
- 40a With 44-Across, Veronica Quaife, in “The Fly”BEAFRAIDBE
- 42a Prefix with presence or scienceOMNI
- 43a Light hit at the plateBUNT
- 44a See 40-AcrossVERYAFRAID
- 47a CombineADD
- 48a Megastar’s venueARENA
- 50a Slopes to the sideSLANTS
- 51a Isolate, in corporate-speakSILO
- 53a “Stop,” as said to someone filling a cupWHEN
- 54a Jigsaw, in “Saw”IWANTTOPLAYAGAME
- 62a Silently acknowledgeNODTO
- 63a WallopSLUG
- 64a Matcha or DarjeelingTEA
- 65a Affectedly cuteTWEE
- 66a Indicators of irony ? or a way to describe the answers to 18-, 24-, 40-/44- and 54-Across?SCAREQUOTES
- 70a United Arab Emirates neighborOMAN
- 71a Visibility impedimentHAZE
- 72a Boxing match result, maybeBRUISE
- 73a Join securelyWELD
- 74a Historian’s segmentsERAS
- 75a Cut upSLICED
- Down
- 1d Religion with the key text Kitáb-i-AqdasBAHAI
- 2d Build, as a buildingERECT
- 3d Old-timey “Darn!”NERTS
- 4d One chasing the big bucks?DOE
- 5d Aboveground transportsELS
- 6d Colonial rule in IndiaRAJ
- 7d Brownish-yellow shadeOCHRE
- 8d Hawaii’s sixth-largest islandLANAI
- 9d German artist MaxERNST
- 10d Profession in many Hitchcock filmsSPY
- 11d M.L.B. player whose cap has an orange visorORIOLE
- 12d Shuffling dance move popular in the 1990sRUNNINGMAN
- 13d “Abbott Elementary” airerABCTV
- 14d One might be month-to-monthLEASE
- 19d “It’s so clear,” in slangOBVI
- 23d Like some sealsWAXY
- 25d In the airALOFT
- 26d King who disowns CordeliaLEAR
- 27d SpeckIOTA
- 28d San José sunSOL
- 31d Popular band that had a 40-year gap (1981-2021) between its last two studio albumsABBA
- 32d Fight à la the Capulets and MontaguesFEUD
- 33d Finalizes the business agreement, sayLANDSADEAL
- 34d Site of a tempting offerEDEN
- 35d Pokémon critter with a yellow snout and short, pointed earsABRA
- 36d Jedi of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”REY
- 38d “Consider this taken care of”ONIT
- 39d Actions at auctionsBIDS
- 41d “___ got bad news”IVE
- 42d Member of the genus Pongo, informallyORANG
- 45d Like a used grillASHY
- 46d Pet pestFLEA
- 48d Etta James, vocallyALTO
- 49d Cause a stink?ROT
- 52d Plan (to)INTEND
- 53d Word with freeze or hikeWAGE
- 54d Being dragged alongINTOW
- 55d “Knock my socks off!”WOWME
- 56d ___ Isaac, Dr. Frankenstein portrayer in Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”OSCAR
- 57d City squarePLAZA
- 58d They might be shaped like minnows or fliesLURES
- 59d Top-level storage spaceATTIC
- 60d Group of antlered deer, humorouslyMEESE
- 61d Made less severeEASED
- 66d The Beatles’ “___ Came in Through the Bathroom Window”SHE
- 67d Jalen Hurts and Joe Montana, for two, informallyQBS
- 68d Something to clickURL
- 69d SÃ, across the PyreneesOUI