New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 10/03/2026. The October 03 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a Five-note jingle for “The Gift That Grows”CHCHCHCHIA
- 11a Tech news siteCNET
- 15a Message that comes with a pointerYOUAREHERE
- 16a Symbol of loveROSE
- 17a Changes in form, but not in essenceSUBLIMATES
- 18a To: Abbr.ATTN
- 19a Cookie, e.g.TRACKER
- 20a Question in a stalemateNOWWHAT
- 22a UrgeYEN
- 23a “Show some manners!”BEPOLITE
- 24a Classic Harlem ballroomSAVOY
- 27a Get one’s hands on, informallyCOP
- 28a Did a boring job?MINED
- 29a Hot environmentOVEN
- 30a Throwing weapons for the Dark KnightBATARANGS
- 32a ZipNIL
- 33a Indie music’s ___ IverBON
- 34a Sword’s alternativePEN
- 35a Chinese steamed bunBAO
- 37a Supplementary materials accompanying a home movie purchaseDVDEXTRAS
- 40a DoozyLULU
- 41a Trap in the waterCREEL
- 42a CatchesHAS
- 43a Ticket selectorVOTER
- 44a Thorough, sayDETAILED
- 46a Rihanna’s “Take a ___” (2008)BOW
- 47a (The) shaft, so to speakRAWDEAL
- 48a Not all there upstairs?BALDISH
- 52a Some altarations?IDOS
- 53a Burkina Faso, before 1984UPPERVOLTA
- 55a Captain in Melville’s “Billy Budd”VERE
- 56a Renowned naturalist buried at Rwanda’s Karisoke Research CenterDIANFOSSEY
- 57a Singing sister of ArethaERMA
- 58a Nervously inhales?STRESSEATS
- Down
- 1d Target for surgical excisionCYST
- 2d TimeHOUR
- 3d Country where the game of dominoes is a national pastimeCUBA
- 4d Characterized by great happinessHALCYON
- 5d “Sheesh!”CRIKEY
- 6d Mr. Universe contestantsHEMEN
- 7d BurnCHAR
- 8d All worked (up)HET
- 9d Greek actress who brought Elektra, Penelope, Antigone and Helen of Troy to the screenIRENEPAPAS
- 10d Man who made animals talkAESOP
- 11d Stumble home after a night out, sayCRAWLIN
- 12d JustNOTHINGBUT
- 13d Something you may be willing to hold?ESTATESALE
- 14d Camped out, sayTENTED
- 21d Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal ___”WOMAN
- 23d Fake posterBOT
- 24d “___ of Frankenstein” (1939 movie sequel)SON
- 25d Person who gets a lot of texts?AVIDREADER
- 26d Sluglike creature known for its soft, water-repellent skinVELVETWORM
- 27d Has no controlCANTHELPIT
- 30d Word with shadow or shoeBOX
- 31d Lo-___RES
- 33d ContradictBELIE
- 36d Abba’s “___ Last Summer”OUR
- 38d Outlet for the Jordan RiverDEADSEA
- 39d Super-keenRAD
- 40d Weak amount of medicineLOWDOSE
- 41d Primary PC storageCDRIVE
- 43d EX30, EX40 and XC60VOLVOS
- 45d PraisesLAUDS
- 46d Fails to keep things downBARFS
- 48d Nota ___BENE
- 49d Classic film character who says “Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time”ILSA
- 50d Proofreader’s commandSTET
- 51d Kansas’ Fort ___HAYS
- 54d Swinger’s goal, perhapsPAR