New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 10/05/2026. The October 05 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 Write on stone, maybeETCH
- 5a Request at the bottom of an invitationRSVP
- 9a Follower of Jah, informallyRASTA
- 14a “Me neither”NORI
- 15a Great Plains tribeOTOE
- 16a Set of moral principlesETHIC
- 17a Famous ___ cookiesAMOS
- 18a Downfall in pinballTILT
- 19a Course for future therapists, for shortPSYCH
- 20a Spot to work out knotted musclesMASSAGETABLE
- 23a U.F.O. occupants, in briefETS
- 24a YankTUG
- 25a Reach quickly, as a conclusionLEAPTO
- 29a Internet meme felineLOLCAT
- 31a “___ your mouth!”SHUT
- 33a Stadium cheerRAH
- 34a Holiday at the end of Ramadan, informallyEID
- 35a Memphis barbecue stapleSPARERIBS
- 37a Military rank above cpl.SGT
- 38a Tusked animalsBOARS
- 39a Squiggle shapeESS
- 40a Key to Aladdin’s successMAGICLAMP
- 42a ___ Paulo, BrazilSAO
- 43a Before, poeticallyERE
- 44a Acorn growersOAKS
- 45a Dress seen at OktoberfestDIRNDL
- 48a Black ___ (some spiders)WIDOWS
- 50a Mental cloudFOG
- 51a Drag performer’s accessoryBOA
- 52a “Ah, that’s where things get difficult” ? or what can be said about 20-, 35- and 40-Across?THERESTHERUB
- 56a Singer BakerANITA
- 59a When Fantine sings “I Dreamed a Dream” in “Les Misérables”ACTI
- 60a Block toy with its own chain of theme parksLEGO
- 61a Bathroom door signWOMEN
- 62a Occasion for a teen to rent a tuxPROM
- 63a Spot for a wolf packLAIR
- 64a Weapon in a scabbardSWORD
- 65a Manager of an apt. bldg.SUPE
- 66a Squeaks (by)EKES
- Down
- 1d Tooth coveringENAMEL
- 2d Fruit, botanically, that’s treated as a vegetableTOMATO
- 3d One way to sit while meditatingCROSSLEGGED
- 4d Snake’s warningHISS
- 5d Cheap hoochROTGUT
- 6d ___ Larsson, author of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”STIEG
- 7d Bygone electric ChevyVOLT
- 8d Org. that advocates for “cruelty-free” productsPETA
- 9d Filled to the gillsREPLETE
- 10d Completely lostATSEA
- 11d Not likely to make the first move, saySHY
- 12d Unconscious mannerismTIC
- 13d German outburstACH
- 21d SlightlyATAD
- 22d Things you might see when you’re not wearing glassesBLURS
- 26d Escape from jailPRISONBREAK
- 27d Clickables at the top of a computer screenTABS
- 28d Exclamations of surpriseOHS
- 30d Commercial lead-in to cardCITI
- 31d Inundates with junk mailSPAMS
- 32d Musical instrument in the Guinness logoHARP
- 35d Luxuriate in a bathtubSOAK
- 36d “___ Window”REAR
- 37d South Asian dressSARI
- 38d NonchalantBLASE
- 40d Kitten’s callMEW
- 41d Ranch workerCOWHAND
- 42d [Oh, well]SIGH
- 45d Serve a jail sentenceDOTIME
- 46d Dance craze of the 2010sDOUGIE
- 47d Hercules had 12 of theseLABORS
- 49d Playful aquatic animalOTTER
- 50d Camera lens settingFSTOP
- 53d Emulates Big Boi and Lil’ KimRAPS
- 54d Light beigeECRU
- 55d Woods of “Legally Blonde”ELLE
- 56d Reactions to something adorableAWS
- 57d “Immediately!”NOW
- 58d “If you ask me ?,” to a texterIMO