NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 10, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 10, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By David Levinson WilkEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 33

  1. 1Artist whose first two initials stand for "Maurits Cornelis" ↗ESCHER
  2. 7Get to know a little better, say ↗BONEUPON
  3. 15Kind ↗STRIPE
  4. 16"Not today, Satan!" ↗OHHELLNO
  5. 17Like Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear ↗TRAGIC
  6. 18Place where it's a hoot to raise a family? ↗OWLSNEST
  7. 19Part of a swearing-in ceremony ↗OATH
  8. 20Peak overlooking the Grindelwald Valley ↗EIGER
  9. 22Do a bad job of helping? ↗ABET
  10. 23Frito ___ (Tex-Mex dish) ↗PIE
  11. 24"Float like a butterfly" and "sting like a bee" ↗SIMILES
  12. 26Office building abbr. ↗STE
  13. 27It's a lot for one person to take ↗GROUPSELFIE
  14. 30Was hot (for) ↗THIRSTED
  15. 31Likely gonna ↗APTTO
  16. 35Natives call it Muncibeddu, meaning "mountain of mountains" ↗ETNA
  17. 36Seattle's W.N.B.A. team ↗STORM
  18. 39Be boastful ↗CROW
  19. 40Member of the winning 2025 Super Bowl team ↗EAGLE
  20. 42Some 1980s Jane Fonda performances ↗WORKOUTS
  21. 44Round and round and round? ↗BOXINGMATCH
  22. 47Este día ↗HOY
  23. 50Determine the going price? ↗SETBAIL
  24. 51London's ___ Gardens ↗KEW
  25. 53"That makes sense now" ↗AHOK
  26. 55Patches up, in a way ↗DARNS
  27. 56___ Dee, lead role on HBO's "Insecure" ↗ISSA
  28. 57Played by oneself ↗HADASOLO
  29. 59Animated character with a signature quiff hairstyle ↗TINTIN
  30. 61Croupier's query ↗AREYOUIN
  31. 62Hide, in a way, as a communication ↗ENCODE
  32. 63State revenue source ↗SALESTAX
  33. 64Became the beneficiary of ↗REAPED

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  1. 1Legally prohibit ↗ESTOP
  2. 2Kind of student ↗STRAIGHTA
  3. 3In free fall ↗CRATERING
  4. 4Word with grade or school ↗HIGH
  5. 5Prefix with dermis ↗EPI
  6. 6Gate ↗RECEIPTS
  7. 7Hip-hop's birthplace, colloquially ↗BOOGIEDOWNBRONX
  8. 8"What a pity" ↗OHWELL
  9. 9Sports figure who traditionally wears an orange armband, in brief ↗NHLREF
  10. 10Some Caltech grads: Abbr. ↗EES
  11. 11It's seen near a wrist ↗ULNA
  12. 12Commoners ↗PLEBS
  13. 13Start ↗ONSET
  14. 14"Buona ___" (bedtime words in Roma) ↗NOTTE
  15. 21"No more for me, thanks" ↗IMSET
  16. 24Like a sketchy person ↗SUS
  17. 25One-named singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills" ↗SIA
  18. 28Flossing brand ↗ORALB
  19. 29Walt Disney initially designed it as a utopian city ↗EPCOT
  20. 30Bit of concert merch ↗TEE
  21. 32Refueling spot ↗TRUCKSTOP
  22. 33Where a wallflower often stands ↗TOTHESIDE
  23. 34Sounds of pain ↗OWS
  24. 37Podcaster Joe ↗ROGAN
  25. 381980s chart-topping band with a semi-duplicative name ↗MRMISTER
  26. 41Camera brand named after a goddess ↗EOS
  27. 43Actor Penn ↗KAL
  28. 45Struck ↗XEDOUT
  29. 46Neighbor of Francia ↗ITALIA
  30. 47Contents of a laugh track ↗HAHAS
  31. 48John who wrote "BUtterfield 8" ↗OHARA
  32. 49Certain snack cake ↗YODEL
  33. 52Abated ↗WANED
  34. 54Danny who was UNICEF's's first goodwill ambassador ↗KAYE
  35. 56Peruvian ___ Orchid (dog breed) ↗INCA
  36. 58Title of a #1 Rihanna song and #1 SZA album ↗SOS
  37. 60Suffix with morph- ↗INE