NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 12, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 12, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Zhouqin BurnikelEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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Across 39

  1. 1"Let's not forget ..." ↗ALSO
  2. 5Singer/actress Bareilles ↗SARA
  3. 9First part of a musical ↗ACTI
  4. 13Close by ↗NEAR
  5. 14Post-bath wrap ↗TOWEL
  6. 15Vegetable on a cob ↗CORN
  7. 16Electric vehicle from Japan ↗NISSANLEAF
  8. 18God with a bow and arrow ↗EROS
  9. 19Brief ↗SHORT
  10. 20Investment option for old age, in brief ↗IRA
  11. 22Mail carrier's assignment: Abbr. ↗RTE
  12. 23Signaling, as a performer ↗CUING
  13. 24Total mess ↗MARESNEST
  14. 27Contents of a sleeve ↗ARM
  15. 28Birthstones for some Libras ↗OPALS
  16. 30Quick kiss ↗PECK
  17. 31Movie princess with "space buns" ↗LEIA
  18. 33Rapper ___ Kim ↗LIL
  19. 34Mercury, Venus or Mars ↗DEITY
  20. 35Unpredictable emotional shift ↗MOODSWING
  21. 38Striped kitty ↗TABBY
  22. 40Main element in pewter ↗TIN
  23. 41"No ___, no foul" ↗HARM
  24. 45Olympic sword with a guarded tip ↗EPEE
  25. 46Thick heads of hair ↗MANES
  26. 48Furious ↗MAD
  27. 49Celtics legend nicknamed "The Hick from French Lick" ↗LARRYBIRD
  28. 51Kicks off, as a concert ↗OPENS
  29. 53Singer Grande, informally ↗ARI
  30. 54Part of the Holy Trinity ↗SON
  31. 55Tony winner Menzel ↗IDINA
  32. 56___-Cola ↗COCA
  33. 58Positioned precariously … or where the ends of 16-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across can all be found ↗OUTONALIMB
  34. 62Those, in Spanish ↗ESOS
  35. 63Lollipop holder ↗STICK
  36. 64Great Plains tribe ↗OTOE
  37. 65"Late Night" host Meyers ↗SETH
  38. 66___ off (miffed) ↗TEED
  39. 67Little kid ↗TYKE

Down 39

  1. 1"Tom Lake" novelist Patchett ↗ANN
  2. 2It isn't working ↗LEISURE
  3. 3Raw fish dish at a Japanese restaurant ↗SASHIMI
  4. 4"Citizen Kane" director Welles ↗ORSON
  5. 5Sun, in Spanish ↗SOL
  6. 6Astounded state ↗AWE
  7. 7Shows again, as a broadcast ↗REAIRS
  8. 8"Clemency" actress Woodard ↗ALFRE
  9. 9Card that may be hidden "up one's sleeve" ↗ACE
  10. 10"You're right!" ↗CORRECT
  11. 11Russian revolutionary Leon ↗TROTSKY
  12. 12City map next to a state map, e.g. ↗INSET
  13. 14Explosive block in Minecraft ↗TNT
  14. 17Mythical Greek ship ↗ARGO
  15. 21Tree with "quaking" leaves ↗ASPEN
  16. 23Baseball great Ripken ↗CAL
  17. 24___ Marian, Robin Hood's beloved ↗MAID
  18. 25Outstanding athlete ↗ALLSTAR
  19. 26Sound from the horse's mouth ↗NEIGH
  20. 29Cunning tactic ↗PLOY
  21. 32"Jurassic Park" insect casing ↗AMBER
  22. 34Eat by candlelight, say ↗DINE
  23. 36Follows an order ↗OBEYS
  24. 37Sailboat propeller ↗WIND
  25. 38Hybrid flower named after a drink ↗TEAROSE
  26. 39Kind of jam in a Sacher torte ↗APRICOT
  27. 42In-room safe or a chocolate on the pillow, say ↗AMENITY
  28. 43Went hog wild ↗RANAMOK
  29. 44Some E.R. workers ↗MDS
  30. 46Time piece? ↗MINUTE
  31. 47Sweet, fizzy drink ↗SODA
  32. 49Roller skate strings ↗LACES
  33. 50Give a leg up ↗BOOST
  34. 52Amelia Earhart, for one ↗PILOT
  35. 55Squid's defensive output ↗INK
  36. 57Residue on a grill ↗ASH
  37. 59Reason for overtime ↗TIE
  38. 60Anxious condition, in brief ↗OCD
  39. 61Hive occupant ↗BEE