NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 13, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 13, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Gia BoskoEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 36

  1. 1___ classic ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show" or "Pulp Fiction," e.g.) ↗CULT
  2. 5Spongy wetlands ↗BOGS
  3. 9Titleholder ↗CHAMP
  4. 14Engrave ↗ETCH
  5. 15Dirt pie ingredient ↗OREO
  6. 16Greek goddesses of the seasons ↗HORAE
  7. 17Optional mission in a video game ↗SIDEQUEST
  8. 19Gradually eat away ↗ERODE
  9. 20Selfless sort ↗ALTRUIST
  10. 21Shindig for someone to announce whether they're having a boy or a girl ↗GENDER
  11. 22– ↗REVEAL
  12. 23Lie next to ↗ABUT
  13. 25Show on which Tina Fey and Seth Meyers have worked as head writers, in brief ↗SNL
  14. 26Tropical cocktail with bananas, strawberries, rum and coconut cream ↗LAVAFLOW
  15. 31Go downhill fast ↗SKI
  16. 34Feedbag contents ↗OATS
  17. 36Shindig for someone settling into a new home ↗HOUSE
  18. 37– ↗WARMING
  19. 40Flips, say ↗RESELLS
  20. 42Skirt, as an issue ↗AVOID
  21. 43Jennifer who wrote "A Visit From the Goon Squad" ↗EGAN
  22. 45Auction unit ↗LOT
  23. 46Cowboy's kerchief ↗BANDANNA
  24. 48Show stoppers? ↗ADS
  25. 51Goes bad ↗ROTS
  26. 52Shindig for someone who's about to tie the knot ↗BRIDAL
  27. 56– ↗SHOWER
  28. 60Like a dish of veal or chicken dipped in egg and breadcrumbs, then fried in butter ↗MILANESE
  29. 62Surfers ride them ↗WAVES
  30. 63Lunchroom ↗CAFETERIA
  31. 64Wolf in "The Jungle Book" ↗AKELA
  32. 65Initials on a map until 1991 ↗USSR
  33. 66Shindig for the cast and crew after filming is done … with a hint to entering this answer and three others in the grid ↗WRAP
  34. 67– ↗PARTY
  35. 68Boxing stats ↗TKOS
  36. 69Jazz singer Sylvia ↗SYMS

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  1. 1___ Millan, celebrity dog trainer ↗CESAR
  2. 2Handy ↗UTILE
  3. 3High-def flat screen, for short ↗LCDTV
  4. 4"Ay, ___ the rub" ↗THERES
  5. 5Broth that might come from a dissolved cube ↗BOUILLON
  6. 6Magnetite and bauxite ↗ORES
  7. 7Whole that's greater than the sum of its parts, from the German ↗GESTALT
  8. 8Barfly ↗SOT
  9. 9Spotted African sprinters ↗CHEETAHS
  10. 10Car's honker ↗HORN
  11. 11Longtime Yankee slugger, familiarly ↗AROD
  12. 12Earned ↗MADE
  13. 13Member of a jury ↗PEER
  14. 18Ke Huy ___, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" actor ↗QUAN
  15. 21Boss, in Britain ↗GUV
  16. 24Major Iraqi port city ↗BASRA
  17. 27Adversary ↗FOE
  18. 28Quiet period ↗LULL
  19. 29Scandinavian capital ↗OSLO
  20. 30Toward sunset ↗WEST
  21. 31Mop, as the deck ↗SWAB
  22. 32Polynesian brew ↗KAVA
  23. 33Smooth out, as a wrinkled shirt ↗IRON
  24. 35Talent broker ↗AGENT
  25. 38Mediocre, in modern slang ↗MID
  26. 39"’Tis entirely likely" ↗IDARESAY
  27. 41Those going along with others' unhealthy habits ↗ENABLERS
  28. 44Item worn with a hazmat suit ↗GASMASK
  29. 47Negative connector ↗NOR
  30. 49"Curses!" ↗DRAT
  31. 50Fibrous connecting tissues ↗SINEWS
  32. 53Second-largest city in Northern Ireland ↗DERRY
  33. 54"Take me ___" ↗ASIAM
  34. 55Bounds ↗LEAPS
  35. 56Substitute ↗SWAP
  36. 57Ceremonial Maori dance ↗HAKA
  37. 58Done ↗OVER
  38. 59Mark left by a whip ↗WELT
  39. 61"Should that be true …" ↗IFSO
  40. 63Word before "one's losses" or "both ways" ↗CUT