NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 14, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 14, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jacob StulbergEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Hot stuff ↗MAGMA
  2. 6Target ↗GOAL
  3. 10Worshiper's locale, at times ↗APSE
  4. 14Poe's middle name ↗ALLAN
  5. 15Lingerie material ↗LACE
  6. 16Glimpse ↗PEEK
  7. 17Response to "Good morning, everybody!" ↗YOUREMUTED
  8. 19Glazier's product ↗PANE
  9. 20Consumed ↗ATE
  10. 21Debunked "facts" ↗MYTHS
  11. 22Amish, Shakers and others ↗SECTS
  12. 23Long (for) ↗PINE
  13. 24Former Mideast bigwig ↗SHAH
  14. 25Response to "Let's get this meeting going" ↗WECANTHEARYOU
  15. 30Wrap, as rope ↗COIL
  16. 32Word before or after butt ↗HEAD
  17. 33Flesh and blood ↗KIN
  18. 34Tree with edible nuts ↗HAZEL
  19. 36"A conversation carried out by other means," per Peter Ustinov ↗SEX
  20. 37Give in ↗YIELD
  21. 39Triumphant cry ↗AHA
  22. 40Prefix with -meter ↗ALTI
  23. 42Chilean money ↗PESO
  24. 43Response to "Why is everyone ignoring me?" ↗TURNYOURMICON
  25. 48Small valley ↗DELL
  26. 49They may be subject to inflation ↗EGOS
  27. 50Flora and fauna, collectively ↗BIOTA
  28. 52Sharp part of a kite ↗TALON
  29. 54Chicago sights, for short ↗ELS
  30. 57Apartment option ↗LOFT
  31. 58Reaction to the unsuccessful "conversation" in this puzzle ↗OHFORGETIT
  32. 60Off base? ↗AWOL
  33. 61___ test ↗ROAD
  34. 62Isolated ↗ALONE
  35. 63Befuddled state ↗HAZE
  36. 64Deep-six ↗BURY
  37. 65Source of strength and resilience ↗SINEW

Down 41

  1. 1Bygone Mesoamerican civilization ↗MAYA
  2. 2Oodles ↗ALOT
  3. 3Affix, in a way ↗GLUE
  4. 4Besmirch ↗MAR
  5. 5Low on red blood cells, perhaps ↗ANEMIC
  6. 6It's in wheat, but not buckwheat ↗GLUTEN
  7. 7Requirement for a juror ↗OATH
  8. 8Wild cards, at times ↗ACES
  9. 9Took the helm ↗LED
  10. 10Look ↗APPEAR
  11. 11Dandy ↗PEACHYKEEN
  12. 12Label on an email folder ↗SENT
  13. 13Scratches (out) ↗EKES
  14. 18Talkative bird ↗MYNA
  15. 22Like a good tree or a bad deal ↗SHADY
  16. 23Three-season star of the New York Cosmos ↗PELE
  17. 24Word before green or after Red ↗SEA
  18. 25Literary title character who's mostly unseen ↗WIZARDOFOZ
  19. 26Pronoun with two homophones ↗THEIR
  20. 27Curse ↗HEX
  21. 28Mechanic's canfuls ↗OILS
  22. 29Edit menu command ↗UNDO
  23. 30Shoot the breeze ↗CHAT
  24. 31Locale of the Battleship Missouri Memorial ↗OAHU
  25. 35Who "turned my whole world upside down," in a 1970s rock hit ↗LAYLA
  26. 36"Rugrats" dad ↗STU
  27. 38Announcements in The Economist, for short ↗IPOS
  28. 41"What a riot!," in brief ↗LOL
  29. 44Irk ↗NETTLE
  30. 45Something to hum ↗MELODY
  31. 46Sikorsky of aviation fame ↗IGOR
  32. 47Cuban drums ↗CONGAS
  33. 50Unexciting ↗BLAH
  34. 51"American Gothic" setting ↗IOWA
  35. 52First word of "Ode on a Grecian Urn" ↗THOU
  36. 53Way off ↗AFAR
  37. 54Alma mater for George Orwell and Hugh Laurie ↗ETON
  38. 55Cue from a cuer ↗LINE
  39. 56Hearty dish ↗STEW
  40. 58Ball ↗ORB
  41. 59Hollywood's Roth or Wallach ↗ELI