NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 17, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 17, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By August MillerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1566 clues

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The Grid

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Across 33

  1. 1It has its limits, in brief ↗CALC
  2. 5Award-winning culinary documentary series ↗CHEFSTABLE
  3. 15High number, perhaps ↗ARIA
  4. 16Where some family secrets may be written ↗RECIPEBOOK
  5. 17Displaying finesse ↗DEFT
  6. 18Actress who plays Trudy on "Mad Men" and Annie on "Community" ↗ALISONBRIE
  7. 19Mothers in cotes ↗EWES
  8. 20Bedtime attire ↗NIGHTDRESS
  9. 21Silicon Valley V.I.P. ↗TECHCEO
  10. 23Oslo Accords grp. ↗PLO
  11. 24Gold medalist in women's soccer and women's team foil (fencing) at 2024's Olympics, in brief ↗THEUS
  12. 25Part of many home improvement projects ↗PAINTJOB
  13. 30Fissile rock ↗SHALE
  14. 31Party leader? ↗HOST
  15. 32Something seized, for short ↗REPO
  16. 33Outdoor accommodations with flies ↗TENTS
  17. 34"One ___" (Elizabeth Bishop poem that repeats the line "The ___ of losing isn't hard to master") ↗ART
  18. 35Skin care brand from Japan ↗CUREL
  19. 36Drive ↗URGE
  20. 37Give credit to ↗CITE
  21. 38Suitable for a game of 20 Questions, in a way ↗YESNO
  22. 39Establishments selling craft products? ↗BEERBARS
  23. 41Appears less impressive ↗PALES
  24. 42It's meant to be believed ↗ISM
  25. 43Rich ↗MONEYED
  26. 45Meet an unmet need ↗FILLTHEGAP
  27. 50___ bowl ↗ACAI
  28. 51Queue words ↗ONEATATIME
  29. 52Discover alternative ↗VISA
  30. 53Author of the story collections "The Little Disturbances of Man" (1959) and "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute" (1974) ↗GRACEPALEY
  31. 54___ mess (British dessert) ↗ETON
  32. 55Traditional Passover dish ↗SEDERPLATE
  33. 56Scot's word meaning "past" ↗SYNE

Down 33

  1. 1Academy figure ↗CADET
  2. 2Line of passengers? ↗AREWETHERE
  3. 3Relocating to a different country, e.g. ↗LIFECHANGE
  4. 4Destination for many a rescue ↗CATSHELTER
  5. 5Birds whose wings might be folded? ↗CRANES
  6. 6Prefix with -trope ↗HELIO
  7. 7Modern pen, of a sort ↗ECIG
  8. 8Seafood-based ingredient in Eastern cuisines ↗FISHPASTE
  9. 9Like someone performing a monologue, maybe ↗SPOTLIT
  10. 10Part of the hamstring ↗TENDON
  11. 11Fem. or masc. ↗ABBR
  12. 12Tunnel (into) ↗BORE
  13. 13Lane in Superman movies ↗LOIS
  14. 14Just gets (by) ↗EKES
  15. 22"Psst" and "Go!" ↗CUES
  16. 25Things that ships, computers and wine retailers all have ↗PORTS
  17. 26Plant parts that develop as a seedling grows ↗TRUELEAVES
  18. 27Urban locale that looks out on Ellis Island ↗JERSEYCITY
  19. 28When anything goes ↗OPENSEASON
  20. 29Tie with string ↗BOLO
  21. 30One getting ripped off at a venue ↗STUB
  22. 31Poison classification ↗HAIRMETAL
  23. 35Relative of turquoise ↗CYAN
  24. 37Competitor of Venmo ↗CASHAPP
  25. 40Like the herbs on a 55-Across ↗BITTER
  26. 41Wimpy friend? ↗POPEYE
  27. 43"The Duck Variations" playwright ↗MAMET
  28. 44Lane in Superman movies ↗DIANE
  29. 45States of confusion ↗FOGS
  30. 46About ↗INRE
  31. 47Material theorized as a possible cause of ancient Rome's decline, given its widespread use ↗LEAD
  32. 48Berate, with "into" ↗LACE
  33. 49___ monster ↗GILA