NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 19, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 19, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Michele GovierEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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Across 38

  1. 1Center of the solar system, with "the" ↗SUN
  2. 4"A Fish Called ___" ↗WANDA
  3. 9Tiny terror ↗IMP
  4. 12"Where the Wild Things ___" ↗ARE
  5. 13Cafe overhang ↗AWNING
  6. 15Hotel booking ↗ROOM
  7. 17Supermarket franchise inits. ↗IGA
  8. 18Giving excessive praise and flattery ↗FAWNINGOVER
  9. 20Second-in-command ↗DEPUTY
  10. 22Will of "Arrested Development" ↗ARNETT
  11. 23Gives the nod ↗OKS
  12. 24Dutch beer brand ↗AMSTEL
  13. 27Bundle of hay ↗BALE
  14. 29Branch plant? ↗TREE
  15. 30"The Raven" writer, in footnotes ↗EAPOE
  16. 34Used goods disclaimer ↗ASIS
  17. 35Urban casual fashion ↗STREETWEAR
  18. 37Sombrero or fedora ↗HAT
  19. 38Lout ↗OAF
  20. 39U.K. thank-yous ↗TAS
  21. 40Alias letters ↗AKA
  22. 41"You are correct" ↗THATSRIGHT
  23. 44Perfect tennis serves ↗ACES
  24. 45Muscle-bone connector ↗SINEW
  25. 46Some jeans that aren't Wranglers or Levi's ↗LEES
  26. 47Philosopher Descartes ↗RENE
  27. 48Made some waves? ↗PERMED
  28. 50See 61-Across ↗COM
  29. 51"Is it OK for me to leave?" ↗CANIGO
  30. 54Home country of Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling ↗CANADA
  31. 57Punches the air … or a hint to what 1-Across creates in this puzzle ↗SHADOWBOXES
  32. 61With 50-Across, many a feel-good flick ↗ROM
  33. 62Giveaway, in poker ↗TELL
  34. 63Like a meditation retreat ↗SERENE
  35. 64Letter between phi and psi ↗CHI
  36. 65Month with Mother's Day ↗MAY
  37. 66Law school class ↗TORTS
  38. 67"You ___ to be there!" ↗HAD

Down 40

  1. 1Uttered ↗SAID
  2. 2Strong desire ↗URGE
  3. 3Tricolored ice cream flavor ↗NEAPOLITAN
  4. 4Floats in the breeze ↗WAFTS
  5. 5Not home ↗AWAY
  6. 6180° from SSE ↗NNW
  7. 7Cacophony ↗DIN
  8. 8Darth Vader's childhood nickname ↗ANI
  9. 9Rule with no exceptions ↗IRONLAW
  10. 10Change places ↗MOVE
  11. 11What everyone becomes at the touch of love, per Plato's "Symposium" ↗POET
  12. 14Little annoyance you might swat at ↗GNAT
  13. 16"Rocky III" actor with a mohawk ↗MRT
  14. 19Waves to, e.g. ↗GREETS
  15. 21Luau strings, informally ↗UKES
  16. 24Work likely to be shown at an independent cinema ↗ARTFILM
  17. 25Debussy's "La ___" ↗MER
  18. 26Was fuming mad ↗SEETHED
  19. 27Thai currency units ↗BAHTS
  20. 28Sapporo rival ↗ASAHI
  21. 29Pre-1917 Russian autocrat ↗TSAR
  22. 31Antiwar protest ↗PEACEMARCH
  23. 32Like some wine casks ↗OAKEN
  24. 33Clear, as a chalkboard ↗ERASE
  25. 36Uber ___ ↗EATS
  26. 38New York city, county or river ↗OSWEGO
  27. 42Without enthusiasm ↗TEPIDLY
  28. 43"Golly!" ↗GEE
  29. 44Elvis Presley's middle name ↗ARON
  30. 49Uses oars ↗ROWS
  31. 50Assignments for lawyers and judges ↗CASES
  32. 51Winter hrs. in Wichita ↗CST
  33. 52Attention-getting sound ↗AHEM
  34. 53Simba's mate in "The Lion King" ↗NALA
  35. 54Penny ↗CENT
  36. 55Capital of Qatar ↗DOHA
  37. 56In amongst ↗AMID
  38. 58Wager ↗BET
  39. 59Gold, in Granada ↗ORO
  40. 60Gen ___ (Zoomer's parent) ↗XER