NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 2, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 2, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Joe MarquezEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Important figure on staff? ↗CLEF
  2. 5Photographer's inits. ↗SLR
  3. 8"For real" ↗TRULY
  4. 13Funky-smelling ↗RIPE
  5. 14Sugar substitute? ↗SWEETIEPIE
  6. 16Within ↗AMID
  7. 17Core-focused workout in a humid room ↗HOTPILATES
  8. 18Unit of sound intensity ↗BEL
  9. 19Like Mitt Romney and Ken Jennings ↗MORMON
  10. 20Lead-in to "coin" for a major cryptocurrency ↗DOGE
  11. 21"Whew!" ↗CLOSEONE
  12. 23Whose fault your mistake might be ↗NOONES
  13. 25Hybrid cat ↗LIGER
  14. 26Member of a noble family ↗SCION
  15. 28Request after eating a habanero, perhaps ↗AGUA
  16. 29What comes from needing little, per Epictetus ↗WEALTH
  17. 31Small dosage amts. ↗MGS
  18. 34Question posed at the end of a successful job interview ↗WHENCANYOUSTART
  19. 37Waze ways: Abbr. ↗STS
  20. 38Spends a long time in front of the mirror, maybe ↗PRIMPS
  21. 39Inkling ↗IDEA
  22. 40Word with cane or corn ↗CANDY
  23. 41Villainous expression ↗SNEER
  24. 42Home to the Basilica of St. Clare ↗ASSISI
  25. 45Highly controlling? ↗PILOTING
  26. 48Like a golf course, regularly ↗MOWN
  27. 49Snap, crackle and pop ↗NOISES
  28. 51___ Cup, tournament established in the 2020s ↗NBA
  29. 52"Never been better!" ↗IFEELGREAT
  30. 54Site of a 1956 international conflict ↗SUEZ
  31. 55Animal chased by Toto in "The Wizard of Oz" ↗SIAMESECAT
  32. 56Key in a chain ↗ISLE
  33. 57Figure with three faces, in Dante ↗SATAN
  34. 58Brief bit ↗SEC
  35. 59They're stretched out before some workouts ↗MATS

Down 35

  1. 1Hard-shelled delicacies ↗CRABCLAWS
  2. 2Public eye ↗LIMELIGHT
  3. 3Written posts? ↗EPILOGUES
  4. 4Stoked ↗FED
  5. 5Like some enemies ↗SWORN
  6. 6"I need to get a word in!" ↗LETMESAYMYPIECE
  7. 7Possible result of a default ↗REPO
  8. 8Before ↗TIL
  9. 9Not stop at the end of a chapter, say ↗READON
  10. 10Suffragist Harriet Taylor ___ ↗UPTON
  11. 11One doing the lord's work? ↗LIEGE
  12. 12Words of affirmation ↗YESES
  13. 14"Skedaddle!" ↗SHOO
  14. 15Condition that can be caused by excess earwax ↗TINNITUS
  15. 19Debussy's "La ___" ↗MER
  16. 22Jay ___, singer of the 2009 #1 hit "Down" ↗SEAN
  17. 24Sounds from fans ↗OOHS
  18. 27Clip follower ↗CLOP
  19. 29Some weather service messages ↗WARNINGS
  20. 30"Wheat Capital" of Oklahoma ↗ENID
  21. 31Label on some domestic products ↗MADEINUSA
  22. 32Eco-friendly area around a city ↗GREENBELT
  23. 33Stares into space ↗STARGAZES
  24. 35Ones doing balancing acts? ↗CPAS
  25. 36Windows feature? ↗TINT
  26. 40Pictures ↗CINEMA
  27. 41Message that might be signaled with smoke ↗SOS
  28. 42Off ↗AMISS
  29. 43European capital with layers of Thracian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman history ↗SOFIA
  30. 44Beads for an athlete ↗SWEAT
  31. 46Director Lee ___ Chung ↗ISAAC
  32. 47Neighbor of an Estonian, historically ↗LETT
  33. 50They're sometimes picked for their rarity ↗ORES
  34. 53Wiseman who directed "Ballerina" and "Live Free or Die Hard" ↗LEN
  35. 54___City ↗SIM