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NYT Crossword Answers Oct 21, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 21, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rebecca GoldsteinEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Teacher's pet, say, in slang ↗KISSUP
  2. 7Cumming who won a Tony for "Cabaret" ↗ALAN
  3. 11White lie ↗FIB
  4. 14Not well known ↗ARCANE
  5. 15Driving range? ↗LANE
  6. 16N.H.L.'s Mammoth, on scoreboards ↗UTA
  7. 17Driver's Ed: B ↗PARKINGFINE
  8. 19Alt tab? ↗LSD
  9. 20Sporty vehicles, in brief ↗UTES
  10. 21Reunion attendee, for short ↗GRAD
  11. 22Blunts ↗DULLS
  12. 24Crop whose trade contributed to the Opium Wars ↗TEA
  13. 25Parisian permission ↗OUI
  14. 26Tender bend-er ↗BUMKNEE
  15. 28Gym: B+ ↗MOVINGAVERAGE
  16. 31___ faire (festival with jousting) ↗REN
  17. 32Life phase, informally ↗ERA
  18. 33In the thick of ↗AMID
  19. 34Had dinner at home ↗ATEIN
  20. 37Great sorrow ↗WOE
  21. 38Nutrition sources ↗DIETS
  22. 39___ saltado (Peruvian stir-fry dish) ↗LOMO
  23. 40Tavern ↗BAR
  24. 41Baby boy ↗SON
  25. 42Wood shop: A ↗BUILDINGSUPER
  26. 46Have the same opinion about ↗AGREEON
  27. 47Chemical suffix that indicates a double bond ↗ENE
  28. 48"A Nightmare on ___ Street" ↗ELM
  29. 51Scene that may begin "Follow that car!" ↗CHASE
  30. 52Like a tennis player who didn't even swing, maybe ↗ACED
  31. 54Sneaker brand ↗AVIA
  32. 55Province with Niagara Falls: Abbr. ↗ONT
  33. 56History: A+ ↗PASTPERFECT
  34. 59Look back on with regret ↗RUE
  35. 60At any point ↗EVER
  36. 61Stephen King's telekinetic teen of horror ↗CARRIE
  37. 62Figures in some rumored landings, for short ↗ETS
  38. 63Short Instagram posting ↗REEL
  39. 64Difficult, as a problem ↗KNOTTY

Down 35

  1. 1Wrecked ↗KAPUT
  2. 2Like a passionate solver discovering a filled-in airline magazine crossword, say ↗IRATE
  3. 3Edvard Munch painting, with "The" ↗SCREAM
  4. 4Fifth Avenue retailer ↗SAKS
  5. 5Mono- ↗UNI
  6. 6Bird that gives pebbles as a courtship gesture ↗PENGUIN
  7. 7Bravo preceder ↗ALFA
  8. 8Made public ↗LAIDBARE
  9. 9Actress Dowd of "The Handmaid's Tale" ↗ANN
  10. 10"Can I help?" ↗NEEDME
  11. 11First and last, say ↗FULLNAME
  12. 12"That checks out" ↗ITSLEGIT
  13. 13Rotten apples ↗BADSEEDS
  14. 18Sly look, say ↗GRIN
  15. 23Kyiv's country ↗UKRAINE
  16. 25Bake-off need ↗OVEN
  17. 27Sch. that's home to Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village ↗UVA
  18. 29Birds with a Baltimore species ↗ORIOLES
  19. 30Physicist Ohm ↗GEORG
  20. 34White tuna ↗ALBACORE
  21. 35One that's hard to crack ↗TOUGHNUT
  22. 36Airline headquartered in Dubai ↗EMIRATES
  23. 37"Are you ready for this?" ↗WANNASEE
  24. 38Fabulous, in slang ↗DOPE
  25. 40Info that might include "Originally from ..." ↗BIO
  26. 41Open-air part of a cruise ship ↗SUNDECK
  27. 43More profound ↗DEEPER
  28. 44Soak slowly ↗SEEP
  29. 45Backslide ↗REVERT
  30. 49Allowed ↗LICIT
  31. 50Fellow crew member ↗MATEY
  32. 53Shortcut key ↗CTRL
  33. 54Musical lead-in to beat ↗AFRO
  34. 57Blvd. crosser ↗AVE
  35. 58Tried for office ↗RAN