NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 23, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 23, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 34

  1. 1Have serious plans ↗THINKBIG
  2. 9One of the fam ↗MOMMA
  3. 14Annual appraisal statement ↗WHATAYEAR
  4. 15Positioned to win ↗AHEAD
  5. 16Track event won by the fastest four legs ↗HORSERACE
  6. 17Marvel Comics villain with an explosive superpower ↗NITRO
  7. 18American court org. ↗USTA
  8. 19Ensemble piece ↗ACCESSORY
  9. 21Some sous-chef scraps ↗PEELS
  10. 23Three-time Olympic figure skating champion ↗HENIE
  11. 24A.M. cupfuls ↗OJS
  12. 26Band at a Jimmy Buffett concert? ↗LEI
  13. 28"America's Largest Classroom" ↗PBS
  14. 29Cinch ↗SNAP
  15. 30With whom one pools pounds for quarters ↗FLATMATE
  16. 33Copy ↗CLONE
  17. 34Count to 10, perhaps ↗COOLOFF
  18. 35Opposite of proud ↗ASHAMED
  19. 37Get past a paywall, say ↗LOGIN
  20. 38Boundaries between areas with different amounts of coverage ↗TANLINES
  21. 40Healing agent ↗ALOE
  22. 41Hardly worth mentioning ↗MEH
  23. 42Counterpoint segue ↗YET
  24. 43One who's left at the polls, informally? ↗DEM
  25. 44Bobby ___, first recipient of the Best New Artist Grammy Award (1960) ↗DARIN
  26. 46Plague that precedes lice in Exodus ↗FROGS
  27. 50"Let go of unrealistic expectations," e.g. ↗DATINGTIP
  28. 53Fabled example of poor competition strategy ↗HARE
  29. 54Actress Amanda of "Easy A" ↗BYNES
  30. 55Penalty for exceeding a payroll threshold, in sports lingo ↗LUXURYTAX
  31. 57Cartoonish bouncing sound ↗BOINK
  32. 58"Hang on a sec" ↗ONEMOMENT
  33. 59They can help one get a leg up, informally ↗QUADS
  34. 60What all the buzz is about? ↗WASPNEST

Down 36

  1. 1___ days (times past) ↗THOSE
  2. 2Emma ___, protagonist of "A Woman of Substance" ↗HARTE
  3. 3"Don't believe one word of that!" ↗ITSALLALIE
  4. 4"I'm afraid not, laddie" ↗NAE
  5. 5Actress Sedgwick ↗KYRA
  6. 6Word with comb or towel ↗BEACH
  7. 7"Your offer is too good to refuse" ↗IACCEPT
  8. 8Minestrone morsel ↗GREENBEAN
  9. 9Dwelling for clergy ↗MANSE
  10. 10"The most beautiful river on earth," per Thomas Jefferson ↗OHIO
  11. 11One may sit near a bench marking time ↗METRONOME
  12. 12Strap-and-buckle shoes named for a comic strip character who wore them ↗MARYJANES
  13. 13Bother ↗ADO
  14. 14Beat but good ↗WHUP
  15. 20Daughter of one's 9-Across ↗SIS
  16. 22Firmly committed to ↗SETON
  17. 25Beat a map app's arrival time estimate, say ↗SPED
  18. 27Global fiscal policy org. ↗IMF
  19. 29Poetic device with inexact sound-alikes ↗SLANTRHYME
  20. 30"Ha! Betcha didn't see that coming!" ↗FOOLEDYOU
  21. 31Abnormal talkativeness ↗LOGOMANIA
  22. 32Lingering aura of success ↗AFTERGLOW
  23. 33Most important ↗CHIEF
  24. 34"Thou art fairer than the evening air ___ in the beauty of a thousand stars": Marlowe ↗CLAD
  25. 36Said with a wink, say ↗SLY
  26. 39Reddish fish sometimes served tartare ↗AHITUNA
  27. 41"Dang!" ↗MAN
  28. 44Pieces in the game Othello ↗DISKS
  29. 45Scraps ↗NIXES
  30. 47Writer of the story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" ↗OATES
  31. 48Funds for research ↗GRANT
  32. 49Cellphone hot line? ↗SEXT
  33. 51Care for ↗TEND
  34. 52Remedy for deflation ↗PUMP
  35. 54Kind of joint associated with smoking, informally ↗BBQ
  36. 56Pulitzer-winning biographer Chernow ↗RON