NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2026
NYT Crossword Answers Oct 27, 2026
Complete answer list for the October 27, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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The Grid
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Across 37
- 1Alphabetically first month ↗APRIL
- 6Affliction in "The Hurt Locker," in brief ↗PTSD
- 10"That so?" ↗ISIT
- 14Large safari sight ↗RHINO
- 15Island with Waikiki Beach ↗OAHU
- 16A goose egg ↗NADA
- 17Staged fighting ↗MOCKCOMBAT
- 19Confirm with confidence ↗AVER
- 20Beat, as cream ↗WHIP
- 21"I'll pay" ↗MYTREAT
- 23Tennis great Huber ↗ANKE
- 26Part of Lincoln's cabin ↗LOG
- 28Convenient excuses ↗OUTS
- 29Extinct cousin of an elephant ↗WOOLLYMAMMOTH
- 33Garlicky dip ↗AIOLI
- 34Homer Simpson's watering hole ↗MOES
- 35Angsty music genre ↗EMO
- 38Repulsed cry ↗ICK
- 39Longtime N.F.L. all-star game ↗PROBOWL
- 42J.F.K. or Obama, in brief ↗DEM
- 43Cupful for a cold ↗TEA
- 44Sitar maestro Shankar ↗RAVI
- 45Catherine of "The Last of Us" ↗OHARA
- 47Unethical marketing tactic ↗BAITANDSWITCH
- 51Olivia of "The Newsroom" ↗MUNN
- 52Feedbox bit ↗OAT
- 53"Star Wars" twin sister ↗LEIA
- 54Deviate from the herd ↗GOROGUE
- 57What someone behind bars may need ↗BAIL
- 59Greiner of "Shark Tank" ↗LORI
- 60Like an untrustworthy business ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 29-, 39- and 47-Across ↗FLYBYNIGHT
- 65Pep ↗ELAN
- 66Instrument to which an orchestra tunes ↗OBOE
- 67Biology class? ↗GENUS
- 68Which way the Great Sphinx of Giza faces ↗EAST
- 69It trickles down an hourglass ↗SAND
- 70Island off the coast of Venezuela ↗ARUBA
Down 39
- 1One of the four in "all fours" ↗ARM
- 2Vietnamese soup ↗PHO
- 3Rocker Ocasek of the Cars ↗RIC
- 4Bygone writing accessory ↗INKWELL
- 5Nessie's body of water ↗LOCH
- 6Cheerleader's accessory ↗POMPOM
- 7Can opener ↗TAB
- 8False front ↗SHAM
- 9Responsibility ↗DUTY
- 10Stagnant ↗INARUT
- 11Words said with reservation? ↗SAVETHEDATE
- 12Brainchilds ↗IDEAS
- 13Small pie ↗TART
- 18Overly smooth ↗OILY
- 22It might follow "Up top" and "down low" in a high-five trick ↗TOOSLOW
- 23Stand by for ↗AWAIT
- 24Neat, at a bar ↗NOICE
- 25"Laughing" birds from Down Under ↗KOOKABURRAS
- 27Notorious Mafia family name ↗GAMBINO
- 30Bit of facial jewelry ↗LIPRING
- 31Cry before being milked, maybe ↗MOO
- 32Cry for milk, maybe ↗MEW
- 36"Thank you, Madame" ↗MERCI
- 37Midwest city where Malcolm X was born ↗OMAHA
- 40Snitch (on) ↗RAT
- 41I.V.F. extractions ↗OVA
- 46Tougher, in a way, as a bike course ↗HILLIER
- 48Officially designate ↗ANOINT
- 49Applied gently ↗DABBED
- 50"Don't go!" ↗STAY
- 51Cold, hard cash ↗MOOLA
- 54Great delight ↗GLEE
- 55Crafts seen around the world? ↗UFOS
- 56Idris of "A House of Dynamite" ↗ELBA
- 58"Young Frankenstein" woman ↗INGA
- 61Over there, to a poet ↗YON
- 62White-bearded animal in the Serengeti ↗GNU
- 63Center of operations ↗HUB
- 64They wave their wands so you can fly, for short ↗TSA