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NYT Crossword Answers Oct 28, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 28, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Daniel GrinbergEdited by Will ShortzGrid 16×1686 clues

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The Grid

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Across 38

  1. 1"Futurama" robot ↗BENDER
  2. 7Stadium shouts ↗OLES
  3. 11Like some vaccines ↗ORAL
  4. 15Colored part of an eye ↗AREOLA
  5. 16Fish whose name is a synonym for "complain" ↗CARP
  6. 17Gullible sort ↗RUBE
  7. 18Jack Torrance, in "The Shining" ↗HERESJOHNNY
  8. 20Machu Picchu constructor ↗INCA
  9. 21Not remain silent, maybe ↗ACT
  10. 22Top choices? ↗BRAS
  11. 23Customary behaviors ↗WONTS
  12. 24Dr. Frankenstein, in 1931's "Frankenstein" ↗ITSALIVEITSALIVE
  13. 29First in a line of 14 popes ↗LEOI
  14. 30Draft cattle ↗OXEN
  15. 31Not in financial trouble ↗AFLOAT
  16. 34___ riser ↗EARLY
  17. 37Dollop ↗GOB
  18. 40With 44-Across, Veronica Quaife, in "The Fly" ↗BEAFRAIDBE
  19. 42Prefix with presence or science ↗OMNI
  20. 43Light hit at the plate ↗BUNT
  21. 44See 40-Across ↗VERYAFRAID
  22. 47Combine ↗ADD
  23. 48Megastar's venue ↗ARENA
  24. 50Slopes to the side ↗SLANTS
  25. 51Isolate, in corporate-speak ↗SILO
  26. 53"Stop," as said to someone filling a cup ↗WHEN
  27. 54Jigsaw, in "Saw" ↗IWANTTOPLAYAGAME
  28. 62Silently acknowledge ↗NODTO
  29. 63Wallop ↗SLUG
  30. 64Matcha or Darjeeling ↗TEA
  31. 65Affectedly cute ↗TWEE
  32. 66Indicators of irony … or a way to describe the answers to 18-, 24-, 40-/44- and 54-Across? ↗SCAREQUOTES
  33. 70United Arab Emirates neighbor ↗OMAN
  34. 71Visibility impediment ↗HAZE
  35. 72Boxing match result, maybe ↗BRUISE
  36. 73Join securely ↗WELD
  37. 74Historian's segments ↗ERAS
  38. 75Cut up ↗SLICED

Down 48

  1. 1Religion with the key text Kitáb-i-Aqdas ↗BAHAI
  2. 2Build, as a building ↗ERECT
  3. 3Old-timey "Darn!" ↗NERTS
  4. 4One chasing the big bucks? ↗DOE
  5. 5Aboveground transports ↗ELS
  6. 6Colonial rule in India ↗RAJ
  7. 7Brownish-yellow shade ↗OCHRE
  8. 8Hawaii's sixth-largest island ↗LANAI
  9. 9German artist Max ↗ERNST
  10. 10Profession in many Hitchcock films ↗SPY
  11. 11M.L.B. player whose cap has an orange visor ↗ORIOLE
  12. 12Shuffling dance move popular in the 1990s ↗RUNNINGMAN
  13. 13"Abbott Elementary" airer ↗ABCTV
  14. 14One might be month-to-month ↗LEASE
  15. 19"It's so clear," in slang ↗OBVI
  16. 23Like some seals ↗WAXY
  17. 25In the air ↗ALOFT
  18. 26King who disowns Cordelia ↗LEAR
  19. 27Speck ↗IOTA
  20. 28San José sun ↗SOL
  21. 31Popular band that had a 40-year gap (1981-2021) between its last two studio albums ↗ABBA
  22. 32Fight à la the Capulets and Montagues ↗FEUD
  23. 33Finalizes the business agreement, say ↗LANDSADEAL
  24. 34Site of a tempting offer ↗EDEN
  25. 35Pokémon critter with a yellow snout and short, pointed ears ↗ABRA
  26. 36Jedi of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" ↗REY
  27. 38"Consider this taken care of" ↗ONIT
  28. 39Actions at auctions ↗BIDS
  29. 41"___ got bad news" ↗IVE
  30. 42Member of the genus Pongo, informally ↗ORANG
  31. 45Like a used grill ↗ASHY
  32. 46Pet pest ↗FLEA
  33. 48Etta James, vocally ↗ALTO
  34. 49Cause a stink? ↗ROT
  35. 52Plan (to) ↗INTEND
  36. 53Word with freeze or hike ↗WAGE
  37. 54Being dragged along ↗INTOW
  38. 55"Knock my socks off!" ↗WOWME
  39. 56___ Isaac, Dr. Frankenstein portrayer in Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" ↗OSCAR
  40. 57City square ↗PLAZA
  41. 58They might be shaped like minnows or flies ↗LURES
  42. 59Top-level storage space ↗ATTIC
  43. 60Group of antlered deer, humorously ↗MEESE
  44. 61Made less severe ↗EASED
  45. 66The Beatles' "___ Came in Through the Bathroom Window" ↗SHE
  46. 67Jalen Hurts and Joe Montana, for two, informally ↗QBS
  47. 68Something to click ↗URL
  48. 69Sí, across the Pyrenees ↗OUI