NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 3, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 3, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kameron Austin CollinsEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 34

  1. 1Five-note jingle for "The Gift That Grows" ↗CHCHCHCHIA
  2. 11Tech news site ↗CNET
  3. 15Message that comes with a pointer ↗YOUAREHERE
  4. 16Symbol of love ↗ROSE
  5. 17Changes in form, but not in essence ↗SUBLIMATES
  6. 18To: Abbr. ↗ATTN
  7. 19Cookie, e.g. ↗TRACKER
  8. 20Question in a stalemate ↗NOWWHAT
  9. 22Urge ↗YEN
  10. 23"Show some manners!" ↗BEPOLITE
  11. 24Classic Harlem ballroom ↗SAVOY
  12. 27Get one's hands on, informally ↗COP
  13. 28Did a boring job? ↗MINED
  14. 29Hot environment ↗OVEN
  15. 30Throwing weapons for the Dark Knight ↗BATARANGS
  16. 32Zip ↗NIL
  17. 33Indie music's ___ Iver ↗BON
  18. 34Sword's alternative ↗PEN
  19. 35Chinese steamed bun ↗BAO
  20. 37Supplementary materials accompanying a home movie purchase ↗DVDEXTRAS
  21. 40Doozy ↗LULU
  22. 41Trap in the water ↗CREEL
  23. 42Catches ↗HAS
  24. 43Ticket selector ↗VOTER
  25. 44Thorough, say ↗DETAILED
  26. 46Rihanna's "Take a ___" (2008) ↗BOW
  27. 47(The) shaft, so to speak ↗RAWDEAL
  28. 48Not all there upstairs? ↗BALDISH
  29. 52Some altarations? ↗IDOS
  30. 53Burkina Faso, before 1984 ↗UPPERVOLTA
  31. 55Captain in Melville's "Billy Budd" ↗VERE
  32. 56Renowned naturalist buried at Rwanda's Karisoke Research Center ↗DIANFOSSEY
  33. 57Singing sister of Aretha ↗ERMA
  34. 58Nervously inhales? ↗STRESSEATS

Down 36

  1. 1Target for surgical excision ↗CYST
  2. 2Time ↗HOUR
  3. 3Country where the game of dominoes is a national pastime ↗CUBA
  4. 4Characterized by great happiness ↗HALCYON
  5. 5"Sheesh!" ↗CRIKEY
  6. 6Mr. Universe contestants ↗HEMEN
  7. 7Burn ↗CHAR
  8. 8All worked (up) ↗HET
  9. 9Greek actress who brought Elektra, Penelope, Antigone and Helen of Troy to the screen ↗IRENEPAPAS
  10. 10Man who made animals talk ↗AESOP
  11. 11Stumble home after a night out, say ↗CRAWLIN
  12. 12Just ↗NOTHINGBUT
  13. 13Something you may be willing to hold? ↗ESTATESALE
  14. 14Camped out, say ↗TENTED
  15. 21Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal ___" ↗WOMAN
  16. 23Fake poster ↗BOT
  17. 24"___ of Frankenstein" (1939 movie sequel) ↗SON
  18. 25Person who gets a lot of texts? ↗AVIDREADER
  19. 26Sluglike creature known for its soft, water-repellent skin ↗VELVETWORM
  20. 27Has no control ↗CANTHELPIT
  21. 30Word with shadow or shoe ↗BOX
  22. 31Lo-___ ↗RES
  23. 33Contradict ↗BELIE
  24. 36Abba's "___ Last Summer" ↗OUR
  25. 38Outlet for the Jordan River ↗DEADSEA
  26. 39Super-keen ↗RAD
  27. 40Weak amount of medicine ↗LOWDOSE
  28. 41Primary PC storage ↗CDRIVE
  29. 43EX30, EX40 and XC60 ↗VOLVOS
  30. 45Praises ↗LAUDS
  31. 46Fails to keep things down ↗BARFS
  32. 48Nota ___ ↗BENE
  33. 49Classic film character who says "Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time" ↗ILSA
  34. 50Proofreader's command ↗STET
  35. 51Kansas' Fort ___ ↗HAYS
  36. 54Swinger's goal, perhaps ↗PAR