NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 4, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 4, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kathryn BaleEdited by Will ShortzGrid 22×22128 clues

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Across 64

  1. 1Neglect to mention ↗OMIT
  2. 5"Oh, and ..." ↗ALSO
  3. 9Other sock ↗MATE
  4. 13Not much, as of lotion ↗ADAB
  5. 17Prefix with technology ↗NANO
  6. 18You'll pay for this! ↗TOLL
  7. 19Finishes off ↗ICES
  8. 20Liver's output ↗BILE
  9. 21"10-4" ↗UNDERSTOOD
  10. 24Profiteroles, by another name ↗CREAMPUFFS
  11. 27Fit perfectly ↗SUITTOATEE
  12. 28Dieter's choice ↗REDUCEDFAT
  13. 29"___ the One" (song on Springsteen's "Born to Run") ↗SHES
  14. 30Tow job, maybe ↗REPO
  15. 33Hurt all over ↗ACHE
  16. 34Philippine currency ↗PESO
  17. 35Certain graphical shapes ↗PIES
  18. 36Russian ruler of old ↗TSAR
  19. 37One may be teen or false ↗IDOL
  20. 39High-powered but lightweight racers ↗SPRINTCARS
  21. 45Diminutive for "Elizabeth" ↗BESS
  22. 48"Most definitely!," in Mexico City ↗SISI
  23. 49"That's my preference as well" ↗IHOPESOTOO
  24. 50Crushing on ↗INTO
  25. 51"___ there!" ↗BEEN
  26. 52"The 12 Days of Christmas" bird ↗DOVE
  27. 53Ring ↗PEAL
  28. 54Component of wine or vinegar ↗ACID
  29. 55No-nos for many high-profile actors ↗NUDESCENES
  30. 58Epoch conclusion? ↗ENDOFANERA
  31. 61Titanic ↗HUGE
  32. 62Central ↗MAIN
  33. 63___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park" ↗ISLA
  34. 64Pizzicato's opposite, musically ↗ARCO
  35. 65Summer cookout dish ↗PASTASALAD
  36. 71Classic brand with the slogan "When it rains it pours" ↗MORTONSALT
  37. 77Fair ↗EXPO
  38. 78Org. created in response to 67-Down ↗NASA
  39. 79Electronic musician Steve ↗AOKI
  40. 80Stench ↗ODOR
  41. 81Oversupply ↗GLUT
  42. 82Takes to task ↗CRITICIZES
  43. 85___ cake ↗LAVA
  44. 86Son of Adam and Eve ↗SETH
  45. 87Message about a suspicious login, e.g. ↗EMAILALERT
  46. 88Mimicked ↗APED
  47. 89Hawaiian goose ↗NENE
  48. 92Sections of pre-K days ↗NAPS
  49. 93Defense in a snowball fight ↗FORT
  50. 95Wedding vows ↗IDOS
  51. 96Doc who might screen for HPV ↗GYNO
  52. 97Deets ↗INFO
  53. 98Source of the Mississippi River ↗LAKEITASCA
  54. 103Behaves as if one were going to fail ↗RUNSSCARED
  55. 109At sea ↗ABOARDSHIP
  56. 11010/4 celebration … as suggested by this grid, which is made up entirely of 10- and 4-letter answers ↗TRUCKERDAY
  57. 111Noun-forming suffix ↗MENT
  58. 112"Ammunition" for a bubble gun ↗SOAP
  59. 113Lewis who wrote "The Taste of Country Cooking" ↗EDNA
  60. 114Morass ↗MIRE
  61. 115"Yuck!" ↗BLEH
  62. 116Both digits on Groundhog Day ↗TWOS
  63. 117Nails will do it, but not teeth ↗RUST
  64. 118Texting button ↗SEND

Down 64

  1. 1Weight to bear ↗ONUS
  2. 2Ginóbili in the Basketball Hall of Fame ↗MANU
  3. 3Busy with something else ↗INDISPOSED
  4. 4Conform ↗TOETHELINE
  5. 5"___ girl!" ↗ATTA
  6. 6Pillager's plunder ↗LOOT
  7. 7Blackthorn berry ↗SLOE
  8. 8Drawback to a brownstone ↗OLDERPIPES
  9. 9What gets a lot of viral views? ↗MICROSCOPE
  10. 10About 75% of a football field ↗ACRE
  11. 11Angry, with "off" ↗TEED
  12. 12Son of Isaac and Rebekah ↗ESAU
  13. 13Resident of a Mideast capital ↗ABUDHABIAN
  14. 14Result of 10 – 4, e.g. ↗DIFFERENCE
  15. 15___ Romeo ↗ALFA
  16. 16Tops ↗BEST
  17. 22Ways to go: Abbr. ↗RTES
  18. 23OK ↗SOSO
  19. 25Seven-plus-hour exam with a lunch break, in brief ↗MCAT
  20. 26Neighbors of delts ↗PECS
  21. 31German article ↗EINE
  22. 32Furry friends ↗PETS
  23. 37Library ID ↗ISBN
  24. 38Victor Hugo's religious epic poem ↗DIEU
  25. 39Oblique look ↗SIDEGLANCE
  26. 40Ring around the doze-y? ↗PHONEALARM
  27. 41Wander ↗ROVE
  28. 42Egyptian god of the sun disk ↗ATEN
  29. 43Reflective post ↗ROADMARKER
  30. 44Beyoncé or Harry Styles, now ↗SOLOARTIST
  31. 46Agitate ↗STIR
  32. 47Scotch's partner ↗SODA
  33. 56Like most Iranians ↗SHIA
  34. 57Say "$%&!," say ↗CUSS
  35. 59Kind of score between 300 and 850 ↗FICO
  36. 60Ever's partner ↗ANON
  37. 65Dowels, e.g. ↗PEGS
  38. 66Wheel support ↗AXLE
  39. 67Pioneering satellite launched 10/4/57 ↗SPUTNIKONE
  40. 68How some duels are fought ↗TOTHEDEATH
  41. 69Home to a majority of people ↗ASIA
  42. 70Downloads that pair with your smartphone? ↗DATINGAPPS
  43. 71Post office post ↗MAILSORTER
  44. 72Move like mud ↗OOZE
  45. 73Large photovoltaic arrays ↗SOLARFARMS
  46. 74Maxim about surviving in a rapidly changing world ↗ADAPTORDIE
  47. 75Cause of "that butterfly feeling" ↗LOVE
  48. 76Prefix with "wife" for some influencers ↗TRAD
  49. 83"Now ___ me down to sleep" ↗ILAY
  50. 84Title for Horatio Magellan Crunch ↗CAPN
  51. 90Femme fatale-filled genre ↗NOIR
  52. 91Approx. ↗ESTD
  53. 93Hall-of-Fame catcher Carlton ↗FISK
  54. 94Start of a fairy tale ↗ONCE
  55. 98Gentle soul ↗LAMB
  56. 99Son of Adam and Eve ↗ABEL
  57. 100Rank of some profs: Abbr. ↗ASST
  58. 101Spectacle ↗SHOW
  59. 102"See ya!" ↗CIAO
  60. 104Language written from right to left ↗URDU
  61. 105Sisters ↗NUNS
  62. 106Style of singing on Louis Armstrong's "Heebie Jeebies" ↗SCAT
  63. 107Make ↗EARN
  64. 108Like denim fabric, typically ↗DYED