NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 5, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 5, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Chase DittrichEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Write on stone, maybe ↗ETCH
  2. 5Request at the bottom of an invitation ↗RSVP
  3. 9Follower of Jah, informally ↗RASTA
  4. 14"Me neither" ↗NORI
  5. 15Great Plains tribe ↗OTOE
  6. 16Set of moral principles ↗ETHIC
  7. 17Famous ___ cookies ↗AMOS
  8. 18Downfall in pinball ↗TILT
  9. 19Course for future therapists, for short ↗PSYCH
  10. 20Spot to work out knotted muscles ↗MASSAGETABLE
  11. 23U.F.O. occupants, in brief ↗ETS
  12. 24Yank ↗TUG
  13. 25Reach quickly, as a conclusion ↗LEAPTO
  14. 29Internet meme feline ↗LOLCAT
  15. 31"___ your mouth!" ↗SHUT
  16. 33Stadium cheer ↗RAH
  17. 34Holiday at the end of Ramadan, informally ↗EID
  18. 35Memphis barbecue staple ↗SPARERIBS
  19. 37Military rank above cpl. ↗SGT
  20. 38Tusked animals ↗BOARS
  21. 39Squiggle shape ↗ESS
  22. 40Key to Aladdin's success ↗MAGICLAMP
  23. 42___ Paulo, Brazil ↗SAO
  24. 43Before, poetically ↗ERE
  25. 44Acorn growers ↗OAKS
  26. 45Dress seen at Oktoberfest ↗DIRNDL
  27. 48Black ___ (some spiders) ↗WIDOWS
  28. 50Mental cloud ↗FOG
  29. 51Drag performer's accessory ↗BOA
  30. 52"Ah, that's where things get difficult" … or what can be said about 20-, 35- and 40-Across? ↗THERESTHERUB
  31. 56Singer Baker ↗ANITA
  32. 59When Fantine sings "I Dreamed a Dream" in "Les Misérables" ↗ACTI
  33. 60Block toy with its own chain of theme parks ↗LEGO
  34. 61Bathroom door sign ↗WOMEN
  35. 62Occasion for a teen to rent a tux ↗PROM
  36. 63Spot for a wolf pack ↗LAIR
  37. 64Weapon in a scabbard ↗SWORD
  38. 65Manager of an apt. bldg. ↗SUPE
  39. 66Squeaks (by) ↗EKES

Down 39

  1. 1Tooth covering ↗ENAMEL
  2. 2Fruit, botanically, that's treated as a vegetable ↗TOMATO
  3. 3One way to sit while meditating ↗CROSSLEGGED
  4. 4Snake's warning ↗HISS
  5. 5Cheap hooch ↗ROTGUT
  6. 6___ Larsson, author of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" ↗STIEG
  7. 7Bygone electric Chevy ↗VOLT
  8. 8Org. that advocates for "cruelty-free" products ↗PETA
  9. 9Filled to the gills ↗REPLETE
  10. 10Completely lost ↗ATSEA
  11. 11Not likely to make the first move, say ↗SHY
  12. 12Unconscious mannerism ↗TIC
  13. 13German outburst ↗ACH
  14. 21Slightly ↗ATAD
  15. 22Things you might see when you're not wearing glasses ↗BLURS
  16. 26Escape from jail ↗PRISONBREAK
  17. 27Clickables at the top of a computer screen ↗TABS
  18. 28Exclamations of surprise ↗OHS
  19. 30Commercial lead-in to card ↗CITI
  20. 31Inundates with junk mail ↗SPAMS
  21. 32Musical instrument in the Guinness logo ↗HARP
  22. 35Luxuriate in a bathtub ↗SOAK
  23. 36"___ Window" ↗REAR
  24. 37South Asian dress ↗SARI
  25. 38Nonchalant ↗BLASE
  26. 40Kitten's call ↗MEW
  27. 41Ranch worker ↗COWHAND
  28. 42[Oh, well] ↗SIGH
  29. 45Serve a jail sentence ↗DOTIME
  30. 46Dance craze of the 2010s ↗DOUGIE
  31. 47Hercules had 12 of these ↗LABORS
  32. 49Playful aquatic animal ↗OTTER
  33. 50Camera lens setting ↗FSTOP
  34. 53Emulates Big Boi and Lil' Kim ↗RAPS
  35. 54Light beige ↗ECRU
  36. 55Woods of "Legally Blonde" ↗ELLE
  37. 56Reactions to something adorable ↗AWS
  38. 57"Immediately!" ↗NOW
  39. 58"If you ask me …," to a texter ↗IMO