NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Oct 7, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 7, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Ben ZimmerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1"No seats" sign ↗SRO
  2. 4Dolly Parton vis-à-vis Dollywood ↗THEME
  3. 9___-famous (reel popular?) ↗INSTA
  4. 14LOL lite ↗HEH
  5. 15Come again ↗RECUR
  6. 16Curry complements ↗ROTIS
  7. 17Call to cruisers, for short ↗APB
  8. 18Well-manored men? ↗EARLS
  9. 19Some concert refuse ↗STUBS
  10. 20Staunchly loyal ↗TRUEBLUE
  11. 22Solo for a soprano ↗ARIA
  12. 23Wrecks beyond repair ↗TOTALS
  13. 24Popular date night ↗SATURDAY
  14. 28Event-planning platform ↗EVITE
  15. 29Big blare ↗DIN
  16. 30"I do" ↗YES
  17. 31Team with a stadium on the Ohio River ↗REDS
  18. 32"Been there, done that" ↗TRIEDIT
  19. 36React with exaggerated surprise ... or how to form the shorter shaded answers from the longer ones ↗DOADOUBLETAKE
  20. 40Cut back a bit ↗TRIMMED
  21. 41Protein source ↗MEAT
  22. 43"That's infuriating!" ↗GRR
  23. 46B.C. neighbor ↗ALB
  24. 47Kid's comeback ↗ARESO
  25. 48Macs and wellies, e.g. ↗RAINGEAR
  26. 51Snow bunnies are inclined to hit them ↗SLOPES
  27. 52Spots that may need clearing up ↗ACNE
  28. 53Aquaman's domain ↗ATLANTIS
  29. 55Brought into being ↗BEGAT
  30. 57Like the descendants of some dinosaurs ↗AVIAN
  31. 58In Rio, janeiro starts it ↗ANO
  32. 59Mislead ↗LIETO
  33. 60Expression de gratitude ↗MERCI
  34. 61Abbr. on a box for an air conditioner ↗BTU
  35. 62Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire ↗ENRON
  36. 63Serious schleps ↗TREKS
  37. 64Lush ↗SOT

Down 35

  1. 1Break to pieces ↗SHATTER
  2. 2Gently scolded ↗REPROVED
  3. 3Sly reply to "You can't possibly know that!" ↗OHBUTIDO
  4. 4Knob on an amplifier ↗TREBLE
  5. 5Becomes good as new ↗HEALS
  6. 6Silk shade ↗ECRU
  7. 7Stereotypically uncooperative creatures ↗MULES
  8. 8IV sites ↗ERS
  9. 9Collecting org. ↗IRS
  10. 10E-cigarette claim ↗NOTAR
  11. 11Durable ↗STURDY
  12. 12Shin guards protect them ↗TIBIAE
  13. 13Some chemistry lab procedures ↗ASSAYS
  14. 21Vexes ↗EATSAT
  15. 25Musical artist with the fastest video to reach one billion views on YouTube ↗ADELE
  16. 26Helped through a rough patch, with "over" ↗TIDED
  17. 27Peck or parsec ↗UNIT
  18. 32Patterned fabric ↗TOILE
  19. 33Afro-Cuban dance ↗RUMBA
  20. 34Big name in cloud services ↗IBM
  21. 35Hall with a self-titled daytime talk show ↗TAMRON
  22. 37Regalia for some queens ↗DRAG
  23. 38Monitor closely, with "on" ↗KEEPTABS
  24. 39Slowly get familiar with ↗EASEINTO
  25. 42Chuck ↗TOSSOUT
  26. 43Pinup icon Betty ↗GRABLE
  27. 44Arrive out of breath, perhaps ↗RACEIN
  28. 45Close lookalike ↗RINGER
  29. 47Singer Morissette with the 1995 #1 album "Jagged Little Pill" ↗ALANIS
  30. 49Real swell ↗NEATO
  31. 50All-night party attendee ↗RAVER
  32. 51In need of tightening, maybe ↗SLACK
  33. 54Start to fade ↗TIRE
  34. 56Trucker's measure ↗TON
  35. 57Paycheck fig. ↗AMT