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NYT Crossword Answers Oct 8, 2026

Complete answer list for the October 8, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 33

  1. 1One who might use they/them pronouns, informally ↗ENBY
  2. 5Sensation after getting a tattoo, for some ↗ITCH
  3. 9How low can they go? ↗BASSI
  4. 14Meteor shower? ↗TELESCOPE
  5. 16Stay under the covers all morning, to a Brit ↗LIEIN
  6. 17Taps ↗COUNTERARGUMENT
  7. 19Piano exercise ↗ETUDE
  8. 20"It's never paid to ___ against America": Warren Buffett ↗BET
  9. 21Place-holding letters on a schedule ↗TBA
  10. 22Browbeaten ↗COWED
  11. 24Trams ↗RETROCHIC
  12. 27In the way of ↗ALA
  13. 28Drill ↗BORE
  14. 29Time to go fast? ↗LENT
  15. 30Audacious, informally ↗BALLSY
  16. 33"Midnight Cowboy" con man ↗RATSO
  17. 36Paws ↗FLIPOFASWITCH
  18. 40Take a hankie to, say ↗DABAT
  19. 41Nora who wrote "When Harry Met Sally …" ↗EPHRON
  20. 43Counterpart of Brahma and Vishnu ↗SIVA
  21. 46Expand, as dough ↗RISE
  22. 48Hawaiian fish with a palindromic name ↗ONO
  23. 49Dessert ↗HAIRYBACK
  24. 52Deciduous tree often found in regions dominated by conifers ↗ASPEN
  25. 54Just a number, they say ↗AGE
  26. 55Long-lasting birth control option, in brief ↗IUD
  27. 56Turn over ↗UPEND
  28. 58Naive regal gnat ↗DRINKSALLAROUND
  29. 63Creepy ↗EERIE
  30. 64It separates China and South Korea ↗YELLOWSEA
  31. 65Everybody's hands ↗DEALS
  32. 66Impudence ↗SASS
  33. 67Stanch ↗STEM

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  1. 1And so on, in brief ↗ETC
  2. 2Hero famously "red-pilled," in film ↗NEO
  3. 3Perceived Democratic electoral bloc ↗BLUEWALL
  4. 4Matchmaker in "Fiddler on the Roof" ↗YENTE
  5. 5Like many summertime coffee orders ↗ICED
  6. 6Caped fighter ↗TORERO
  7. 7Professional who's busiest in Apr. ↗CPA
  8. 8Tisanes ↗HERBTEAS
  9. 9Popeye's rival ↗BLUTO
  10. 10Making money or becoming famous, maybe ↗AIM
  11. 11Smolder ↗SEETHE
  12. 12Penalty box in hockey, slangily ↗SINBIN
  13. 13Unbroken ↗INTACT
  14. 15Hoop alternative ↗STUD
  15. 18Neighbor of Switz. ↗GER
  16. 22Something inside or outside a wine bar? ↗CAB
  17. 23Count of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" ↗OLAF
  18. 25Unpredictable ↗ERRATIC
  19. 26Gingham or seersucker ↗CLOTH
  20. 28Common policy at a neighborhood BBQ ↗BYOB
  21. 31Remote sensing technology that uses lasers ↗LIDAR
  22. 32Eponymous Belgian resort town ↗SPA
  23. 34Cringeily cute ↗TWEE
  24. 35Tiny slug? ↗SIP
  25. 37Units of electric charge ↗FARADAYS
  26. 38Spray from a plane ↗CROPDUST
  27. 39Sharpen ↗HONE
  28. 42Start to stick? ↗NON
  29. 43Under a parasol, say ↗SHADED
  30. 44"My feelings exactly" ↗IAGREE
  31. 45Host Meredith of "25 Words or Less" ↗VIEIRA
  32. 47Cézanne painted a "Pyramid" of them ↗SKULLS
  33. 50"Oh no!" ↗YIKES
  34. 51Clear stuff in a restaurant ↗BUS
  35. 52Prefix often meaning "gas" ↗AERO
  36. 53Flakes out? ↗SNOWS
  37. 57Thelma and Louise, e.g. ↗PALS
  38. 59Signifier of no value, in many programming languages ↗NIL
  39. 60Grazing area ↗LEA
  40. 61First name signifier? ↗NEE
  41. 62Counterpart of a sire, on a horse farm ↗DAM