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New York Times Crossword October 16 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 68 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
Word with strip or skirt51 AcrossReveal answer → Conniption36 AcrossReveal answer → Cuban poet/philosopher José59 AcrossReveal answer → 2000 hit song with the lyric "But to lose all my senses / That is just so typically me"1514 AcrossReveal answer → Mail-centric fiction?1517 AcrossReveal answer → Virginia is in it, in brief318 AcrossReveal answer → "Hah!"719 AcrossReveal answer → "___ had it!"320 AcrossReveal answer → Former home of Mr. and Mrs. Met421 AcrossReveal answer → "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff523 AcrossReveal answer → Riot424 AcrossReveal answer → Spiller of tea525 AcrossReveal answer → Smelling things?527 AcrossReveal answer → Date night viewing, often1328 AcrossReveal answer → High concept?934 AcrossReveal answer → They explain what's in the cards1335 AcrossReveal answer → Comic strip sound of impact539 AcrossReveal answer → Infant discomfort540 AcrossReveal answer → Battery-powered string instrument player442 AcrossReveal answer → Predicated543 AcrossReveal answer → It has its highs and lows448 AcrossReveal answer → Rocky openings?349 AcrossReveal answer → Burrowing animal whose name is made up of two other animals750 AcrossReveal answer → It may begin with a +1: Abbr.352 AcrossReveal answer → Idolizes1553 AcrossReveal answer → Indiana Jones or Rocky Balboa, e.g.1556 AcrossReveal answer → Losing causes?557 AcrossReveal answer → Yoga ___358 AcrossReveal answer → The 22nd Amendment limits them559 AcrossReveal answer →

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"Piece of cake!"61 DownReveal answer → Reality show whose contestants report to the Judge's Table72 DownReveal answer → Not gendered73 DownReveal answer → Dope34 DownReveal answer → Some emergency resources45 DownReveal answer → Serious dirt56 DownReveal answer → State whose official fruit is the huckleberry57 DownReveal answer → Done to death58 DownReveal answer → Flow down the neck49 DownReveal answer → Past word310 DownReveal answer → Hot pockets?711 DownReveal answer → 20-20, e.g.712 DownReveal answer → Small sounds613 DownReveal answer → One of 412 in the White House415 DownReveal answer → Supermodel Banks416 DownReveal answer → Took back one's words722 DownReveal answer → One struggling to make ends meet724 DownReveal answer → Grant526 DownReveal answer → Foe of Dr. Eggman, in video games527 DownReveal answer → Procured329 DownReveal answer → "___ Share of Night" (acclaimed 2019 Mariana Enríquez book)330 DownReveal answer → Complimentary lines331 DownReveal answer → Tool for tracing family trees332 DownReveal answer → Prefix with the name of any month333 DownReveal answer → Mideast salad, in one spelling735 DownReveal answer → Simon the Zealot, e.g.736 DownReveal answer → Sparkly bits in a school art project737 DownReveal answer → Like some deliveries738 DownReveal answer → Holder of all the digits, from 1 to 0639 DownReveal answer → Stage-left orchestra section641 DownReveal answer → Coccyx or phalange, e.g.443 DownReveal answer → Unwelcome sound during a dream544 DownReveal answer → Brown tint545 DownReveal answer → Construct546 DownReveal answer → Art movement proclaimed in a 1916 manifesto447 DownReveal answer → May honorees450 DownReveal answer → Outdoor item with flaps451 DownReveal answer → Took a load off354 DownReveal answer → 2011 platinum single by Tyler, the Creator355 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, October 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.