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New York Times Crossword October 18 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 136 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 18 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
Beneficiary of early capital71 AcrossReveal answer → Bless, in a way68 AcrossReveal answer → Close female friend … in relative terms614 AcrossReveal answer → Less than satisfactory, slangily720 AcrossReveal answer → Like some cyborg parts621 AcrossReveal answer → Extended play?622 AcrossReveal answer → Heyhowareyou1423 AcrossReveal answer → Journalist Michele with two Peabody Awards625 AcrossReveal answer → Walkers, informally426 AcrossReveal answer → Send527 AcrossReveal answer → Softens with sudden sympathy or affection528 AcrossReveal answer → "Behold," in Latin430 AcrossReveal answer → Bob ___, alter ego of Mr. Incredible431 AcrossReveal answer → "What"1232 AcrossReveal answer → Mythical figure whose name means "murmuring rock"735 AcrossReveal answer → Justice ___ Coney Barrett338 AcrossReveal answer → Summer setting in S.F.339 AcrossReveal answer → Party takeaway540 AcrossReveal answer → N.F.L. accolade641 AcrossReveal answer → View spoiler744 AcrossReveal answer → All--can-eat buffet1049 AcrossReveal answer → Fiber-rich substance451 AcrossReveal answer → Exam for future docs453 AcrossReveal answer → Fenway squad654 AcrossReveal answer → "Since brass, ___ stone, ___ earth, ___ boundless sea …": Shak.355 AcrossReveal answer → ___-mo356 AcrossReveal answer → Steamy657 AcrossReveal answer → Zip359 AcrossReveal answer → It follows a coin toss761 AcrossReveal answer → Zip464 AcrossReveal answer → This1965 AcrossReveal answer → Large volume470 AcrossReveal answer → They can make a pronounced difference771 AcrossReveal answer → Bond372 AcrossReveal answer → Historic figure targeted in Stephen King's time-travel novel "11/22/63"673 AcrossReveal answer → Small + or –375 AcrossReveal answer → Apt name for a thief376 AcrossReveal answer → Tree that can be a source of water for thirsty elephants678 AcrossReveal answer → Nibble483 AcrossReveal answer → Brand represented by Happy the Oil Drop484 AcrossReveal answer → See 88-Across1086 AcrossReveal answer → Here788 AcrossReveal answer → Admits690 AcrossReveal answer → Follow-up to "Sit!"592 AcrossReveal answer → Off work, for short393 AcrossReveal answer → Figure, informally394 AcrossReveal answer → Making a strong effort795 AcrossReveal answer → Non, ni, 'a'ole1297 AcrossReveal answer → Nickname for Ellen or Helen4103 AcrossReveal answer → [Beep!]4104 AcrossReveal answer → One of the Three Musketeers5105 AcrossReveal answer → "S.N.L." alum Gardner5106 AcrossReveal answer → Artist who kept a pet ocelot4108 AcrossReveal answer → In6112 AcrossReveal answer → Taib? Tbia?14114 AcrossReveal answer → It's cold in Italy6117 AcrossReveal answer → Shifts gears, say6118 AcrossReveal answer → Nation bordering the Black Sea7119 AcrossReveal answer → Analogue of a delete key6120 AcrossReveal answer → In6121 AcrossReveal answer → "That ship has sailed"7122 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Short cut41 DownReveal answer → Beep, e.g.42 DownReveal answer → Undercover?43 DownReveal answer → Has regrets about44 DownReveal answer → ___ Allen, host of "Chopped"35 DownReveal answer → Make public, as secret documents66 DownReveal answer → Novel form of summer escapism?87 DownReveal answer → Connive with, maybe48 DownReveal answer → Second-generation Japanese American59 DownReveal answer → Alley ___310 DownReveal answer → How a boss might communicate new policy711 DownReveal answer → With courtesy612 DownReveal answer → Immune system agent513 DownReveal answer → Toothpaste brand since 1961914 DownReveal answer → Italian diminutive suffix315 DownReveal answer → It turns when driven516 DownReveal answer → Logo of the W.N.B.A.'s New York Liberty517 DownReveal answer → Name found in "Americana"518 DownReveal answer → Go back to square one519 DownReveal answer → Sex symbol of the 1950s-'60s, familiarly724 DownReveal answer → Hypercompetitive and driven, say529 DownReveal answer → Staff931 DownReveal answer → Street application333 DownReveal answer → Indigenous people of the Salt Lake Valley334 DownReveal answer → Weak, as an excuse435 DownReveal answer → "Ibis" poet436 DownReveal answer → Bob who painted "Cabin at Sunset," which sold for over $1 million to benefit public media437 DownReveal answer → Fragrant holiday purchase340 DownReveal answer → Gawker842 DownReveal answer → Goody-goody sort743 DownReveal answer → Young salmon545 DownReveal answer → Eight-related546 DownReveal answer → Like Amazon forests, typically547 DownReveal answer → Series finale?348 DownReveal answer → Maze's goal450 DownReveal answer → Comes into one's own851 DownReveal answer → [So-o-o funny!]452 DownReveal answer → Reason to head for the hills756 DownReveal answer → Drill958 DownReveal answer → "Geaux Tigers!" sch.360 DownReveal answer → John M. ___, director of 2024's "Wicked"362 DownReveal answer → Showing signs of working out, say363 DownReveal answer → "Let's do this!"565 DownReveal answer → Use a divining rod566 DownReveal answer → Midwest birthplace of Marlon Brando567 DownReveal answer → Buddies, in Bayonne468 DownReveal answer → Wisecrack469 DownReveal answer → Musical Yoko373 DownReveal answer → Big bang source974 DownReveal answer → Like London's Kew Gardens777 DownReveal answer → Surprised greeting479 DownReveal answer → Word with black or coffee480 DownReveal answer → Covenant keepers481 DownReveal answer → Something in which you might stand for a spell382 DownReveal answer → "Lay it on me"585 DownReveal answer → Ousted, democratically887 DownReveal answer → Sushi topper389 DownReveal answer → Boutonniere counterpart790 DownReveal answer → Eccentric391 DownReveal answer → Many a modern-day septuagenarian694 DownReveal answer → Pricing game on "The Price Is Right"696 DownReveal answer → Avatar, e.g.597 DownReveal answer → Smash hit598 DownReveal answer → Teresa of ___599 DownReveal answer → Sacred Sanskrit texts5100 DownReveal answer → Card game played in Dickens's "The Pickwick Papers"5101 DownReveal answer → Drew back5102 DownReveal answer → Website with a "Star Seller" program4107 DownReveal answer → Binary4108 DownReveal answer → Setting for most of the TV series "Pachinko"4109 DownReveal answer → Time for a social media break, maybe4110 DownReveal answer → ___ fixe4111 DownReveal answer → Office address abbr.3113 DownReveal answer → Cupcake, in Ireland3115 DownReveal answer → Not to3116 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, October 18, 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.