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New York Times Crossword October 2 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 70 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 2 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
Important figure on staff?41 AcrossReveal answer → Photographer's inits.35 AcrossReveal answer → "For real"58 AcrossReveal answer → Funky-smelling413 AcrossReveal answer → Sugar substitute?1014 AcrossReveal answer → Within416 AcrossReveal answer → Core-focused workout in a humid room1017 AcrossReveal answer → Unit of sound intensity318 AcrossReveal answer → Like Mitt Romney and Ken Jennings619 AcrossReveal answer → Lead-in to "coin" for a major cryptocurrency420 AcrossReveal answer → "Whew!"821 AcrossReveal answer → Whose fault your mistake might be623 AcrossReveal answer → Hybrid cat525 AcrossReveal answer → Member of a noble family526 AcrossReveal answer → Request after eating a habanero, perhaps428 AcrossReveal answer → What comes from needing little, per Epictetus629 AcrossReveal answer → Small dosage amts.331 AcrossReveal answer → Question posed at the end of a successful job interview1534 AcrossReveal answer → Waze ways: Abbr.337 AcrossReveal answer → Spends a long time in front of the mirror, maybe638 AcrossReveal answer → Inkling439 AcrossReveal answer → Word with cane or corn540 AcrossReveal answer → Villainous expression541 AcrossReveal answer → Home to the Basilica of St. Clare642 AcrossReveal answer → Highly controlling?845 AcrossReveal answer → Like a golf course, regularly448 AcrossReveal answer → Snap, crackle and pop649 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Cup, tournament established in the 2020s351 AcrossReveal answer → "Never been better!"1052 AcrossReveal answer → Site of a 1956 international conflict454 AcrossReveal answer → Animal chased by Toto in "The Wizard of Oz"1055 AcrossReveal answer → Key in a chain456 AcrossReveal answer → Figure with three faces, in Dante557 AcrossReveal answer → Brief bit358 AcrossReveal answer → They're stretched out before some workouts459 AcrossReveal answer →

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Hard-shelled delicacies91 DownReveal answer → Public eye92 DownReveal answer → Written posts?93 DownReveal answer → Stoked34 DownReveal answer → Like some enemies55 DownReveal answer → "I need to get a word in!"156 DownReveal answer → Possible result of a default47 DownReveal answer → Before38 DownReveal answer → Not stop at the end of a chapter, say69 DownReveal answer → Suffragist Harriet Taylor ___510 DownReveal answer → One doing the lord's work?511 DownReveal answer → Words of affirmation512 DownReveal answer → "Skedaddle!"414 DownReveal answer → Condition that can be caused by excess earwax815 DownReveal answer → Debussy's "La ___"319 DownReveal answer → Jay ___, singer of the 2009 #1 hit "Down"422 DownReveal answer → Sounds from fans424 DownReveal answer → Clip follower427 DownReveal answer → Some weather service messages829 DownReveal answer → "Wheat Capital" of Oklahoma430 DownReveal answer → Label on some domestic products931 DownReveal answer → Eco-friendly area around a city932 DownReveal answer → Stares into space933 DownReveal answer → Ones doing balancing acts?435 DownReveal answer → Windows feature?436 DownReveal answer → Pictures640 DownReveal answer → Message that might be signaled with smoke341 DownReveal answer → Off542 DownReveal answer → European capital with layers of Thracian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman history543 DownReveal answer → Beads for an athlete544 DownReveal answer → Director Lee ___ Chung546 DownReveal answer → Neighbor of an Estonian, historically447 DownReveal answer → They're sometimes picked for their rarity450 DownReveal answer → Wiseman who directed "Ballerina" and "Live Free or Die Hard"353 DownReveal answer → ___City354 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, October 2, 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.