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New York Times Crossword October 21 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 74 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 21 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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Teacher's pet, say, in slang61 AcrossReveal answer → Cumming who won a Tony for "Cabaret"47 AcrossReveal answer → White lie311 AcrossReveal answer → Not well known614 AcrossReveal answer → Driving range?415 AcrossReveal answer → N.H.L.'s Mammoth, on scoreboards316 AcrossReveal answer → Driver's Ed: B1117 AcrossReveal answer → Alt tab?319 AcrossReveal answer → Sporty vehicles, in brief420 AcrossReveal answer → Reunion attendee, for short421 AcrossReveal answer → Blunts522 AcrossReveal answer → Crop whose trade contributed to the Opium Wars324 AcrossReveal answer → Parisian permission325 AcrossReveal answer → Tender bend-er726 AcrossReveal answer → Gym: B+1328 AcrossReveal answer → ___ faire (festival with jousting)331 AcrossReveal answer → Life phase, informally332 AcrossReveal answer → In the thick of433 AcrossReveal answer → Had dinner at home534 AcrossReveal answer → Great sorrow337 AcrossReveal answer → Nutrition sources538 AcrossReveal answer → ___ saltado (Peruvian stir-fry dish)439 AcrossReveal answer → Tavern340 AcrossReveal answer → Baby boy341 AcrossReveal answer → Wood shop: A1342 AcrossReveal answer → Have the same opinion about746 AcrossReveal answer → Chemical suffix that indicates a double bond347 AcrossReveal answer → "A Nightmare on ___ Street"348 AcrossReveal answer → Scene that may begin "Follow that car!"551 AcrossReveal answer → Like a tennis player who didn't even swing, maybe452 AcrossReveal answer → Sneaker brand454 AcrossReveal answer → Province with Niagara Falls: Abbr.355 AcrossReveal answer → History: A+1156 AcrossReveal answer → Look back on with regret359 AcrossReveal answer → At any point460 AcrossReveal answer → Stephen King's telekinetic teen of horror661 AcrossReveal answer → Figures in some rumored landings, for short362 AcrossReveal answer → Short Instagram posting463 AcrossReveal answer → Difficult, as a problem664 AcrossReveal answer →

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Wrecked51 DownReveal answer → Like a passionate solver discovering a filled-in airline magazine crossword, say52 DownReveal answer → Edvard Munch painting, with "The"63 DownReveal answer → Fifth Avenue retailer44 DownReveal answer → Mono-35 DownReveal answer → Bird that gives pebbles as a courtship gesture76 DownReveal answer → Bravo preceder47 DownReveal answer → Made public88 DownReveal answer → Actress Dowd of "The Handmaid's Tale"39 DownReveal answer → "Can I help?"610 DownReveal answer → First and last, say811 DownReveal answer → "That checks out"812 DownReveal answer → Rotten apples813 DownReveal answer → Sly look, say418 DownReveal answer → Kyiv's country723 DownReveal answer → Bake-off need425 DownReveal answer → Sch. that's home to Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village327 DownReveal answer → Birds with a Baltimore species729 DownReveal answer → Physicist Ohm530 DownReveal answer → White tuna834 DownReveal answer → One that's hard to crack835 DownReveal answer → Airline headquartered in Dubai836 DownReveal answer → "Are you ready for this?"837 DownReveal answer → Fabulous, in slang438 DownReveal answer → Info that might include "Originally from ..."340 DownReveal answer → Open-air part of a cruise ship741 DownReveal answer → More profound643 DownReveal answer → Soak slowly444 DownReveal answer → Backslide645 DownReveal answer → Allowed549 DownReveal answer → Fellow crew member550 DownReveal answer → Shortcut key453 DownReveal answer → Musical lead-in to beat454 DownReveal answer → Blvd. crosser357 DownReveal answer → Tried for office358 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, October 21, 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.