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New York Times Crossword October 23 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 70 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 23 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Have serious plans81 AcrossReveal answer → One of the fam59 AcrossReveal answer → Annual appraisal statement914 AcrossReveal answer → Positioned to win515 AcrossReveal answer → Track event won by the fastest four legs916 AcrossReveal answer → Marvel Comics villain with an explosive superpower517 AcrossReveal answer → American court org.418 AcrossReveal answer → Ensemble piece919 AcrossReveal answer → Some sous-chef scraps521 AcrossReveal answer → Three-time Olympic figure skating champion523 AcrossReveal answer → A.M. cupfuls324 AcrossReveal answer → Band at a Jimmy Buffett concert?326 AcrossReveal answer → "America's Largest Classroom"328 AcrossReveal answer → Cinch429 AcrossReveal answer → With whom one pools pounds for quarters830 AcrossReveal answer → Copy533 AcrossReveal answer → Count to 10, perhaps734 AcrossReveal answer → Opposite of proud735 AcrossReveal answer → Get past a paywall, say537 AcrossReveal answer → Boundaries between areas with different amounts of coverage838 AcrossReveal answer → Healing agent440 AcrossReveal answer → Hardly worth mentioning341 AcrossReveal answer → Counterpoint segue342 AcrossReveal answer → One who's left at the polls, informally?343 AcrossReveal answer → Bobby ___, first recipient of the Best New Artist Grammy Award (1960)544 AcrossReveal answer → Plague that precedes lice in Exodus546 AcrossReveal answer → "Let go of unrealistic expectations," e.g.950 AcrossReveal answer → Fabled example of poor competition strategy453 AcrossReveal answer → Actress Amanda of "Easy A"554 AcrossReveal answer → Penalty for exceeding a payroll threshold, in sports lingo955 AcrossReveal answer → Cartoonish bouncing sound557 AcrossReveal answer → "Hang on a sec"958 AcrossReveal answer → They can help one get a leg up, informally559 AcrossReveal answer → What all the buzz is about?860 AcrossReveal answer →

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___ days (times past)51 DownReveal answer → Emma ___, protagonist of "A Woman of Substance"52 DownReveal answer → "Don't believe one word of that!"103 DownReveal answer → "I'm afraid not, laddie"34 DownReveal answer → Actress Sedgwick45 DownReveal answer → Word with comb or towel56 DownReveal answer → "Your offer is too good to refuse"77 DownReveal answer → Minestrone morsel98 DownReveal answer → Dwelling for clergy59 DownReveal answer → "The most beautiful river on earth," per Thomas Jefferson410 DownReveal answer → One may sit near a bench marking time911 DownReveal answer → Strap-and-buckle shoes named for a comic strip character who wore them912 DownReveal answer → Bother313 DownReveal answer → Beat but good414 DownReveal answer → Daughter of one's 9-Across320 DownReveal answer → Firmly committed to522 DownReveal answer → Beat a map app's arrival time estimate, say425 DownReveal answer → Global fiscal policy org.327 DownReveal answer → Poetic device with inexact sound-alikes1029 DownReveal answer → "Ha! Betcha didn't see that coming!"930 DownReveal answer → Abnormal talkativeness931 DownReveal answer → Lingering aura of success932 DownReveal answer → Most important533 DownReveal answer → "Thou art fairer than the evening air ___ in the beauty of a thousand stars": Marlowe434 DownReveal answer → Said with a wink, say336 DownReveal answer → Reddish fish sometimes served tartare739 DownReveal answer → "Dang!"341 DownReveal answer → Pieces in the game Othello544 DownReveal answer → Scraps545 DownReveal answer → Writer of the story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"547 DownReveal answer → Funds for research548 DownReveal answer → Cellphone hot line?449 DownReveal answer → Care for451 DownReveal answer → Remedy for deflation452 DownReveal answer → Kind of joint associated with smoking, informally354 DownReveal answer → Pulitzer-winning biographer Chernow356 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, October 23, 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.