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New York Times Crossword October 5 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 5 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
Write on stone, maybe41 AcrossReveal answer → Request at the bottom of an invitation45 AcrossReveal answer → Follower of Jah, informally59 AcrossReveal answer → "Me neither"414 AcrossReveal answer → Great Plains tribe415 AcrossReveal answer → Set of moral principles516 AcrossReveal answer → Famous ___ cookies417 AcrossReveal answer → Downfall in pinball418 AcrossReveal answer → Course for future therapists, for short519 AcrossReveal answer → Spot to work out knotted muscles1220 AcrossReveal answer → U.F.O. occupants, in brief323 AcrossReveal answer → Yank324 AcrossReveal answer → Reach quickly, as a conclusion625 AcrossReveal answer → Internet meme feline629 AcrossReveal answer → "___ your mouth!"431 AcrossReveal answer → Stadium cheer333 AcrossReveal answer → Holiday at the end of Ramadan, informally334 AcrossReveal answer → Memphis barbecue staple935 AcrossReveal answer → Military rank above cpl.337 AcrossReveal answer → Tusked animals538 AcrossReveal answer → Squiggle shape339 AcrossReveal answer → Key to Aladdin's success940 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Paulo, Brazil342 AcrossReveal answer → Before, poetically343 AcrossReveal answer → Acorn growers444 AcrossReveal answer → Dress seen at Oktoberfest645 AcrossReveal answer → Black ___ (some spiders)648 AcrossReveal answer → Mental cloud350 AcrossReveal answer → Drag performer's accessory351 AcrossReveal answer → "Ah, that's where things get difficult" … or what can be said about 20-, 35- and 40-Across?1252 AcrossReveal answer → Singer Baker556 AcrossReveal answer → When Fantine sings "I Dreamed a Dream" in "Les Misérables"459 AcrossReveal answer → Block toy with its own chain of theme parks460 AcrossReveal answer → Bathroom door sign561 AcrossReveal answer → Occasion for a teen to rent a tux462 AcrossReveal answer → Spot for a wolf pack463 AcrossReveal answer → Weapon in a scabbard564 AcrossReveal answer → Manager of an apt. bldg.465 AcrossReveal answer → Squeaks (by)466 AcrossReveal answer →

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Tooth covering61 DownReveal answer → Fruit, botanically, that's treated as a vegetable62 DownReveal answer → One way to sit while meditating113 DownReveal answer → Snake's warning44 DownReveal answer → Cheap hooch65 DownReveal answer → ___ Larsson, author of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"56 DownReveal answer → Bygone electric Chevy47 DownReveal answer → Org. that advocates for "cruelty-free" products48 DownReveal answer → Filled to the gills79 DownReveal answer → Completely lost510 DownReveal answer → Not likely to make the first move, say311 DownReveal answer → Unconscious mannerism312 DownReveal answer → German outburst313 DownReveal answer → Slightly421 DownReveal answer → Things you might see when you're not wearing glasses522 DownReveal answer → Escape from jail1126 DownReveal answer → Clickables at the top of a computer screen427 DownReveal answer → Exclamations of surprise328 DownReveal answer → Commercial lead-in to card430 DownReveal answer → Inundates with junk mail531 DownReveal answer → Musical instrument in the Guinness logo432 DownReveal answer → Luxuriate in a bathtub435 DownReveal answer → "___ Window"436 DownReveal answer → South Asian dress437 DownReveal answer → Nonchalant538 DownReveal answer → Kitten's call340 DownReveal answer → Ranch worker741 DownReveal answer → [Oh, well]442 DownReveal answer → Serve a jail sentence645 DownReveal answer → Dance craze of the 2010s646 DownReveal answer → Hercules had 12 of these647 DownReveal answer → Playful aquatic animal549 DownReveal answer → Camera lens setting550 DownReveal answer → Emulates Big Boi and Lil' Kim453 DownReveal answer → Light beige454 DownReveal answer → Woods of "Legally Blonde"455 DownReveal answer → Reactions to something adorable356 DownReveal answer → "Immediately!"357 DownReveal answer → "If you ask me …," to a texter358 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, October 5, 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.