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New York Times Crossword October 8 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 74 clues from the New York Times Crossword for October 8 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
One who might use they/them pronouns, informally41 AcrossReveal answer → Sensation after getting a tattoo, for some45 AcrossReveal answer → How low can they go?59 AcrossReveal answer → Meteor shower?914 AcrossReveal answer → Stay under the covers all morning, to a Brit516 AcrossReveal answer → Taps1517 AcrossReveal answer → Piano exercise519 AcrossReveal answer → "It's never paid to ___ against America": Warren Buffett320 AcrossReveal answer → Place-holding letters on a schedule321 AcrossReveal answer → Browbeaten522 AcrossReveal answer → Trams924 AcrossReveal answer → In the way of327 AcrossReveal answer → Drill428 AcrossReveal answer → Time to go fast?429 AcrossReveal answer → Audacious, informally630 AcrossReveal answer → "Midnight Cowboy" con man533 AcrossReveal answer → Paws1336 AcrossReveal answer → Take a hankie to, say540 AcrossReveal answer → Nora who wrote "When Harry Met Sally …"641 AcrossReveal answer → Counterpart of Brahma and Vishnu443 AcrossReveal answer → Expand, as dough446 AcrossReveal answer → Hawaiian fish with a palindromic name348 AcrossReveal answer → Dessert949 AcrossReveal answer → Deciduous tree often found in regions dominated by conifers552 AcrossReveal answer → Just a number, they say354 AcrossReveal answer → Long-lasting birth control option, in brief355 AcrossReveal answer → Turn over556 AcrossReveal answer → Naive regal gnat1558 AcrossReveal answer → Creepy563 AcrossReveal answer → It separates China and South Korea964 AcrossReveal answer → Everybody's hands565 AcrossReveal answer → Impudence466 AcrossReveal answer → Stanch467 AcrossReveal answer →

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And so on, in brief31 DownReveal answer → Hero famously "red-pilled," in film32 DownReveal answer → Perceived Democratic electoral bloc83 DownReveal answer → Matchmaker in "Fiddler on the Roof"54 DownReveal answer → Like many summertime coffee orders45 DownReveal answer → Caped fighter66 DownReveal answer → Professional who's busiest in Apr.37 DownReveal answer → Tisanes88 DownReveal answer → Popeye's rival59 DownReveal answer → Making money or becoming famous, maybe310 DownReveal answer → Smolder611 DownReveal answer → Penalty box in hockey, slangily612 DownReveal answer → Unbroken613 DownReveal answer → Hoop alternative415 DownReveal answer → Neighbor of Switz.318 DownReveal answer → Something inside or outside a wine bar?322 DownReveal answer → Count of "A Series of Unfortunate Events"423 DownReveal answer → Unpredictable725 DownReveal answer → Gingham or seersucker526 DownReveal answer → Common policy at a neighborhood BBQ428 DownReveal answer → Remote sensing technology that uses lasers531 DownReveal answer → Eponymous Belgian resort town332 DownReveal answer → Cringeily cute434 DownReveal answer → Tiny slug?335 DownReveal answer → Units of electric charge837 DownReveal answer → Spray from a plane838 DownReveal answer → Sharpen439 DownReveal answer → Start to stick?342 DownReveal answer → Under a parasol, say643 DownReveal answer → "My feelings exactly"644 DownReveal answer → Host Meredith of "25 Words or Less"645 DownReveal answer → Cézanne painted a "Pyramid" of them647 DownReveal answer → "Oh no!"550 DownReveal answer → Clear stuff in a restaurant351 DownReveal answer → Prefix often meaning "gas"452 DownReveal answer → Flakes out?553 DownReveal answer → Thelma and Louise, e.g.457 DownReveal answer → Signifier of no value, in many programming languages359 DownReveal answer → Grazing area360 DownReveal answer → First name signifier?361 DownReveal answer → Counterpart of a sire, on a horse farm362 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, October 8, 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.