New Yorker Crossword October 21 2026 Answers (10/21/26)

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The New Yorker Crossword October 21, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the New Yorker Crossword on 10/21/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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# Clue
1A Tear (apart)
4A How many it takes to tango, it’s said
7A Hunk of concrete
11A Previously owned
13A “Enough already!”
16A Richard of “Pretty Woman”
17A 2000 mockumentary starring Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy as dog handlers
18A Puts back at zero, say
20A Golfing pegs
21A Tailless primate
22A 2024 film for which Mikey Madison and Sean Baker earned Oscars
23A Target of a disinfectant
24A Middle East ruler
25A Unit equivalent to two thousand pounds
26A The “T” in L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+, briefly
28A Utter rubbish
29A “Nicely done!”
31A Enjoys a book
32A Bird that can symbolize a heavy burden
34A Variations of color or sound
36A “Blazing Saddles” or “Lonesome Dove,” for example
39A They go between feet and sneakers
40A Less risky
41A “Someone’s in trouble!”
43A Chooses
44A Moral misdeeds
45A Forty-fourth U.S. President
47A “Eureka!”
48A Editing mark meaning “never mind”
49A “Yes, captain!”
50A Book you just can’t put down
53A Sicilian volcano
54A Strapped for cash and then some
55A Charges
56A Welcome forecast for a ski resort
57A Gobbled up
58A ___ Moines, Iowa
1D Little tyke
2D “Oh, gotcha!”
3D Public image
4D Word often ignored when alphabetizing
5D Frugal person’s maxim
6D Aquatic mammals known to hold each other as they float
7D William and Harry, to Charles III
8D “___ Misérables”
9D Feeling guilty
10D Movies portraying life stories
12D Graceful woodland creatures
13D “Impractical Jokers” network
14D Latin word after carpe or per
15D Do a booty-shaking dance
19D Snitches (on)
23D Lady ___ (“Abracadabra” singer)
24D Wipe clean
27D Steals from
28D Completely ruin
30D Tugs
31D Flower often given on Valentine’s Day
33D Soccer officials, informally
34D Tall headwear for formal occasions
35D Stop sign, for one
37D Honored by making fun of
38D Political party’s candidate
39D Decorative items in some fancy bathrooms
40D ___ Mist (soda brand name that was a play on Mountain Dew)
42D More than just bother
44D Remnant from an old concert ticket
46D Meat in a hamburger
48D Seethe (over)
49D “___ you sure?”
51D Musician Brian who produced the Talking Heads song “Life During Wartime”
52D ___ out a living

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