NYT Crossword October 11 2026 Answers (10/11/26)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for October 11 2026 to help you finish it up!

Our NYT Crossword October 11, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of The New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword October 11, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 10/11/26, 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 Easy putt
6A Clever
11A Exam for a future atty.
15A Boulderer's safety item
18A Muffin alternative
19A Sea surrounding Mykonos
21A Flour in Indian cooking
22A "Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief
23A Some "Star Trek" slang?
25A Infamous Russian mystic
27A Glow up?
28A One might be liquid or frozen
29A Street that might run all the way through town
31A Like most autographs
32A French filmmaker Jacques
34A Secrets known only to E.N.T.s?
38A Depression formed by a volcano's collapse
41A Did a taxing job?
42A C.I.A. forerunner
43A Listened to "Rigoletto" way too many times?
46A Mideast leaders
48A Member of the South Asian diaspora
49A Ocho menos uno
50A Berkeley university, familiarly
53A Rubber stamp go-with
56A Many a David Foster Wallace piece
58A Not gross
59A Wild hogs
61A "___ y plata" (Montana's motto)
62A Sleuth, slangily
64A "A sharp edge recalls a splinter's bite" or "The forest's final revenge is whisper-thin," e.g.?
69A N.K. ___, "Broken Earth" trilogy author
73A Summer in France
74A Person discussed in Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution
75A Spark joy?
80A Educational inst.
81A "Feast," in Arabic
82A Count (up)
83A Slippery swimmer
85A Daniel ___ (children's TV character)
89A "The heart of the internet," per its tagline
91A Handful
93A Those opposed
95A Animated explorer
96A Cornea-reshaping surgery
98A Diwali or Holi?
101A Queen ___ (pop nickname)
102A Bouncing
105A Some hair products
106A Like the world's worst demolition company?
110A Rose bowl?
111A Status after a leadoff walk
112A Drubbing
113A Wibbly-wobbly
115A Hot stone massage location
118A Take a risk
120A A whole bunch of ocean detritus?
124A Tsp. or tbsp.
125A Triumphal monument shape
126A Off-target
127A Family girl
128A Fleur-de-___
129A Luxury goods retailer since 1867
130A Needlessly adorns, in an idiom
131A Massachusetts county in which the term "gerrymandering" was first applied
1D Disapproving sounds
2D "Dissent is patriotic" grp.
3D Anti-matter?
4D Overnight stop
5D Made irrelevant
6D ___ serif
7D Free-for-all
8D Stress-induced discomfort
9D Stimpy's TV partner
10D Make it?
11D Roundup rope
12D Comics legend behind the Fantastic Four
13D Calls out on social media, slangily
14D Odd-toed ungulate
15D Document used for a travel companion who might sit under a seat
16D Many characters in Pixar's "Elio"
17D "The Bear" matriarch played by Jamie Lee Curtis
20D Rootless
24D Green Egyptian god
26D Get into, as a cab, say
30D DiFranco who made her Broadway debut in "Hadestown"
33D Northernmost arm of the Mediterranean
35D Like a blue moon or blue steak
36D Something to chew on
37D Ship brass
38D Work with Python, say
39D Park and Fifth, e.g.: Abbr.
40D Tennis score following deuce
44D Second-in-command
45D ___ Place, female companion of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
47D Closely examine
51D "Dancing With the Stars" network
52D Cardinals legend Brock
54D With the bow, in music
55D Sullen
57D "Indeed!"
60D Performed exceptionally, in slang
63D Bibliography listing
65D Louvre Pyramid architect
66D Mail Boxes ___
67D Chain that sells climbing gear
68D Only egg-laying mammals besides platypuses
69D Mocking cry
70D "Night" memoirist Wiesel
71D They might be the last to be booked on an airplane
72D Grp. for Commanders and Chiefs
76D Holiday classic starring Will Ferrell
77D Soapmaker's supply
78D Be inclined
79D Cryptid with a Tibetan name
84D Speech therapist's target
86D Frigg and Freyja, e.g.
87D One of the Great Lakes
88D Cleaning cloths
90D Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Flyers
92D Train sound
93D Home services website
94D Dig up dirt, say
97D "Barry Lyndon" director
99D QB's worry: Abbr.
100D Statement by someone who's out of date?
101D Vietnamese sandwich
103D Animals known for their slow metabolism
104D Capital of ancient Troy?
106D Alternative to express
107D Ancient Andeans
108D Like some allergy sprays
109D Splendid
114D Young newts
116D A runner may need to pick it up
117D Charger's option, informally
119D Flop ___ (period of failure)
121D Part of NGO: Abbr.
122D Prefix with cycle
123D Christmas carol contraction

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