NYT Crossword October 6 2026 Answers (10/6/26)

Our NYT Crossword October 6, 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 6, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 10/6/26, 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	What a leaky faucet has
5A	Hands, informally … or coverings for hands
10A	"Not another peep out of you!"
14A	Classical Persian poet
15A	Nebraska home of Creighton University
16A	Between cruise ports, say
17A	Intl. oil group
18A	Like streakers
19A	Deep blue
20A	Pale and sickly
22A	Have an "aha" moment about
23A	Urged (on)
24A	One of six, supposedly, for a seer
25A	"___ Were a Rich Man"
26A	Rear of a boat
27A	Lifeless
30A	Who said "Revolutions are the locomotives of history"
33A	Video game section
34A	Pen points
38A	Number on a dating profile
39A	Gallops into the sunset, say
41A	"I've seen better"
42A	Attend without a date
44A	Sound in polka music
46A	Strategic disk game played on a vertical board
50A	Music genre for James Brown
51A	Device once used with a Blockbuster rental
52A	Mission-driven grps., often
54A	"___ you listening?"
55A	Who said "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth"
57A	May honoree
59A	Animal with a "mask"
62A	A step above amateur
65A	Peeved
66A	Like italic type
67A	With 68-Across, posable plaything ... or a verbal hint to each half of 4-, 7- and 10-Down and 46-Across
68A	See 67-Across
1D	Is released, as an album
2D	Currency in Mumbai
3D	Clarifying phrase
4D	Interception returned for a touchdown
5D	Start of the workweek: Abbr.
6D	Saw in one's mind's eye
7D	Break for a few minutes
8D	Newspaper in New York, L.A. or Seattle, colloquially
9D	Bummed out
10D	Surf with one's toes off the front of the board
11D	What an electric meter measures
12D	Cut completely
13D	Joseph called "Father of the Symphony"
21D	Coin dated with the year of its country's imperial era
23D	Latin "is"
28D	Put in a row
29D	Unapproachable
30D	Newsstand purchase, informally
31D	In the past
32D	Feline adoption option
35D	Spur-of-the-moment
36D	Arthur of "The Golden Girls"
37D	"Zip it!"
39D	Place in a hierarchy
40D	Midnight's opposite
43D	Suffix in the names of many U.S. cities
45D	Starbucks keepsake, perhaps
47D	Hurdles or high jump, e.g.
48D	Loops in, digitally
49D	Secure tightly
50D	Swiss currency
53D	How you may feel after a workout vis-à-vis before
54D	Operatic solo
55D	Become a member of
56D	Subject of introspection
58D	Preset camera option
60D	___ effect (purported influence of police shows on juries' expectations for forensics)
61D	Yoko who participated in a bed-in
63D	___ tai
64D	Bank with a lion in its logo

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