NYT Easy Mode Crossword October 9 2026 Answers (10/9/26)

Our NYT Easy Mode Crossword October 9, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Easy Mode Crossword is a newer format where paid subscribers can get access to Friday’s puzzle on Wednesday but with easier clues. If you’ve trying your hand at this new format but still need help, we have you covered.

NYT Easy Mode Crossword October 9, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Easy Mode Crossword on 10/9/26, 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	High-quality people
10A	Japanese beer brand
15A	Cartographer's model using shading and texture to show the land's highs and lows
16A	Biblical outcast
17A	"With even stronger reason," in Latin
18A	False gods
19A	Of sound mind
20A	Foam toy thrown through a tiny hoop, perhaps
22A	Laughing predators in the African plains
25A	"___ Flow" (1988 Enya single)
27A	Miserly types, à la a Dickens character
30A	Space between a train's floor and the platform, e.g.
31A	Related to blood vessels
32A	Peach centers
33A	Great ___ (massive dog breed)
34A	Airport screening grp.
35A	Some blue jeans
36A	Ali ___, stand-up comedian with the specials "Baby Cobra" and "Hard Knock Wife"
37A	Dogs resembling small greyhounds
39A	"Inflated" thing for some self-centerted sorts
40A	What you might need a breath of after being in a stuffy environment
41A	It beats an ace high, in poker
43A	"The Rye or the ___" (bread-themed Weird Al Yankovic parody of "The Eye of the Tiger")
47A	Affluent
50A	"Truth or ___?"
51A	Record of the events of 2025, e.g.
52A	Like a leech or a louse
55A	Take care of
56A	"Traditional" nickname for a football match between Barcelona and Real Madrid
57A	➡️ or ⬅️
58A	Like a seemingly impossible task (like eternally rolling a stone up a hill)
1D	Go black, as a computer
2D	Arthurian heroine Morgan whose name anagrams to LEAFY
3D	Not with anyone else
4D	Enticing melody in Greek mythology
5D	Go down, as the sun
6D	Movie org. that has created and updated a well-regarded Top 100 list
7D	"Let's get outta here!"
8D	Button on a scale that sets the weight back to zero
9D	Drawing toy with geared rings and circles
10D	"I couldn't have done it, I was out of town" and "I was asleep at the time," for two
11D	Four-door car, typically
12D	Remorseful statements
13D	Some fierce-sounding W.W. II fighter planes
14D	Org. with an April 15 deadline
21D	Glenn of the Eagles
23D	Farmland unit
24D	Letters on a sign indicating a sold-out show
26D	Photo ___
28D	About to break up, maybe
29D	Fertile area in a desert
31D	Kitchen tool with gears and a twist key
32D	Shallow container in a lab
33D	Person with a pet poodle, say
35D	"Star Wars" princess
36D	More than a little damp
37D	Legal order
38D	Islamabad's country, on an Olympic scoreboard
40D	Like an unplanted field
42D	Ancient Greek philosopher who wrote "The Republic"
44D	"Gymnopédies" composer whose name is found in "It's a tie!"
45D	"Fear of Flying" novelist Jong
46D	Intel-gathering mission for a spy
48D	Salvador ___ (Surrealist painter)
49D	"The Lord of the Rings" villains
51D	Happy ___ clam
53D	Olympic gymnast Raisman
54D	Sticky stuff in a pine tree