NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 10, 2026
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Clues70
Across33
Down37
ConstructorDavid Levinson Wilk
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Artist whose first two initials stand for "Maurits Cornelis" (6)
Starts with E, ends with RESCHER→
7A
Get to know a little better, say (8)
Starts with B, ends with NBONEUPON→
16A
"Not today, Satan!" (8)
Starts with O, ends with OOHHELLNO→
17A
Like Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear (6)
Starts with T, ends with CTRAGIC→
18A
Place where it's a hoot to raise a family? (8)
Starts with O, ends with TOWLSNEST→
19A
Part of a swearing-in ceremony (4)
Starts with O, ends with HOATH→
20A
Peak overlooking the Grindelwald Valley (5)
Starts with E, ends with REIGER→
22A
Do a bad job of helping? (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABET→
23A
Frito ___ (Tex-Mex dish) (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPIE→
24A
"Float like a butterfly" and "sting like a bee" (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSIMILES→
26A
Office building abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESTE→
27A
It's a lot for one person to take (11)
Starts with G, ends with EGROUPSELFIE→
30A
Was hot (for) (8)
Starts with T, ends with DTHIRSTED→
31A
Likely gonna (5)
Starts with A, ends with OAPTTO→
35A
Natives call it Muncibeddu, meaning "mountain of mountains" (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETNA→
36A
Seattle's W.N.B.A. team (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSTORM→
39A
Be boastful (4)
Starts with C, ends with WCROW→
40A
Member of the winning 2025 Super Bowl team (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEAGLE→
42A
Some 1980s Jane Fonda performances (8)
Starts with W, ends with SWORKOUTS→
44A
Round and round and round? (11)
Starts with B, ends with HBOXINGMATCH→
47A
Este día (3)
Starts with H, ends with YHOY→
50A
Determine the going price? (7)
Starts with S, ends with LSETBAIL→
51A
London's ___ Gardens (3)
Starts with K, ends with WKEW→
53A
"That makes sense now" (4)
Starts with A, ends with KAHOK→
55A
Patches up, in a way (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDARNS→
56A
___ Dee, lead role on HBO's "Insecure" (4)
Starts with I, ends with AISSA→
57A
Played by oneself (8)
Starts with H, ends with OHADASOLO→
59A
Animated character with a signature quiff hairstyle (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTINTIN→
61A
Croupier's query (8)
Starts with A, ends with NAREYOUIN→
62A
Hide, in a way, as a communication (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENCODE→
63A
State revenue source (8)
Starts with S, ends with XSALESTAX→
64A
Became the beneficiary of (6)
Starts with R, ends with DREAPED→
Down
1D
Legally prohibit (5)
Starts with E, ends with PESTOP→
2D
Kind of student (9)
Starts with S, ends with ASTRAIGHTA→
3D
In free fall (9)
Starts with C, ends with GCRATERING→
4D
Word with grade or school (4)
Starts with H, ends with HHIGH→
5D
Prefix with dermis (3)
Starts with E, ends with IEPI→
7D
Hip-hop's birthplace, colloquially (15)
Starts with B, ends with XBOOGIEDOWNBRONX→
8D
"What a pity" (6)
Starts with O, ends with LOHWELL→
9D
Sports figure who traditionally wears an orange armband, in brief (6)
Starts with N, ends with FNHLREF→
10D
Some Caltech grads: Abbr. (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEES→
11D
It's seen near a wrist (4)
Starts with U, ends with AULNA→
12D
Commoners (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPLEBS→
14D
"Buona ___" (bedtime words in Roma) (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTTE→
21D
"No more for me, thanks" (5)
Starts with I, ends with TIMSET→
24D
Like a sketchy person (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSUS→
25D
One-named singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills" (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASIA→
28D
Flossing brand (5)
Starts with O, ends with BORALB→
29D
Walt Disney initially designed it as a utopian city (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEPCOT→
30D
Bit of concert merch (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETEE→
32D
Refueling spot (9)
Starts with T, ends with PTRUCKSTOP→
33D
Where a wallflower often stands (9)
Starts with T, ends with ETOTHESIDE→
34D
Sounds of pain (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOWS→
37D
Podcaster Joe (5)
Starts with R, ends with NROGAN→
38D
1980s chart-topping band with a semi-duplicative name (8)
Starts with M, ends with RMRMISTER→
41D
Camera brand named after a goddess (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEOS→
43D
Actor Penn (3)
Starts with K, ends with LKAL→
45D
Struck (6)
Starts with X, ends with TXEDOUT→
46D
Neighbor of Francia (6)
Starts with I, ends with AITALIA→
47D
Contents of a laugh track (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHAHAS→
48D
John who wrote "BUtterfield 8" (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOHARA→
49D
Certain snack cake (5)
Starts with Y, ends with LYODEL→
52D
Abated (5)
Starts with W, ends with DWANED→
54D
Danny who was UNICEF's's first goodwill ambassador (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKAYE→
56D
Peruvian ___ Orchid (dog breed) (4)
Starts with I, ends with AINCA→
58D
Title of a #1 Rihanna song and #1 SZA album (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSOS→
60D
Suffix with morph- (3)
Starts with I, ends with EINE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 10, 2026?+
70 clues: 33 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by David Levinson Wilk and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Artist whose first two initials stand for "Maurits Cornelis" (ESCHER); Get to know a little better, say (BONEUPON); Kind (STRIPE).
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