NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 11, 2026
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Clues140
Across65
Down75
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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
Easy putt (5)
Starts with T, ends with NTAPIN→
6A
Clever (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSMART→
11A
Exam for a future atty. (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLSAT→
15A
Boulderer's safety item (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPAD→
18A
Muffin alternative (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESCONE→
19A
Sea surrounding Mykonos (6)
Starts with A, ends with NAEGEAN→
21A
Flour in Indian cooking (4)
Starts with A, ends with AATTA→
22A
"Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with OELO→
23A
Some "Star Trek" slang? (12)
Starts with K, ends with OKLINGONLINGO→
25A
Infamous Russian mystic (8)
Starts with R, ends with NRASPUTIN→
27A
Glow up? (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSUN→
28A
One might be liquid or frozen (5)
Starts with A, ends with TASSET→
29A
Street that might run all the way through town (4)
Starts with M, ends with NMAIN→
31A
Like most autographs (5)
Starts with I, ends with NINPEN→
32A
French filmmaker Jacques (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITATI→
34A
Secrets known only to E.N.T.s? (14)
Starts with E, ends with AEARCANALARCANA→
38A
Depression formed by a volcano's collapse (7)
Starts with C, ends with ACALDERA→
41A
Did a taxing job? (7)
Starts with A, ends with DAUDITED→
42A
C.I.A. forerunner (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOSS→
43A
Listened to "Rigoletto" way too many times? (12)
Starts with O, ends with IOVERDIDVERDI→
46A
Mideast leaders (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEMIRS→
48A
Member of the South Asian diaspora (4)
Starts with D, ends with IDESI→
49A
Ocho menos uno (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESIETE→
50A
Berkeley university, familiarly (3)
Starts with C, ends with LCAL→
53A
Rubber stamp go-with (6)
Starts with I, ends with DINKPAD→
56A
Many a David Foster Wallace piece (5)
Starts with E, ends with YESSAY→
58A
Not gross (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNET→
59A
Wild hogs (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBOARS→
61A
"___ y plata" (Montana's motto) (3)
Starts with O, ends with OORO→
62A
Sleuth, slangily (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTEC→
64A
69A
N.K. ___, "Broken Earth" trilogy author (7)
Starts with J, ends with NJEMISIN→
73A
Summer in France (3)
Starts with E, ends with EETE→
74A
Person discussed in Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution (7)
Starts with E, ends with RELECTOR→
75A
Spark joy? (14)
Starts with E, ends with YELICITFELICITY→
80A
Educational inst. (3)
Starts with S, ends with HSCH→
81A
"Feast," in Arabic (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEID→
82A
Count (up) (5)
Starts with T, ends with YTALLY→
83A
Slippery swimmer (3)
Starts with E, ends with LEEL→
85A
Daniel ___ (children's TV character) (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTIGER→
89A
"The heart of the internet," per its tagline (6)
Starts with R, ends with TREDDIT→
91A
Handful (3)
Starts with F, ends with WFEW→
93A
Those opposed (5)
Starts with A, ends with SANTIS→
95A
Animated explorer (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADORA→
96A
Cornea-reshaping surgery (5)
Starts with L, ends with KLASIK→
98A
Diwali or Holi? (12)
Starts with H, ends with GHINDISHINDIG→
101A
Queen ___ (pop nickname) (3)
Starts with B, ends with YBEY→
102A
Bouncing (7)
Starts with O, ends with GOUSTING→
105A
Some hair products (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPOMADES→
106A
Like the world's worst demolition company? (14)
Starts with L, ends with GLASTINBLASTING→
110A
Rose bowl? (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVASE→
111A
Status after a leadoff walk (5)
Starts with O, ends with NONEON→
112A
Drubbing (4)
Starts with R, ends with TROUT→
113A
Wibbly-wobbly (5)
Starts with A, ends with LAREEL→
115A
Hot stone massage location (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
118A
Take a risk (8)
Starts with C, ends with TCHANCEIT→
120A
A whole bunch of ocean detritus? (12)
Starts with L, ends with MLOTSAFLOTSAM→
124A
Tsp. or tbsp. (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAMT→
125A
Triumphal monument shape (4)
Starts with A, ends with HARCH→
126A
Off-target (6)
Starts with E, ends with TERRANT→
127A
Family girl (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENIECE→
128A
Fleur-de-___ (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLIS→
129A
Luxury goods retailer since 1867 (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSAKS→
130A
Needlessly adorns, in an idiom (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGILDS→
131A
Massachusetts county in which the term "gerrymandering" was first applied (5)
Starts with E, ends with XESSEX→
Down
1D
Disapproving sounds (4)
Starts with T, ends with STSKS→
2D
"Dissent is patriotic" grp. (4)
Starts with A, ends with UACLU→
3D
Anti-matter? (9)
Starts with P, ends with SPOINTLESS→
4D
Overnight stop (3)
Starts with I, ends with NINN→
5D
Made irrelevant (7)
Starts with N, ends with DNEGATED→
6D
___ serif (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSANS→
7D
Free-for-all (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMELEE→
8D
Stress-induced discomfort (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAGITA→
9D
Stimpy's TV partner (3)
Starts with R, ends with NREN→
10D
Make it? (3)
Starts with T, ends with GTAG→
11D
Roundup rope (6)
Starts with L, ends with TLARIAT→
12D
Comics legend behind the Fantastic Four (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESTANLEE→
13D
Calls out on social media, slangily (3)
Starts with A, ends with SATS→
14D
Odd-toed ungulate (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTAPIR→
15D
Document used for a travel companion who might sit under a seat (11)
Starts with P, ends with TPETPASSPORT→
16D
Many characters in Pixar's "Elio" (6)
Starts with A, ends with SALIENS→
17D
"The Bear" matriarch played by Jamie Lee Curtis (5)
Starts with D, ends with ADONNA→
20D
Rootless (7)
Starts with N, ends with CNOMADIC→
24D
Green Egyptian god (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOSIRIS→
26D
Get into, as a cab, say (6)
Starts with U, ends with KUNCORK→
30D
DiFranco who made her Broadway debut in "Hadestown" (3)
Starts with A, ends with IANI→
33D
Northernmost arm of the Mediterranean (8)
Starts with A, ends with CADRIATIC→
35D
Like a blue moon or blue steak (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERARE→
36D
Something to chew on (3)
Starts with C, ends with DCUD→
37D
Ship brass (8)
Starts with A, ends with SADMIRALS→
38D
Work with Python, say (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECODE→
39D
Park and Fifth, e.g.: Abbr. (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAVES→
40D
Tennis score following deuce (4)
Starts with A, ends with NADIN→
44D
Second-in-command (4)
Starts with V, ends with PVEEP→
45D
___ Place, female companion of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETTA→
47D
Closely examine (7)
Starts with I, ends with TINSPECT→
51D
"Dancing With the Stars" network (3)
Starts with A, ends with CABC→
52D
Cardinals legend Brock (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULOU→
54D
With the bow, in music (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARCO→
55D
Sullen (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDOUR→
57D
"Indeed!" (7)
Starts with Y, ends with SYESITIS→
60D
Performed exceptionally, in slang (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
63D
Bibliography listing (8)
Starts with C, ends with NCITATION→
65D
Louvre Pyramid architect (3)
Starts with P, ends with IPEI→
66D
Mail Boxes ___ (3)
Starts with E, ends with CETC→
67D
Chain that sells climbing gear (3)
Starts with R, ends with IREI→
68D
Only egg-laying mammals besides platypuses (8)
Starts with E, ends with SECHIDNAS→
69D
Mocking cry (4)
Starts with J, ends with RJEER→
70D
"Night" memoirist Wiesel (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELIE→
71D
They might be the last to be booked on an airplane (11)
Starts with M, ends with SMIDDLESEATS→
72D
Grp. for Commanders and Chiefs (3)
Starts with N, ends with LNFL→
76D
Holiday classic starring Will Ferrell (3)
Starts with E, ends with FELF→
77D
Soapmaker's supply (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELYE→
78D
Be inclined (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTEND→
79D
Cryptid with a Tibetan name (4)
Starts with Y, ends with IYETI→
84D
Speech therapist's target (4)
Starts with L, ends with PLISP→
86D
Frigg and Freyja, e.g. (9)
Starts with G, ends with SGODDESSES→
87D
One of the Great Lakes (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
88D
Cleaning cloths (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRAGS→
90D
Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Flyers (6)
Starts with D, ends with NDAYTON→
92D
Train sound (7)
Starts with W, ends with EWHISTLE→
93D
Home services website (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANGI→
94D
Dig up dirt, say (6)
Starts with S, ends with LSHOVEL→
97D
"Barry Lyndon" director (7)
Starts with K, ends with KKUBRICK→
99D
QB's worry: Abbr. (3)
Starts with I, ends with TINT→
100D
Statement by someone who's out of date? (7)
Starts with I, ends with EIMALONE→
101D
Vietnamese sandwich (6)
Starts with B, ends with IBANHMI→
103D
Animals known for their slow metabolism (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSLOTHS→
104D
Capital of ancient Troy? (3)
Starts with T, ends with UTAU→
106D
Alternative to express (5)
Starts with L, ends with LLOCAL→
107D
Ancient Andeans (5)
Starts with I, ends with SINCAS→
108D
Like some allergy sprays (5)
Starts with N, ends with LNASAL→
109D
Splendid (5)
Starts with G, ends with DGRAND→
114D
Young newts (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEFTS→
116D
A runner may need to pick it up (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPACE→
117D
Charger's option, informally (4)
Starts with A, ends with XAMEX→
119D
Flop ___ (period of failure) (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
121D
Part of NGO: Abbr. (3)
Starts with O, ends with GORG→
122D
Prefix with cycle (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
123D
Christmas carol contraction (3)
Starts with T, ends with STIS→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 11, 2026?+
140 clues: 65 Across and 75 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Michael Lieberman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Easy putt (TAPIN); Clever (SMART); Exam for a future atty. (LSAT).
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