NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 14, 2026
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorJacob Stulberg
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Hot stuff (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMAGMA→
6A
Target (4)
Starts with G, ends with LGOAL→
10A
Worshiper's locale, at times (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAPSE→
14A
Poe's middle name (5)
Starts with A, ends with NALLAN→
15A
Lingerie material (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELACE→
16A
Glimpse (4)
Starts with P, ends with KPEEK→
17A
Response to "Good morning, everybody!" (10)
Starts with Y, ends with DYOUREMUTED→
19A
Glazier's product (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPANE→
20A
Consumed (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
21A
Debunked "facts" (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMYTHS→
22A
Amish, Shakers and others (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSECTS→
23A
Long (for) (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPINE→
24A
Former Mideast bigwig (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSHAH→
25A
Response to "Let's get this meeting going" (13)
Starts with W, ends with UWECANTHEARYOU→
30A
Wrap, as rope (4)
Starts with C, ends with LCOIL→
32A
Word before or after butt (4)
Starts with H, ends with DHEAD→
33A
Flesh and blood (3)
Starts with K, ends with NKIN→
34A
Tree with edible nuts (5)
Starts with H, ends with LHAZEL→
36A
"A conversation carried out by other means," per Peter Ustinov (3)
Starts with S, ends with XSEX→
37A
Give in (5)
Starts with Y, ends with DYIELD→
39A
Triumphant cry (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAHA→
40A
Prefix with -meter (4)
Starts with A, ends with IALTI→
42A
Chilean money (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPESO→
43A
Response to "Why is everyone ignoring me?" (13)
Starts with T, ends with NTURNYOURMICON→
48A
Small valley (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDELL→
49A
They may be subject to inflation (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEGOS→
50A
Flora and fauna, collectively (5)
Starts with B, ends with ABIOTA→
52A
Sharp part of a kite (5)
Starts with T, ends with NTALON→
54A
Chicago sights, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with SELS→
57A
Apartment option (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLOFT→
58A
Reaction to the unsuccessful "conversation" in this puzzle (10)
Starts with O, ends with TOHFORGETIT→
60A
Off base? (4)
Starts with A, ends with LAWOL→
61A
___ test (4)
Starts with R, ends with DROAD→
62A
Isolated (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALONE→
63A
Befuddled state (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHAZE→
64A
Deep-six (4)
Starts with B, ends with YBURY→
65A
Source of strength and resilience (5)
Starts with S, ends with WSINEW→
Down
1D
Bygone Mesoamerican civilization (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMAYA→
2D
Oodles (4)
Starts with A, ends with TALOT→
3D
Affix, in a way (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGLUE→
4D
Besmirch (3)
Starts with M, ends with RMAR→
5D
Low on red blood cells, perhaps (6)
Starts with A, ends with CANEMIC→
6D
It's in wheat, but not buckwheat (6)
Starts with G, ends with NGLUTEN→
7D
Requirement for a juror (4)
Starts with O, ends with HOATH→
8D
Wild cards, at times (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACES→
9D
Took the helm (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLED→
11D
Dandy (10)
Starts with P, ends with NPEACHYKEEN→
12D
Label on an email folder (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSENT→
13D
Scratches (out) (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEKES→
18D
Talkative bird (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMYNA→
22D
Like a good tree or a bad deal (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSHADY→
23D
Three-season star of the New York Cosmos (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPELE→
24D
Word before green or after Red (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASEA→
25D
Literary title character who's mostly unseen (10)
Starts with W, ends with ZWIZARDOFOZ→
26D
Pronoun with two homophones (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTHEIR→
28D
Mechanic's canfuls (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOILS→
29D
Edit menu command (4)
Starts with U, ends with OUNDO→
30D
Shoot the breeze (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCHAT→
31D
Locale of the Battleship Missouri Memorial (4)
Starts with O, ends with UOAHU→
35D
Who "turned my whole world upside down," in a 1970s rock hit (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALAYLA→
36D
"Rugrats" dad (3)
Starts with S, ends with USTU→
38D
Announcements in The Economist, for short (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIPOS→
41D
"What a riot!," in brief (3)
Starts with L, ends with LLOL→
45D
Something to hum (6)
Starts with M, ends with YMELODY→
46D
Sikorsky of aviation fame (4)
Starts with I, ends with RIGOR→
47D
Cuban drums (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCONGAS→
50D
Unexciting (4)
Starts with B, ends with HBLAH→
51D
"American Gothic" setting (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOWA→
52D
First word of "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (4)
Starts with T, ends with UTHOU→
53D
Way off (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAFAR→
54D
Alma mater for George Orwell and Hugh Laurie (4)
Starts with E, ends with NETON→
55D
Cue from a cuer (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELINE→
56D
Hearty dish (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSTEW→
59D
Hollywood's Roth or Wallach (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 14, 2026?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jacob Stulberg and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Hot stuff (MAGMA); Target (GOAL); Worshiper's locale, at times (APSE).
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