NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 28, 2026
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Clues86
Across38
Down48
ConstructorDaniel Grinberg
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
"Futurama" robot (6)
Starts with B, ends with RBENDER→
7A
Stadium shouts (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOLES→
11A
Like some vaccines (4)
Starts with O, ends with LORAL→
15A
Colored part of an eye (6)
Starts with A, ends with AAREOLA→
16A
Fish whose name is a synonym for "complain" (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCARP→
17A
Gullible sort (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERUBE→
18A
Jack Torrance, in "The Shining" (11)
Starts with H, ends with YHERESJOHNNY→
20A
Machu Picchu constructor (4)
Starts with I, ends with AINCA→
21A
Not remain silent, maybe (3)
Starts with A, ends with TACT→
22A
Top choices? (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBRAS→
23A
Customary behaviors (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWONTS→
24A
Dr. Frankenstein, in 1931's "Frankenstein" (16)
Starts with I, ends with EITSALIVEITSALIVE→
29A
First in a line of 14 popes (4)
Starts with L, ends with ILEOI→
30A
Draft cattle (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOXEN→
31A
Not in financial trouble (6)
Starts with A, ends with TAFLOAT→
34A
___ riser (5)
Starts with E, ends with YEARLY→
37A
Dollop (3)
Starts with G, ends with BGOB→
40A
With 44-Across, Veronica Quaife, in "The Fly" (10)
Starts with B, ends with EBEAFRAIDBE→
42A
Prefix with presence or science (4)
Starts with O, ends with IOMNI→
43A
Light hit at the plate (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBUNT→
44A
See 40-Across (10)
Starts with V, ends with DVERYAFRAID→
47A
Combine (3)
Starts with A, ends with DADD→
48A
Megastar's venue (5)
Starts with A, ends with AARENA→
50A
Slopes to the side (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSLANTS→
51A
Isolate, in corporate-speak (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSILO→
53A
"Stop," as said to someone filling a cup (4)
Starts with W, ends with NWHEN→
54A
Jigsaw, in "Saw" (16)
Starts with I, ends with EIWANTTOPLAYAGAME→
62A
Silently acknowledge (5)
Starts with N, ends with ONODTO→
63A
Wallop (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSLUG→
64A
Matcha or Darjeeling (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATEA→
65A
Affectedly cute (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETWEE→
66A
70A
United Arab Emirates neighbor (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOMAN→
71A
Visibility impediment (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHAZE→
72A
Boxing match result, maybe (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBRUISE→
73A
Join securely (4)
Starts with W, ends with DWELD→
74A
Historian's segments (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
75A
Cut up (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSLICED→
Down
1D
Religion with the key text Kitáb-i-Aqdas (5)
Starts with B, ends with IBAHAI→
2D
Build, as a building (5)
Starts with E, ends with TERECT→
3D
Old-timey "Darn!" (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNERTS→
4D
One chasing the big bucks? (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDOE→
5D
Aboveground transports (3)
Starts with E, ends with SELS→
6D
Colonial rule in India (3)
Starts with R, ends with JRAJ→
7D
Brownish-yellow shade (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOCHRE→
8D
Hawaii's sixth-largest island (5)
Starts with L, ends with ILANAI→
9D
German artist Max (5)
Starts with E, ends with TERNST→
10D
Profession in many Hitchcock films (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSPY→
11D
M.L.B. player whose cap has an orange visor (6)
Starts with O, ends with EORIOLE→
12D
Shuffling dance move popular in the 1990s (10)
Starts with R, ends with NRUNNINGMAN→
13D
"Abbott Elementary" airer (5)
Starts with A, ends with VABCTV→
14D
One might be month-to-month (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELEASE→
19D
"It's so clear," in slang (4)
Starts with O, ends with IOBVI→
23D
Like some seals (4)
Starts with W, ends with YWAXY→
25D
In the air (5)
Starts with A, ends with TALOFT→
26D
King who disowns Cordelia (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLEAR→
28D
San José sun (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSOL→
31D
Popular band that had a 40-year gap (1981-2021) between its last two studio albums (4)
Starts with A, ends with AABBA→
32D
Fight à la the Capulets and Montagues (4)
Starts with F, ends with DFEUD→
33D
Finalizes the business agreement, say (10)
Starts with L, ends with LLANDSADEAL→
34D
Site of a tempting offer (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
35D
Pokémon critter with a yellow snout and short, pointed ears (4)
Starts with A, ends with AABRA→
36D
Jedi of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" (3)
Starts with R, ends with YREY→
38D
"Consider this taken care of" (4)
Starts with O, ends with TONIT→
39D
Actions at auctions (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBIDS→
41D
"___ got bad news" (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIVE→
42D
Member of the genus Pongo, informally (5)
Starts with O, ends with GORANG→
45D
Like a used grill (4)
Starts with A, ends with YASHY→
46D
Pet pest (4)
Starts with F, ends with AFLEA→
48D
Etta James, vocally (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALTO→
49D
Cause a stink? (3)
Starts with R, ends with TROT→
52D
Plan (to) (6)
Starts with I, ends with DINTEND→
53D
Word with freeze or hike (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWAGE→
54D
Being dragged along (5)
Starts with I, ends with WINTOW→
55D
"Knock my socks off!" (5)
Starts with W, ends with EWOWME→
56D
___ Isaac, Dr. Frankenstein portrayer in Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROSCAR→
57D
City square (5)
Starts with P, ends with APLAZA→
58D
They might be shaped like minnows or flies (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLURES→
59D
Top-level storage space (5)
Starts with A, ends with CATTIC→
60D
Group of antlered deer, humorously (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMEESE→
61D
Made less severe (5)
Starts with E, ends with DEASED→
66D
The Beatles' "___ Came in Through the Bathroom Window" (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESHE→
67D
Jalen Hurts and Joe Montana, for two, informally (3)
Starts with Q, ends with SQBS→
68D
Something to click (3)
Starts with U, ends with LURL→
69D
Sí, across the Pyrenees (3)
Starts with O, ends with IOUI→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 28, 2026?+
86 clues: 38 Across and 48 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Daniel Grinberg and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "Futurama" robot (BENDER); Stadium shouts (OLES); Like some vaccines (ORAL).
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