Today’s NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 30
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Clues70
Across35
Down35
ConstructorRobyn Weintraub and Rafael Musa
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
2019 film co-starring Taylor Swift as Bombalurina (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCATS→
5A
Like many fringe festival acts (4)
Starts with E, ends with YEDGY→
9A
Logic components in electric circuits (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGATES→
14A
Travel lead-in to "méxico" (4)
Starts with A, ends with OAERO→
15A
Aching (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESORE→
17A
Invented something, say (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLIED→
18A
Aid in evaluating some calls (10)
Starts with S, ends with NSLOWMOTION→
20A
It's been a long time (3)
Starts with E, ends with NEON→
21A
"Didn't we just say goodbye?" (10)
Starts with B, ends with NBACKSOSOON→
22A
Trees whose nuts and leaves are toxic to humans (8)
Starts with B, ends with SBUCKEYES→
24A
Unrestricted, in a way, in brief (3)
Starts with O, ends with COTC→
25A
___ teeth (proverbial rarity) (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHENS→
26A
Running things (7)
Starts with I, ends with RINPOWER→
30A
Like the ingredients in a French chef's mirepoix (5)
Starts with D, ends with DDICED→
32A
Classic potluck dish (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECASSEROLE→
34A
Take on (5)
Starts with A, ends with TADOPT→
35A
Tony-winning actress Stroker (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
36A
Unmanned NASA craft (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPROBE→
37A
Places for intertidal ecosystems (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSEASHORES→
39A
Bass drum attachment (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPEDAL→
40A
Result of keeping a lid on too long? (7)
Starts with H, ends with DHATHEAD→
41A
Push-up targets, informally (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPECS→
42A
Sites with clamps and curettes, for short (3)
Starts with O, ends with SORS→
43A
Screens that stream (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSMARTTVS→
47A
"Hole-sale" outlets? (10)
Starts with D, ends with SDONUTSHOPS→
50A
"___ Short Day" ("Wicked" song) (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
51A
Lodging option for a trip with extended family (10)
Starts with H, ends with EHOTELSUITE→
52A
Eye part whose name shares the same etymological root as a throat part (4)
Starts with U, ends with AUVEA→
53A
Liqueur herb (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANISE→
54A
"Happier Than ___" (Billie Eilish hit) (4)
Starts with E, ends with REVER→
55A
They've split (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSECT→
56A
Targets of some Audubon cameras (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNESTS→
57A
Freshness (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSASS→
Down
1D
First name that contains four of the first five letters of the alphabet (5)
Starts with C, ends with BCALEB→
2D
Macronutrient group? (5)
Starts with A, ends with UAEIOU→
3D
Cover-up in an old detective film? (10)
Starts with T, ends with TTRENCHCOAT→
4D
Ground cover (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSOD→
5D
Pieces of writing from the French for "try" (6)
Starts with E, ends with SESSAYS→
6D
Opposite of agitato, in music (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDOLCE→
7D
Grasps, informally (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGROKS→
8D
Some hedge shrubs (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYEWS→
9D
They're at least 170 times hotter than Tabasco sauce (12)
Starts with G, ends with SGHOSTPEPPERS→
10D
Common fix for a prolbem? (11)
Starts with A, ends with TAUTOCORRECT→
11D
Alvin and the Chipmunks, e.g. (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTRIO→
12D
The Kynge's College of Our Ladye of ___ besyde Windesore (4)
Starts with E, ends with NETON→
13D
Grp. of nine, divided in three? (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSSN→
19D
Juliet, Ophelia and Desdemona, to an astronomer (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMOONS→
21D
Take some liberties (12)
Starts with B, ends with SBENDTHERULES→
23D
Monitors for accuracy, just because (11)
Starts with K, ends with TKEEPSHONEST→
26D
Goddess referenced in "Aida" (4)
Starts with I, ends with SISIS→
27D
Cordless heaters that you might order cords for? (10)
Starts with W, ends with SWOODSTOVES→
28D
Third-largest of Italy's islands, after Sicily and Sardinia (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELBA→
29D
It might wind up near a tackle box (4)
Starts with R, ends with LREEL→
30D
Colon replacement (4)
Starts with D, ends with HDASH→
31D
"Any ___?" (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIDEA→
32D
Part of a hand (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCARD→
33D
Brewer's barrelful (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
38D
Ovens for hops (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOASTS→
41D
Pentagon ___ (subject of a 1971 Supreme Court ruling) (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPAPERS→
43D
Hindu god with three eyes (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASHIVA→
44D
Specks of dust (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMOTES→
45D
Kind of sweater (5)
Starts with V, ends with KVNECK→
46D
Parking spots? (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEATS→
47D
Finish line? (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDONE→
48D
Eponym of the company that marketed the first escalator (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOTIS→
49D
Doesn't settle, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSUES→
51D
World's largest ethnic group (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHAN→
52D
Land that goes from coast to coast, in brief (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUSA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 30, 2026?+
70 clues: 35 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Robyn Weintraub and Rafael Musa and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: 2019 film co-starring Taylor Swift as Bombalurina (CATS); Like many fringe festival acts (EDGY); Logic components in electric circuits (GATES).
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