NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 4, 2026
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues128
Across64
Down64
Title10-4
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
Neglect to mention (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOMIT→
5A
"Oh, and ..." (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALSO→
9A
Other sock (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMATE→
13A
Not much, as of lotion (4)
Starts with A, ends with BADAB→
17A
Prefix with technology (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONANO→
18A
You'll pay for this! (4)
Starts with T, ends with LTOLL→
19A
Finishes off (4)
Starts with I, ends with SICES→
20A
Liver's output (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBILE→
21A
"10-4" (10)
Starts with U, ends with DUNDERSTOOD→
24A
Profiteroles, by another name (10)
Starts with C, ends with SCREAMPUFFS→
27A
Fit perfectly (10)
Starts with S, ends with ESUITTOATEE→
28A
Dieter's choice (10)
Starts with R, ends with TREDUCEDFAT→
29A
"___ the One" (song on Springsteen's "Born to Run") (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSHES→
30A
Tow job, maybe (4)
Starts with R, ends with OREPO→
33A
Hurt all over (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACHE→
34A
Philippine currency (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPESO→
35A
Certain graphical shapes (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPIES→
36A
Russian ruler of old (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTSAR→
37A
One may be teen or false (4)
Starts with I, ends with LIDOL→
39A
High-powered but lightweight racers (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSPRINTCARS→
45A
Diminutive for "Elizabeth" (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBESS→
48A
"Most definitely!," in Mexico City (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISISI→
49A
"That's my preference as well" (10)
Starts with I, ends with OIHOPESOTOO→
50A
Crushing on (4)
Starts with I, ends with OINTO→
51A
"___ there!" (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBEEN→
52A
"The 12 Days of Christmas" bird (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDOVE→
54A
Component of wine or vinegar (4)
Starts with A, ends with DACID→
55A
No-nos for many high-profile actors (10)
Starts with N, ends with SNUDESCENES→
58A
Epoch conclusion? (10)
Starts with E, ends with AENDOFANERA→
61A
Titanic (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHUGE→
62A
Central (4)
Starts with M, ends with NMAIN→
63A
___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park" (4)
Starts with I, ends with AISLA→
64A
Pizzicato's opposite, musically (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARCO→
65A
Summer cookout dish (10)
Starts with P, ends with DPASTASALAD→
71A
Classic brand with the slogan "When it rains it pours" (10)
Starts with M, ends with TMORTONSALT→
78A
Org. created in response to 67-Down (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANASA→
79A
Electronic musician Steve (4)
Starts with A, ends with IAOKI→
80A
Stench (4)
Starts with O, ends with RODOR→
81A
Oversupply (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGLUT→
82A
Takes to task (10)
Starts with C, ends with SCRITICIZES→
85A
___ cake (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALAVA→
86A
Son of Adam and Eve (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSETH→
87A
Message about a suspicious login, e.g. (10)
Starts with E, ends with TEMAILALERT→
88A
Mimicked (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAPED→
89A
Hawaiian goose (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENENE→
92A
Sections of pre-K days (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNAPS→
93A
Defense in a snowball fight (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFORT→
95A
Wedding vows (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIDOS→
96A
Doc who might screen for HPV (4)
Starts with G, ends with OGYNO→
98A
Source of the Mississippi River (10)
Starts with L, ends with ALAKEITASCA→
103A
Behaves as if one were going to fail (10)
Starts with R, ends with DRUNSSCARED→
109A
At sea (10)
Starts with A, ends with PABOARDSHIP→
110A
111A
Noun-forming suffix (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMENT→
112A
"Ammunition" for a bubble gun (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSOAP→
113A
Lewis who wrote "The Taste of Country Cooking" (4)
Starts with E, ends with AEDNA→
114A
Morass (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMIRE→
115A
"Yuck!" (4)
Starts with B, ends with HBLEH→
116A
Both digits on Groundhog Day (4)
Starts with T, ends with STWOS→
117A
Nails will do it, but not teeth (4)
Starts with R, ends with TRUST→
118A
Texting button (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSEND→
Down
1D
Weight to bear (4)
Starts with O, ends with SONUS→
2D
Ginóbili in the Basketball Hall of Fame (4)
Starts with M, ends with UMANU→
3D
Busy with something else (10)
Starts with I, ends with DINDISPOSED→
4D
Conform (10)
Starts with T, ends with ETOETHELINE→
5D
"___ girl!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with AATTA→
6D
Pillager's plunder (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLOOT→
7D
Blackthorn berry (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESLOE→
8D
Drawback to a brownstone (10)
Starts with O, ends with SOLDERPIPES→
9D
What gets a lot of viral views? (10)
Starts with M, ends with EMICROSCOPE→
10D
About 75% of a football field (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACRE→
11D
Angry, with "off" (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTEED→
12D
Son of Isaac and Rebekah (4)
Starts with E, ends with UESAU→
13D
Resident of a Mideast capital (10)
Starts with A, ends with NABUDHABIAN→
14D
Result of 10 – 4, e.g. (10)
Starts with D, ends with EDIFFERENCE→
15D
___ Romeo (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALFA→
22D
Ways to go: Abbr. (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRTES→
25D
Seven-plus-hour exam with a lunch break, in brief (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMCAT→
26D
Neighbors of delts (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPECS→
31D
German article (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEINE→
32D
Furry friends (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPETS→
37D
Library ID (4)
Starts with I, ends with NISBN→
38D
Victor Hugo's religious epic poem (4)
Starts with D, ends with UDIEU→
39D
Oblique look (10)
Starts with S, ends with ESIDEGLANCE→
40D
Ring around the doze-y? (10)
Starts with P, ends with MPHONEALARM→
41D
Wander (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROVE→
42D
Egyptian god of the sun disk (4)
Starts with A, ends with NATEN→
43D
Reflective post (10)
Starts with R, ends with RROADMARKER→
44D
Beyoncé or Harry Styles, now (10)
Starts with S, ends with TSOLOARTIST→
46D
Agitate (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTIR→
47D
Scotch's partner (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASODA→
56D
Like most Iranians (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASHIA→
57D
Say "$%&!," say (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCUSS→
59D
Kind of score between 300 and 850 (4)
Starts with F, ends with OFICO→
60D
Ever's partner (4)
Starts with A, ends with NANON→
65D
Dowels, e.g. (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPEGS→
66D
Wheel support (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAXLE→
67D
Pioneering satellite launched 10/4/57 (10)
Starts with S, ends with ESPUTNIKONE→
68D
How some duels are fought (10)
Starts with T, ends with HTOTHEDEATH→
69D
Home to a majority of people (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
70D
Downloads that pair with your smartphone? (10)
Starts with D, ends with SDATINGAPPS→
71D
Post office post (10)
Starts with M, ends with RMAILSORTER→
72D
Move like mud (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOOZE→
73D
Large photovoltaic arrays (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSOLARFARMS→
74D
Maxim about surviving in a rapidly changing world (10)
Starts with A, ends with EADAPTORDIE→
75D
Cause of "that butterfly feeling" (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELOVE→
76D
Prefix with "wife" for some influencers (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTRAD→
83D
"Now ___ me down to sleep" (4)
Starts with I, ends with YILAY→
84D
Title for Horatio Magellan Crunch (4)
Starts with C, ends with NCAPN→
90D
Femme fatale-filled genre (4)
Starts with N, ends with RNOIR→
91D
Approx. (4)
Starts with E, ends with DESTD→
93D
Hall-of-Fame catcher Carlton (4)
Starts with F, ends with KFISK→
94D
Start of a fairy tale (4)
Starts with O, ends with EONCE→
98D
Gentle soul (4)
Starts with L, ends with BLAMB→
99D
Son of Adam and Eve (4)
Starts with A, ends with LABEL→
100D
Rank of some profs: Abbr. (4)
Starts with A, ends with TASST→
101D
Spectacle (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSHOW→
102D
"See ya!" (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCIAO→
104D
Language written from right to left (4)
Starts with U, ends with UURDU→
105D
Sisters (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNUNS→
106D
Style of singing on Louis Armstrong's "Heebie Jeebies" (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSCAT→
108D
Like denim fabric, typically (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDYED→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 4, 2026?+
128 clues: 64 Across and 64 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kathryn Bale and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Neglect to mention (OMIT); "Oh, and ..." (ALSO); Other sock (MATE).
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