NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 6, 2026
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Clues77
Across37
Down40
ConstructorAdam Vincent
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
What a leaky faucet has (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDRIP→
5A
Hands, informally … or coverings for hands (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMITTS→
10A
"Not another peep out of you!" (4)
Starts with H, ends with HHUSH→
14A
Classical Persian poet (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRUMI→
15A
Nebraska home of Creighton University (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOMAHA→
16A
Between cruise ports, say (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASEA→
17A
Intl. oil group (4)
Starts with O, ends with COPEC→
18A
Like streakers (5)
Starts with N, ends with DNAKED→
19A
Deep blue (4)
Starts with N, ends with YNAVY→
20A
Pale and sickly (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPEAKY→
22A
Have an "aha" moment about (3)
Starts with G, ends with TGET→
23A
Urged (on) (5)
Starts with E, ends with DEGGED→
24A
One of six, supposedly, for a seer (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESENSE→
25A
"___ Were a Rich Man" (3)
Starts with I, ends with IIFI→
26A
Rear of a boat (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSTERN→
27A
Lifeless (9)
Starts with I, ends with EINANIMATE→
30A
Who said "Revolutions are the locomotives of history" (4)
Starts with M, ends with XMARX→
33A
Video game section (5)
Starts with L, ends with LLEVEL→
34A
Pen points (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNIBS→
38A
Number on a dating profile (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAGE→
39A
Gallops into the sunset, say (7)
Starts with R, ends with NRIDESON→
41A
"I've seen better" (3)
Starts with M, ends with HMEH→
42A
Attend without a date (6)
Starts with G, ends with GGOSTAG→
44A
Sound in polka music (6)
Starts with O, ends with HOOMPAH→
46A
Strategic disk game played on a vertical board (11)
Starts with C, ends with RCONNECTFOUR→
50A
Music genre for James Brown (4)
Starts with F, ends with KFUNK→
51A
Device once used with a Blockbuster rental (3)
Starts with V, ends with RVCR→
52A
Mission-driven grps., often (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNGOS→
54A
"___ you listening?" (3)
Starts with A, ends with EARE→
55A
Who said "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth" (5)
Starts with J, ends with SJESUS→
57A
May honoree (3)
Starts with M, ends with MMOM→
59A
Animal with a "mask" (7)
Starts with R, ends with NRACCOON→
62A
A step above amateur (7)
Starts with S, ends with OSEMIPRO→
65A
Peeved (7)
Starts with I, ends with TINASNIT→
66A
Like italic type (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSLANTED→
67A
68A
See 67-Across (6)
Starts with F, ends with EFIGURE→
Down
1D
Is released, as an album (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDROPS→
2D
Currency in Mumbai (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERUPEE→
3D
Clarifying phrase (5)
Starts with I, ends with NIMEAN→
4D
Interception returned for a touchdown (7)
Starts with P, ends with XPICKSIX→
5D
Start of the workweek: Abbr. (3)
Starts with M, ends with NMON→
6D
Saw in one's mind's eye (8)
Starts with I, ends with DIMAGINED→
7D
Break for a few minutes (8)
Starts with T, ends with ETAKEFIVE→
8D
Newspaper in New York, L.A. or Seattle, colloquially (8)
Starts with T, ends with STHETIMES→
9D
Bummed out (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSAD→
10D
Surf with one's toes off the front of the board (7)
Starts with H, ends with NHANGTEN→
11D
What an electric meter measures (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUSAGE→
12D
Cut completely (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSEVER→
13D
Joseph called "Father of the Symphony" (5)
Starts with H, ends with NHAYDN→
21D
Coin dated with the year of its country's imperial era (3)
Starts with Y, ends with NYEN→
23D
Latin "is" (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
28D
Put in a row (5)
Starts with A, ends with NALIGN→
29D
Unapproachable (5)
Starts with A, ends with FALOOF→
30D
Newsstand purchase, informally (3)
Starts with M, ends with GMAG→
31D
In the past (3)
Starts with A, ends with OAGO→
32D
Feline adoption option (9)
Starts with R, ends with TRESCUECAT→
35D
Spur-of-the-moment (9)
Starts with I, ends with UIMPROMPTU→
36D
Arthur of "The Golden Girls" (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABEA→
37D
"Zip it!" (3)
Starts with S, ends with HSHH→
39D
Place in a hierarchy (4)
Starts with R, ends with KRANK→
40D
Midnight's opposite (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNOON→
43D
Suffix in the names of many U.S. cities (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTON→
45D
Starbucks keepsake, perhaps (3)
Starts with M, ends with GMUG→
47D
Hurdles or high jump, e.g. (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEVENT→
48D
Loops in, digitally (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCCS→
49D
Secure tightly (5)
Starts with T, ends with STRUSS→
50D
Swiss currency (5)
Starts with F, ends with CFRANC→
53D
How you may feel after a workout vis-à-vis before (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSORER→
54D
Operatic solo (4)
Starts with A, ends with AARIA→
55D
Become a member of (4)
Starts with J, ends with NJOIN→
56D
Subject of introspection (4)
Starts with S, ends with FSELF→
58D
Preset camera option (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMODE→
60D
___ effect (purported influence of police shows on juries' expectations for forensics) (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICSI→
61D
Yoko who participated in a bed-in (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
63D
___ tai (3)
Starts with M, ends with IMAI→
64D
Bank with a lion in its logo (3)
Starts with I, ends with GING→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 6, 2026?+
77 clues: 37 Across and 40 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adam Vincent and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: What a leaky faucet has (DRIP); Hands, informally … or coverings for hands (MITTS); "Not another peep out of you!" (HUSH).
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