New York Times Crossword October 16 2026 Answers
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Below is the solved grid and the full clue list for the New York Times Crossword on October 16 2026, constructed by Adam Shapiro. Click any clue to reveal its answer.
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- 1AWord with strip or skirt›
- 6AConniption›
- 9ACuban poet/philosopher José›
- 14A2000 hit song with the lyric "But to lose all my senses / That is just so typically me"›
- 17AMail-centric fiction?›
- 18AVirginia is in it, in brief›
- 19A"Hah!"›
- 20A"___ had it!"›
- 21AFormer home of Mr. and Mrs. Met›
- 23A"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff›
- 24ARiot›
- 25ASpiller of tea›
- 27ASmelling things?›
- 28ADate night viewing, often›
- 34AHigh concept?›
- 35AThey explain what's in the cards›
- 39AComic strip sound of impact›
- 40AInfant discomfort›
- 42ABattery-powered string instrument player›
- 43APredicated›
- 48AIt has its highs and lows›
- 49ARocky openings?›
- 50ABurrowing animal whose name is made up of two other animals›
- 52AIt may begin with a +1: Abbr.›
- 53AIdolizes›
- 56AIndiana Jones or Rocky Balboa, e.g.›
- 57ALosing causes?›
- 58AYoga ___›
- 59AThe 22nd Amendment limits them›
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- 1D"Piece of cake!"›
- 2DReality show whose contestants report to the Judge's Table›
- 3DNot gendered›
- 4DDope›
- 5DSome emergency resources›
- 6DSerious dirt›
- 7DState whose official fruit is the huckleberry›
- 8DDone to death›
- 9DFlow down the neck›
- 10DPast word›
- 11DHot pockets?›
- 12D20-20, e.g.›
- 13DSmall sounds›
- 15DOne of 412 in the White House›
- 16DSupermodel Banks›
- 22DTook back one's words›
- 24DOne struggling to make ends meet›
- 26DGrant›
- 27DFoe of Dr. Eggman, in video games›
- 29DProcured›
- 30D"___ Share of Night" (acclaimed 2019 Mariana Enríquez book)›
- 31DComplimentary lines›
- 32DTool for tracing family trees›
- 33DPrefix with the name of any month›
- 35DMideast salad, in one spelling›
- 36DSimon the Zealot, e.g.›
- 37DSparkly bits in a school art project›
- 38DLike some deliveries›
- 39DHolder of all the digits, from 1 to 0›
- 41DStage-left orchestra section›
- 43DCoccyx or phalange, e.g.›
- 44DUnwelcome sound during a dream›
- 45DBrown tint›
- 46DConstruct›
- 47DArt movement proclaimed in a 1916 manifesto›
- 50DMay honorees›
- 51DOutdoor item with flaps›
- 54DTook a load off›
- 55D2011 platinum single by Tyler, the Creator›
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