New York Times Crossword October 5 2026 Answers
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Below is the solved grid and the full clue list for the New York Times Crossword on October 5 2026, constructed by Chase Dittrich. Click any clue to reveal its answer.
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- 1AWrite on stone, maybe›
- 5ARequest at the bottom of an invitation›
- 9AFollower of Jah, informally›
- 14A"Me neither"›
- 15AGreat Plains tribe›
- 16ASet of moral principles›
- 17AFamous ___ cookies›
- 18ADownfall in pinball›
- 19ACourse for future therapists, for short›
- 20ASpot to work out knotted muscles›
- 23AU.F.O. occupants, in brief›
- 24AYank›
- 25AReach quickly, as a conclusion›
- 29AInternet meme feline›
- 31A"___ your mouth!"›
- 33AStadium cheer›
- 34AHoliday at the end of Ramadan, informally›
- 35AMemphis barbecue staple›
- 37AMilitary rank above cpl.›
- 38ATusked animals›
- 39ASquiggle shape›
- 40AKey to Aladdin's success›
- 42A___ Paulo, Brazil›
- 43ABefore, poetically›
- 44AAcorn growers›
- 45ADress seen at Oktoberfest›
- 48ABlack ___ (some spiders)›
- 50AMental cloud›
- 51ADrag performer's accessory›
- 52A"Ah, that's where things get difficult" … or what can be said about 20-, 35- and 40-Across?›
- 56ASinger Baker›
- 59AWhen Fantine sings "I Dreamed a Dream" in "Les Misérables"›
- 60ABlock toy with its own chain of theme parks›
- 61ABathroom door sign›
- 62AOccasion for a teen to rent a tux›
- 63ASpot for a wolf pack›
- 64AWeapon in a scabbard›
- 65AManager of an apt. bldg.›
- 66ASqueaks (by)›
Down
- 1DTooth covering›
- 2DFruit, botanically, that's treated as a vegetable›
- 3DOne way to sit while meditating›
- 4DSnake's warning›
- 5DCheap hooch›
- 6D___ Larsson, author of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"›
- 7DBygone electric Chevy›
- 8DOrg. that advocates for "cruelty-free" products›
- 9DFilled to the gills›
- 10DCompletely lost›
- 11DNot likely to make the first move, say›
- 12DUnconscious mannerism›
- 13DGerman outburst›
- 21DSlightly›
- 22DThings you might see when you're not wearing glasses›
- 26DEscape from jail›
- 27DClickables at the top of a computer screen›
- 28DExclamations of surprise›
- 30DCommercial lead-in to card›
- 31DInundates with junk mail›
- 32DMusical instrument in the Guinness logo›
- 35DLuxuriate in a bathtub›
- 36D"___ Window"›
- 37DSouth Asian dress›
- 38DNonchalant›
- 40DKitten's call›
- 41DRanch worker›
- 42D[Oh, well]›
- 45DServe a jail sentence›
- 46DDance craze of the 2010s›
- 47DHercules had 12 of these›
- 49DPlayful aquatic animal›
- 50DCamera lens setting›
- 53DEmulates Big Boi and Lil' Kim›
- 54DLight beige›
- 55DWoods of "Legally Blonde"›
- 56DReactions to something adorable›
- 57D"Immediately!"›
- 58D"If you ask me …," to a texter›
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