New York Times Crossword October 9 2026 Answers
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Below is the solved grid and the full clue list for the New York Times Crossword on October 9 2026, constructed by Nam Jin Yoon. Click any clue to reveal its answer.
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- 1AMensches›
- 10A"Super Dry" brewer›
- 15AVisual aid with a three-dimensional aspect›
- 16APersona non grata›
- 17ABy an even stronger argument, at law›
- 18AStars to gaze up at›
- 19ANot mad›
- 20ASquishy projectile›
- 22ACackling carnivores›
- 25AWorld's third-largest river by discharge, after the Amazon and the Congo›
- 27AMiserly sorts, informally›
- 30ARift›
- 31ALike a certain artery›
- 32AMango leftovers›
- 33AThe astronomer Tycho Brahe, for one›
- 34AOrg. concerned with screenings›
- 35AWine leftovers›
- 36A___ Kar-wai, acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker behind 1994's "Chungking Express"›
- 37AHounds that can run up to 35 m.p.h.›
- 39AIt's mine, all mine!›
- 40ANPR program since 1987›
- 41ATwo aces, say›
- 43AKind of roll›
- 47AComfortable›
- 50A"Do I ___ to eat a peach?": T.S. Eliot›
- 51ARecord of the year?›
- 52ADrawing on another's life›
- 55AHandle›
- 56AMuch-anticipated rivalry game in soccer's La Liga›
- 57AHidden element of FedEx's logo›
- 58AExtremely difficult and ultimately futile›
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- 1DHit the hay hard›
- 2DMorgan ___, sorceress in King Arthur stories›
- 3DNot having company›
- 4DWhat Odysseus' crew waxed on about?›
- 5DMahjong grouping›
- 6DOrg. concerned with screenings›
- 7D"Really?!"›
- 8DZero out, in a way›
- 9DDevice geared to draw rotationally symmetrical shapes›
- 10DAccounts for checking?›
- 11DCompact, maybe›
- 12D"My mistake"›
- 13DSome Navy aircraft during W.W. II›
- 14DOrg. requiring crypto disclosures beginning in 2025›
- 21DGlenn who co-founded the Eagles›
- 23DA lot of lot›
- 24DBroadway show inits.›
- 26DPsy-___›
- 28DNear failure, colloquially›
- 29DFertile place›
- 31DSwiss Army knife component›
- 32DAid for someone studying a culture›
- 33DOne who regularly takes a best friend out?›
- 35DPrincess who says "Governor Tarkin! I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash. I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board"›
- 36DLike some noodles and martinis›
- 37DHabeas corpus, e.g.›
- 38DCricket's Men in Green, on scoreboards›
- 40DDormant›
- 42DStudent of Socrates›
- 44D"Gymnopédies" composer›
- 45DJong who wrote "Fear of Flying"›
- 46DScouting trip›
- 48DArtist with an absurdist humor book all about his mustache›
- 49DSauron's soldiers in "The Lord of the Rings"›
- 51D___ team›
- 53DGymnast Raisman›
- 54DEnervate›
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