Sunday, October 11, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers

All 140 clues from today’s puzzle are listed below without answers. Select a clue to see its answer and explanation, or open the full grid.

See the full grid & answers21 × 21 · Sunday

Clue list

1Easy putt5 ltrs›6Clever5 ltrs›11Exam for a future atty.4 ltrs›15Boulderer's safety item3 ltrs›18Muffin alternative5 ltrs›19Sea surrounding Mykonos6 ltrs›21Flour in Indian cooking4 ltrs›22"Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief3 ltrs›23Some "Star Trek" slang?12 ltrs›25Infamous Russian mystic8 ltrs›27Glow up?3 ltrs›28One might be liquid or frozen5 ltrs›29Street that might run all the way through town4 ltrs›31Like most autographs5 ltrs›32French filmmaker Jacques4 ltrs›34Secrets known only to E.N.T.s?14 ltrs›38Depression formed by a volcano's collapse7 ltrs›41Did a taxing job?7 ltrs›42C.I.A. forerunner3 ltrs›43Listened to "Rigoletto" way too many times?12 ltrs›46Mideast leaders5 ltrs›48Member of the South Asian diaspora4 ltrs›49Ocho menos uno5 ltrs›50Berkeley university, familiarly3 ltrs›53Rubber stamp go-with6 ltrs›56Many a David Foster Wallace piece5 ltrs›58Not gross3 ltrs›59Wild hogs5 ltrs›61"___ y plata" (Montana's motto)3 ltrs›62Sleuth, slangily3 ltrs›64"A sharp edge recalls a splinter's bite" or "The forest's final revenge is whisper-thin," e.g.?14 ltrs›69N.K. ___, "Broken Earth" trilogy author7 ltrs›73Summer in France3 ltrs›74Person discussed in Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution7 ltrs›75Spark joy?14 ltrs›80Educational inst.3 ltrs›81"Feast," in Arabic3 ltrs›82Count (up)5 ltrs›83Slippery swimmer3 ltrs›85Daniel ___ (children's TV character)5 ltrs›89"The heart of the internet," per its tagline6 ltrs›91Handful3 ltrs›93Those opposed5 ltrs›95Animated explorer4 ltrs›96Cornea-reshaping surgery5 ltrs›98Diwali or Holi?12 ltrs›101Queen ___ (pop nickname)3 ltrs›102Bouncing7 ltrs›105Some hair products7 ltrs›106Like the world's worst demolition company?14 ltrs›110Rose bowl?4 ltrs›111Status after a leadoff walk5 ltrs›112Drubbing4 ltrs›113Wibbly-wobbly5 ltrs›115Hot stone massage location3 ltrs›118Take a risk8 ltrs›120A whole bunch of ocean detritus?12 ltrs›124Tsp. or tbsp.3 ltrs›125Triumphal monument shape4 ltrs›126Off-target6 ltrs›127Family girl5 ltrs›128Fleur-de-___3 ltrs›129Luxury goods retailer since 18674 ltrs›130Needlessly adorns, in an idiom5 ltrs›131Massachusetts county in which the term "gerrymandering" was first applied5 ltrs›

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The New York Times Crossword has run since 1942 and has been edited by Will Shortz since 1993. A new puzzle is published every day of the week, and the grids get harder as the week goes on: Monday is the gentlest, Saturday the toughest, and Sunday is a 21 × 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty.

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