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NYT Crossword — October 10, 2026

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 70 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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33 clues

1Artist whose first two initials stand for "Maurits Cornelis"

7Get to know a little better, say

16"Not today, Satan!"

17Like Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear

18Place where it's a hoot to raise a family?

19Part of a swearing-in ceremony

20Peak overlooking the Grindelwald Valley

22Do a bad job of helping?

23Frito ___ (Tex-Mex dish)

24"Float like a butterfly" and "sting like a bee"

26Office building abbr.

27It's a lot for one person to take

30Was hot (for)

35Natives call it Muncibeddu, meaning "mountain of mountains"

36Seattle's W.N.B.A. team

40Member of the winning 2025 Super Bowl team

42Some 1980s Jane Fonda performances

44Round and round and round?

50Determine the going price?

51London's ___ Gardens

53"That makes sense now"

55Patches up, in a way

56___ Dee, lead role on HBO's "Insecure"

57Played by oneself

59Animated character with a signature quiff hairstyle

61Croupier's query

62Hide, in a way, as a communication

63State revenue source

64Became the beneficiary of

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37 clues

1Legally prohibit

2Kind of student

4Word with grade or school

5Prefix with dermis

7Hip-hop's birthplace, colloquially

9Sports figure who traditionally wears an orange armband, in brief

10Some Caltech grads: Abbr.

11It's seen near a wrist

14"Buona ___" (bedtime words in Roma)

21"No more for me, thanks"

24Like a sketchy person

25One-named singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills"

28Flossing brand

29Walt Disney initially designed it as a utopian city

30Bit of concert merch

32Refueling spot

33Where a wallflower often stands

34Sounds of pain

37Podcaster Joe

381980s chart-topping band with a semi-duplicative name

41Camera brand named after a goddess

46Neighbor of Francia

47Contents of a laugh track

48John who wrote "BUtterfield 8"

49Certain snack cake

54Danny who was UNICEF's's first goodwill ambassador

56Peruvian ___ Orchid (dog breed)

58Title of a #1 Rihanna song and #1 SZA album

60Suffix with morph-

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Stats & info

Saturday, Oct 10, 2026

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

28/197

Black / letter cells

5.6

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 10, 2026

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorDavid Levinson Wilk

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 37 down

Longest entries

7DHip-hop's birthplace, colloquially15 ltrs 27AIt's a lot for one person to take11 ltrs 44ARound and round and round?11 ltrs 2DKind of student9 ltrs 3DIn free fall9 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 28 black squares and averages 5.6 letters per entry.