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NYT Crossword — October 13, 2026

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

36 clues

1___ classic ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show" or "Pulp Fiction," e.g.)

5Spongy wetlands

15Dirt pie ingredient

16Greek goddesses of the seasons

17Optional mission in a video game

19Gradually eat away

20Selfless sort

21Shindig for someone to announce whether they're having a boy or a girl

25Show on which Tina Fey and Seth Meyers have worked as head writers, in brief

26Tropical cocktail with bananas, strawberries, rum and coconut cream

31Go downhill fast

34Feedbag contents

36Shindig for someone settling into a new home

42Skirt, as an issue

43Jennifer who wrote "A Visit From the Goon Squad"

46Cowboy's kerchief

48Show stoppers?

52Shindig for someone who's about to tie the knot

60Like a dish of veal or chicken dipped in egg and breadcrumbs, then fried in butter

62Surfers ride them

64Wolf in "The Jungle Book"

65Initials on a map until 1991

66Shindig for the cast and crew after filming is done … with a hint to entering this answer and three others in the grid

69Jazz singer Sylvia

Down

40 clues

1___ Millan, celebrity dog trainer

3High-def flat screen, for short

4"Ay, ___ the rub"

5Broth that might come from a dissolved cube

6Magnetite and bauxite

7Whole that's greater than the sum of its parts, from the German

9Spotted African sprinters

11Longtime Yankee slugger, familiarly

13Member of a jury

18Ke Huy ___, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" actor

21Boss, in Britain

24Major Iraqi port city

29Scandinavian capital

30Toward sunset

31Mop, as the deck

32Polynesian brew

33Smooth out, as a wrinkled shirt

35Talent broker

38Mediocre, in modern slang

39"’Tis entirely likely"

41Those going along with others' unhealthy habits

44Item worn with a hazmat suit

47Negative connector

50Fibrous connecting tissues

53Second-largest city in Northern Ireland

54"Take me ___"

57Ceremonial Maori dance

59Mark left by a whip

61"Should that be true …"

63Word before "one's losses" or "both ways"

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

37/188

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

9 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 13, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorGia Bosko

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split36 across · 40 down

Longest entries

17AOptional mission in a video game9 ltrs 63ALunchroom9 ltrs 20ASelfless sort8 ltrs 26ATropical cocktail with bananas, strawberries, rum and coconut cream8 ltrs 46ACowboy's kerchief8 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 37 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.