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NYT Crossword — October 14, 2026

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 78 revealed
1M
2A
3G
4M
5A
6G
7O
8A
9L
10A
11P
12S
13E
14A
L
L
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N
15L
A
C
E
16P
E
E
K
17Y
O
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18M
U
T
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D
19P
A
N
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20A
T
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21M
Y
T
H
S
22S
E
C
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S
23P
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24S
H
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25W
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26T
27H
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28O
29U
30C
31O
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32H
E
A
D
33K
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N
34H
A
Z
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35L
36S
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X
37Y
38I
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39A
H
A
40A
41L
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42P
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43T
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44N
Y
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45M
46I
47C
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48D
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L
49E
G
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S
50B
51I
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52T
53A
L
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54E
55L
56S
57L
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F
T
58O
H
F
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G
59E
T
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60A
W
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61R
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62A
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63H
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64B
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65S
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Across

37 clues
1Hot stuff
6Target
10Worshiper's locale, at times
14Poe's middle name
15Lingerie material
16Glimpse
17Response to "Good morning, everybody!"
19Glazier's product
20Consumed
21Debunked "facts"
22Amish, Shakers and others
23Long (for)
24Former Mideast bigwig
25Response to "Let's get this meeting going"
30Wrap, as rope
32Word before or after butt
33Flesh and blood
34Tree with edible nuts
36"A conversation carried out by other means," per Peter Ustinov
37Give in
39Triumphant cry
40Prefix with -meter
42Chilean money
43Response to "Why is everyone ignoring me?"
48Small valley
49They may be subject to inflation
50Flora and fauna, collectively
52Sharp part of a kite
54Chicago sights, for short
57Apartment option
58Reaction to the unsuccessful "conversation" in this puzzle
60Off base?
61___ test
62Isolated
63Befuddled state
64Deep-six
65Source of strength and resilience

Down

41 clues
1Bygone Mesoamerican civilization
2Oodles
3Affix, in a way
4Besmirch
5Low on red blood cells, perhaps
6It's in wheat, but not buckwheat
7Requirement for a juror
8Wild cards, at times
9Took the helm
10Look
11Dandy
12Label on an email folder
13Scratches (out)
18Talkative bird
22Like a good tree or a bad deal
23Three-season star of the New York Cosmos
24Word before green or after Red
25Literary title character who's mostly unseen
26Pronoun with two homophones
27Curse
28Mechanic's canfuls
29Edit menu command
30Shoot the breeze
31Locale of the Battleship Missouri Memorial
35Who "turned my whole world upside down," in a 1970s rock hit
36"Rugrats" dad
38Announcements in The Economist, for short
41"What a riot!," in brief
44Irk
45Something to hum
46Sikorsky of aviation fame
47Cuban drums
50Unexciting
51"American Gothic" setting
52First word of "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
53Way off
54Alma mater for George Orwell and Hugh Laurie
55Cue from a cuer
56Hearty dish
58Ball
59Hollywood's Roth or Wallach

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026
15×15
Grid size
78
Total entries
42/183
Black / letter cells
4.7
Avg entry length
13 ltrs
Longest entry
Medium
Wednesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedOct 14, 2026
DayWednesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorJacob Stulberg
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split37 across · 41 down
Longest entries
25AResponse to "Let's get this meeting going"13 ltrs43AResponse to "Why is everyone ignoring me?"13 ltrs17AResponse to "Good morning, everybody!"10 ltrs58AReaction to the unsuccessful "conversation" in this puzzle10 ltrs11DDandy10 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 42 black squares and averages 4.7 letters per entry.