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NYT Crossword — October 27, 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

37 clues

1Alphabetically first month

6Affliction in "The Hurt Locker," in brief

14Large safari sight

15Island with Waikiki Beach

17Staged fighting

19Confirm with confidence

20Beat, as cream

23Tennis great Huber

26Part of Lincoln's cabin

28Convenient excuses

29Extinct cousin of an elephant

34Homer Simpson's watering hole

35Angsty music genre

39Longtime N.F.L. all-star game

42J.F.K. or Obama, in brief

43Cupful for a cold

44Sitar maestro Shankar

45Catherine of "The Last of Us"

47Unethical marketing tactic

51Olivia of "The Newsroom"

53"Star Wars" twin sister

54Deviate from the herd

57What someone behind bars may need

59Greiner of "Shark Tank"

60Like an untrustworthy business ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 29-, 39- and 47-Across

66Instrument to which an orchestra tunes

67Biology class?

68Which way the Great Sphinx of Giza faces

69It trickles down an hourglass

70Island off the coast of Venezuela

Down

39 clues

1One of the four in "all fours"

2Vietnamese soup

3Rocker Ocasek of the Cars

4Bygone writing accessory

5Nessie's body of water

6Cheerleader's accessory

9Responsibility

11Words said with reservation?

18Overly smooth

22It might follow "Up top" and "down low" in a high-five trick

24Neat, at a bar

25"Laughing" birds from Down Under

27Notorious Mafia family name

30Bit of facial jewelry

31Cry before being milked, maybe

32Cry for milk, maybe

36"Thank you, Madame"

37Midwest city where Malcolm X was born

41I.V.F. extractions

46Tougher, in a way, as a bike course

48Officially designate

49Applied gently

51Cold, hard cash

54Great delight

55Crafts seen around the world?

56Idris of "A House of Dynamite"

58"Young Frankenstein" woman

61Over there, to a poet

62White-bearded animal in the Serengeti

63Center of operations

64They wave their wands so you can fly, for short

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Oct 27, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 27, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJeff Chen and Bharati Hemmady

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

29AExtinct cousin of an elephant13 ltrs 47AUnethical marketing tactic13 ltrs 11DWords said with reservation?11 ltrs 25D"Laughing" birds from Down Under11 ltrs 17AStaged fighting10 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.