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NYT Crossword — October 29, 2026

Thursday’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

1Fortune 500 listing: Abbr.

10One initiating a Zoom meeting

14First to die in the Bible

16"You're ___ something!"

17Um, two bases for paint

20Ape-man's introduction

21Number that Jerry Rice wore for his entire N.F.L. career

22Any of four of the six Nobel Prize categories: Abbr.

23Nickname for golfer Palmer

24An, uh, expensive air passenger class

29Make out, in England

30"Wow, that can't be right!"

31Menial worker in a big company, metaphorically

38Cry of frustration

39Modern-day aid for a data job, maybe

42Tackling work

43Another way to say, er, "online"

46Non-sushi option at some sushi bars

48Paper you can trip on?

50Ways of getting to the top

55It's ... (what am I trying to say?) ... it's what my dentist uses

57Causes of dog bites

58Like flickers and flamingos

59Many a politician with a legal background, for short

60C.F.L. team in Edmonton

61Drunk, in modern slang

62Neighbor of a Montenegrin

Down

37 clues

2Award won by a young Meryl Streep for her role in "Alice in Concert" (1981)

3Totally destroyed, in gamer-speak

4"I think you should leave"

5Holding in high esteem

7Easternmost member of the Arab League

9Get delivery, say

10Hero of Philly?

11Where things are happening

12Leave in a text, say

13Labourite's opponent

18It's all black and white

19Separate (out)

23Kutcher on "Two and a Half Men"

24Acquisition through marriage

25She has a lot of young followers

26Classic card game with a geographical name

27Hit with, as a pickup line

29What an old roof might start to do

32Chat follower

34Author Rushdie

37Gets started the wrong way?

44Fried bites for the Festival of Lights

45Robitussin target

48Crocodile in a classic children's book

49Tarnish, as a reputation

51Central Asian chieftain

53"In summary ...," in internet shorthand

56Mountaineers' sch.

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Stats & info

Thursday, Oct 29, 2026

15×15

Grid size

70

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.5

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 29, 2026

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorSam Ezersky

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 37 down

Longest entries

17AUm, two bases for paint15 ltrs 55AIt's ... (what am I trying to say?) ... it's what my dentist uses15 ltrs 24AAn, uh, expensive air passenger class13 ltrs 43AAnother way to say, er, "online"13 ltrs 11DWhere things are happening10 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.5 letters per entry.