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NYT Crossword — October 31, 2026

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 66 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

33 clues

1Couldn't get any higher?

10Stamp collector?

14"No need to worry around me"

15To the point that

18Opera with the shepherd's song "Io de' sospiri"

19Brand of oven-baked crackers

20Subject of a statue near Liverpool's Cavern Club

23Not good, but not bad either

24Azog the Defiler in "The Hobbit," e.g.

25Leader with a dacha

27It feels like it might never end

28Reason for penalty shootouts

29Rap group with the 1992 #2 hit "Rump Shaker"

34Don't stop believing

35Store with expensive items?

36One fast with the one-liners

37Brooks in Hollywood

41Cash flow analyst, for short

42Cheerful person?

46Schöningen ___, German mine discoveries that may be up to 300,000 years old

48Instrument in a bell tower

50Rounded object that's 1-Down with two letters swapped

51Eisenhower was the first president to use it

52End of a letter

531997 animated movie in which John Cusack voiced Dimitri

55Part of a surveillance system

Down

33 clues

1Rounded object that's 50-Across with two letters swapped

3That's a good one!

4Canalplasty docs

5Some capitol workers, for short

7El Niño feature

8"Vous ___ ici"

10Not making a sound

11Nobody in particular, in brief

12"There's no doubt who's going to win"

13Flavor of some cough drops

16Surgical tool with a namesake medical journal

23"Boulevard des Capucines" painter

31It's nicknamed "Land of the Morning Calm"

32Arrived at via plane

33Count on one's fingers?

34Word after Rice or Cocoa

35Senegalese ___ (hairstyle)

39Canadian coin, informally

45Golf's "Slammin' Sammy"

47"The soul of opera," per Richard Strauss

48"Do you mind?"

49Idly look (through)

51American Airlines Center player, for short

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Stats & info

Saturday, Oct 31, 2026

15×15

Grid size

66

Total entries

32/193

Black / letter cells

5.8

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 31, 2026

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorErik Agard and Brendan Emmett Quigley

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 33 down

Longest entries

3DThat's a good one!15 ltrs 12D"There's no doubt who's going to win"15 ltrs 29ARap group with the 1992 #2 hit "Rump Shaker"13 ltrs 34ADon't stop believing13 ltrs 35AStore with expensive items?13 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 32 black squares and averages 5.8 letters per entry.