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NYT Crossword — October 4, 2026

Sunday’s 22 × 22 puzzle, 128 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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64 clues

1Neglect to mention

13Not much, as of lotion

17Prefix with technology

18You'll pay for this!

20Liver's output

24Profiteroles, by another name

27Fit perfectly

28Dieter's choice

29"___ the One" (song on Springsteen's "Born to Run")

30Tow job, maybe

33Hurt all over

34Philippine currency

35Certain graphical shapes

36Russian ruler of old

37One may be teen or false

39High-powered but lightweight racers

45Diminutive for "Elizabeth"

48"Most definitely!," in Mexico City

49"That's my preference as well"

52"The 12 Days of Christmas" bird

54Component of wine or vinegar

55No-nos for many high-profile actors

58Epoch conclusion?

63___ Nublar, fictional setting of "Jurassic Park"

64Pizzicato's opposite, musically

65Summer cookout dish

71Classic brand with the slogan "When it rains it pours"

78Org. created in response to 67-Down

79Electronic musician Steve

82Takes to task

86Son of Adam and Eve

87Message about a suspicious login, e.g.

89Hawaiian goose

92Sections of pre-K days

93Defense in a snowball fight

96Doc who might screen for HPV

98Source of the Mississippi River

103Behaves as if one were going to fail

11010/4 celebration … as suggested by this grid, which is made up entirely of 10- and 4-letter answers

111Noun-forming suffix

112"Ammunition" for a bubble gun

113Lewis who wrote "The Taste of Country Cooking"

116Both digits on Groundhog Day

117Nails will do it, but not teeth

118Texting button

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64 clues

1Weight to bear

2Ginóbili in the Basketball Hall of Fame

3Busy with something else

6Pillager's plunder

7Blackthorn berry

8Drawback to a brownstone

9What gets a lot of viral views?

10About 75% of a football field

11Angry, with "off"

12Son of Isaac and Rebekah

13Resident of a Mideast capital

14Result of 10 – 4, e.g.

22Ways to go: Abbr.

23OK

25Seven-plus-hour exam with a lunch break, in brief

26Neighbors of delts

31German article

32Furry friends

38Victor Hugo's religious epic poem

40Ring around the doze-y?

42Egyptian god of the sun disk

43Reflective post

44Beyoncé or Harry Styles, now

47Scotch's partner

56Like most Iranians

57Say "$%&!," say

59Kind of score between 300 and 850

60Ever's partner

66Wheel support

67Pioneering satellite launched 10/4/57

68How some duels are fought

69Home to a majority of people

70Downloads that pair with your smartphone?

71Post office post

72Move like mud

73Large photovoltaic arrays

74Maxim about surviving in a rapidly changing world

75Cause of "that butterfly feeling"

76Prefix with "wife" for some influencers

83"Now ___ me down to sleep"

84Title for Horatio Magellan Crunch

90Femme fatale-filled genre

93Hall-of-Fame catcher Carlton

94Start of a fairy tale

99Son of Adam and Eve

100Rank of some profs: Abbr.

104Language written from right to left

106Style of singing on Louis Armstrong's "Heebie Jeebies"

108Like denim fabric, typically

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Stats & info

Sunday, Oct 4, 2026

22×22

Grid size

128

Total entries

132/352

Black / letter cells

5.5

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 4, 2026

DaySunday

Theme10-4

ConstructorKathryn Bale

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split64 across · 64 down

Longest entries

21A"10-4"10 ltrs 24AProfiteroles, by another name10 ltrs 27AFit perfectly10 ltrs 28ADieter's choice10 ltrs 39AHigh-powered but lightweight racers10 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 132 black squares and averages 5.5 letters per entry.