NYT Crossword October 9 2026 Answers

All 68 clues from the Friday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Nam Jin YoonEdited by Will Shortz
PUZZLE GRID15×15 · SPOILERS HIDDEN
1C2L3A4S5S6A7C8T9S10A11S12A13H14I15RELIEFMAP16LEPER17AFORTIORI18IDOLS19SANE20NER21FBALL22HYEN23A24S25ORINOC26O27SCR28O29OGES30GAP31CORONARY32PITS33DANE34TSA35LEES36WONG37WHIP38PETS39EGO40FRESHAIR41TOP42PAIR43KAI44S45E46R47WELLTO48D49O50DARE51ANNAL52PAR53A54SITIC55SEETO56ELCLASICO57ARROW58SISYPHEAN

Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES68 CLUES
ACROSS
1AMensches9 lettersCLASSACTS
10A"Super Dry" brewer5 lettersASAHI
16APersona non grata5 lettersLEPER
18AStars to gaze up at5 lettersIDOLS
19ANot mad4 lettersSANE
20ASquishy projectile8 lettersNERFBALL
22ACackling carnivores6 lettersHYENAS
27AMiserly sorts, informally8 lettersSCROOGES
30ARift3 lettersGAP
31ALike a certain artery8 lettersCORONARY
32AMango leftovers4 lettersPITS
35AWine leftovers4 lettersLEES
39AIt's mine, all mine!3 lettersEGO
40ANPR program since 19878 lettersFRESHAIR
41ATwo aces, say7 lettersTOPPAIR
43AKind of roll6 lettersKAISER
47AComfortable8 lettersWELLTODO
51ARecord of the year?5 lettersANNAL
52ADrawing on another's life9 lettersPARASITIC
55AHandle5 lettersSEETO
DOWN
1DHit the hay hard5 lettersCRASH
3DNot having company5 lettersALONE
5DMahjong grouping3 lettersSET
7D"Really?!"4 lettersCMON
8DZero out, in a way4 lettersTARE
10DAccounts for checking?6 lettersALIBIS
11DCompact, maybe5 lettersSEDAN
12D"My mistake"9 lettersAPOLOGIES
23DA lot of lot4 lettersACRE
24DBroadway show inits.3 lettersSRO
26DPsy-___3 lettersOPS
28DNear failure, colloquially10 lettersONTHEROPES
29DFertile place5 lettersOASIS
31DSwiss Army knife component9 lettersCANOPENER
37DHabeas corpus, e.g.4 lettersWRIT
40DDormant6 lettersFALLOW
42DStudent of Socrates5 lettersPLATO
44D"Gymnopédies" composer5 lettersSATIE
46DScouting trip5 lettersRECON
51D___ team3 lettersASA
53DGymnast Raisman3 lettersALY
54DEnervate3 lettersSAP
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