New Yorker Crossword October 20 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the New Yorker Crossword published on October 20 2026.
- 64
- Total Clues
- 29
- Total Across
- 35
- Total Down
Clues Across (29 total)
(1)
Get back on track after time off work
The answer is: playcatchup
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“Time ___ . . .” (“In my day . . .”)
The answer is: was
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Time out?
The answer is: releasedate
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Preternatural awareness, for short
The answer is: esp
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Tossed with olive oil and cooked at four hundred degrees, say
The answer is: ovenroasted
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Simile segment
The answer is: asa
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Superlatively sour
The answer is: tartest
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Drank slowly
The answer is: sipped
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Abbr. in the names of many airports
The answer is: intl
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“Busted!”
The answer is: aha
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Details about one’s past
The answer is: lore
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Scored amt.
The answer is: pts
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Takes a break from making content?
The answer is: disappoints
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People doing trial runs of racecars or robotaxis
The answer is: testdrivers
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(33)
Like qualifying rounds
The answer is: preliminary
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Books with crooks
The answer is: crimenovels
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Site of Custer’s Last Stand
The answer is: greasygrass
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Mode in which a phone can only make emergency calls
The answer is: sos
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“___ Lang Syne”
The answer is: auld
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Solidified
The answer is: set
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Metacarpal or mandible, e.g.
The answer is: bone
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“Instant” or “active dry” options for bakers
The answer is: yeasts
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Digital-payment utility
The answer is: ewallet
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Sandwich to which an “A,” for avocado, might be added
The answer is: blt
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Metaphor for a situation in which the slightest loss of control is very costly
The answer is: highwireact
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Beverage bolder than a lager
The answer is: ale
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Extremely self-conscious?
The answer is: egomaniacal
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Newark mayor ___ Baraka
The answer is: ras
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Phrase often followed by an X and several lines
The answer is: endorsehere
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Clues Down (35 total)
(1)
“Here’s a life hack . . .”
The answer is: protip
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Region along the eastern Mediterranean
The answer is: levant
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Gives a heads-up
The answer is: alerts
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1983 title role for Barbra Streisand
The answer is: yentl
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Mind one way or the other
The answer is: care
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British fast-fashion brand
The answer is: asos
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Assessments done on loose-leaf
The answer is: teatastings
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Parts of some music collections or investment portfolios
The answer is: cds
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Word after party or hard
The answer is: hat
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Members of Colorado’s federally recognized tribes
The answer is: utes
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Treatment often involving a pumice stone, informally
The answer is: pedi
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Arms
The answer is: weaponry
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Claims
The answer is: asserts
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Card game where a nil bid risks a hundred points
The answer is: spades
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Pair used for repairs
The answer is: pliers
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Went back for seconds
The answer is: hadmore
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2018 film starring Rosamund Pike as the frontline reporter Marie Colvin
The answer is: aprivatewar
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Judges (to be)
The answer is: deems
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The ___ Brothers (“For the Love of You” singers)
The answer is: isley
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Trees with needles
The answer is: pines
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Cricket fields, shapewise
The answer is: ovals
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Groups of three
The answer is: triads
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High-ranking clergy members
The answer is: prelates
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Disney character not known for puppy love?
The answer is: cruella
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Place that might have bears and Grasshoppers
The answer is: gaybar
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Comfort
The answer is: solace
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Capacity of some garages
The answer is: onecar
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Accept a lesser option
The answer is: settle
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Onomatopoeic rebuke from Snoopy
The answer is: bleah
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Old “you”
The answer is: thee
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Omen or indicator
The answer is: sign
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Standings column
The answer is: wins
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“Steady Love” singer India
The answer is: arie
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Word sometimes uttered in vain
The answer is: god
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Medical-insurance grp.
The answer is: hmo
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