NYT Crossword October 2 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on October 2 2026.
- 70
- Total Clues
- 35
- Total Across
- 35
- Total Down
Clues Across (35 total)
(1)
Important figure on staff?
The answer is: clef
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Photographer's inits.
The answer is: slr
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"For real"
The answer is: truly
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Funky-smelling
The answer is: ripe
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Sugar substitute?
The answer is: sweetiepie
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Within
The answer is: amid
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Core-focused workout in a humid room
The answer is: hotpilates
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(18)
Unit of sound intensity
The answer is: bel
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Like Mitt Romney and Ken Jennings
The answer is: mormon
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(20)
Lead-in to "coin" for a major cryptocurrency
The answer is: doge
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"Whew!"
The answer is: closeone
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Whose fault your mistake might be
The answer is: noones
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(25)
Hybrid cat
The answer is: liger
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Member of a noble family
The answer is: scion
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Request after eating a habanero, perhaps
The answer is: agua
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What comes from needing little, per Epictetus
The answer is: wealth
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(31)
Small dosage amts.
The answer is: mgs
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(34)
Question posed at the end of a successful job interview
The answer is: whencanyoustart
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(37)
Waze ways: Abbr.
The answer is: sts
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(38)
Spends a long time in front of the mirror, maybe
The answer is: primps
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(39)
Inkling
The answer is: idea
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(40)
Word with cane or corn
The answer is: candy
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Villainous expression
The answer is: sneer
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(42)
Home to the Basilica of St. Clare
The answer is: assisi
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(45)
Highly controlling?
The answer is: piloting
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(48)
Like a golf course, regularly
The answer is: mown
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Snap, crackle and pop
The answer is: noises
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(51)
___ Cup, tournament established in the 2020s
The answer is: nba
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"Never been better!"
The answer is: ifeelgreat
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(54)
Site of a 1956 international conflict
The answer is: suez
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(55)
Animal chased by Toto in "The Wizard of Oz"
The answer is: siamesecat
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(56)
Key in a chain
The answer is: isle
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(57)
Figure with three faces, in Dante
The answer is: satan
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Brief bit
The answer is: sec
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They're stretched out before some workouts
The answer is: mats
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Clues Down (35 total)
(1)
Hard-shelled delicacies
The answer is: crabclaws
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(2)
Public eye
The answer is: limelight
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Written posts?
The answer is: epilogues
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Stoked
The answer is: fed
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Like some enemies
The answer is: sworn
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"I need to get a word in!"
The answer is: letmesaymypiece
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Possible result of a default
The answer is: repo
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(8)
Before
The answer is: til
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Not stop at the end of a chapter, say
The answer is: readon
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Suffragist Harriet Taylor ___
The answer is: upton
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One doing the lord's work?
The answer is: liege
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Words of affirmation
The answer is: yeses
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"Skedaddle!"
The answer is: shoo
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Condition that can be caused by excess earwax
The answer is: tinnitus
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Debussy's "La ___"
The answer is: mer
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Jay ___, singer of the 2009 #1 hit "Down"
The answer is: sean
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Sounds from fans
The answer is: oohs
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Clip follower
The answer is: clop
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(29)
Some weather service messages
The answer is: warnings
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"Wheat Capital" of Oklahoma
The answer is: enid
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Label on some domestic products
The answer is: madeinusa
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Eco-friendly area around a city
The answer is: greenbelt
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Stares into space
The answer is: stargazes
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(35)
Ones doing balancing acts?
The answer is: cpas
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(36)
Windows feature?
The answer is: tint
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(40)
Pictures
The answer is: cinema
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(41)
Message that might be signaled with smoke
The answer is: sos
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(42)
Off
The answer is: amiss
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(43)
European capital with layers of Thracian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman history
The answer is: sofia
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(44)
Beads for an athlete
The answer is: sweat
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(46)
Director Lee ___ Chung
The answer is: isaac
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(47)
Neighbor of an Estonian, historically
The answer is: lett
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They're sometimes picked for their rarity
The answer is: ores
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(53)
Wiseman who directed "Ballerina" and "Live Free or Die Hard"
The answer is: len
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(54)
___City
The answer is: sim
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