NYT Crossword October 5 2026 Answers

The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on October 5 2026.

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Clues Across (39 total)

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Write on stone, maybe
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Request at the bottom of an invitation
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Follower of Jah, informally
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"Me neither"
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Great Plains tribe
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Set of moral principles
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Famous ___ cookies
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Downfall in pinball
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Course for future therapists, for short
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Spot to work out knotted muscles
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U.F.O. occupants, in brief
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Yank
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Reach quickly, as a conclusion
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Internet meme feline
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"___ your mouth!"
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Stadium cheer
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Holiday at the end of Ramadan, informally
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Memphis barbecue staple
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Military rank above cpl.
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Tusked animals
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Squiggle shape
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Key to Aladdin's success
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___ Paulo, Brazil
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Before, poetically
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Acorn growers
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Dress seen at Oktoberfest
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Black ___ (some spiders)
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Mental cloud
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Drag performer's accessory
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"Ah, that's where things get difficult" … or what can be said about 20-, 35- and 40-Across?
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Singer Baker
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When Fantine sings "I Dreamed a Dream" in "Les Misérables"
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Block toy with its own chain of theme parks
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Bathroom door sign
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Occasion for a teen to rent a tux
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Spot for a wolf pack
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Weapon in a scabbard
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Manager of an apt. bldg.
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Squeaks (by)
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Clues Down (39 total)

(1)
Tooth covering
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Fruit, botanically, that's treated as a vegetable
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One way to sit while meditating
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Snake's warning
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Cheap hooch
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___ Larsson, author of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
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Bygone electric Chevy
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Org. that advocates for "cruelty-free" products
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Filled to the gills
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Completely lost
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Not likely to make the first move, say
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Unconscious mannerism
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German outburst
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Slightly
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Things you might see when you're not wearing glasses
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Escape from jail
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Clickables at the top of a computer screen
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Exclamations of surprise
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Commercial lead-in to card
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Inundates with junk mail
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Musical instrument in the Guinness logo
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Luxuriate in a bathtub
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"___ Window"
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South Asian dress
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Nonchalant
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Kitten's call
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Ranch worker
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[Oh, well]
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Serve a jail sentence
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Dance craze of the 2010s
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Hercules had 12 of these
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Playful aquatic animal
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Camera lens setting
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Emulates Big Boi and Lil' Kim
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Light beige
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Woods of "Legally Blonde"
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Reactions to something adorable
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"Immediately!"
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"If you ask me …," to a texter
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