NYT Crossword October 21 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on October 21 2026.
- 74
- Total Clues
- 39
- Total Across
- 35
- Total Down
Clues Across (39 total)
(1)
Teacher's pet, say, in slang
The answer is: kissup
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Cumming who won a Tony for "Cabaret"
The answer is: alan
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White lie
The answer is: fib
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Not well known
The answer is: arcane
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(15)
Driving range?
The answer is: lane
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N.H.L.'s Mammoth, on scoreboards
The answer is: uta
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Driver's Ed: B
The answer is: parkingfine
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Alt tab?
The answer is: lsd
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Sporty vehicles, in brief
The answer is: utes
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Reunion attendee, for short
The answer is: grad
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(22)
Blunts
The answer is: dulls
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(24)
Crop whose trade contributed to the Opium Wars
The answer is: tea
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Parisian permission
The answer is: oui
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(26)
Tender bend-er
The answer is: bumknee
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(28)
Gym: B+
The answer is: movingaverage
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___ faire (festival with jousting)
The answer is: ren
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(32)
Life phase, informally
The answer is: era
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In the thick of
The answer is: amid
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Had dinner at home
The answer is: atein
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Great sorrow
The answer is: woe
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(38)
Nutrition sources
The answer is: diets
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(39)
___ saltado (Peruvian stir-fry dish)
The answer is: lomo
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(40)
Tavern
The answer is: bar
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(41)
Baby boy
The answer is: son
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(42)
Wood shop: A
The answer is: buildingsuper
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Have the same opinion about
The answer is: agreeon
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(47)
Chemical suffix that indicates a double bond
The answer is: ene
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(48)
"A Nightmare on ___ Street"
The answer is: elm
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(51)
Scene that may begin "Follow that car!"
The answer is: chase
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(52)
Like a tennis player who didn't even swing, maybe
The answer is: aced
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(54)
Sneaker brand
The answer is: avia
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(55)
Province with Niagara Falls: Abbr.
The answer is: ont
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History: A+
The answer is: pastperfect
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(59)
Look back on with regret
The answer is: rue
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At any point
The answer is: ever
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(61)
Stephen King's telekinetic teen of horror
The answer is: carrie
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(62)
Figures in some rumored landings, for short
The answer is: ets
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(63)
Short Instagram posting
The answer is: reel
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Difficult, as a problem
The answer is: knotty
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Clues Down (35 total)
(1)
Wrecked
The answer is: kaput
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(2)
Like a passionate solver discovering a filled-in airline magazine crossword, say
The answer is: irate
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(3)
Edvard Munch painting, with "The"
The answer is: scream
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Fifth Avenue retailer
The answer is: saks
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Mono-
The answer is: uni
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Bird that gives pebbles as a courtship gesture
The answer is: penguin
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Bravo preceder
The answer is: alfa
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Made public
The answer is: laidbare
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Actress Dowd of "The Handmaid's Tale"
The answer is: ann
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(10)
"Can I help?"
The answer is: needme
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(11)
First and last, say
The answer is: fullname
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"That checks out"
The answer is: itslegit
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Rotten apples
The answer is: badseeds
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Sly look, say
The answer is: grin
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Kyiv's country
The answer is: ukraine
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Bake-off need
The answer is: oven
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Sch. that's home to Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village
The answer is: uva
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(29)
Birds with a Baltimore species
The answer is: orioles
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Physicist Ohm
The answer is: georg
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(34)
White tuna
The answer is: albacore
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One that's hard to crack
The answer is: toughnut
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Airline headquartered in Dubai
The answer is: emirates
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"Are you ready for this?"
The answer is: wannasee
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(38)
Fabulous, in slang
The answer is: dope
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Info that might include "Originally from ..."
The answer is: bio
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(41)
Open-air part of a cruise ship
The answer is: sundeck
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(43)
More profound
The answer is: deeper
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Soak slowly
The answer is: seep
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(45)
Backslide
The answer is: revert
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(49)
Allowed
The answer is: licit
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Fellow crew member
The answer is: matey
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(53)
Shortcut key
The answer is: ctrl
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(54)
Musical lead-in to beat
The answer is: afro
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(57)
Blvd. crosser
The answer is: ave
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Tried for office
The answer is: ran
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