NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 13, 2026
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Clues76
Across36
Down40
ConstructorGia Bosko
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
___ classic ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show" or "Pulp Fiction," e.g.) (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCULT→
5A
Spongy wetlands (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBOGS→
9A
Titleholder (5)
Starts with C, ends with PCHAMP→
14A
Engrave (4)
Starts with E, ends with HETCH→
15A
Dirt pie ingredient (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOREO→
16A
Greek goddesses of the seasons (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHORAE→
17A
Optional mission in a video game (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSIDEQUEST→
19A
Gradually eat away (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERODE→
20A
Selfless sort (8)
Starts with A, ends with TALTRUIST→
21A
Shindig for someone to announce whether they're having a boy or a girl (6)
Starts with G, ends with RGENDER→
23A
Lie next to (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABUT→
25A
Show on which Tina Fey and Seth Meyers have worked as head writers, in brief (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSNL→
26A
Tropical cocktail with bananas, strawberries, rum and coconut cream (8)
Starts with L, ends with WLAVAFLOW→
31A
Go downhill fast (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISKI→
34A
Feedbag contents (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOATS→
36A
Shindig for someone settling into a new home (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHOUSE→
40A
Flips, say (7)
Starts with R, ends with SRESELLS→
42A
Skirt, as an issue (5)
Starts with A, ends with DAVOID→
43A
Jennifer who wrote "A Visit From the Goon Squad" (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEGAN→
45A
Auction unit (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLOT→
46A
Cowboy's kerchief (8)
Starts with B, ends with ABANDANNA→
48A
Show stoppers? (3)
Starts with A, ends with SADS→
51A
Goes bad (4)
Starts with R, ends with SROTS→
52A
Shindig for someone who's about to tie the knot (6)
Starts with B, ends with LBRIDAL→
60A
Like a dish of veal or chicken dipped in egg and breadcrumbs, then fried in butter (8)
Starts with M, ends with EMILANESE→
62A
Surfers ride them (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWAVES→
63A
Lunchroom (9)
Starts with C, ends with ACAFETERIA→
64A
Wolf in "The Jungle Book" (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAKELA→
65A
Initials on a map until 1991 (4)
Starts with U, ends with RUSSR→
66A
68A
Boxing stats (4)
Starts with T, ends with STKOS→
69A
Jazz singer Sylvia (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSYMS→
Down
1D
___ Millan, celebrity dog trainer (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCESAR→
3D
High-def flat screen, for short (5)
Starts with L, ends with VLCDTV→
4D
"Ay, ___ the rub" (6)
Starts with T, ends with STHERES→
5D
Broth that might come from a dissolved cube (8)
Starts with B, ends with NBOUILLON→
6D
Magnetite and bauxite (4)
Starts with O, ends with SORES→
7D
Whole that's greater than the sum of its parts, from the German (7)
Starts with G, ends with TGESTALT→
8D
Barfly (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSOT→
9D
Spotted African sprinters (8)
Starts with C, ends with SCHEETAHS→
10D
Car's honker (4)
Starts with H, ends with NHORN→
11D
Longtime Yankee slugger, familiarly (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAROD→
12D
Earned (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMADE→
13D
Member of a jury (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPEER→
18D
Ke Huy ___, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" actor (4)
Starts with Q, ends with NQUAN→
21D
Boss, in Britain (3)
Starts with G, ends with VGUV→
24D
Major Iraqi port city (5)
Starts with B, ends with ABASRA→
27D
Adversary (3)
Starts with F, ends with EFOE→
28D
Quiet period (4)
Starts with L, ends with LLULL→
29D
Scandinavian capital (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOSLO→
30D
Toward sunset (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWEST→
31D
Mop, as the deck (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSWAB→
32D
Polynesian brew (4)
Starts with K, ends with AKAVA→
33D
Smooth out, as a wrinkled shirt (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIRON→
35D
Talent broker (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAGENT→
38D
Mediocre, in modern slang (3)
Starts with M, ends with DMID→
39D
"’Tis entirely likely" (8)
Starts with I, ends with YIDARESAY→
41D
Those going along with others' unhealthy habits (8)
Starts with E, ends with SENABLERS→
44D
Item worn with a hazmat suit (7)
Starts with G, ends with KGASMASK→
47D
Negative connector (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNOR→
49D
"Curses!" (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDRAT→
50D
Fibrous connecting tissues (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSINEWS→
53D
Second-largest city in Northern Ireland (5)
Starts with D, ends with YDERRY→
54D
"Take me ___" (5)
Starts with A, ends with MASIAM→
55D
Bounds (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLEAPS→
56D
Substitute (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSWAP→
57D
Ceremonial Maori dance (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHAKA→
59D
Mark left by a whip (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWELT→
61D
"Should that be true …" (4)
Starts with I, ends with OIFSO→
63D
Word before "one's losses" or "both ways" (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCUT→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
Fill the grid so that every Across and Down answer matches its clue. Numbered squares mark where answers begin. Theme answers, usually the longest entries, share a twist that the puzzle's title or a revealer clue explains. Thursday puzzles are known for rebus squares and other tricks that bend the normal rules.
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NYT Crossword tips for tomorrow
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NYT Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 13, 2026?+
76 clues: 36 Across and 40 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Gia Bosko and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: ___ classic ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show" or "Pulp Fiction," e.g.) (CULT); Spongy wetlands (BOGS); Titleholder (CHAMP).
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