NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 27, 2026
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Clues76
Across37
Down39
ConstructorJeff Chen and Bharati Hemmady
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Alphabetically first month (5)
Starts with A, ends with LAPRIL→
6A
Affliction in "The Hurt Locker," in brief (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPTSD→
10A
"That so?" (4)
Starts with I, ends with TISIT→
14A
Large safari sight (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORHINO→
15A
Island with Waikiki Beach (4)
Starts with O, ends with UOAHU→
16A
A goose egg (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANADA→
17A
Staged fighting (10)
Starts with M, ends with TMOCKCOMBAT→
19A
Confirm with confidence (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAVER→
20A
Beat, as cream (4)
Starts with W, ends with PWHIP→
21A
"I'll pay" (7)
Starts with M, ends with TMYTREAT→
23A
Tennis great Huber (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANKE→
26A
Part of Lincoln's cabin (3)
Starts with L, ends with GLOG→
28A
Convenient excuses (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOUTS→
29A
Extinct cousin of an elephant (13)
Starts with W, ends with HWOOLLYMAMMOTH→
33A
Garlicky dip (5)
Starts with A, ends with IAIOLI→
34A
Homer Simpson's watering hole (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMOES→
35A
Angsty music genre (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEMO→
38A
Repulsed cry (3)
Starts with I, ends with KICK→
39A
Longtime N.F.L. all-star game (7)
Starts with P, ends with LPROBOWL→
42A
J.F.K. or Obama, in brief (3)
Starts with D, ends with MDEM→
43A
Cupful for a cold (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATEA→
44A
Sitar maestro Shankar (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRAVI→
45A
Catherine of "The Last of Us" (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOHARA→
47A
Unethical marketing tactic (13)
Starts with B, ends with HBAITANDSWITCH→
51A
Olivia of "The Newsroom" (4)
Starts with M, ends with NMUNN→
52A
Feedbox bit (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOAT→
53A
"Star Wars" twin sister (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALEIA→
54A
Deviate from the herd (7)
Starts with G, ends with EGOROGUE→
57A
What someone behind bars may need (4)
Starts with B, ends with LBAIL→
59A
Greiner of "Shark Tank" (4)
Starts with L, ends with ILORI→
60A
Like an untrustworthy business ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 29-, 39- and 47-Across (10)
Starts with F, ends with TFLYBYNIGHT→
66A
Instrument to which an orchestra tunes (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
67A
Biology class? (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGENUS→
68A
Which way the Great Sphinx of Giza faces (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEAST→
69A
It trickles down an hourglass (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSAND→
70A
Island off the coast of Venezuela (5)
Starts with A, ends with AARUBA→
Down
1D
One of the four in "all fours" (3)
Starts with A, ends with MARM→
2D
Vietnamese soup (3)
Starts with P, ends with OPHO→
3D
Rocker Ocasek of the Cars (3)
Starts with R, ends with CRIC→
4D
Bygone writing accessory (7)
Starts with I, ends with LINKWELL→
5D
Nessie's body of water (4)
Starts with L, ends with HLOCH→
6D
Cheerleader's accessory (6)
Starts with P, ends with MPOMPOM→
7D
Can opener (3)
Starts with T, ends with BTAB→
8D
False front (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSHAM→
9D
Responsibility (4)
Starts with D, ends with YDUTY→
10D
Stagnant (6)
Starts with I, ends with TINARUT→
11D
Words said with reservation? (11)
Starts with S, ends with ESAVETHEDATE→
12D
Brainchilds (5)
Starts with I, ends with SIDEAS→
13D
Small pie (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTART→
18D
Overly smooth (4)
Starts with O, ends with YOILY→
22D
It might follow "Up top" and "down low" in a high-five trick (7)
Starts with T, ends with WTOOSLOW→
23D
Stand by for (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAWAIT→
24D
Neat, at a bar (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOICE→
25D
"Laughing" birds from Down Under (11)
Starts with K, ends with SKOOKABURRAS→
27D
Notorious Mafia family name (7)
Starts with G, ends with OGAMBINO→
30D
Bit of facial jewelry (7)
Starts with L, ends with GLIPRING→
31D
Cry before being milked, maybe (3)
Starts with M, ends with OMOO→
32D
Cry for milk, maybe (3)
Starts with M, ends with WMEW→
36D
"Thank you, Madame" (5)
Starts with M, ends with IMERCI→
37D
Midwest city where Malcolm X was born (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOMAHA→
40D
Snitch (on) (3)
Starts with R, ends with TRAT→
41D
I.V.F. extractions (3)
Starts with O, ends with AOVA→
46D
Tougher, in a way, as a bike course (7)
Starts with H, ends with RHILLIER→
48D
Officially designate (6)
Starts with A, ends with TANOINT→
49D
Applied gently (6)
Starts with D, ends with DDABBED→
50D
"Don't go!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSTAY→
51D
Cold, hard cash (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMOOLA→
54D
Great delight (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGLEE→
55D
Crafts seen around the world? (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUFOS→
56D
Idris of "A House of Dynamite" (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELBA→
58D
"Young Frankenstein" woman (4)
Starts with I, ends with AINGA→
61D
Over there, to a poet (3)
Starts with Y, ends with NYON→
62D
White-bearded animal in the Serengeti (3)
Starts with G, ends with UGNU→
63D
Center of operations (3)
Starts with H, ends with BHUB→
64D
They wave their wands so you can fly, for short (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATSA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 27, 2026?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jeff Chen and Bharati Hemmady and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Alphabetically first month (APRIL); Affliction in "The Hurt Locker," in brief (PTSD); "That so?" (ISIT).
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