Today’s NYT Crossword hints and answer for October 29
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Clues70
Across33
Down37
ConstructorSam Ezersky
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
Fortune 500 listing: Abbr. (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCORP→
10A
One initiating a Zoom meeting (4)
Starts with H, ends with THOST→
14A
First to die in the Bible (4)
Starts with A, ends with LABEL→
15A
Word has it (5)
Starts with R, ends with RRUMOR→
16A
"You're ___ something!" (4)
Starts with O, ends with OONTO→
17A
Um, two bases for paint (15)
Starts with L, ends with RLIKEOILANDWATER→
20A
Ape-man's introduction (8)
Starts with M, ends with NMETARZAN→
21A
Number that Jerry Rice wore for his entire N.F.L. career (6)
Starts with E, ends with YEIGHTY→
22A
Any of four of the six Nobel Prize categories: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISCI→
23A
Nickname for golfer Palmer (5)
Starts with A, ends with EARNIE→
24A
An, uh, expensive air passenger class (13)
Starts with I, ends with SIMEANBUSINESS→
29A
Make out, in England (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSNOG→
30A
"Wow, that can't be right!" (6)
Starts with G, ends with OGOSHNO→
31A
Menial worker in a big company, metaphorically (3)
Starts with C, ends with GCOG→
33A
Some saxes (5)
Starts with A, ends with SALTOS→
35A
Situated (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
38A
Cry of frustration (3)
Starts with G, ends with HGAH→
39A
Modern-day aid for a data job, maybe (6)
Starts with A, ends with LAITOOL→
42A
Tackling work (4)
Starts with O, ends with TONIT→
43A
Another way to say, er, "online" (13)
Starts with W, ends with DWELLCONNECTED→
46A
Non-sushi option at some sushi bars (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRAMEN→
47A
The present (3)
Starts with N, ends with WNOW→
48A
Paper you can trip on? (6)
Starts with L, ends with BLSDTAB→
50A
Ways of getting to the top (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSKILIFTS→
55A
It's ... (what am I trying to say?) ... it's what my dentist uses (15)
Starts with Y, ends with LYOUKNOWTHEDRILL→
57A
Causes of dog bites (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELICE→
58A
Like flickers and flamingos (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAVIAN→
59A
Many a politician with a legal background, for short (4)
Starts with E, ends with AEXDA→
60A
C.F.L. team in Edmonton (4)
Starts with E, ends with SELKS→
61A
Drunk, in modern slang (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTURNT→
62A
Neighbor of a Montenegrin (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSERB→
Down
1D
Tranquil (4)
Starts with C, ends with MCALM→
2D
Award won by a young Meryl Streep for her role in "Alice in Concert" (1981) (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBIE→
3D
Totally destroyed, in gamer-speak (4)
Starts with R, ends with TREKT→
4D
"I think you should leave" (8)
Starts with P, ends with OPLEASEGO→
5D
Holding in high esteem (7)
Starts with P, ends with GPRIZING→
6D
___ skirt (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHULA→
7D
Easternmost member of the Arab League (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOMAN→
8D
Truckload (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTON→
9D
Get delivery, say (7)
Starts with O, ends with NORDERIN→
10D
Hero of Philly? (6)
Starts with H, ends with EHOAGIE→
11D
Where things are happening (10)
Starts with O, ends with EONTHESCENE→
12D
Leave in a text, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSTET→
13D
Labourite's opponent (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTORY→
18D
It's all black and white (4)
Starts with O, ends with AORCA→
19D
Separate (out) (6)
Starts with W, ends with WWINNOW→
23D
Kutcher on "Two and a Half Men" (6)
Starts with A, ends with NASHTON→
24D
Acquisition through marriage (5)
Starts with I, ends with WINLAW→
25D
She has a lot of young followers (10)
Starts with M, ends with KMOTHERDUCK→
26D
Classic card game with a geographical name (6)
Starts with B, ends with NBOSTON→
27D
Hit with, as a pickup line (5)
Starts with U, ends with NUSEON→
28D
Cube, e.g. (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSOLID→
29D
What an old roof might start to do (3)
Starts with S, ends with GSAG→
32D
Chat follower (3)
Starts with G, ends with TGPT→
34D
Author Rushdie (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSALMAN→
37D
Gets started the wrong way? (8)
Starts with H, ends with SHOTWIRES→
40D
Arctic craft (7)
Starts with I, ends with TICEBOAT→
44D
Fried bites for the Festival of Lights (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLATKES→
45D
Robitussin target (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCOLD→
48D
Crocodile in a classic children's book (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELYLE→
49D
Tarnish, as a reputation (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSOIL→
50D
Ruckus (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTIR→
51D
Central Asian chieftain (4)
Starts with K, ends with NKHAN→
52D
Prix ___ (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFIXE→
53D
"In summary ...," in internet shorthand (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTLDR→
54D
Big hunk (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSLAB→
56D
Mountaineers' sch. (3)
Starts with W, ends with UWVU→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for October 29, 2026?+
70 clues: 33 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Sam Ezersky and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Fortune 500 listing: Abbr. (CORP); Snap (PHOTO); One initiating a Zoom meeting (HOST).
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