NYT Crossword October 17, 2026 Answers

Across

1A It has its limits, in brief 4 5A Award-winning culinary documentary series 10 15A High number, perhaps 4 16A Where some family secrets may be written 10 17A Displaying finesse 4 18A Actress who plays Trudy on "Mad Men" and Annie on "Community" 10 19A Mothers in cotes 4 20A Bedtime attire 10 21A Silicon Valley V.I.P. 7 23A Oslo Accords grp. 3 24A Gold medalist in women's soccer and women's team foil (fencing) at 2024's Olympics, in brief 5 25A Part of many home improvement projects 8 30A Fissile rock 5 31A Party leader? 4 32A Something seized, for short 4 33A Outdoor accommodations with flies 5 34A "One ___" (Elizabeth Bishop poem that repeats the line "The ___ of losing isn't hard to master") 3 35A Skin care brand from Japan 5 36A Drive 4 37A Give credit to 4 38A Suitable for a game of 20 Questions, in a way 5 39A Establishments selling craft products? 8 41A Appears less impressive 5 42A It's meant to be believed 3 43A Rich 7 45A Meet an unmet need 10 50A ___ bowl 4 51A Queue words 10 52A Discover alternative 4 53A Author of the story collections "The Little Disturbances of Man" (1959) and "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute" (1974) 10 54A ___ mess (British dessert) 4 55A Traditional Passover dish 10 56A Scot's word meaning "past" 4

Down

1D Academy figure 5 2D Line of passengers? 10 3D Relocating to a different country, e.g. 10 4D Destination for many a rescue 10 5D Birds whose wings might be folded? 6 6D Prefix with -trope 5 7D Modern pen, of a sort 4 8D Seafood-based ingredient in Eastern cuisines 9 9D Like someone performing a monologue, maybe 7 10D Part of the hamstring 6 11D Fem. or masc. 4 12D Tunnel (into) 4 13D Lane in Superman movies 4 14D Just gets (by) 4 22D "Psst" and "Go!" 4 25D Things that ships, computers and wine retailers all have 5 26D Plant parts that develop as a seedling grows 10 27D Urban locale that looks out on Ellis Island 10 28D When anything goes 10 29D Tie with string 4 30D One getting ripped off at a venue 4 31D Poison classification 9 35D Relative of turquoise 4 37D Competitor of Venmo 7 40D Like the herbs on a 55-Across 6 41D Wimpy friend? 6 43D "The Duck Variations" playwright 5 44D Lane in Superman movies 5 45D States of confusion 4 46D About 4 47D Material theorized as a possible cause of ancient Rome's decline, given its widespread use 4 48D Berate, with "into" 4 49D ___ monster 4