NYT Crossword October 19, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Center of the solar system, with "the" 3 4A "A Fish Called ___" 5 9A Tiny terror 3 12A "Where the Wild Things ___" 3 13A Cafe overhang 6 15A Hotel booking 4 17A Supermarket franchise inits. 3 18A Giving excessive praise and flattery 11 20A Second-in-command 6 22A Will of "Arrested Development" 6 23A Gives the nod 3 24A Dutch beer brand 6 27A Bundle of hay 4 29A Branch plant? 4 30A "The Raven" writer, in footnotes 5 34A Used goods disclaimer 4 35A Urban casual fashion 10 37A Sombrero or fedora 3 38A Lout 3 39A U.K. thank-yous 3 40A Alias letters 3 41A "You are correct" 10 44A Perfect tennis serves 4 45A Muscle-bone connector 5 46A Some jeans that aren't Wranglers or Levi's 4 47A Philosopher Descartes 4 48A Made some waves? 6 50A See 61-Across 3 51A "Is it OK for me to leave?" 6 54A Home country of Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling 6 57A Punches the air … or a hint to what 1-Across creates in this puzzle 11 61A With 50-Across, many a feel-good flick 3 62A Giveaway, in poker 4 63A Like a meditation retreat 6 64A Letter between phi and psi 3 65A Month with Mother's Day 3 66A Law school class 5 67A "You ___ to be there!" 3

Down

1D Uttered 4 2D Strong desire 4 3D Tricolored ice cream flavor 10 4D Floats in the breeze 5 5D Not home 4 6D 180° from SSE 3 7D Cacophony 3 8D Darth Vader's childhood nickname 3 9D Rule with no exceptions 7 10D Change places 4 11D What everyone becomes at the touch of love, per Plato's "Symposium" 4 14D Little annoyance you might swat at 4 16D "Rocky III" actor with a mohawk 3 19D Waves to, e.g. 6 21D Luau strings, informally 4 24D Work likely to be shown at an independent cinema 7 25D Debussy's "La ___" 3 26D Was fuming mad 7 27D Thai currency units 5 28D Sapporo rival 5 29D Pre-1917 Russian autocrat 4 31D Antiwar protest 10 32D Like some wine casks 5 33D Clear, as a chalkboard 5 36D Uber ___ 4 38D New York city, county or river 6 42D Without enthusiasm 7 43D "Golly!" 3 44D Elvis Presley's middle name 4 49D Uses oars 4 50D Assignments for lawyers and judges 5 51D Winter hrs. in Wichita 3 52D Attention-getting sound 4 53D Simba's mate in "The Lion King" 4 54D Penny 4 55D Capital of Qatar 4 56D In amongst 4 58D Wager 3 59D Gold, in Granada 3 60D Gen ___ (Zoomer's parent) 3