NYT Crossword October 21, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Teacher's pet, say, in slang 6 7A Cumming who won a Tony for "Cabaret" 4 11A White lie 3 14A Not well known 6 15A Driving range? 4 16A N.H.L.'s Mammoth, on scoreboards 3 17A Driver's Ed: B 11 19A Alt tab? 3 20A Sporty vehicles, in brief 4 21A Reunion attendee, for short 4 22A Blunts 5 24A Crop whose trade contributed to the Opium Wars 3 25A Parisian permission 3 26A Tender bend-er 7 28A Gym: B+ 13 31A ___ faire (festival with jousting) 3 32A Life phase, informally 3 33A In the thick of 4 34A Had dinner at home 5 37A Great sorrow 3 38A Nutrition sources 5 39A ___ saltado (Peruvian stir-fry dish) 4 40A Tavern 3 41A Baby boy 3 42A Wood shop: A 13 46A Have the same opinion about 7 47A Chemical suffix that indicates a double bond 3 48A "A Nightmare on ___ Street" 3 51A Scene that may begin "Follow that car!" 5 52A Like a tennis player who didn't even swing, maybe 4 54A Sneaker brand 4 55A Province with Niagara Falls: Abbr. 3 56A History: A+ 11 59A Look back on with regret 3 60A At any point 4 61A Stephen King's telekinetic teen of horror 6 62A Figures in some rumored landings, for short 3 63A Short Instagram posting 4 64A Difficult, as a problem 6

Down

1D Wrecked 5 2D Like a passionate solver discovering a filled-in airline magazine crossword, say 5 3D Edvard Munch painting, with "The" 6 4D Fifth Avenue retailer 4 5D Mono- 3 6D Bird that gives pebbles as a courtship gesture 7 7D Bravo preceder 4 8D Made public 8 9D Actress Dowd of "The Handmaid's Tale" 3 10D "Can I help?" 6 11D First and last, say 8 12D "That checks out" 8 13D Rotten apples 8 18D Sly look, say 4 23D Kyiv's country 7 25D Bake-off need 4 27D Sch. that's home to Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village 3 29D Birds with a Baltimore species 7 30D Physicist Ohm 5 34D White tuna 8 35D One that's hard to crack 8 36D Airline headquartered in Dubai 8 37D "Are you ready for this?" 8 38D Fabulous, in slang 4 40D Info that might include "Originally from ..." 3 41D Open-air part of a cruise ship 7 43D More profound 6 44D Soak slowly 4 45D Backslide 6 49D Allowed 5 50D Fellow crew member 5 53D Shortcut key 4 54D Musical lead-in to beat 4 57D Blvd. crosser 3 58D Tried for office 3