NYT Crossword October 23, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Have serious plans 8 9A One of the fam 5 14A Annual appraisal statement 9 15A Positioned to win 5 16A Track event won by the fastest four legs 9 17A Marvel Comics villain with an explosive superpower 5 18A American court org. 4 19A Ensemble piece 9 21A Some sous-chef scraps 5 23A Three-time Olympic figure skating champion 5 24A A.M. cupfuls 3 26A Band at a Jimmy Buffett concert? 3 28A "America's Largest Classroom" 3 29A Cinch 4 30A With whom one pools pounds for quarters 8 33A Copy 5 34A Count to 10, perhaps 7 35A Opposite of proud 7 37A Get past a paywall, say 5 38A Boundaries between areas with different amounts of coverage 8 40A Healing agent 4 41A Hardly worth mentioning 3 42A Counterpoint segue 3 43A One who's left at the polls, informally? 3 44A Bobby ___, first recipient of the Best New Artist Grammy Award (1960) 5 46A Plague that precedes lice in Exodus 5 50A "Let go of unrealistic expectations," e.g. 9 53A Fabled example of poor competition strategy 4 54A Actress Amanda of "Easy A" 5 55A Penalty for exceeding a payroll threshold, in sports lingo 9 57A Cartoonish bouncing sound 5 58A "Hang on a sec" 9 59A They can help one get a leg up, informally 5 60A What all the buzz is about? 8

Down

1D ___ days (times past) 5 2D Emma ___, protagonist of "A Woman of Substance" 5 3D "Don't believe one word of that!" 10 4D "I'm afraid not, laddie" 3 5D Actress Sedgwick 4 6D Word with comb or towel 5 7D "Your offer is too good to refuse" 7 8D Minestrone morsel 9 9D Dwelling for clergy 5 10D "The most beautiful river on earth," per Thomas Jefferson 4 11D One may sit near a bench marking time 9 12D Strap-and-buckle shoes named for a comic strip character who wore them 9 13D Bother 3 14D Beat but good 4 20D Daughter of one's 9-Across 3 22D Firmly committed to 5 25D Beat a map app's arrival time estimate, say 4 27D Global fiscal policy org. 3 29D Poetic device with inexact sound-alikes 10 30D "Ha! Betcha didn't see that coming!" 9 31D Abnormal talkativeness 9 32D Lingering aura of success 9 33D Most important 5 34D "Thou art fairer than the evening air ___ in the beauty of a thousand stars": Marlowe 4 36D Said with a wink, say 3 39D Reddish fish sometimes served tartare 7 41D "Dang!" 3 44D Pieces in the game Othello 5 45D Scraps 5 47D Writer of the story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" 5 48D Funds for research 5 49D Cellphone hot line? 4 51D Care for 4 52D Remedy for deflation 4 54D Kind of joint associated with smoking, informally 3 56D Pulitzer-winning biographer Chernow 3