NYT Crossword October 26, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Mimicking 5 6A Altered mortgage, for short 4 10A "___ Abner" of old comics 3 13A Washer cycle after "wash" 5 14A ___ White, three-time Olympic gold medalist in snowboarding 5 15A Wedding vow 3 16A Walled area for a racket sport 11 18A Aunt, in Tijuana 3 19A "___ Lips Are Sealed" (1981 Go-Go's hit) 3 20A Little hopper 4 21A "It's boiling in here!" 5 23A Food, water or shelter 4 25A Band with the 1999 triple-platinum hit "All Star" 10 28A Political connections 3 30A "Laughing" beast 5 31A Sonnets and such 5 34A Partner of gloom 4 36A Break off suddenly 4 39A "Pretty please? I won't ask again" 15 42A "Absolutely, amigo!" 4 43A Kids' fun run length, for short 4 44A Have a knee-jerk response, perhaps 5 45A Something acute or obtuse 5 47A Dinghy thingy 3 48A Played mind games with 10 52A Post-Christmas event 4 56A Game with numbered balls 5 57A "The ___ thickens" 4 59A Beantown home team, informally 3 60A "I am the eggman. They ___ the eggmen …" (Beatles lyric) 3 61A All over the place … or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 25-, 39- and 48-Across 11 65A Word before "a bird," "a plane" and "Superman!" 3 66A Actress Shire of the "Godfather" trilogy 5 67A "Old MacDonald" refrain 5 68A ___ King Cole 3 69A Contract detail, informally 4 70A Painter's stand 5

Down

1D Firing offense? 5 2D Arouse, as interest 5 3D Make accustomed (to) 5 4D Hush-hush D.C. org. 3 5D Bit of derring-do 4 6D "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff 5 7D All-vowel French 101 word 3 8D Sable or mink 3 9D Before the deadline 6 10D Vilnius is its capital 9 11D No-brainer? 5 12D Reluctant (to) 5 14D Phishing scheme, e.g. 4 17D Brother on TV's "Bonanza" 4 22D Bogeymen 8 24D Having a sharp outline 8 26D "All ___ Up" (Elvis #1 hit) 5 27D It's sung in praise 4 29D Manhattan-based media org. 3 31D Bedwear, in brief 3 32D All-vowel French 101 word 3 33D Blue-book event 9 34D Partner of wined 5 35D Suffix for some sugars 3 37D "Better Call Saul" network 3 38D ___ peeve 3 40D Reason to give a darn? 4 41D 1970s feminist cause, for short 3 46D Ends a relationship with by suddenly cutting off communication 6 47D Central Plains tribe 4 48D Without any toppings 5 49D To a degree, informally 5 50D Of the eyes 5 51D Big name in cosmetics 4 53D Grill residue 5 54D Sergeant's superior, slangily 5 55D Praise to the skies 5 58D Word with family or fir 4 62D One may be twist-off 3 63D Pub pint, perhaps 3 64D One-named "Chandelier" singer 3