NYT Crossword October 27, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Alphabetically first month 5 6A Affliction in "The Hurt Locker," in brief 4 10A "That so?" 4 14A Large safari sight 5 15A Island with Waikiki Beach 4 16A A goose egg 4 17A Staged fighting 10 19A Confirm with confidence 4 20A Beat, as cream 4 21A "I'll pay" 7 23A Tennis great Huber 4 26A Part of Lincoln's cabin 3 28A Convenient excuses 4 29A Extinct cousin of an elephant 13 33A Garlicky dip 5 34A Homer Simpson's watering hole 4 35A Angsty music genre 3 38A Repulsed cry 3 39A Longtime N.F.L. all-star game 7 42A J.F.K. or Obama, in brief 3 43A Cupful for a cold 3 44A Sitar maestro Shankar 4 45A Catherine of "The Last of Us" 5 47A Unethical marketing tactic 13 51A Olivia of "The Newsroom" 4 52A Feedbox bit 3 53A "Star Wars" twin sister 4 54A Deviate from the herd 7 57A What someone behind bars may need 4 59A Greiner of "Shark Tank" 4 60A Like an untrustworthy business ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 29-, 39- and 47-Across 10 65A Pep 4 66A Instrument to which an orchestra tunes 4 67A Biology class? 5 68A Which way the Great Sphinx of Giza faces 4 69A It trickles down an hourglass 4 70A Island off the coast of Venezuela 5

Down

1D One of the four in "all fours" 3 2D Vietnamese soup 3 3D Rocker Ocasek of the Cars 3 4D Bygone writing accessory 7 5D Nessie's body of water 4 6D Cheerleader's accessory 6 7D Can opener 3 8D False front 4 9D Responsibility 4 10D Stagnant 6 11D Words said with reservation? 11 12D Brainchilds 5 13D Small pie 4 18D Overly smooth 4 22D It might follow "Up top" and "down low" in a high-five trick 7 23D Stand by for 5 24D Neat, at a bar 5 25D "Laughing" birds from Down Under 11 27D Notorious Mafia family name 7 30D Bit of facial jewelry 7 31D Cry before being milked, maybe 3 32D Cry for milk, maybe 3 36D "Thank you, Madame" 5 37D Midwest city where Malcolm X was born 5 40D Snitch (on) 3 41D I.V.F. extractions 3 46D Tougher, in a way, as a bike course 7 48D Officially designate 6 49D Applied gently 6 50D "Don't go!" 4 51D Cold, hard cash 5 54D Great delight 4 55D Crafts seen around the world? 4 56D Idris of "A House of Dynamite" 4 58D "Young Frankenstein" woman 4 61D Over there, to a poet 3 62D White-bearded animal in the Serengeti 3 63D Center of operations 3 64D They wave their wands so you can fly, for short 3