NYT Crossword October 28, 2026 Answers

Across

1A "Futurama" robot 6 7A Stadium shouts 4 11A Like some vaccines 4 15A Colored part of an eye 6 16A Fish whose name is a synonym for "complain" 4 17A Gullible sort 4 18A Jack Torrance, in "The Shining" 11 20A Machu Picchu constructor 4 21A Not remain silent, maybe 3 22A Top choices? 4 23A Customary behaviors 5 24A Dr. Frankenstein, in 1931's "Frankenstein" 16 29A First in a line of 14 popes 4 30A Draft cattle 4 31A Not in financial trouble 6 34A ___ riser 5 37A Dollop 3 40A With 44-Across, Veronica Quaife, in "The Fly" 10 42A Prefix with presence or science 4 43A Light hit at the plate 4 44A See 40-Across 10 47A Combine 3 48A Megastar's venue 5 50A Slopes to the side 6 51A Isolate, in corporate-speak 4 53A "Stop," as said to someone filling a cup 4 54A Jigsaw, in "Saw" 16 62A Silently acknowledge 5 63A Wallop 4 64A Matcha or Darjeeling 3 65A Affectedly cute 4 66A Indicators of irony … or a way to describe the answers to 18-, 24-, 40-/44- and 54-Across? 11 70A United Arab Emirates neighbor 4 71A Visibility impediment 4 72A Boxing match result, maybe 6 73A Join securely 4 74A Historian's segments 4 75A Cut up 6

Down

1D Religion with the key text Kitáb-i-Aqdas 5 2D Build, as a building 5 3D Old-timey "Darn!" 5 4D One chasing the big bucks? 3 5D Aboveground transports 3 6D Colonial rule in India 3 7D Brownish-yellow shade 5 8D Hawaii's sixth-largest island 5 9D German artist Max 5 10D Profession in many Hitchcock films 3 11D M.L.B. player whose cap has an orange visor 6 12D Shuffling dance move popular in the 1990s 10 13D "Abbott Elementary" airer 5 14D One might be month-to-month 5 19D "It's so clear," in slang 4 23D Like some seals 4 25D In the air 5 26D King who disowns Cordelia 4 27D Speck 4 28D San José sun 3 31D Popular band that had a 40-year gap (1981-2021) between its last two studio albums 4 32D Fight à la the Capulets and Montagues 4 33D Finalizes the business agreement, say 10 34D Site of a tempting offer 4 35D Pokémon critter with a yellow snout and short, pointed ears 4 36D Jedi of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" 3 38D "Consider this taken care of" 4 39D Actions at auctions 4 41D "___ got bad news" 3 42D Member of the genus Pongo, informally 5 45D Like a used grill 4 46D Pet pest 4 48D Etta James, vocally 4 49D Cause a stink? 3 52D Plan (to) 6 53D Word with freeze or hike 4 54D Being dragged along 5 55D "Knock my socks off!" 5 56D ___ Isaac, Dr. Frankenstein portrayer in Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" 5 57D City square 5 58D They might be shaped like minnows or flies 5 59D Top-level storage space 5 60D Group of antlered deer, humorously 5 61D Made less severe 5 66D The Beatles' "___ Came in Through the Bathroom Window" 3 67D Jalen Hurts and Joe Montana, for two, informally 3 68D Something to click 3 69D Sí, across the Pyrenees 3