NYT Crossword October 31, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Couldn't get any higher? 9 10A Stamp collector? 4 14A "No need to worry around me" 9 15A To the point that 5 17A Drawing pad 9 18A Opera with the shepherd's song "Io de' sospiri" 5 19A Brand of oven-baked crackers 8 20A Subject of a statue near Liverpool's Cavern Club 6 21A Feel bad 3 22A Look over 3 23A Not good, but not bad either 3 24A Azog the Defiler in "The Hobbit," e.g. 3 25A Leader with a dacha 4 27A It feels like it might never end 3 28A Reason for penalty shootouts 3 29A Rap group with the 1992 #2 hit "Rump Shaker" 13 34A Don't stop believing 13 35A Store with expensive items? 13 36A One fast with the one-liners 3 37A Brooks in Hollywood 3 38A Headed 4 40A Kinda sorta 3 41A Cash flow analyst, for short 3 42A Cheerful person? 3 44A Trig fig. 3 46A Schöningen ___, German mine discoveries that may be up to 300,000 years old 6 48A Instrument in a bell tower 8 50A Rounded object that's 1-Down with two letters swapped 5 51A Eisenhower was the first president to use it 9 52A End of a letter 5 53A 1997 animated movie in which John Cusack voiced Dimitri 9 54A "Hurry!" 4 55A Part of a surveillance system 9

Down

1D Rounded object that's 50-Across with two letters swapped 5 2D Deft 6 3D That's a good one! 15 4D Canalplasty docs 4 5D Some capitol workers, for short 9 6D Monk's home 5 7D El Niño feature 5 8D "Vous ___ ici" 4 9D Bring home 3 10D Not making a sound 5 11D Nobody in particular, in brief 4 12D "There's no doubt who's going to win" 15 13D Flavor of some cough drops 8 16D Surgical tool with a namesake medical journal 6 20D In a row 6 23D "Boulevard des Capucines" painter 5 26D Sphere 4 27D Boot 5 30D Born losers 6 31D It's nicknamed "Land of the Morning Calm" 5 32D Arrived at via plane 9 33D Count on one's fingers? 4 34D Word after Rice or Cocoa 8 35D Senegalese ___ (hairstyle) 6 39D Canadian coin, informally 6 41D Mastery 5 42D F in physics 5 43D Stand up 5 45D Golf's "Slammin' Sammy" 5 47D "The soul of opera," per Richard Strauss 4 48D "Do you mind?" 4 49D Idly look (through) 4 51D American Airlines Center player, for short 3