NYT Crossword October 5, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Write on stone, maybe 4 5A Request at the bottom of an invitation 4 9A Follower of Jah, informally 5 14A "Me neither" 4 15A Great Plains tribe 4 16A Set of moral principles 5 17A Famous ___ cookies 4 18A Downfall in pinball 4 19A Course for future therapists, for short 5 20A Spot to work out knotted muscles 12 23A U.F.O. occupants, in brief 3 24A Yank 3 25A Reach quickly, as a conclusion 6 29A Internet meme feline 6 31A "___ your mouth!" 4 33A Stadium cheer 3 34A Holiday at the end of Ramadan, informally 3 35A Memphis barbecue staple 9 37A Military rank above cpl. 3 38A Tusked animals 5 39A Squiggle shape 3 40A Key to Aladdin's success 9 42A ___ Paulo, Brazil 3 43A Before, poetically 3 44A Acorn growers 4 45A Dress seen at Oktoberfest 6 48A Black ___ (some spiders) 6 50A Mental cloud 3 51A Drag performer's accessory 3 52A "Ah, that's where things get difficult" … or what can be said about 20-, 35- and 40-Across? 12 56A Singer Baker 5 59A When Fantine sings "I Dreamed a Dream" in "Les Misérables" 4 60A Block toy with its own chain of theme parks 4 61A Bathroom door sign 5 62A Occasion for a teen to rent a tux 4 63A Spot for a wolf pack 4 64A Weapon in a scabbard 5 65A Manager of an apt. bldg. 4 66A Squeaks (by) 4

Down

1D Tooth covering 6 2D Fruit, botanically, that's treated as a vegetable 6 3D One way to sit while meditating 11 4D Snake's warning 4 5D Cheap hooch 6 6D ___ Larsson, author of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" 5 7D Bygone electric Chevy 4 8D Org. that advocates for "cruelty-free" products 4 9D Filled to the gills 7 10D Completely lost 5 11D Not likely to make the first move, say 3 12D Unconscious mannerism 3 13D German outburst 3 21D Slightly 4 22D Things you might see when you're not wearing glasses 5 26D Escape from jail 11 27D Clickables at the top of a computer screen 4 28D Exclamations of surprise 3 30D Commercial lead-in to card 4 31D Inundates with junk mail 5 32D Musical instrument in the Guinness logo 4 35D Luxuriate in a bathtub 4 36D "___ Window" 4 37D South Asian dress 4 38D Nonchalant 5 40D Kitten's call 3 41D Ranch worker 7 42D [Oh, well] 4 45D Serve a jail sentence 6 46D Dance craze of the 2010s 6 47D Hercules had 12 of these 6 49D Playful aquatic animal 5 50D Camera lens setting 5 53D Emulates Big Boi and Lil' Kim 4 54D Light beige 4 55D Woods of "Legally Blonde" 4 56D Reactions to something adorable 3 57D "Immediately!" 3 58D "If you ask me …," to a texter 3