NYT Crossword October 7, 2026 Answers

Across

1A "No seats" sign 3 4A Dolly Parton vis-à-vis Dollywood 5 9A ___-famous (reel popular?) 5 14A LOL lite 3 15A Come again 5 16A Curry complements 5 17A Call to cruisers, for short 3 18A Well-manored men? 5 19A Some concert refuse 5 20A Staunchly loyal 8 22A Solo for a soprano 4 23A Wrecks beyond repair 6 24A Popular date night 8 28A Event-planning platform 5 29A Big blare 3 30A "I do" 3 31A Team with a stadium on the Ohio River 4 32A "Been there, done that" 7 36A React with exaggerated surprise ... or how to form the shorter shaded answers from the longer ones 13 40A Cut back a bit 7 41A Protein source 4 43A "That's infuriating!" 3 46A B.C. neighbor 3 47A Kid's comeback 5 48A Macs and wellies, e.g. 8 51A Snow bunnies are inclined to hit them 6 52A Spots that may need clearing up 4 53A Aquaman's domain 8 55A Brought into being 5 57A Like the descendants of some dinosaurs 5 58A In Rio, janeiro starts it 3 59A Mislead 5 60A Expression de gratitude 5 61A Abbr. on a box for an air conditioner 3 62A Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire 5 63A Serious schleps 5 64A Lush 3

Down

1D Break to pieces 7 2D Gently scolded 8 3D Sly reply to "You can't possibly know that!" 8 4D Knob on an amplifier 6 5D Becomes good as new 5 6D Silk shade 4 7D Stereotypically uncooperative creatures 5 8D IV sites 3 9D Collecting org. 3 10D E-cigarette claim 5 11D Durable 6 12D Shin guards protect them 6 13D Some chemistry lab procedures 6 21D Vexes 6 25D Musical artist with the fastest video to reach one billion views on YouTube 5 26D Helped through a rough patch, with "over" 5 27D Peck or parsec 4 32D Patterned fabric 5 33D Afro-Cuban dance 5 34D Big name in cloud services 3 35D Hall with a self-titled daytime talk show 6 37D Regalia for some queens 4 38D Monitor closely, with "on" 8 39D Slowly get familiar with 8 42D Chuck 7 43D Pinup icon Betty 6 44D Arrive out of breath, perhaps 6 45D Close lookalike 6 47D Singer Morissette with the 1995 #1 album "Jagged Little Pill" 6 49D Real swell 5 50D All-night party attendee 5 51D In need of tightening, maybe 5 54D Start to fade 4 56D Trucker's measure 3 57D Paycheck fig. 3