NYT Crossword October 8, 2026 Answers

Across

1A One who might use they/them pronouns, informally 4 5A Sensation after getting a tattoo, for some 4 9A How low can they go? 5 14A Meteor shower? 9 16A Stay under the covers all morning, to a Brit 5 17A Taps 15 19A Piano exercise 5 20A "It's never paid to ___ against America": Warren Buffett 3 21A Place-holding letters on a schedule 3 22A Browbeaten 5 24A Trams 9 27A In the way of 3 28A Drill 4 29A Time to go fast? 4 30A Audacious, informally 6 33A "Midnight Cowboy" con man 5 36A Paws 13 40A Take a hankie to, say 5 41A Nora who wrote "When Harry Met Sally …" 6 43A Counterpart of Brahma and Vishnu 4 46A Expand, as dough 4 48A Hawaiian fish with a palindromic name 3 49A Dessert 9 52A Deciduous tree often found in regions dominated by conifers 5 54A Just a number, they say 3 55A Long-lasting birth control option, in brief 3 56A Turn over 5 58A Naive regal gnat 15 63A Creepy 5 64A It separates China and South Korea 9 65A Everybody's hands 5 66A Impudence 4 67A Stanch 4

Down

1D And so on, in brief 3 2D Hero famously "red-pilled," in film 3 3D Perceived Democratic electoral bloc 8 4D Matchmaker in "Fiddler on the Roof" 5 5D Like many summertime coffee orders 4 6D Caped fighter 6 7D Professional who's busiest in Apr. 3 8D Tisanes 8 9D Popeye's rival 5 10D Making money or becoming famous, maybe 3 11D Smolder 6 12D Penalty box in hockey, slangily 6 13D Unbroken 6 15D Hoop alternative 4 18D Neighbor of Switz. 3 22D Something inside or outside a wine bar? 3 23D Count of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" 4 25D Unpredictable 7 26D Gingham or seersucker 5 28D Common policy at a neighborhood BBQ 4 31D Remote sensing technology that uses lasers 5 32D Eponymous Belgian resort town 3 34D Cringeily cute 4 35D Tiny slug? 3 37D Units of electric charge 8 38D Spray from a plane 8 39D Sharpen 4 42D Start to stick? 3 43D Under a parasol, say 6 44D "My feelings exactly" 6 45D Host Meredith of "25 Words or Less" 6 47D Cézanne painted a "Pyramid" of them 6 50D "Oh no!" 5 51D Clear stuff in a restaurant 3 52D Prefix often meaning "gas" 4 53D Flakes out? 5 57D Thelma and Louise, e.g. 4 59D Signifier of no value, in many programming languages 3 60D Grazing area 3 61D First name signifier? 3 62D Counterpart of a sire, on a horse farm 3