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NYT Crossword Hints and Solutions for 8. October, 2026
Across and Down clue hints for today's Crossword.
Across
5 Across: Sensation after getting a tattoo, for some
9 Across: How low can they go?
14 Across: Meteor shower?
16 Across: Stay under the covers all morning, to a Brit
17 Across: Taps
19 Across: Piano exercise
20 Across: "It's never paid to ___ against America": Warren Buffett
21 Across: Place-holding letters on a schedule
22 Across: Browbeaten
24 Across: Trams
27 Across: In the way of
28 Across: Drill
29 Across: Time to go fast?
30 Across: Audacious, informally
33 Across: "Midnight Cowboy" con man
36 Across: Paws
40 Across: Take a hankie to, say
41 Across: Nora who wrote "When Harry Met Sally …"
43 Across: Counterpart of Brahma and Vishnu
46 Across: Expand, as dough
48 Across: Hawaiian fish with a palindromic name
49 Across: Dessert
52 Across: Deciduous tree often found in regions dominated by conifers
54 Across: Just a number, they say
55 Across: Long-lasting birth control option, in brief
56 Across: Turn over
58 Across: Naive regal gnat
63 Across: Creepy
64 Across: It separates China and South Korea
65 Across: Everybody's hands
66 Across: Impudence
67 Across: Stanch
Down
1 Down: And so on, in brief
2 Down: Hero famously "red-pilled," in film
3 Down: Perceived Democratic electoral bloc
4 Down: Matchmaker in "Fiddler on the Roof"
5 Down: Like many summertime coffee orders
6 Down: Caped fighter
7 Down: Professional who's busiest in Apr.
8 Down: Tisanes
9 Down: Popeye's rival
10 Down: Making money or becoming famous, maybe
11 Down: Smolder
12 Down: Penalty box in hockey, slangily
13 Down: Unbroken
15 Down: Hoop alternative
18 Down: Neighbor of Switz.
22 Down: Something inside or outside a wine bar?
23 Down: Count of "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
25 Down: Unpredictable
26 Down: Gingham or seersucker
28 Down: Common policy at a neighborhood BBQ
31 Down: Remote sensing technology that uses lasers
32 Down: Eponymous Belgian resort town
34 Down: Cringeily cute
35 Down: Tiny slug?
37 Down: Units of electric charge
38 Down: Spray from a plane
39 Down: Sharpen
42 Down: Start to stick?
43 Down: Under a parasol, say
44 Down: "My feelings exactly"
45 Down: Host Meredith of "25 Words or Less"
47 Down: Cézanne painted a "Pyramid" of them
50 Down: "Oh no!"
51 Down: Clear stuff in a restaurant
52 Down: Prefix often meaning "gas"
53 Down: Flakes out?
57 Down: Thelma and Louise, e.g.
59 Down: Signifier of no value, in many programming languages
60 Down: Grazing area
61 Down: First name signifier?
62 Down: Counterpart of a sire, on a horse farm
Today's NYT Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in today's NYT Crossword crossword?
Today's Crossword (#24514, 2026-10-08) has 74 clues — 33 Across and 41 Down.
What size is today's Crossword grid?
A 15x15 grid.
What's the longest answer today?
15 letters — no spoilers, but that's your longest foothold if you're stuck.