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NYT Crossword Hints and Solutions for 9. October, 2026
Across and Down clue hints for today's Crossword.
Across
10 Across: "Super Dry" brewer
15 Across: Visual aid with a three-dimensional aspect
16 Across: Persona non grata
17 Across: By an even stronger argument, at law
18 Across: Stars to gaze up at
19 Across: Not mad
20 Across: Squishy projectile
22 Across: Cackling carnivores
25 Across: World's third-largest river by discharge, after the Amazon and the Congo
27 Across: Miserly sorts, informally
30 Across: Rift
31 Across: Like a certain artery
32 Across: Mango leftovers
33 Across: The astronomer Tycho Brahe, for one
34 Across: Org. concerned with screenings
35 Across: Wine leftovers
36 Across: ___ Kar-wai, acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker behind 1994's "Chungking Express"
37 Across: Hounds that can run up to 35 m.p.h.
39 Across: It's mine, all mine!
40 Across: NPR program since 1987
41 Across: Two aces, say
43 Across: Kind of roll
47 Across: Comfortable
50 Across: "Do I ___ to eat a peach?": T.S. Eliot
51 Across: Record of the year?
52 Across: Drawing on another's life
55 Across: Handle
56 Across: Much-anticipated rivalry game in soccer's La Liga
57 Across: Hidden element of FedEx's logo
58 Across: Extremely difficult and ultimately futile
Down
1 Down: Hit the hay hard
2 Down: Morgan ___, sorceress in King Arthur stories
3 Down: Not having company
4 Down: What Odysseus' crew waxed on about?
5 Down: Mahjong grouping
6 Down: Org. concerned with screenings
7 Down: "Really?!"
8 Down: Zero out, in a way
9 Down: Device geared to draw rotationally symmetrical shapes
10 Down: Accounts for checking?
11 Down: Compact, maybe
12 Down: "My mistake"
13 Down: Some Navy aircraft during W.W. II
14 Down: Org. requiring crypto disclosures beginning in 2025
21 Down: Glenn who co-founded the Eagles
23 Down: A lot of lot
24 Down: Broadway show inits.
26 Down: Psy-___
28 Down: Near failure, colloquially
29 Down: Fertile place
31 Down: Swiss Army knife component
32 Down: Aid for someone studying a culture
33 Down: One who regularly takes a best friend out?
35 Down: Princess who says "Governor Tarkin! I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash. I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board"
36 Down: Like some noodles and martinis
37 Down: Habeas corpus, e.g.
38 Down: Cricket's Men in Green, on scoreboards
40 Down: Dormant
42 Down: Student of Socrates
44 Down: "Gymnopédies" composer
45 Down: Jong who wrote "Fear of Flying"
46 Down: Scouting trip
48 Down: Artist with an absurdist humor book all about his mustache
49 Down: Sauron's soldiers in "The Lord of the Rings"
51 Down: ___ team
53 Down: Gymnast Raisman
54 Down: Enervate
Today's NYT Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in today's NYT Crossword crossword?
Today's Crossword (#24521, 2026-10-09) has 68 clues — 31 Across and 37 Down.
What size is today's Crossword grid?
A 15x15 grid.
What's the longest answer today?
10 letters — no spoilers, but that's your longest foothold if you're stuck.