NYT Crossword Hints and Solutions for 16. October, 2026
The Crossword #24536 for Friday, October 16, 2026 is a 15x15 grid with 68 clues (29 Across, 39 Down), starting with 1-Across: “Word with strip or skirt”. Every answer stays hidden until you reveal it.
Across
6 Across: Conniption
9 Across: Cuban poet/philosopher José
14 Across: 2000 hit song with the lyric "But to lose all my senses / That is just so typically me"
17 Across: Mail-centric fiction?
18 Across: Virginia is in it, in brief
19 Across: "Hah!"
20 Across: "___ had it!"
21 Across: Former home of Mr. and Mrs. Met
23 Across: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff
24 Across: Riot
25 Across: Spiller of tea
27 Across: Smelling things?
28 Across: Date night viewing, often
34 Across: High concept?
35 Across: They explain what's in the cards
39 Across: Comic strip sound of impact
40 Across: Infant discomfort
42 Across: Battery-powered string instrument player
43 Across: Predicated
48 Across: It has its highs and lows
49 Across: Rocky openings?
50 Across: Burrowing animal whose name is made up of two other animals
52 Across: It may begin with a +1: Abbr.
53 Across: Idolizes
56 Across: Indiana Jones or Rocky Balboa, e.g.
57 Across: Losing causes?
58 Across: Yoga ___
59 Across: The 22nd Amendment limits them
Down
1 Down: "Piece of cake!"
2 Down: Reality show whose contestants report to the Judge's Table
3 Down: Not gendered
4 Down: Dope
5 Down: Some emergency resources
6 Down: Serious dirt
7 Down: State whose official fruit is the huckleberry
8 Down: Done to death
9 Down: Flow down the neck
10 Down: Past word
11 Down: Hot pockets?
12 Down: 20-20, e.g.
13 Down: Small sounds
15 Down: One of 412 in the White House
16 Down: Supermodel Banks
22 Down: Took back one's words
24 Down: One struggling to make ends meet
26 Down: Grant
27 Down: Foe of Dr. Eggman, in video games
29 Down: Procured
30 Down: "___ Share of Night" (acclaimed 2019 Mariana Enríquez book)
31 Down: Complimentary lines
32 Down: Tool for tracing family trees
33 Down: Prefix with the name of any month
35 Down: Mideast salad, in one spelling
36 Down: Simon the Zealot, e.g.
37 Down: Sparkly bits in a school art project
38 Down: Like some deliveries
39 Down: Holder of all the digits, from 1 to 0
41 Down: Stage-left orchestra section
43 Down: Coccyx or phalange, e.g.
44 Down: Unwelcome sound during a dream
45 Down: Brown tint
46 Down: Construct
47 Down: Art movement proclaimed in a 1916 manifesto
50 Down: May honorees
51 Down: Outdoor item with flaps
54 Down: Took a load off
55 Down: 2011 platinum single by Tyler, the Creator
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Today's NYT Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in today's NYT Crossword crossword?
Today's Crossword (#24536, 2026-10-16) has 68 clues — 29 Across and 39 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.