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Today's New York Times Crossword Clues and Answers
October 17, 2026: 66 clues. Each answer stays hidden until you ask for a hint or the answer; every clue has its own page.
Clues and answers (October 17, 2026)
Across
- 1. It has its limits, in brief4 letters, starts with CCALC
- 5. Award-winning culinary documentary series10 letters, starts with CCHEFSTABLE
- 15. High number, perhaps4 letters, starts with AARIA
- 16. Where some family secrets may be written10 letters, starts with RRECIPEBOOK
- 17. Displaying finesse4 letters, starts with DDEFT
- 18. Actress who plays Trudy on "Mad Men" and Annie on "Community"10 letters, starts with AALISONBRIE
- 19. Mothers in cotes4 letters, starts with EEWES
- 20. Bedtime attire10 letters, starts with NNIGHTDRESS
- 21. Silicon Valley V.I.P.7 letters, starts with TTECHCEO
- 23. Oslo Accords grp.3 letters, starts with PPLO
- 24. Gold medalist in women's soccer and women's team foil (fencing) at 2024's Olympics, in brief5 letters, starts with TTHEUS
- 25. Part of many home improvement projects8 letters, starts with PPAINTJOB
- 30. Fissile rock5 letters, starts with SSHALE
- 31. Party leader?4 letters, starts with HHOST
- 32. Something seized, for short4 letters, starts with RREPO
- 33. Outdoor accommodations with flies5 letters, starts with TTENTS
- 34. "One ___" (Elizabeth Bishop poem that repeats the line "The ___ of losing isn't hard to master")3 letters, starts with AART
- 35. Skin care brand from Japan5 letters, starts with CCUREL
- 36. Drive4 letters, starts with UURGE
- 37. Give credit to4 letters, starts with CCITE
- 38. Suitable for a game of 20 Questions, in a way5 letters, starts with YYESNO
- 39. Establishments selling craft products?8 letters, starts with BBEERBARS
- 41. Appears less impressive5 letters, starts with PPALES
- 42. It's meant to be believed3 letters, starts with IISM
- 43. Rich7 letters, starts with MMONEYED
- 45. Meet an unmet need10 letters, starts with FFILLTHEGAP
- 50. ___ bowl4 letters, starts with AACAI
- 51. Queue words10 letters, starts with OONEATATIME
- 52. Discover alternative4 letters, starts with VVISA
- 53. Author of the story collections "The Little Disturbances of Man" (1959) and "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute" (1974)10 letters, starts with GGRACEPALEY
- 54. ___ mess (British dessert)4 letters, starts with EETON
- 55. Traditional Passover dish10 letters, starts with SSEDERPLATE
- 56. Scot's word meaning "past"4 letters, starts with SSYNE
Down
- 1. Academy figure5 letters, starts with CCADET
- 2. Line of passengers?10 letters, starts with AAREWETHERE
- 3. Relocating to a different country, e.g.10 letters, starts with LLIFECHANGE
- 4. Destination for many a rescue10 letters, starts with CCATSHELTER
- 5. Birds whose wings might be folded?6 letters, starts with CCRANES
- 6. Prefix with -trope5 letters, starts with HHELIO
- 7. Modern pen, of a sort4 letters, starts with EECIG
- 8. Seafood-based ingredient in Eastern cuisines9 letters, starts with FFISHPASTE
- 9. Like someone performing a monologue, maybe7 letters, starts with SSPOTLIT
- 10. Part of the hamstring6 letters, starts with TTENDON
- 11. Fem. or masc.4 letters, starts with AABBR
- 12. Tunnel (into)4 letters, starts with BBORE
- 13. Lane in Superman movies4 letters, starts with LLOIS
- 14. Just gets (by)4 letters, starts with EEKES
- 22. "Psst" and "Go!"4 letters, starts with CCUES
- 25. Things that ships, computers and wine retailers all have5 letters, starts with PPORTS
- 26. Plant parts that develop as a seedling grows10 letters, starts with TTRUELEAVES
- 27. Urban locale that looks out on Ellis Island10 letters, starts with JJERSEYCITY
- 28. When anything goes10 letters, starts with OOPENSEASON
- 29. Tie with string4 letters, starts with BBOLO
- 30. One getting ripped off at a venue4 letters, starts with SSTUB
- 31. Poison classification9 letters, starts with HHAIRMETAL
- 35. Relative of turquoise4 letters, starts with CCYAN
- 37. Competitor of Venmo7 letters, starts with CCASHAPP
- 40. Like the herbs on a 55-Across6 letters, starts with BBITTER
- 41. Wimpy friend?6 letters, starts with PPOPEYE
- 43. "The Duck Variations" playwright5 letters, starts with MMAMET
- 44. Lane in Superman movies5 letters, starts with DDIANE
- 45. States of confusion4 letters, starts with FFOGS
- 46. About4 letters, starts with IINRE
- 47. Material theorized as a possible cause of ancient Rome's decline, given its widespread use4 letters, starts with LLEAD
- 48. Berate, with "into"4 letters, starts with LLACE
- 49. ___ monster4 letters, starts with GGILA
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