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Today's New York Times Bonus Crossword Clues and Answers
October 1, 2026: 82 clues. Each answer stays hidden until you ask for a hint or the answer; every clue has its own page.
Clues and answers (October 1, 2026)
Across
- 1. ___ Touch, label for 1990s Dylan bootleg recordings5 letters, starts with MMIDAS
- 6. Family member to whom Dylan sings "you been on my mind"4 letters, starts with MMAMA
- 10. Feel sore4 letters, starts with AACHE
- 14. In unison5 letters, starts with AASONE
- 15. ___ Lomax, ethnomusicologist who was a vocal critic of Dylan's decision to "go electric"4 letters, starts with AALAN
- 16. Knight's neighbor on a chessboard4 letters, starts with RROOK
- 17. "Blood on the Tracks" opener that Dylan claimed "took ten years to live and two years to write"15 letters, starts with TTANGLEDUPINBLUE
- 20. Aunt, in Spanish3 letters, starts with TTIA
- 21. Things filled out in waiting rooms5 letters, starts with FFORMS
- 22. Not mine5 letters, starts with YYOURS
- 23. Has some bread or caviar, say4 letters, starts with EEATS
- 25. "Waltzing With ___," country classic covered in the Basement Tapes sessions3 letters, starts with SSIN
- 26. Maggie's property, in a 1965 Dylan song title4 letters, starts with FFARM
- 27. Bookcase component5 letters, starts with SSHELF
- 29. Hoodwinked5 letters, starts with DDUPED
- 31. Modern term of endearment3 letters, starts with BBAE
- 34. Aladdin's monkey sidekick3 letters, starts with AABU
- 36. Concert lineup3 letters, starts with SSET
- 37. "It ___ Me, Babe," Dylan hit that opens with the lyrics "Go ’way from my window / Leave at your own chosen speed"4 letters, starts with AAINT
- 38. Minnesota town where young Robert Zimmerman became Bob Dylan7 letters, starts with HHIBBING
- 42. Dylan's iconic 1960s Wayfarer sunglasses, e.g.7 letters, starts with RRAYBANS
- 44. Nails, as a test4 letters, starts with AACES
- 45. ___ Mahal3 letters, starts with TTAJ
- 47. South, in Spain3 letters, starts with SSUR
- 48. Brew that might soothe a singer's throat3 letters, starts with TTEA
- 49. Beauty parlor5 letters, starts with SSALON
- 51. Baby sheep5 letters, starts with LLAMBS
- 55. Bit of nest-building material4 letters, starts with TTWIG
- 57. Shorten, as pants3 letters, starts with HHEM
- 59. Burrowing garden pest4 letters, starts with MMOLE
- 60. Guitar accessories5 letters, starts with CCAPOS
- 62. Like Dylan's singing voice5 letters, starts with RRASPY
- 64. Indie music's ___ Iver3 letters, starts with BBON
- 65. Protest song that has been recorded by hundreds of artists, including versions translated into German and Swedish15 letters, starts with BBLOWININTHEWIND
- 68. Jubilation4 letters, starts with GGLEE
- 69. Dog's buried treasure4 letters, starts with BBONE
- 70. Wordsmith Oscar who, unlike Dylan, never won an Oscar5 letters, starts with WWILDE
- 71. Eight bits4 letters, starts with BBYTE
- 72. Not much4 letters, starts with AATAD
- 73. Scornful expression that some hear in the delivery of "Like a Rolling Stone"5 letters, starts with SSNEER
Down
- 1. Nonglossy photo finishes6 letters, starts with MMATTES
- 2. Old Testament book echoed in "All Along the Watchtower"6 letters, starts with IISAIAH
- 3. Give to charity, as Dylan does with "Christmas in the Heart" royalties6 letters, starts with DDONATE
- 4. Director Lee3 letters, starts with AANG
- 5. "___ Portrait" (controversial 1970 album)4 letters, starts with SSELF
- 6. Iberian capital in "Boots of Spanish Leather"6 letters, starts with MMADRID
- 7. Dylan, vis-à-vis the University of Minnesota7 letters, starts with AALUMNUS
- 8. Contents of an atlas4 letters, starts with MMAPS
- 9. Musician DiFranco who toured with Dylan in 1997 and 20033 letters, starts with AANI
- 10. See 32-Down5 letters, starts with AARBOR
- 11. Record label that signed Dylan in 19618 letters, starts with CCOLUMBIA
- 12. "Theme Time Radio ___," Dylan's freeform musical podcast4 letters, starts with HHOUR
- 13. Scrapes (out), as a living4 letters, starts with EEKES
- 18. Greek goddess of the dawn3 letters, starts with EEOS
- 19. Marathon swimmer Diana who mentally sings the song at 37-Across to keep time4 letters, starts with NNYAD
- 24. Big hunks5 letters, starts with SSLABS
- 26. Crumbly cheeses5 letters, starts with FFETAS
- 28. Law enforcement org.3 letters, starts with FFBI
- 30. For each3 letters, starts with PPER
- 32. With 10-Down, Michigan college town where the relatively unknown "Bob Dillon" made a 1962 folk festival appearance3 letters, starts with AANN
- 33. U.F.O. flyers3 letters, starts with EETS
- 35. Remove ID from, as an Instagram post5 letters, starts with UUNTAG
- 37. Biblical name meaning "exalted father" (and Dylan's father's name!)5 letters, starts with AABRAM
- 38. Dylan wears a corduroy one on the cover of his debut album3 letters, starts with HHAT
- 39. Surface swept by a curler3 letters, starts with IICE
- 40. Ginsberg or Kerouac, e.g.8 letters, starts with BBEATPOET
- 41. Folksy lass3 letters, starts with GGAL
- 43. Film star Brynner name-dropped in "I Shall Be Free"3 letters, starts with YYUL
- 46. "Visions of ___," one of thirteen Dylan songs on Rolling Stone's original "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list7 letters, starts with JJOHANNA
- 49. "Yes, yes!," in Spanish4 letters, starts with SSISI
- 50. Like matryoshka dolls6 letters, starts with NNESTED
- 52. Alabama city Dylan was stuck inside of "with the Memphis blues again"6 letters, starts with MMOBILE
- 53. "___ on ___," album with the songs "I Want You" and "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"6 letters, starts with BBLONDE
- 54. To whom a lost letter might be returned6 letters, starts with SSENDER
- 56. "Holy cow!"5 letters, starts with WWOWEE
- 58. Dashboard abbr.3 letters, starts with MMPH
- 60. Legendary N.Y.C. punk music club4 letters, starts with CCBGB
- 61. Friend in a conflict4 letters, starts with AALLY
- 62. Absolute hoot4 letters, starts with RRIOT
- 63. Churchyard trees4 letters, starts with YYEWS
- 66. Sports org. for Pistol Pete, the inspiration behind "Dignity"3 letters, starts with NNBA
- 67. Come out on top3 letters, starts with WWIN
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