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Crossword #24520 | 2026-10-06

NYT Crossword Hints and Solutions for 6. October, 2026

The Crossword #24520 for Tuesday, October 6, 2026 is a 15x15 grid with 77 clues (37 Across, 40 Down), starting with 1-Across: “What a leaky faucet has”. Every answer stays hidden until you reveal it.

Across

1 Across: What a leaky faucet has (4 letters)

5 Across: Hands, informally … or coverings for hands (5 letters)

10 Across: "Not another peep out of you!" (4 letters)

14 Across: Classical Persian poet (4 letters)

15 Across: Nebraska home of Creighton University (5 letters)

16 Across: Between cruise ports, say (4 letters)

17 Across: Intl. oil group (4 letters)

18 Across: Like streakers (5 letters)

19 Across: Deep blue (4 letters)

20 Across: Pale and sickly (5 letters)

22 Across: Have an "aha" moment about (3 letters)

23 Across: Urged (on) (5 letters)

24 Across: One of six, supposedly, for a seer (5 letters)

25 Across: "___ Were a Rich Man" (3 letters)

26 Across: Rear of a boat (5 letters)

27 Across: Lifeless (9 letters)

30 Across: Who said "Revolutions are the locomotives of history" (4 letters)

33 Across: Video game section (5 letters)

34 Across: Pen points (4 letters)

38 Across: Number on a dating profile (3 letters)

39 Across: Gallops into the sunset, say (7 letters)

41 Across: "I've seen better" (3 letters)

42 Across: Attend without a date (6 letters)

44 Across: Sound in polka music (6 letters)

46 Across: Strategic disk game played on a vertical board (11 letters)

50 Across: Music genre for James Brown (4 letters)

51 Across: Device once used with a Blockbuster rental (3 letters)

52 Across: Mission-driven grps., often (4 letters)

54 Across: "___ you listening?" (3 letters)

55 Across: Who said "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth" (5 letters)

57 Across: May honoree (3 letters)

59 Across: Animal with a "mask" (7 letters)

62 Across: A step above amateur (7 letters)

65 Across: Peeved (7 letters)

66 Across: Like italic type (7 letters)

67 Across: With 68-Across, posable plaything ... or a verbal hint to each half of 4-, 7- and 10-Down and 46-Across (6 letters)

68 Across: See 67-Across (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Is released, as an album (5 letters)

2 Down: Currency in Mumbai (5 letters)

3 Down: Clarifying phrase (5 letters)

4 Down: Interception returned for a touchdown (7 letters)

5 Down: Start of the workweek: Abbr. (3 letters)

6 Down: Saw in one's mind's eye (8 letters)

7 Down: Break for a few minutes (8 letters)

8 Down: Newspaper in New York, L.A. or Seattle, colloquially (8 letters)

9 Down: Bummed out (3 letters)

10 Down: Surf with one's toes off the front of the board (7 letters)

11 Down: What an electric meter measures (5 letters)

12 Down: Cut completely (5 letters)

13 Down: Joseph called "Father of the Symphony" (5 letters)

21 Down: Coin dated with the year of its country's imperial era (3 letters)

23 Down: Latin "is" (3 letters)

28 Down: Put in a row (5 letters)

29 Down: Unapproachable (5 letters)

30 Down: Newsstand purchase, informally (3 letters)

31 Down: In the past (3 letters)

32 Down: Feline adoption option (9 letters)

35 Down: Spur-of-the-moment (9 letters)

36 Down: Arthur of "The Golden Girls" (3 letters)

37 Down: "Zip it!" (3 letters)

39 Down: Place in a hierarchy (4 letters)

40 Down: Midnight's opposite (4 letters)

43 Down: Suffix in the names of many U.S. cities (3 letters)

45 Down: Starbucks keepsake, perhaps (3 letters)

47 Down: Hurdles or high jump, e.g. (5 letters)

48 Down: Loops in, digitally (3 letters)

49 Down: Secure tightly (5 letters)

50 Down: Swiss currency (5 letters)

53 Down: How you may feel after a workout vis-à-vis before (5 letters)

54 Down: Operatic solo (4 letters)

55 Down: Become a member of (4 letters)

56 Down: Subject of introspection (4 letters)

58 Down: Preset camera option (4 letters)

60 Down: ___ effect (purported influence of police shows on juries' expectations for forensics) (3 letters)

61 Down: Yoko who participated in a bed-in (3 letters)

63 Down: ___ tai (3 letters)

64 Down: Bank with a lion in its logo (3 letters)

How NYT Crossword Works

The NYT Crossword is the classic daily puzzle: a full-size grid of Across and Down clues published every day of the week. Difficulty ramps up from Monday (easiest) through Saturday (hardest), with Sunday running a larger, standalone puzzle.

NYT Crossword FAQ for October 6, 2026

How many clues are in the October 6, 2026 NYT Crossword?

The Crossword (#24520, 2026-10-06) has 77 clues — 37 Across and 40 Down.

What size is the October 6, 2026 Crossword grid?

A 15x15 grid.

What's the longest answer in this puzzle?

11 letters — no spoilers, but that's your longest foothold if you're stuck.

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