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
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.
- Full-Size Grid A standard 15x15 weekday grid, expanding to a significantly larger grid on Sundays.
- Daily Difficulty Curve Monday starts easy and each day gets progressively harder through Saturday, the toughest of the week.
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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.