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Crossword #24521 | 2026-10-09

NYT Crossword Hints and Solutions for 9. October, 2026

The Crossword #24521 for Friday, October 9, 2026 is a 15x15 grid with 68 clues (31 Across, 37 Down), starting with 1-Across: “Mensches”. Every answer stays hidden until you reveal it.

Across

1 Across: Mensches (9 letters)

10 Across: "Super Dry" brewer (5 letters)

15 Across: Visual aid with a three-dimensional aspect (9 letters)

16 Across: Persona non grata (5 letters)

17 Across: By an even stronger argument, at law (9 letters)

18 Across: Stars to gaze up at (5 letters)

19 Across: Not mad (4 letters)

20 Across: Squishy projectile (8 letters)

22 Across: Cackling carnivores (6 letters)

25 Across: World's third-largest river by discharge, after the Amazon and the Congo (7 letters)

27 Across: Miserly sorts, informally (8 letters)

30 Across: Rift (3 letters)

31 Across: Like a certain artery (8 letters)

32 Across: Mango leftovers (4 letters)

33 Across: The astronomer Tycho Brahe, for one (4 letters)

34 Across: Org. concerned with screenings (3 letters)

35 Across: Wine leftovers (4 letters)

36 Across: ___ Kar-wai, acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker behind 1994's "Chungking Express" (4 letters)

37 Across: Hounds that can run up to 35 m.p.h. (8 letters)

39 Across: It's mine, all mine! (3 letters)

40 Across: NPR program since 1987 (8 letters)

41 Across: Two aces, say (7 letters)

43 Across: Kind of roll (6 letters)

47 Across: Comfortable (8 letters)

50 Across: "Do I ___ to eat a peach?": T.S. Eliot (4 letters)

51 Across: Record of the year? (5 letters)

52 Across: Drawing on another's life (9 letters)

55 Across: Handle (5 letters)

56 Across: Much-anticipated rivalry game in soccer's La Liga (9 letters)

57 Across: Hidden element of FedEx's logo (5 letters)

58 Across: Extremely difficult and ultimately futile (9 letters)

Down

1 Down: Hit the hay hard (5 letters)

2 Down: Morgan ___, sorceress in King Arthur stories (5 letters)

3 Down: Not having company (5 letters)

4 Down: What Odysseus' crew waxed on about? (9 letters)

5 Down: Mahjong grouping (3 letters)

6 Down: Org. concerned with screenings (3 letters)

7 Down: "Really?!" (4 letters)

8 Down: Zero out, in a way (4 letters)

9 Down: Device geared to draw rotationally symmetrical shapes (10 letters)

10 Down: Accounts for checking? (6 letters)

11 Down: Compact, maybe (5 letters)

12 Down: "My mistake" (9 letters)

13 Down: Some Navy aircraft during W.W. II (8 letters)

14 Down: Org. requiring crypto disclosures beginning in 2025 (3 letters)

21 Down: Glenn who co-founded the Eagles (4 letters)

23 Down: A lot of lot (4 letters)

24 Down: Broadway show inits. (3 letters)

26 Down: Psy-___ (3 letters)

28 Down: Near failure, colloquially (10 letters)

29 Down: Fertile place (5 letters)

31 Down: Swiss Army knife component (9 letters)

32 Down: Aid for someone studying a culture (9 letters)

33 Down: One who regularly takes a best friend out? (8 letters)

35 Down: Princess who says "Governor Tarkin! I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash. I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board" (4 letters)

36 Down: Like some noodles and martinis (3 letters)

37 Down: Habeas corpus, e.g. (4 letters)

38 Down: Cricket's Men in Green, on scoreboards (3 letters)

40 Down: Dormant (6 letters)

42 Down: Student of Socrates (5 letters)

44 Down: "Gymnopédies" composer (5 letters)

45 Down: Jong who wrote "Fear of Flying" (5 letters)

46 Down: Scouting trip (5 letters)

48 Down: Artist with an absurdist humor book all about his mustache (4 letters)

49 Down: Sauron's soldiers in "The Lord of the Rings" (4 letters)

51 Down: ___ team (3 letters)

53 Down: Gymnast Raisman (3 letters)

54 Down: Enervate (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 9, 2026

How many clues are in the October 9, 2026 NYT Crossword?

The Crossword (#24521, 2026-10-09) has 68 clues — 31 Across and 37 Down.

What size is the October 9, 2026 Crossword grid?

A 15x15 grid.

What's the longest answer in this puzzle?

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

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