NYT Crossword Hints and Solutions for 16. October, 2026
The Crossword #24536 for Friday, October 16, 2026 is a 15x15 grid with 68 clues (29 Across, 39 Down), starting with 1-Across: “Word with strip or skirt”. Every answer stays hidden until you reveal it.
Across
6 Across: Conniption (3 letters)
9 Across: Cuban poet/philosopher José (5 letters)
14 Across: 2000 hit song with the lyric "But to lose all my senses / That is just so typically me" (15 letters)
17 Across: Mail-centric fiction? (15 letters)
18 Across: Virginia is in it, in brief (3 letters)
19 Across: "Hah!" (7 letters)
20 Across: "___ had it!" (3 letters)
21 Across: Former home of Mr. and Mrs. Met (4 letters)
23 Across: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff (5 letters)
24 Across: Riot (4 letters)
25 Across: Spiller of tea (5 letters)
27 Across: Smelling things? (5 letters)
28 Across: Date night viewing, often (13 letters)
34 Across: High concept? (9 letters)
35 Across: They explain what's in the cards (13 letters)
39 Across: Comic strip sound of impact (5 letters)
40 Across: Infant discomfort (5 letters)
42 Across: Battery-powered string instrument player (4 letters)
43 Across: Predicated (5 letters)
48 Across: It has its highs and lows (4 letters)
49 Across: Rocky openings? (3 letters)
50 Across: Burrowing animal whose name is made up of two other animals (7 letters)
52 Across: It may begin with a +1: Abbr. (3 letters)
53 Across: Idolizes (15 letters)
56 Across: Indiana Jones or Rocky Balboa, e.g. (15 letters)
57 Across: Losing causes? (5 letters)
58 Across: Yoga ___ (3 letters)
59 Across: The 22nd Amendment limits them (5 letters)
Down
1 Down: "Piece of cake!" (6 letters)
2 Down: Reality show whose contestants report to the Judge's Table (7 letters)
3 Down: Not gendered (7 letters)
4 Down: Dope (3 letters)
5 Down: Some emergency resources (4 letters)
6 Down: Serious dirt (5 letters)
7 Down: State whose official fruit is the huckleberry (5 letters)
8 Down: Done to death (5 letters)
9 Down: Flow down the neck (4 letters)
10 Down: Past word (3 letters)
11 Down: Hot pockets? (7 letters)
12 Down: 20-20, e.g. (7 letters)
13 Down: Small sounds (6 letters)
15 Down: One of 412 in the White House (4 letters)
16 Down: Supermodel Banks (4 letters)
22 Down: Took back one's words (7 letters)
24 Down: One struggling to make ends meet (7 letters)
26 Down: Grant (5 letters)
27 Down: Foe of Dr. Eggman, in video games (5 letters)
29 Down: Procured (3 letters)
30 Down: "___ Share of Night" (acclaimed 2019 Mariana Enríquez book) (3 letters)
31 Down: Complimentary lines (3 letters)
32 Down: Tool for tracing family trees (3 letters)
33 Down: Prefix with the name of any month (3 letters)
35 Down: Mideast salad, in one spelling (7 letters)
36 Down: Simon the Zealot, e.g. (7 letters)
37 Down: Sparkly bits in a school art project (7 letters)
38 Down: Like some deliveries (7 letters)
39 Down: Holder of all the digits, from 1 to 0 (6 letters)
41 Down: Stage-left orchestra section (6 letters)
43 Down: Coccyx or phalange, e.g. (4 letters)
44 Down: Unwelcome sound during a dream (5 letters)
45 Down: Brown tint (5 letters)
46 Down: Construct (5 letters)
47 Down: Art movement proclaimed in a 1916 manifesto (4 letters)
50 Down: May honorees (4 letters)
51 Down: Outdoor item with flaps (4 letters)
54 Down: Took a load off (3 letters)
55 Down: 2011 platinum single by Tyler, the Creator (3 letters)
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NYT Crossword FAQ for October 16, 2026
How many clues are in the October 16, 2026 NYT Crossword?
The Crossword (#24536, 2026-10-16) has 68 clues — 29 Across and 39 Down.
What size is the October 16, 2026 Crossword grid?
A 15x15 grid.
What's the longest answer in this puzzle?
15 letters — no spoilers, but that's your longest foothold if you're stuck.