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Crossword #24536 | 2026-10-16

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

1 Across: Word with strip or skirt (5 letters)

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)

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 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.

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