NYT Crossword: answers for Saturday, October 26

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The New York Times has plenty of word games on its roster today — with Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, there’s something for everyone — but the newspaper’s standard crossword puzzle still reigns supreme. The daily crossword is full of interesting trivia, helps improve mental flexibility and, of course, gives you some bragging rights if you manage to finish it every day.

While the NYT puzzle might feel like an impossible task some days, solving a crossword is a skill and it takes practice — don’t get discouraged if you can’t get every single word in a puzzle.

If you’re having trouble completing today’s NYT Crossword, we’re here to help. We’ve got all the answers for today’s clues down below.

NYT Crossword answers today

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Across

1 Hotel room staple : TVSET

6 “Hound Dog” singer Big ___ Thornton : MAMA

10 Freshly pressed grapes before fermentation : MUST

14 Way : ROUTE

15 Reality show winner since 2002 : IDOL

16 Bridge piece : IBAR

17 Spotted, in a way : ACNED

18 Meaning of a finger wag : NOPE

19 Zip : NONE

20 People to hang out with : PALS

21 Mood : VIBE

22 Fish whose egg casings are called “mermaid’s purses” : SKATE

23 Oslo Accords signatory, for short : PLO

24 Fail to tail : LOSE

25 Not spent anymore : RESTED

26 Two-time Oscar nominee Joan : CUSACK

28 Go no further : HALT

29 “We’ll let ourselves in” : DONTWAITUPFORUS

34 Medical breakthrough of 1954 that yielded a Nobel Prize : ORGANTRANSPLANT

35 Masters of bad impersonations? : IDENTITYTHIEVES

36 Pub fixtures : LOOS

37 Takes root : SETSIN

38 Incite : URGEON

41 Tony winner Judith : IVEY

42 Letters on a Busch Stadium hat : STL

44 She played Julia in 2009’s “Julie & Julia” : MERYL

45 Cut and polish, maybe : EDIT

46 Big bird : RHEA

47 Two shakes : ASEC

48 Spin out on the ice? : AXEL

49 Reasons for some street closures : FAIRS

50 In ___ (unmoved) : SITU

51 Birthstone that begins with the same letter as its month : OPAL

52 “ER” actress Laura : INNES

53 Go berserk : SNAP

54 Slim winning margin : NOSE

55 Quite the party : BIGDO

Down

1 Name on the playbill for the 1936 Salzburg Festival : TRAPP

2 One of a singing duo? : VOCALCORD

3 Solarium : SUNLOUNGE

4 Périodes chaudes de l’année : ETES

5 With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond : TED

6 Skimpy garments : MINISKIRTS

7 Building block : ADOBE

8 Brood : MOPE

9 Drink mentioned four times in the prologue of “The Canterbury Tales” : ALE

10 Deluxe wraps? : MINKSTOLES

11 Menace in “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania” : UBOAT

12 “À votre ___!” : SANTE

13 Out on a limb, say : TREED

21 Calling : VOCATION

22 Something to wallow in : SELFPITY

24 Spade, for one : LAWNTOOL

25 Naughty list? : RAPSHEET

27 Vessel that hasn’t crossed the Canadian border since 1993 : STANLEYCUP

28 The so-called “Rocket City” of the South : HUNTSVILLE

29 Emphatic agreement : DOI

30 When doubled, a pop nickname : TAY

31 Gorgeous : RAVISHING

32 Not yet explored, as a tomb : UNENTERED

33 Map abbrs. : STS

38 Where Dr. J played college hoops, for short : UMASS

39 Amber, e.g. : RESIN

40 Van Susteren of TV news : GRETA

41 They might be bright : IDEAS

43 See 5-Down : LASSO

45 National, formerly : EXPO

46 Asian royal : RANI

48 Chicago’s ___ Center, formerly known as the Amoco Building : AON

49 Small invention : FIB

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