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NYT Crossword — October 26, 2026

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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37 clues

6Altered mortgage, for short

10"___ Abner" of old comics

13Washer cycle after "wash"

14___ White, three-time Olympic gold medalist in snowboarding

16Walled area for a racket sport

18Aunt, in Tijuana

19"___ Lips Are Sealed" (1981 Go-Go's hit)

20Little hopper

21"It's boiling in here!"

23Food, water or shelter

25Band with the 1999 triple-platinum hit "All Star"

28Political connections

30"Laughing" beast

31Sonnets and such

34Partner of gloom

36Break off suddenly

39"Pretty please? I won't ask again"

42"Absolutely, amigo!"

43Kids' fun run length, for short

44Have a knee-jerk response, perhaps

45Something acute or obtuse

47Dinghy thingy

48Played mind games with

52Post-Christmas event

56Game with numbered balls

57"The ___ thickens"

59Beantown home team, informally

60"I am the eggman. They ___ the eggmen …" (Beatles lyric)

61All over the place … or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 25-, 39- and 48-Across

65Word before "a bird," "a plane" and "Superman!"

66Actress Shire of the "Godfather" trilogy

67"Old MacDonald" refrain

68___ King Cole

69Contract detail, informally

70Painter's stand

Down

41 clues

1Firing offense?

2Arouse, as interest

3Make accustomed (to)

4Hush-hush D.C. org.

5Bit of derring-do

6"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" spinoff

7All-vowel French 101 word

9Before the deadline

10Vilnius is its capital

12Reluctant (to)

14Phishing scheme, e.g.

17Brother on TV's "Bonanza"

24Having a sharp outline

26"All ___ Up" (Elvis #1 hit)

27It's sung in praise

29Manhattan-based media org.

31Bedwear, in brief

32All-vowel French 101 word

33Blue-book event

34Partner of wined

35Suffix for some sugars

37"Better Call Saul" network

40Reason to give a darn?

411970s feminist cause, for short

46Ends a relationship with by suddenly cutting off communication

47Central Plains tribe

48Without any toppings

49To a degree, informally

51Big name in cosmetics

53Grill residue

54Sergeant's superior, slangily

55Praise to the skies

58Word with family or fir

62One may be twist-off

63Pub pint, perhaps

64One-named "Chandelier" singer

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Stats & info

Monday, Oct 26, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedOct 26, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorKevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 41 down

Longest entries

39A"Pretty please? I won't ask again"15 ltrs 16AWalled area for a racket sport11 ltrs 61AAll over the place … or a hint to the circled letters in 16-, 25-, 39- and 48-Across11 ltrs 25ABand with the 1999 triple-platinum hit "All Star"10 ltrs 48APlayed mind games with10 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.