NYT Crossword Answers for October 28, 2026

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NYT Crossword

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

16×16By Daniel GrinbergEdited by Will ShortzMedium

Wednesday puzzle · 86 answers · Medium. Hints first; every answer is behind a button.

Reveal the 2 longest answers (usually the theme)

24A ITSALIVEITSALIVE54A IWANTTOPLAYAGAME

The question-mark clues

A “?” at the end of an NYT clue means wordplay: a pun, a double meaning or a trick. This grid had 4; here are their numbers and answers.

22AAcross clue ending in “?” (4)
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BRAS
66AAcross clue ending in “?” (11)
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SCAREQUOTES
4DDown clue ending in “?” (3)
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DOE
49DDown clue ending in “?” (3)
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ROT

Crossword regulars in this grid (spoilers)

Answers in this NYT Crossword that had shown up before, counted over the 349 puzzles since November 2025:

EDEN ×14ORAL ×12ACT ×11SHE ×11ERAS ×10ELS ×8IOTA ×8OMNI ×8

The full NYT Crossword solution

Show the solved grid

1B2E3N4D5E6R7O8L9E10S11O12R13A14L15AREOLA16CARP17RUBE18HERESJ19OHNNY20INCA21ACT22BRAS23WONTS24ITS25A26L27IVEIT28SALIVE29LEOI30OXEN31A32F33LOAT34E35A36RLY37G38O39B40BEAFRA41IDBE42OMNI43BUNT44VERY45A46FRAID47ADD48A49RENA50SLANTS51S52ILO53WHEN54I55WANTT56O57P58LAYAG59A60M61E62NODTO63SLUG64TEA65TWEE66SCARE67Q68U69OTES70OMAN71HAZE72BRUISE73WELD74ERAS75SLICED

All 38 Across answers

1A BENDER7A OLES11A ORAL15A AREOLA16A CARP17A RUBE18A HERESJOHNNY20A INCA21A ACT22A BRAS23A WONTS24A ITSALIVEITSALIVE29A LEOI30A OXEN31A AFLOAT34A EARLY37A GOB40A BEAFRAIDBE42A OMNI43A BUNT44A VERYAFRAID47A ADD48A ARENA50A SLANTS51A SILO53A WHEN54A IWANTTOPLAYAGAME62A NODTO63A SLUG64A TEA65A TWEE66A SCAREQUOTES70A OMAN71A HAZE72A BRUISE73A WELD74A ERAS75A SLICED

All 48 Down answers

1D BAHAI2D ERECT3D NERTS4D DOE5D ELS6D RAJ7D OCHRE8D LANAI9D ERNST10D SPY11D ORIOLE12D RUNNINGMAN13D ABCTV14D LEASE19D OBVI23D WAXY25D ALOFT26D LEAR27D IOTA28D SOL31D ABBA32D FEUD33D LANDSADEAL34D EDEN35D ABRA36D REY38D ONIT39D BIDS41D IVE42D ORANG45D ASHY46D FLEA48D ALTO49D ROT52D INTEND53D WAGE54D INTOW55D WOWME56D OSCAR57D PLAZA58D LURES59D ATTIC60D MEESE61D EASED66D SHE67D QBS68D URL69D OUI

About This NYT Crossword

The NYT Crossword for Wednesday, October 28, 2026 was a 16×16 grid by Daniel Grinberg, edited by Will Shortz. It had 86 answers and 42 black squares; the longest answer ran 16 letters. That is 9 more than the average Wednesday before it (76.6). 4 clues ended in a question mark.

Also on Oct 28: the NYT Mini Crossword and the NYT Midi Crossword.

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