The Crossword Answers NYT - October 18, 2026

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• Short cut Crossword Clue

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  SNIP

• Beep, e.g Crossword Clue

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  TONE

• Undercover? Crossword Clue

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  ABED

• Has regrets about Crossword Clue

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  RUES

• ___ Allen, host of "Chopped" Crossword Clue

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  TED

• Make public, as secret documents Crossword Clue

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  UNSEAL

• Novel form of summer escapism? Crossword Clue

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  POOLREAD

• Connive with, maybe Crossword Clue

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  ABET

• Second-generation Japanese American Crossword Clue

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  NISEI

• Alley ___ Crossword Clue

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  OOP

• How a boss might communicate new policy Crossword Clue

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  INAMEMO

• With courtesy Crossword Clue

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  NICELY

• Immune system agent Crossword Clue

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  TCELL

• Toothpaste brand since 1961 Crossword Clue

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  SENSODYNE

• Italian diminutive suffix Crossword Clue

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  INO

• It turns when driven Crossword Clue

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  SCREW

• Logo of the W.N.B.A.'s New York Liberty Crossword Clue

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  TORCH

• Name found in "Americana" Crossword Clue

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  ERICA

• Go back to square one Crossword Clue

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  RESET

• Sex symbol of the 1950s-'60s, familiarly Crossword Clue

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  MARILYN

• Hypercompetitive and driven, say Crossword Clue

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  TYPEA

• Staff Crossword Clue

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  PERSONNEL

• Street application Crossword Clue

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  TAR

• Indigenous people of the Salt Lake Valley Crossword Clue

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  UTE

• Weak, as an excuse Crossword Clue

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  LAME

• "Ibis" poet Crossword Clue

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  OVID

• Bob who painted "Cabin at Sunset," which sold for over $1 million to benefit public media Crossword Clue

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  ROSS

• Fragrant holiday purchase Crossword Clue

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  FIR

• Gawker Crossword Clue

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  LOOKYLOO

• Goody-goody sort Crossword Clue

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  PURITAN

• Young salmon Crossword Clue

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  SMOLT

• Eight-related Crossword Clue

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  OCTAL

• Like Amazon forests, typically Crossword Clue

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  RAINY

• Series finale? Crossword Clue

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  ETC

• Maze's goal Crossword Clue

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  EXIT

• Comes into one's own Crossword Clue

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  BLOSSOMS

• [So-o-o funny!] Crossword Clue

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  ROFL

• Reason to head for the hills Crossword Clue

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  SKITRIP

• Drill Crossword Clue

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  REHEARSAL

• "Geaux Tigers!" sch Crossword Clue

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  LSU

• John M. ___, director of 2024's "Wicked" Crossword Clue

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  CHU

• Showing signs of working out, say Crossword Clue

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  FIT

• "Let's do this!" Crossword Clue

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  ITSON

• Use a divining rod Crossword Clue

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  DOWSE

• Midwest birthplace of Marlon Brando Crossword Clue

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  OMAHA

• Buddies, in Bayonne Crossword Clue

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  AMIS

• Wisecrack Crossword Clue

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  GIBE

• Musical Yoko Crossword Clue

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  ONO

• Big bang source Crossword Clue

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  DETONATOR

• Like London's Kew Gardens Crossword Clue

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  BOTANIC

• Surprised greeting Crossword Clue

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  OHHI

• Word with black or coffee Crossword Clue

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  BEAN

• Covenant keepers Crossword Clue

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  ARKS

• Something in which you might stand for a spell Crossword Clue

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  BEE

• "Lay it on me" Crossword Clue

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  SHOOT

• Ousted, democratically Crossword Clue

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  VOTEDOUT

• Sushi topper Crossword Clue

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  ROE

• Boutonniere counterpart Crossword Clue

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  CORSAGE

• Eccentric Crossword Clue

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  ODD

• Many a modern-day septuagenarian Crossword Clue

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  BOOMER

• Pricing game on "The Price Is Right" Crossword Clue

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  PLINKO

• Avatar, e.g Crossword Clue

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  IMAGE

• Smash hit Crossword Clue

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  HOMER

• Teresa of ___ Crossword Clue

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  AVILA

• Sacred Sanskrit texts Crossword Clue

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  VEDAS

• Card game played in Dickens's "The Pickwick Papers" Crossword Clue

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  WHIST

• Drew back Crossword Clue

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  SHIED

• Website with a "Star Seller" program Crossword Clue

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  ETSY

• Binary Crossword Clue

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  DUAL

• Setting for most of the TV series "Pachinko" Crossword Clue

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  ASIA

• Time for a social media break, maybe Crossword Clue

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  LENT

• ___ fixe Crossword Clue

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  IDEE

• Office address abbr Crossword Clue

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  STE

• Cupcake, in Ireland Crossword Clue

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  BUN

• Not to Crossword Clue

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  FRO