Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
Friday, October 9, 2026

"Super Dry" brewer / FRI 10-9-26 / Much-anticipated rivalry game in soccer's La Liga / Cricket's Men in Green, on scoreboards / Hounds that can run up to 35 m.p.h. / Device geared to draw rotationally symmetrical shapes / Near failure, colloquially / By an even stronger argument, at law / Glenn who co-founded the Eagles / Some Navy aircraft during W.W. II / What Odysseus's crew waxed on about?

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Constructor: Nam Jin Yoon Relative difficulty: Easy 35D: Princess who says "Governor Tarkin! I should have expected to find you hold...
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Thursday, October 8, 2026

Remote sensing technology that uses lasers / THU 10-8-26 / Audacious, informally / Perceived Democratic electoral bloc / "Midnight Cowboy" con man / Cezanne created a pyramid of them / Host Meredith of "25 Words or Less" / Something inside or outside a wine bar?

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Constructor: Rachel Grey and John Kugelman Relative difficulty: Medium THEME:  put it in reverse!  — answers are literal descriptions of ...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Call to cruisers, for short / WED 10-7-26 / Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire / Sly reply to "You can't possibly know that!" / Patterned fabric

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Constructor: Ben Zimmer Relative difficulty: Hard!! (20:02-- most Wednesdays take me under 15min) THEME:  DO A DOUBLE TAKE  — Theme answe...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Interception returned for a touchdown / TUE 10-6-26 / Strategic disk game played on a vertical board / Feline adoption option / Bank with a lion in its logo / Coin dated with the year of its country's imperial era

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Constructor: Adam Vincent Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: ACTION / FIGURE (67A: With 68-Across, posable plaything ... or a verba...
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Monday, October 5, 2026

Dance craze of the 2010s / MON 10-5-26 / Cheap hooch / Internet meme feline / One way to sit while meditating / Clickables at the top of a computer screen / Bygone electric Chevy / Follower of Jah, informally

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Constructor: Chase Dittirch Relative difficulty: Challenging (for *me*, solved Downs-only) THEME: "THERE'S THE RUB" (52A: ...
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