Today's New York Times Special Crossword Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The New York Times Special Crossword

(October 21, 2026)

ACROSS

• 1. What an investigator might crack - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Professor ___, cohort of Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlet - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Bygone Russian ruler - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Island nation associated with a mysterious gold falcon of film noir - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Simplicity - Crossword Clue
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• 15. Deceptive ploy - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Basil Rathbone, for 19-Across, famously - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Quickly scrutinize, as a crime scene - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Children's game where players guess a mystery item - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Character loosely based on a professor of Arthur C. Doyle, familiarly - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Exchange - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Entry in a glossary - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Segment of a spinal column - Crossword Clue
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• 26. A suspect needs a watertight one - Crossword Clue
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• 29. Feeling that might lead to a crime of passion - Crossword Clue
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• 31. Aster who directed "Eddington" - Crossword Clue
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• 33. Kind of elaborate crime in "The Sting" - Crossword Clue
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• 34. Latin word after "Opus" or "Agnus" - Crossword Clue
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• 35. Confess (to) - Crossword Clue
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• 37. Type of person - Crossword Clue
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• 38. Character Agatha Christie described as "insufferable" - Crossword Clue
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• 41. Kind of instinct - Crossword Clue
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• 42. Flags down, as a taxi - Crossword Clue
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• 43. Perfect score in diving - Crossword Clue
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• 44. Brewery brew - Crossword Clue
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• 45. Brewery container - Crossword Clue
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• 46. Fruit drink brand with a hyphen in its name - Crossword Clue
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• 47. Luxury Italian fashion brand - Crossword Clue
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• 49. "Death on the ___" (Agatha Christie mystery) - Crossword Clue
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• 52. Got older - Crossword Clue
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• 56. Words at the top of a list of chores - Crossword Clue
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• 58. Dashiell Hammett's most famous character, though he only appears in one novel - Crossword Clue
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• 60. "___ Peaks" (David Lynch mystery series) - Crossword Clue
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• 62. The R of RIP - Crossword Clue
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• 64. Agree to receive promotional texts, say - Crossword Clue
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• 65. PBS series exploring the mysteries of the cosmos since 1974 - Crossword Clue
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• 66. Fingerprint or footprint, e.g. - Crossword Clue
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• 67. Diverse underwater ecosystems - Crossword Clue
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• 68. Nancy Drew, or either of the Hardy Boys - Crossword Clue
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• 69. Visa competitor, informally - Crossword Clue
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• 70. Mini whirlpool - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 1. Apt rhyme for stash - Crossword Clue
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• 2. ___ ego (Mr. Hyde, for Dr. Jekyll, say) - Crossword Clue
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• 3. More tumultuous - Crossword Clue
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• 4. ___ Grey tea - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Frequent Scorsese collaborator - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Doesn't have - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Four-time winners of the FIFA Women's World Cup - Crossword Clue
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• 8. ___ rea ("guilty mind," from the Latin) - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Setting for much of "Witness for the Prosecution" - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Inkling during an investigation - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Snake found along the 49-Across - Crossword Clue
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• 12. "Star Wars" role for Daisy Ridley - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Wooden post on a ship - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Poem of praise - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Taika who directed "Jojo Rabbit" - Crossword Clue
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• 25. Spends the night in a tent - Crossword Clue
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• 27. Leave the crime scene in a hurry, say - Crossword Clue
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• 28. Invisible ___ (what a secret letter might be written in) - Crossword Clue
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• 30. Moneyed youngster - Crossword Clue
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• 32. Brazilian city that's home to the Christ the Redeemer statue, familiarly - Crossword Clue
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• 34. Chandler's Philip Marlowe or Carr's Gideon Fell - Crossword Clue
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• 35. Put in a row - Crossword Clue
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• 36. Key pressed with Ctrl and Alt - Crossword Clue
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• 38. Streaming service for "Only Murders in the Building" - Crossword Clue
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• 39. Abu Dhabi's land, for short - Crossword Clue
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• 40. Gave a summary of, as at the beginning of a TV show - Crossword Clue
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• 41. Handkerchief stuffed in a mouth, e.g. - Crossword Clue
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• 46. Bottom of a dress - Crossword Clue
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• 48. The "C" of the clue for 19-Across - Crossword Clue
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• 50. Debate topic - Crossword Clue
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• 51. Material for a glove at a crime scene - Crossword Clue
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• 53. Behind a security barrier - Crossword Clue
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• 54. Enlighten - Crossword Clue
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• 55. Lairs for criminals - Crossword Clue
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• 57. Apex predator in the ocean - Crossword Clue
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• 59. Achy - Crossword Clue
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• 60. Network for "Rizzoli & Isles" and "Major Crimes" - Crossword Clue
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• 61. Deep sorrow - Crossword Clue
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• 63. "A Nightmare on ___ Street" - Crossword Clue
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