Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, October 1, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, October 1, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "PLEDGEOFALLEGIANCE".
Total Clues
78
Longest
PLEDGEOFALLEGIANCE
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
OZS
Featured Clue
"Patriotic recitation since 1892"
18 Letters
PLEDGEOFALLEGIANCE
ALLComplete Solution List
Sneaker brand whose logo features the "Formstrip"
4PUMA
Thank You for the Music group
4ABBA
Some instructors, for short
5PROFS
Gator's relative
4CROC
"King of all kings" in the prehistoric world, familiarly
4TREX
Features of gathering clouds?
5AEIOU
Patriotic recitation since 1892
18PLEDGEOFALLEGIANCE
Concoct, with "up"
4COOK
It may include toms and a snare
7DRUMKIT
Abbr. on a scale
3OZS
First lady
3EVE
Tagging symbols
3ATS
Expresses support without meaning it
14PAYSLIPSERVICE
Bit of ink
3TAT
Quite the stir
6UPROAR
Bygone "before"
3ERE
Means of self-defense
4MACE
Joan of Arc, for one
5SAINT
It's just a state of mind, to some
3AGE
Cruz known as the "Queen of Salsa"
5CELIA
Some midflight announcements, in brief
4ETAS
Molecule in protein synthesis
3RNA
Disposes of securely, in a way
6SHREDS
Start of the names of four of the U.S.'s 20 largest cities
3SAN
Obsolescent credit card feature
14MAGNETICSTRIPE
Term of affection in the U.K.
3LUV
Rapper with the 1999 #1 album "I Am …"
3NAS
Is long ago?
3EST
Chickpeas, e.g.
7LEGUMES
Uh-huh, sure it is
4IBET
Obstacles ... or a hint to three squares in this puzzle
15STUMBLINGBLOCKS
__ lost!
5ATSEA
Identify
4NAME
Goddess of the earth
4GAIA
All together, in music
5TUTTI
Migratory fish with exceptionally sensitive hearing
4SHAD
The Black Knights of the N.C.A.A.
4ARMY
Doc seen for an annual checkup
3PCP
Address letters
3URL
A Stooge
3MOE
Band whose logo is stylized with a lightning bolt
4ACDC
Came by for dinner
7ATEOVER
Word with power or pawn
6BROKER
Happen to
6BEFALL
Cut
4AXED
Great Basin tribe
6PAIUTE
Chews out
5REAMS
Cry heard by Old MacDonald
4OINK
Central points
4FOCI
Woodpecker food
4SUET
Attacks
6GOESAT
Words that might come before a meal
5GRACE
Major works of art
6OPUSES
Mexican revolutionary Emiliano
6ZAPATA
Resident of Aleppo
6SYRIAN
Moccasins and loafers, e.g.
7SLIPONS
Free of animal products
5VEGAN
Wrath
3IRE
Writer Gay
6TALESE
Hallucinatory experiences
9ACIDTRIPS
It comes with cups and saucers
6TEASET
Chicago exchange, in brief
4MERC
Director Lee
3ANG
Sculptor's tool
6CHISEL
French composer who refused the Legion of Honour in 1920
5RAVEL
Skewered
7STABBED
Gateway of India locale
6MUMBAI
Tough nut to crack
6ENIGMA
Network director Sidney
5LUMET
Hurdle for an aspiring atty.
4LSAT
Words of reproach following a betrayal
4ETTU
Big blow
4GUST
Things confessed
4SINS
Ancient wrap
4TOGA
I don't wanna
3NAH
It might be on a lot
3CAR
"___ Possible" (2000s animated series)
3KIM
Perchance
3SAY