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Yesterday's NYT Crossword Answers (Oct 18): Full Grid

Every clue from the Sun, Oct 18 grid, solved. Answers stay hidden until you tap them.

By: Julien A. | Last update: Oct 19, 2026

Spoiler ahead. This page covers the NYT Crossword for Sun, Oct 18. Every answer sits behind tiles you turn yourself, a letter or a word at a time.

This is yesterday's NYT Crossword from Sun, Oct 18, kept for a day. The hints come first, then the answer, so you can check the grid you played. New to it? Our NYT Crossword game page covers where to play, the modes and our tips.

The NYT Crossword gets harder through the week: Monday is the gentlest, Saturday the toughest, and the larger Sunday grid plays at about midweek strength. Thursday is where the tricks live, such as several letters squeezed into one square or answers that turn a corner.

A question mark at the end of a clue promises wordplay, and a clue written in the past tense wants an answer in the past tense. When a section stalls, leave it and come back through the crossings of a filled area; three or four letters in place usually give the word away.

NYT Crossword Answers: Across

Read left to right. The first clues are here, the rest open with the button below them.

  1. 1A

    Beneficiary of early capital

    7 letters
    Answer: STARTUP
  2. 8A

    Bless, in a way

    6 letters
    Answer: ANOINT
  3. 14A

    Close female friend … in relative terms

    6 letters
    Answer: SISTER
  4. 20A

    Less than satisfactory, slangily

    7 letters
    Answer: NOBUENO
  5. 21A

    Like some cyborg parts

    6 letters
    Answer: BIONIC
  6. 22A

    Extended play?

    6 letters
    Answer: ENCORE
  7. 23A

    Heyhowareyou

    14 letters
    Answer: INEEDSOMESPACE
  8. 25A

    Journalist Michele with two Peabody Awards

    6 letters
    Answer: NORRIS
See the other 53 across clues
  1. 26A

    Walkers, informally

    4 letters
    Answer: PEDS
  2. 27A

    Send

    5 letters
    Answer: ELATE
  3. 28A

    Softens with sudden sympathy or affection

    5 letters
    Answer: MELTS
  4. 30A

    "Behold," in Latin

    4 letters
    Answer: ECCE
  5. 31A

    Bob ___, alter ego of Mr. Incredible

    4 letters
    Answer: PARR
  6. 32A

    "What"

    12 letters
    Answer: ITELLYOUWHAT
  7. 35A

    Mythical figure whose name means "murmuring rock"

    7 letters
    Answer: LORELEI
  8. 38A

    Justice ___ Coney Barrett

    3 letters
    Answer: AMY
  9. 39A

    Summer setting in S.F.

    3 letters
    Answer: PDT
  10. 40A

    Party takeaway

    5 letters
    Answer: FAVOR
  11. 41A

    N.F.L. accolade

    6 letters
    Answer: ALLPRO
  12. 44A

    View spoiler

    7 letters
    Answer: EYESORE
  13. 49A

    All--can-eat buffet

    10 letters
    Answer: IMISSEDYOU
  14. 51A

    Fiber-rich substance

    4 letters
    Answer: BRAN
  15. 53A

    Exam for future docs

    4 letters
    Answer: MCAT
  16. 54A

    Fenway squad

    6 letters
    Answer: REDSOX
  17. 55A

    "Since brass, ___ stone, ___ earth, ___ boundless sea …": Shak.

    3 letters
    Answer: NOR
  18. 56A

    ___-mo

    3 letters
    Answer: SLO
  19. 57A

    Steamy

    6 letters
    Answer: EROTIC
  20. 59A

    Zip

    3 letters
    Answer: NIL
  21. 61A

    It follows a coin toss

    7 letters
    Answer: KICKOFF
  22. 64A

    Zip

    4 letters
    Answer: ELAN
  23. 65A

    This

    19 letters
    Answer: IDONTSAYTHISLIGHTLY
  24. 70A

    Large volume

    4 letters
    Answer: TOME
  25. 71A

    They can make a pronounced difference

    7 letters
    Answer: UMLAUTS
  26. 72A

    Bond

    3 letters
    Answer: TIE
  27. 73A

    Historic figure targeted in Stephen King's time-travel novel "11/22/63"

    6 letters
    Answer: OSWALD
  28. 75A

    Small + or –

    3 letters
    Answer: ION
  29. 76A

    Apt name for a thief

    3 letters
    Answer: ROB
  30. 78A

    Tree that can be a source of water for thirsty elephants

    6 letters
    Answer: BAOBAB
  31. 83A

    Nibble

    4 letters
    Answer: NOSH
  32. 84A

    Brand represented by Happy the Oil Drop

    4 letters
    Answer: ESSO
  33. 86A

    See 88-Across

    10 letters
    Answer: IMOVERHERE
  34. 88A

    Here

    7 letters
    Answer: ONEARTH
  35. 90A

    Admits

    6 letters
    Answer: COPSTO
  36. 92A

    Follow-up to "Sit!"

    5 letters
    Answer: SHAKE
  37. 93A

    Off work, for short

    3 letters
    Answer: OOO
  38. 94A

    Figure, informally

    3 letters
    Answer: BOD
  39. 95A

    Making a strong effort

    7 letters
    Answer: ATPAINS
  40. 97A

    Non, ni, 'a'ole

    12 letters
    Answer: IHAVENOWORDS
  41. 103A

    Nickname for Ellen or Helen

    4 letters
    Answer: NELL
  42. 104A

    [Beep!]

    4 letters
    Answer: MOVE
  43. 105A

    One of the Three Musketeers

    5 letters
    Answer: ATHOS
  44. 106A

    "S.N.L." alum Gardner

    5 letters
    Answer: HEIDI
  45. 108A

    Artist who kept a pet ocelot

    4 letters
    Answer: DALI
  46. 112A

    In

    6 letters
    Answer: AMIDST
  47. 114A

    Taib? Tbia?

    14 letters
    Answer: IMABITCONFUSED
  48. 117A

    It's cold in Italy

    6 letters
    Answer: GELATO
  49. 118A

    Shifts gears, say

    6 letters
    Answer: SEGUES
  50. 119A

    Nation bordering the Black Sea

    7 letters
    Answer: UKRAINE
  51. 120A

    Analogue of a delete key

    6 letters
    Answer: ERASER
  52. 121A

    In

    6 letters
    Answer: TRENDY
  53. 122A

    "That ship has sailed"

    7 letters
    Answer: TOOLATE

NYT Crossword Answers: Down

Read top to bottom. The first clues are here, the rest open with the button below them.

  1. 1D

    Short cut

    4 letters
    Answer: SNIP
  2. 2D

    Beep, e.g.

    4 letters
    Answer: TONE
  3. 3D

    Undercover?

    4 letters
    Answer: ABED
  4. 4D

    Has regrets about

    4 letters
    Answer: RUES
  5. 5D

    ___ Allen, host of "Chopped"

    3 letters
    Answer: TED
  6. 6D

    Make public, as secret documents

    6 letters
    Answer: UNSEAL
  7. 7D

    Novel form of summer escapism?

    8 letters
    Answer: POOLREAD
  8. 8D

    Connive with, maybe

    4 letters
    Answer: ABET
See the other 67 down clues
  1. 9D

    Second-generation Japanese American

    5 letters
    Answer: NISEI
  2. 10D

    Alley ___

    3 letters
    Answer: OOP
  3. 11D

    How a boss might communicate new policy

    7 letters
    Answer: INAMEMO
  4. 12D

    With courtesy

    6 letters
    Answer: NICELY
  5. 13D

    Immune system agent

    5 letters
    Answer: TCELL
  6. 14D

    Toothpaste brand since 1961

    9 letters
    Answer: SENSODYNE
  7. 15D

    Italian diminutive suffix

    3 letters
    Answer: INO
  8. 16D

    It turns when driven

    5 letters
    Answer: SCREW
  9. 17D

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

    5 letters
    Answer: TORCH
  10. 18D

    Name found in "Americana"

    5 letters
    Answer: ERICA
  11. 19D

    Go back to square one

    5 letters
    Answer: RESET
  12. 24D

    Sex symbol of the 1950s-'60s, familiarly

    7 letters
    Answer: MARILYN
  13. 29D

    Hypercompetitive and driven, say

    5 letters
    Answer: TYPEA
  14. 31D

    Staff

    9 letters
    Answer: PERSONNEL
  15. 33D

    Street application

    3 letters
    Answer: TAR
  16. 34D

    Indigenous people of the Salt Lake Valley

    3 letters
    Answer: UTE
  17. 35D

    Weak, as an excuse

    4 letters
    Answer: LAME
  18. 36D

    "Ibis" poet

    4 letters
    Answer: OVID
  19. 37D

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

    4 letters
    Answer: ROSS
  20. 40D

    Fragrant holiday purchase

    3 letters
    Answer: FIR
  21. 42D

    Gawker

    8 letters
    Answer: LOOKYLOO
  22. 43D

    Goody-goody sort

    7 letters
    Answer: PURITAN
  23. 45D

    Young salmon

    5 letters
    Answer: SMOLT
  24. 46D

    Eight-related

    5 letters
    Answer: OCTAL
  25. 47D

    Like Amazon forests, typically

    5 letters
    Answer: RAINY
  26. 48D

    Series finale?

    3 letters
    Answer: ETC
  27. 50D

    Maze's goal

    4 letters
    Answer: EXIT
  28. 51D

    Comes into one's own

    8 letters
    Answer: BLOSSOMS
  29. 52D

    [So-o-o funny!]

    4 letters
    Answer: ROFL
  30. 56D

    Reason to head for the hills

    7 letters
    Answer: SKITRIP
  31. 58D

    Drill

    9 letters
    Answer: REHEARSAL
  32. 60D

    "Geaux Tigers!" sch.

    3 letters
    Answer: LSU
  33. 62D

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

    3 letters
    Answer: CHU
  34. 63D

    Showing signs of working out, say

    3 letters
    Answer: FIT
  35. 65D

    "Let's do this!"

    5 letters
    Answer: ITSON
  36. 66D

    Use a divining rod

    5 letters
    Answer: DOWSE
  37. 67D

    Midwest birthplace of Marlon Brando

    5 letters
    Answer: OMAHA
  38. 68D

    Buddies, in Bayonne

    4 letters
    Answer: AMIS
  39. 69D

    Wisecrack

    4 letters
    Answer: GIBE
  40. 73D

    Musical Yoko

    3 letters
    Answer: ONO
  41. 74D

    Big bang source

    9 letters
    Answer: DETONATOR
  42. 77D

    Like London's Kew Gardens

    7 letters
    Answer: BOTANIC
  43. 79D

    Surprised greeting

    4 letters
    Answer: OHHI
  44. 80D

    Word with black or coffee

    4 letters
    Answer: BEAN
  45. 81D

    Covenant keepers

    4 letters
    Answer: ARKS
  46. 82D

    Something in which you might stand for a spell

    3 letters
    Answer: BEE
  47. 85D

    "Lay it on me"

    5 letters
    Answer: SHOOT
  48. 87D

    Ousted, democratically

    8 letters
    Answer: VOTEDOUT
  49. 89D

    Sushi topper

    3 letters
    Answer: ROE
  50. 90D

    Boutonniere counterpart

    7 letters
    Answer: CORSAGE
  51. 91D

    Eccentric

    3 letters
    Answer: ODD
  52. 94D

    Many a modern-day septuagenarian

    6 letters
    Answer: BOOMER
  53. 96D

    Pricing game on "The Price Is Right"

    6 letters
    Answer: PLINKO
  54. 97D

    Avatar, e.g.

    5 letters
    Answer: IMAGE
  55. 98D

    Smash hit

    5 letters
    Answer: HOMER
  56. 99D

    Teresa of ___

    5 letters
    Answer: AVILA
  57. 100D

    Sacred Sanskrit texts

    5 letters
    Answer: VEDAS
  58. 101D

    Card game played in Dickens's "The Pickwick Papers"

    5 letters
    Answer: WHIST
  59. 102D

    Drew back

    5 letters
    Answer: SHIED
  60. 107D

    Website with a "Star Seller" program

    4 letters
    Answer: ETSY
  61. 108D

    Binary

    4 letters
    Answer: DUAL
  62. 109D

    Setting for most of the TV series "Pachinko"

    4 letters
    Answer: ASIA
  63. 110D

    Time for a social media break, maybe

    4 letters
    Answer: LENT
  64. 111D

    ___ fixe

    4 letters
    Answer: IDEE
  65. 113D

    Office address abbr.

    3 letters
    Answer: STE
  66. 115D

    Cupcake, in Ireland

    3 letters
    Answer: BUN
  67. 116D

    Not to

    3 letters
    Answer: FRO

NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 18, 2026

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