{"id":376517,"date":"2026-10-18T23:40:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T23:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376517\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T23:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T23:40:28","slug":"nyt-crossword-answers-for-oct-19-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376517\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Crossword Answers for Oct. 19, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONDAY PUZZLE<\/a> \u2014 Today\u2019s crossword, constructed by Mich\u00e8le Govier, is practically Keatsian in theme. It\u2019s a rare talent that can render the poetry of nature so effectively in a black-and-white crossword grid, and Ms. Govier, in her third puzzle for The New York Times, has achieved it. Needless to say, I\u2019m looking forward to her fourth! Looking forthward, I guess.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Theme<\/p>\n

Our revealer at 57-Across hints at a term for [Punches the air], which is SHADOWBOXES. This entry doubles as a description of how the entries at 13-, 29- and 37-Across cast \u201cshadow boxes\u201d \u2014 i.e., shaded squares \u2014 into the entries below them, following the angle of the SUN at 1A. For instance, the \u201cshadow\u201d of the [Cafe overhang] known as an AWNING, at 13A, appears as a shaded portion of the entry at 18A for [Giving excessive praise and flattery]: FAWNING OVER.<\/p>\n

The [Branch plant?] at 29A is a TREE, whose shadow appears in the entry at 35A for [Urban casual fashion], STREETWEAR. And [Sombrero or fedora] at 37A describes a HAT, the shadow of which can be found just below, at 41, in a phrase that means [\u201cYou are correct\u201d] \u2014 THAT\u2019S RIGHT.<\/p>\n

This theme would be elegant regardless of Ms. Govier\u2019s choice of shadow-casting terms \u2014 seeing the echoes of one word in another is always impressive \u2014 so it\u2019s even more impressive that she opted for objects that cast shadows in real life: an awning, a tree and the brim of a hat.<\/p>\n

Tricky Clues<\/p>\n

30A. \u201cIn footnotes\u201d is a way of indicating an abbreviation, akin to \u201cfor short\u201d and \u201cin brief.\u201d Since we know that the full name of [\u201cThe Raven\u201d writer, in footnotes] was Edgar Allan Poe, we can surmise the shortened version to be E. A. POE.<\/p>\n

39A. I didn\u2019t know TA\u2019S were [U.K. thank-yous<\/a>]. I thought they were simply shorter ways of saying goodbye, as in \u201cTa-ta!\u201d<\/p>\n

48A. Clues that end in question marks are rarely what they seem to be. [Made some waves?] isn\u2019t about stirring up trouble, for instance. It indicates a stylist who PERMED hair.<\/p>\n

66A. In general, a clue\u2019s number must agree with that of its entry. In this case, though, the single [Law school class] has a plural title: TORTS.<\/p>\n

3D. Does anyone else have trouble spelling the name of this [Tricolored ice cream flavor]? I\u2019m always tempted to begin spelling NEAPOLITAN with \u201cneo,\u201d the prefix meaning \u201cnew.\u201d But the word is the adjective form of Neapolis, the Greek name for what\u2019s now known called Naples.<\/p>\n

42D. I will not be sharing this fact [Without enthusiasm]: TEPIDLY hasn\u2019t appeared in a Times Crossword since 1999!<\/p>\n

Improve Your Crossword Solving<\/p>\n

Work your way through our guide \u201cHow to Solve the New York Times Crossword<\/a>.\u201d It contains an explanation of most of the types of clues you will see in the puzzles and a practice Mini at the end of each section.<\/p>\n

Need a little more help? Subscribers can take a peek at the answer key<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONDAY PUZZLE \u2014 Today\u2019s crossword, constructed by Mich\u00e8le Govier, is practically Keatsian in theme. It\u2019s a rare talent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[44226,41568,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-376517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-crossword-puzzles","tag-games","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}